North Las Vegas climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of North Las Vegas?

North Las Vegas has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 120 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in North Las Vegas?

The hottest day measured in North Las Vegas between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2024, reaching 47.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in North Las Vegas?

The coldest day measured in North Las Vegas between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1967, at -11.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in North Las Vegas?

Yes. North Las Vegas gets on average 2.9 cm of snow per year and has around 15 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of North Las Vegas warmed?

Yes: North Las Vegas warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in North Las Vegas?

The wettest day measured in North Las Vegas between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1985, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in North Las Vegas?

The windiest day measured in North Las Vegas between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 2002, with winds reaching 43.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in North Las Vegas?

The warmest month in North Las Vegas is July (32.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in North Las Vegas?

North Las Vegas receives on average 120 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 22 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in North Las Vegas?

North Las Vegas gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

North Las Vegas (United States) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 120 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (32.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.

North Las Vegas averages 15 frost days, 143 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 22 rainy days per year.

North Las Vegas has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 28 to 2 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 47.1 °C (on 7 July 2024) and the coldest -11.1 °C (on 21 December 1967).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

North Las VegasNevada

coords: 36.20°, -115.12°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthFebruaryDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

19.6°C

Average daily high

25.6°C

Average daily low

13.5°C

Annual rainfall

120mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

30%

Average peak wind

14.7km/h

Seasonal range

25.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

15 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

143 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

22 d/yr

Annual snowfall

2.9 cm

Average feels-like high

22.7 °C

Average feels-like low

10.4 °C

Average peak gust

32.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

107 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.1 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.74 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

