The most populated city in Nevada, Las Vegas lies squarely within the Desert Southwest. The city has a hot and dry climate.
Details below are for the LAS station at Harry Reid International Airport. The most recent climate data is available on weather.gov.
Key climate data
Average daily temperatures
Las Vegas’s average high runs from 56 to 105. The average low for the city dips to 39 in winter and rises to 83 in midsummer.
Record daily temperatures
It has been as hot as 120 degrees and as cold as 8 degrees.
Record daily precipitation
The most rain in the city on one day is 2.58 inches.
Average monthly precipitation
Winter is the rainy season in Las Vegas, with February the wettest month. May and June are the driest.
Average monthly snowfall
The city averages 0.2 inches of snow per winter.
Annual temperature
The annual average temperature in Las Vegas is about 70 degrees. The record warmest year was 2017 with 72.3 degrees.
Annual precipitation
The city averages about 3.8 inches of rain per year. The record is 10.72 inches.
Winter snowfall
Snowfall visits the city on occasion. In 1948-1949, 16.7 inches fell.
High temperature days
Las Vegas had 112 days at or above 100 degrees in 2024, a record for that category.
Low temperature days
Cold nights in the city are less frequent than in the past. It averages about a week of freezing mornings per winter.
Average monthly nice days
If you want to visit and go outside, March and April are your months. October and November are pretty good, too.
Raw data (csv)
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