Las Vegas, NV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Las Vegas's primary NOAA station, LAS VEGAS WFO.
The climate verdict for Las Vegas
Dryness leads the climate profile for Las Vegas, Nevada, with 4.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 69°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 69°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 4.8"
- yearly precipitation total
- 304 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Las Vegas: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00264439 · Las Vegas, NV 69°F mean · 4.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 69°F
- RANK-WARM #6,449
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Apalachicola
- PRCP-ARID 4.8"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00264439
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Apalachicola, FL (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NV station list.
- Las Vegas (this station) 69°F
- Hot Mobile Dwtn, AL 69°F
- Near Apalachicola, FL 69°F
- Near Eagle Lake Resc…, TX 69°F
- Near Liberty, TX 69°F
Climate Living Index · Las Vegas
Las Vegas: 67/100 · grade C
Las Vegas publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Las Vegas, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 304 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 69.1°F · 1.6° from 67.5°F | 94/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.2 inches/year | 89/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 135 calendar days | 56/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 4.8 in · 30.2 from 35 in | 1/100 · F |
Las Vegas · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Las Vegas's normals sit in a dry climate class: BWh
Annual precipitation falls well below the aridity threshold for this temperature regime, so the normals classify as hot desert (BWh). Class BWh is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically hot desert.
- Köppen code
- BWh
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 92.7°F
- Coldest month
- 47.2°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Las Vegas sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Las Vegas's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 6% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Las Vegas sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 99%
- Las Vegas's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 62nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Las Vegas compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Las Vegas's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F (15°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 6.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 64°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 72°F (22°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| April | 80°F (26°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| May | 90°F (32°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 16.3 |
| June | 101°F (38°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 87°F (31°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 27.0 |
| July | 106°F (41°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 93°F (34°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 30.6 |
| August | 104°F (40°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 91°F (33°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 30.4 |
| September | 96°F (36°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 23.7 |
| October | 82°F (28°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.5 |
| November | 67°F (20°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 57°F (14°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 0.5" | 0.2" | 8.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Las Vegas runs from a mild 37°F around December 20 to 106°F at the peak near July 14, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 18 through September 29, covering 135 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 10 to November 10.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 37°F around December 20.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 20, when 15% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 4 at 2%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 29 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 16 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Las Vegas.
Where Las Vegas Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 135 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 5 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Las Vegas earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
3.0 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
2.6 days with precipitation
2.0 days with precipitation
1.0 days with precipitation
0.5 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
3.0 days with precipitation
2.2 days with precipitation
2.1 days with precipitation
1.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
3.0 days with precipitation
Las Vegas's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 41% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 19%. That is the cool-season-dominant pattern of the West Coast and the higher inland West, where storm tracks swing south in winter and summer turns dry; the thermometer meanwhile shows a wide 45.5°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
- Wettest month
- February, 0.9"
- Driest month
- May, 0.1"
- Wettest three months
- February, January, December (41% of the year)
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A cool-season label means the December-February share reaches 35%. Where snow falls, the monthly figures above report liquid-equivalent precipitation, so a wet winter month is not necessarily a rainy one.
Las Vegas is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 29 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 8% of the calendar, and they carry 4.8" between them. At roughly 0.17 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is February at about 4 wet days; the driest is June at about 1.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Snow reaches Las Vegas, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.2 inches of snow a year here, most likely in December. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 0 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 5
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
February 4
50% probability date
Growing Season
304 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,017
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,563
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NV closest to Las Vegas on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (69°F here).
- Apalachicola, FL 69°F · 0.0°F off
- Liberty, TX 69°F · 0.0°F off
- Reserve, LA 69°F · 0.0°F off
- White Springs, FL 69°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (4.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Bishop, CA 4.8" · 0.1" off
- Barstow, CA 5.0" · 0.2" off
- Quartzsite, AZ 4.6" · 0.2" off
- Parker, AZ 4.6" · 0.2" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Las Vegas's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 4.8 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Las Vegas's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 45.5°F. The annual average is 69°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Las Vegas's normal, at 2,017 and 3,563 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
Las Vegas has a long frost-free window of roughly 304 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
Las Vegas wettest normal
February
February concentrates the scarce annual total (4.8 inches).
Las Vegas driest normal
May
May is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Las Vegas's primary station: LAS VEGAS WFO (USC00264439). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 3240000). Match rule for Las Vegas: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Las Vegas comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.