47.1 °C

7 July 2024

Coldest day

-11.1 °C

21 December 1967

Wettest day

51 mm

18 September 1985

Windiest day

43.0 km/h

15 April 2002

Strongest gust

90.7 km/h

15 April 2002

Hottest feels-like

46.2 °C

9 July 2021

Coldest feels-like

-16.4 °C

13 January 1963

Snowiest day

11.3 cm

12 January 1949

Sunniest day

14.3 h

21 June 2022

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	43.7 °C14 July 2025	-2.9 °C21 January 2025	21.4 °C	128 mm	148	3
2024	47.1 °C7 July 2024	-2.3 °C10 January 2024	21.5 °C	139 mm	163	4
2023	46.2 °C16 July 2023	-1.0 °C1 February 2023	20.1 °C	214 mm	152	3
2022	43.9 °C21 July 2022	-2.2 °C2 January 2022	21.0 °C	65 mm	164	7
2021	46.2 °C10 July 2021	-1.0 °C11 December 2021	21.4 °C	78 mm	155	4
2020	44.9 °C6 September 2020	-1.6 °C5 February 2020	21.3 °C	54 mm	172	3
2019	43.5 °C29 July 2019	-2.8 °C3 January 2019	20.0 °C	234 mm	134	11
2018	44.3 °C25 July 2018	-1.7 °C20 February 2018	21.4 °C	88 mm	155	2
2017	45.5 °C20 June 2017	-0.4 °C22 December 2017	21.5 °C	101 mm	144	2
2016	44.8 °C20 June 2016	-1.8 °C3 February 2016	21.1 °C	131 mm	143	10
2015	44.0 °C20 June 2015	-2.7 °C2 January 2015	21.2 °C	66 mm	153	12
2014	43.5 °C13 July 2014	-2.4 °C29 December 2014	21.3 °C	73 mm	148	4
2013	45.1 °C29 June 2013	-4.6 °C14 January 2013	20.2 °C	101 mm	142	16
2012	43.5 °C10 July 2012	-1.6 °C20 December 2012	21.1 °C	82 mm	155	1
2011	42.9 °C2 July 2011	-3.3 °C2 February 2011	19.7 °C	84 mm	143	10
2010	43.8 °C15 July 2010	-1.8 °C26 November 2010	20.1 °C	222 mm	135	3
2009	43.4 °C17 July 2009	-2.5 °C10 December 2009	20.5 °C	59 mm	150	6
2008	42.5 °C8 July 2008	-2.5 °C19 December 2008	20.4 °C	84 mm	142	8
2007	45.4 °C5 July 2007	-7.0 °C14 January 2007	20.8 °C	84 mm	150	14
2006	43.8 °C15 July 2006	-2.0 °C30 November 2006	20.3 °C	48 mm	143	7
2005	45.8 °C17 July 2005	-2.6 °C16 December 2005	20.2 °C	200 mm	138	3
2004	43.0 °C11 August 2004	-1.6 °C30 November 2004	20.2 °C	263 mm	150	6
2003	45.2 °C11 July 2003	-2.9 °C9 February 2003	21.0 °C	144 mm	162	6
2002	44.1 °C13 July 2002	-2.9 °C1 February 2002	20.6 °C	22 mm	149	12
2001	42.7 °C3 July 2001	-1.2 °C17 January 2001	20.7 °C	126 mm	163	8
2000	44.5 °C15 June 2000	-1.3 °C3 January 2000	20.7 °C	69 mm	153	3
1999	43.3 °C1 July 1999	-0.5 °C11 February 1999	20.1 °C	67 mm	146	1
1998	45.1 °C16 July 1998	-3.9 °C22 December 1998	19.0 °C	162 mm	114	8
1997	42.3 °C15 July 1997	-1.8 °C14 January 1997	20.4 °C	87 mm	156	4
1996	44.3 °C23 July 1996	-2.0 °C23 January 1996	21.0 °C	67 mm	160	3
1995	44.5 °C29 July 1995	-1.0 °C22 December 1995	20.4 °C	133 mm	134	2
1994	44.8 °C29 June 1994	-1.1 °C11 December 1994	20.5 °C	110 mm	148	5
1993	43.5 °C1 August 1993	-5.6 °C4 January 1993	19.5 °C	201 mm	143	5
1992	42.7 °C19 August 1992	-4.6 °C20 December 1992	19.7 °C	264 mm	154	12
1991	43.1 °C3 July 1991	-2.8 °C30 January 1991	19.3 °C	120 mm	148	7
1990	42.7 °C1 July 1990	-10.3 °C23 December 1990	19.5 °C	109 mm	139	28
1989	44.6 °C6 July 1989	-8.0 °C7 February 1989	20.4 °C	40 mm	161	23
1988	43.1 °C17 July 1988	-4.7 °C27 December 1988	20.0 °C	99 mm	152	14
1987	42.1 °C4 August 1987	-4.4 °C15 December 1987	19.4 °C	158 mm	152	23
1986	42.0 °C1 August 1986	-2.2 °C11 December 1986	20.3 °C	65 mm	133	5
1985	45.4 °C5 July 1985	-5.4 °C1 February 1985	19.6 °C	128 mm	139	14
1984	43.6 °C4 July 1984	-3.8 °C19 January 1984	19.6 °C	164 mm	148	14
1983	42.7 °C13 July 1983	-1.4 °C2 January 1983	19.4 °C	196 mm	120	8
1982	42.4 °C31 July 1982	-7.3 °C22 January 1982	18.8 °C	171 mm	125	15
1981	43.4 °C22 June 1981	-1.9 °C24 December 1981	20.7 °C	112 mm	146	6
1980	43.4 °C9 August 1980	-0.2 °C4 January 1980	19.9 °C	129 mm	140	1
1979	43.5 °C2 August 1979	-8.0 °C4 February 1979	19.4 °C	110 mm	151	17
1978	42.9 °C8 August 1978	-5.7 °C8 December 1978	19.2 °C	255 mm	145	12
1977	43.6 °C30 July 1977	-4.1 °C3 March 1977	19.6 °C	77 mm	140	10
1976	42.5 °C8 July 1976	-5.8 °C3 January 1976	19.1 °C	134 mm	134	17
1975	42.7 °C7 July 1975	-2.9 °C15 December 1975	18.7 °C	114 mm	138	18
1974	42.9 °C28 June 1974	-8.7 °C3 January 1974	19.5 °C	161 mm	153	16
1973	44.7 °C5 July 1973	-7.1 °C7 January 1973	19.0 °C	135 mm	148	15
1972	44.4 °C13 July 1972	-6.8 °C12 December 1972	19.0 °C	124 mm	137	27
1971	43.1 °C27 July 1971	-8.7 °C5 January 1971	18.5 °C	102 mm	127	31
1970	43.8 °C26 June 1970	-6.6 °C4 January 1970	19.0 °C	62 mm	130	17
1969	43.5 °C5 August 1969	-3.3 °C31 January 1969	19.3 °C	155 mm	144	13
1968	42.6 °C22 June 1968	-8.0 °C22 December 1968	19.0 °C	75 mm	125	28
1967	43.3 °C1 July 1967	-11.1 °C21 December 1967	18.8 °C	121 mm	136	21
1966	42.6 °C5 August 1966	-4.5 °C22 January 1966	19.5 °C	83 mm	154	25
1965	41.1 °C1 August 1965	-3.7 °C12 February 1965	18.6 °C	209 mm	137	17
1964	41.9 °C29 July 1964	-7.1 °C9 January 1964	18.6 °C	39 mm	146	34
1963	41.3 °C14 July 1963	-10.9 °C13 January 1963	19.1 °C	108 mm	139	27
1962	42.8 °C13 August 1962	-7.1 °C15 January 1962	19.4 °C	90 mm	143	23
1961	44.2 °C10 July 1961	-6.8 °C12 December 1961	19.2 °C	75 mm	138	14
1960	43.6 °C17 July 1960	-7.2 °C17 January 1960	19.5 °C	115 mm	152	21
1959	43.6 °C11 July 1959	-7.1 °C4 January 1959	19.8 °C	142 mm	142	13
1958	43.5 °C11 July 1958	-3.3 °C18 November 1958	19.7 °C	142 mm	165	13
1957	42.6 °C25 June 1957	-2.9 °C29 January 1957	18.9 °C	152 mm	123	12
1956	42.3 °C27 June 1956	-4.1 °C9 December 1956	19.1 °C	16 mm	142	16
1955	42.6 °C8 June 1955	-7.2 °C13 January 1955	18.1 °C	144 mm	135	43
1954	44.1 °C22 June 1954	-4.9 °C28 December 1954	19.6 °C	108 mm	156	15
1953	41.8 °C6 July 1953	-3.9 °C24 December 1953	19.0 °C	27 mm	131	12
1952	41.3 °C4 August 1952	-5.6 °C3 January 1952	18.7 °C	192 mm	149	26
1951	41.6 °C28 June 1951	-6.9 °C9 December 1951	18.5 °C	129 mm	130	25
1950	43.1 °C30 June 1950	-9.4 °C6 January 1950	19.4 °C	53 mm	140	18
1949	43.2 °C15 July 1949	-10.9 °C31 January 1949	17.6 °C	197 mm	137	62
1948	41.3 °C15 July 1948	-5.8 °C25 December 1948	18.2 °C	55 mm	133	32
1947	40.2 °C18 July 1947	-4.8 °C16 January 1947	17.6 °C	126 mm	129	36
1946	41.5 °C3 August 1946	-4.3 °C31 January 1946	17.7 °C	180 mm	131	37
1945	41.4 °C22 July 1945	-3.6 °C14 December 1945	18.0 °C	104 mm	116	26
1944	41.4 °C12 August 1944	-2.6 °C8 January 1944	17.8 °C	109 mm	121	26
1943	42.1 °C26 July 1943	-4.9 °C19 January 1943	19.0 °C	122 mm	136	7
1942	41.9 °C24 July 1942	-10.7 °C3 January 1942	18.0 °C	34 mm	128	36
1941	42.6 °C22 July 1941	-10.5 °C27 December 1941	16.8 °C	222 mm	110	26
1940	43.6 °C12 August 1940	-4.6 °C15 December 1940	18.5 °C	153 mm	131	27

