North Las Vegas, Nevada climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
North Las Vegas's normal year runs from 37°F December nights to 106°F July afternoons, with 4.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 20.9°C, December lows of 3°C, July highs of 41°C, 108 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationNorth Las Vegas
- Station IDUSC00265705
- Location36.23°N 115.12°W
- Elevation1,898 ft (579 m)
- From the center4 miles
- Population294,034
On October 14, the normal high in North Las Vegas is 85°F and the normal low 58°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 5%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for North Las Vegas.
- Jan 61° 38°
- Feb 65° 41°
- Mar 73° 49°
- Apr 80° 55°
- May 89° 64°
- Jun 101° 73°
- Jul 106° 79°
- Aug 104° 78°
- Sep 97° 70°
- Oct 84° 57°
- Nov 70° 45°
- Dec 59° 37°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in North Las Vegas each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 106°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 37°F. The most precipitation falls in February (0.82 in), the least in June (0.02 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61°F | 38°F | 49.5°F | 0.55 | 3 | <1 | 5 | 10 h |
| February | 65°F | 41°F | 53.2°F | 0.82 | 4 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 73°F | 49°F | 60.9°F | 0.50 | 2 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 80°F | 55°F | 67.5°F | 0.16 | 1 | 4 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 89°F | 64°F | 76.7°F | 0.16 | 1 | 17 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 101°F | 73°F | 86.7°F | 0.02 | <1 | 27 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 106°F | 79°F | 92.5°F | 0.30 | 1 | 31 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 104°F | 78°F | 90.8°F | 0.26 | 2 | 31 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 97°F | 70°F | 83.1°F | 0.34 | 2 | 26 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 84°F | 57°F | 70.7°F | 0.41 | 2 | 8 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 70°F | 45°F | 57.2°F | 0.26 | 1 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 59°F | 37°F | 48.2°F | 0.49 | 2 | <1 | 9 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 82°F | 57°F | 69.7°F | 4.27 | 21 | 142 | 18 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | 3°C | 9.7°C | 14 mm |
| February | 18°C | 5°C | 11.8°C | 21 mm |
| March | 23°C | 9°C | 16.1°C | 13 mm |
| April | 27°C | 13°C | 19.7°C | 4 mm |
| May | 32°C | 18°C | 24.8°C | 4 mm |
| June | 38°C | 23°C | 30.4°C | 1 mm |
| July | 41°C | 26°C | 33.6°C | 8 mm |
| August | 40°C | 25°C | 32.7°C | 7 mm |
| September | 36°C | 21°C | 28.4°C | 9 mm |
| October | 29°C | 14°C | 21.5°C | 10 mm |
| November | 21°C | 7°C | 14.0°C | 7 mm |
| December | 15°C | 3°C | 9.0°C | 12 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00265705; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit North Las Vegas?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, October and November. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (1).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00265705.
When is the last frost in North Las Vegas?
In North Las Vegas, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 1 in half of years and after February 24 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 8 in half of years and before November 23 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- February 11 year in 10 after February 24; 9 in 10 after January 2
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 81 year in 10 before November 23; 9 in 10 before December 27
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 311 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 349 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 4 in half of springs and before December 21 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts North Las Vegas in zones 9a to 9b across its 8 ZIP code areas (9a in 89084, the largest).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Nevada · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00265705; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
What hardiness zone is each North Las Vegas ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. North Las Vegas's 8 ZIP code areas run from zone 9a to 9b: 4 in 9a and 4 in 9b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in North Las Vegas?
In a normal year in North Las Vegas, 142 days a year reach 90°F (85 of them 100°F or more), 18 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 21 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 142a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 85a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 18a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 21a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00265705.
How sunny is North Las Vegas?
Over a year 90% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around North Las Vegas, 5.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (95%) and December the cloudiest (82%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 21st (with 17 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 84% | 3.0 |
| February | 83% | 4.0 |
| March | 87% | 5.5 |
| April | 89% | 6.9 |
| May | 91% | 7.8 |
| June | 95% | 8.5 |
| July | 90% | 7.6 |
| August | 92% | 7.1 |
| September | 94% | 6.2 |
| October | 91% | 4.7 |
| November | 88% | 3.4 |
| December | 82% | 2.7 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does North Las Vegas need?
A normal year in North Las Vegas brings 1,839 heating degree days, 66% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,604 cooling degree days, 4.0 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 7,468 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 482 | 0 |
| February | 331 | 1 |
| March | 162 | 35 |
| April | 56 | 130 |
| May | 9 | 370 |
| June | 1 | 652 |
| July | 0 | 852 |
| August | 0 | 801 |
| September | 0 | 545 |
| October | 28 | 203 |
| November | 249 | 15 |
| December | 521 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 1,839 | 3,604 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00265705. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does North Las Vegas's climate compare?
North Las Vegas is warmer than 52 of the other 54 places with their own NOAA record in Nevada, and wetter than 2. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 69.7°F is warmer than 95%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, North Las Vegas is BWh: hot desert. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near North Las Vegas share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Sunrise Manor, NValso near: Las Vegas Air Terminal (9 mi, 68.8°F a year); Las Vegas (10 mi, 70.1°F a year)199,099 people · 5 mi SE
- Nellis AFB, NV4,755 people · 3 mi E
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about North Las Vegas's climate
What is the coldest month in North Las Vegas?
December, with a normal high of 59°F and a normal low of 37°F. The warmest is July (106°F by day, 79°F at night).
Does it snow in North Las Vegas?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in North Las Vegas?
February, with 0.82 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.02 in.
What plant hardiness zone is North Las Vegas in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts North Las Vegas in zones 9a to 9b across its 8 ZIP code areas (9a in 89084, the largest).
How late can frost come in North Las Vegas?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 1; in one year in ten it comes after February 24. Waiting until February 24 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- North Las Vegas in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Nevada climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Las Vegas Air Terminal, NV5 miles from this station, 68.8°F a year
- Las Vegas, NV12 miles from this station, 70.1°F a year
- Enterprise, NV14 miles from this station, 69.1°F a year
- Desert National Wildlife Refuge, NV19 miles from this station, 62.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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