Las Vegas climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Las Vegas?

Las Vegas has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.8 °C and it receives 1,705 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Las Vegas between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 2024, reaching 40.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Las Vegas?

The coldest day measured in Las Vegas between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1949, at 17.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Las Vegas?

Almost never: Las Vegas sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Las Vegas warmed?

Yes: Las Vegas warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Las Vegas?

The wettest day measured in Las Vegas between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1969, with 210 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Las Vegas?

The windiest day measured in Las Vegas between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 2007, with winds reaching 23.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Las Vegas?

The warmest month in Las Vegas is March (29.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Las Vegas?

Las Vegas receives on average 1,705 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 212 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Las Vegas?

Las Vegas gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Las Vegas (Venezuela) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.8 °C and it receives 1,705 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 March (29.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (25.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Las Vegas averages 0 frost days, 259 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 212 rainy days per year.

Las Vegas has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.9 °C (on 25 March 2024) and the coldest 17.5 °C (on 15 January 1949).

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

Las VegasCojedes

coords: 9.54°, -68.63°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthJuneDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

26.8°C

Average daily high

31.7°C

Average daily low

22.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,705mm

Sunshine / day

9.6h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

9.8km/h

Seasonal range

4.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

259 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

212 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.4 °C

Average feels-like low

26.4 °C

Average peak gust

28.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

363 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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