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.2 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

148 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

3 d/yr

-12

Annual rainfall

128 mm

+8 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	13.7 °C	+0.5 °C	1 mm	-17 mm
Feb	19.5 °C	+3.3 °C	14 mm	-5 mm
Mar	21.0 °C	+1.0 °C	10 mm	-6 mm
Apr	25.9 °C	+1.1 °C	3 mm	-5 mm
May	31.2 °C	+1.3 °C	15 mm	+11 mm
Jun	37.8 °C	+2.1 °C	3 mm	+1 mm
Jul	39.2 °C	+0.4 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Aug	39.3 °C	+1.8 °C	4 mm	-4 mm
Sep	33.3 °C	-0.2 °C	3 mm	-4 mm
Oct	27.1 °C	+0.7 °C	10 mm	+2 mm
Nov	20.7 °C	+2.3 °C	34 mm	+23 mm
Dec	17.1 °C	+3.8 °C	31 mm	+15 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

43.7 °C

14 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-2.9 °C

21 Jan 2025

Wettest day

27.0 mm

24 Dec 2025

Windiest day

36.2 km/h

2 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

69.1 km/h

2 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.9 °C

14 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-7.6 °C

21 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.3 h

13 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of North Las Vegas?

North Las Vegas has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 120 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in North Las Vegas?

The hottest day measured in North Las Vegas between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2024, reaching 47.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in North Las Vegas?

The coldest day measured in North Las Vegas between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1967, at -11.1 °C.

Does it snow in North Las Vegas?

Yes. North Las Vegas gets on average 2.9 cm of snow per year and has around 15 frost days.

Has the climate of North Las Vegas warmed?

Yes: North Las Vegas warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in North Las Vegas?

The wettest day measured in North Las Vegas between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1985, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in North Las Vegas?

The windiest day measured in North Las Vegas between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 2002, with winds reaching 43.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in North Las Vegas?

The warmest month in North Las Vegas is July (32.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.6 °C).

How much does it rain in North Las Vegas?

North Las Vegas receives on average 120 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 22 rainy days.

Is it sunny in North Las Vegas?

North Las Vegas gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in North Las Vegas?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in North Las Vegas between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1949, with 11.3 cm.

Are there tropical nights in North Las Vegas?

Yes: North Las Vegas has on average 107 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in North Las Vegas?

In North Las Vegas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.2 °C on 9 July 2021, and the lowest was -16.4 °C on 13 January 1963.

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