40.9 °C

25 March 2024

Coldest day

17.5 °C

15 January 1949

Wettest day

210 mm

15 April 1969

Windiest day

23.6 km/h

19 February 2007

Strongest gust

52.9 km/h

15 August 1978

Hottest feels-like

44.6 °C

21 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

17.9 °C

19 December 1992

Sunniest day

12.6 h

13 June 2008

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.3 °C26 February 2025	21.1 °C26 January 2025	28.3 °C	1,617 mm	329
2024	40.9 °C25 March 2024	21.5 °C7 December 2024	28.8 °C	1,481 mm	342
2023	39.4 °C11 April 2023	20.3 °C21 February 2023	28.6 °C	1,264 mm	346
2022	38.8 °C14 April 2022	17.7 °C7 December 2022	27.4 °C	1,592 mm	320
2021	37.4 °C22 February 2021	19.3 °C4 January 2021	27.2 °C	1,419 mm	309
2020	40.6 °C14 April 2020	20.5 °C30 November 2020	28.3 °C	1,337 mm	332
2019	38.0 °C11 April 2019	21.1 °C15 January 2019	27.6 °C	1,374 mm	305
2018	38.9 °C19 March 2018	21.3 °C24 December 2018	27.8 °C	1,636 mm	324
2017	39.0 °C14 March 2017	20.7 °C12 December 2017	27.4 °C	1,564 mm	304
2016	40.6 °C21 March 2016	21.4 °C27 December 2016	28.1 °C	2,086 mm	302
2015	40.2 °C5 May 2015	22.0 °C4 January 2015	28.9 °C	1,210 mm	345
2014	39.4 °C22 March 2014	21.4 °C22 January 2014	28.5 °C	1,451 mm	339
2013	39.7 °C5 March 2013	20.1 °C28 July 2013	28.2 °C	1,625 mm	326
2012	37.5 °C9 December 2012	20.9 °C28 August 2012	27.5 °C	1,913 mm	320
2011	38.3 °C4 April 2011	20.8 °C25 August 2011	27.6 °C	1,946 mm	320
2010	40.3 °C1 March 2010	21.6 °C2 January 2010	28.2 °C	2,160 mm	309
2009	38.0 °C10 April 2009	21.5 °C15 February 2009	28.1 °C	1,532 mm	330
2008	38.6 °C25 March 2008	20.9 °C2 January 2008	27.7 °C	1,904 mm	317
2007	38.4 °C24 March 2007	21.1 °C2 July 2007	27.7 °C	1,579 mm	309
2006	38.2 °C29 March 2006	21.0 °C20 July 2006	27.7 °C	1,709 mm	316
2005	39.3 °C28 March 2005	19.9 °C28 December 2005	27.8 °C	1,766 mm	317
2004	38.5 °C10 April 2004	20.9 °C10 June 2004	27.4 °C	1,999 mm	303
2003	38.2 °C20 March 2003	20.5 °C14 July 2003	27.1 °C	1,816 mm	301
2002	36.5 °C15 April 2002	20.2 °C30 December 2002	26.7 °C	1,896 mm	290
2001	36.8 °C7 March 2001	19.5 °C31 January 2001	26.6 °C	1,594 mm	275
2000	36.9 °C15 April 2000	18.8 °C13 January 2000	26.5 °C	1,498 mm	293
1999	36.2 °C5 March 1999	20.3 °C3 August 1999	26.3 °C	1,651 mm	259
1998	38.1 °C2 February 1998	21.0 °C23 December 1998	27.4 °C	1,776 mm	285
1997	36.1 °C24 March 1997	19.6 °C2 March 1997	26.8 °C	1,513 mm	286
1996	37.2 °C11 April 1996	20.7 °C27 January 1996	26.7 °C	1,637 mm	262
1995	38.2 °C11 April 1995	20.5 °C18 February 1995	27.0 °C	1,533 mm	285
1994	38.1 °C1 March 1994	19.4 °C21 January 1994	26.8 °C	1,689 mm	254
1993	37.1 °C30 March 1993	20.6 °C19 January 1993	26.6 °C	1,735 mm	274
1992	38.7 °C25 March 1992	18.2 °C19 December 1992	26.7 °C	1,919 mm	259
1991	37.2 °C16 February 1991	20.0 °C21 December 1991	26.4 °C	1,897 mm	258
1990	37.2 °C19 March 1990	19.6 °C23 December 1990	26.5 °C	2,033 mm	270
1989	37.2 °C14 April 1989	19.4 °C16 February 1989	26.5 °C	1,678 mm	260
1988	37.6 °C11 March 1988	20.0 °C4 December 1988	26.8 °C	1,687 mm	264
1987	38.0 °C11 March 1987	20.3 °C1 January 1987	27.2 °C	1,712 mm	282
1986	37.5 °C3 April 1986	19.7 °C4 February 1986	26.3 °C	1,856 mm	250
1985	38.6 °C10 April 1985	18.4 °C19 January 1985	26.3 °C	1,756 mm	245
1984	39.3 °C30 March 1984	19.7 °C30 December 1984	27.2 °C	1,495 mm	281
1983	38.4 °C11 March 1983	19.4 °C7 February 1983	26.9 °C	1,804 mm	269
1982	36.8 °C19 March 1982	20.0 °C25 January 1982	25.9 °C	1,950 mm	216
1981	38.9 °C24 March 1981	19.9 °C21 July 1981	26.3 °C	2,074 mm	241
1980	37.9 °C2 April 1980	19.8 °C2 August 1980	26.5 °C	1,633 mm	248
1979	37.1 °C12 March 1979	19.1 °C9 February 1979	26.5 °C	1,925 mm	276
1978	37.6 °C28 February 1978	19.1 °C17 August 1978	26.4 °C	2,155 mm	251
1977	36.4 °C5 March 1977	19.7 °C3 December 1977	26.5 °C	1,887 mm	256
1976	36.1 °C31 March 1976	18.4 °C1 February 1976	25.9 °C	1,789 mm	243
1975	38.2 °C8 April 1975	18.1 °C30 December 1975	26.2 °C	1,663 mm	231
1974	37.0 °C17 April 1974	19.5 °C28 December 1974	25.9 °C	1,745 mm	223
1973	37.0 °C1 April 1973	19.8 °C5 December 1973	26.2 °C	1,793 mm	189
1972	35.5 °C24 March 1972	19.9 °C12 February 1972	26.0 °C	2,083 mm	230
1971	36.7 °C16 April 1971	19.5 °C10 February 1971	25.9 °C	1,407 mm	205
1970	36.6 °C31 March 1970	19.1 °C16 January 1970	26.1 °C	1,927 mm	224
1969	38.0 °C2 April 1969	19.7 °C1 February 1969	26.3 °C	2,260 mm	199
1968	37.8 °C23 February 1968	20.3 °C3 February 1968	26.6 °C	1,788 mm	241
1967	37.0 °C13 March 1967	19.7 °C25 August 1967	26.5 °C	1,913 mm	269
1966	38.2 °C18 March 1966	19.7 °C4 October 1966	27.0 °C	1,717 mm	284
1965	38.0 °C20 April 1965	19.0 °C26 January 1965	26.6 °C	1,703 mm	251
1964	38.9 °C23 March 1964	17.9 °C15 December 1964	26.7 °C	1,767 mm	261
1963	38.0 °C12 February 1963	19.4 °C13 January 1963	26.9 °C	1,828 mm	269
1962	38.3 °C28 March 1962	18.0 °C1 January 1962	27.1 °C	1,925 mm	267
1961	38.1 °C19 March 1961	19.7 °C24 January 1961	27.1 °C	1,619 mm	288
1960	38.1 °C4 April 1960	19.4 °C22 December 1960	27.0 °C	1,582 mm	279
1959	38.4 °C26 March 1959	20.2 °C8 January 1959	27.0 °C	1,726 mm	288
1958	37.6 °C11 March 1958	20.7 °C6 February 1958	26.6 °C	1,754 mm	231
1957	36.1 °C24 March 1957	19.8 °C18 January 1957	26.2 °C	1,466 mm	228
1956	34.4 °C5 March 1956	20.0 °C23 January 1956	25.7 °C	1,548 mm	173
1955	34.5 °C21 February 1955	19.2 °C3 April 1955	25.7 °C	1,506 mm	197
1954	36.2 °C24 March 1954	19.4 °C29 December 1954	25.9 °C	1,531 mm	181
1953	36.3 °C4 April 1953	19.9 °C17 February 1953	26.5 °C	1,306 mm	237
1952	36.8 °C17 March 1952	18.8 °C12 November 1952	26.3 °C	1,330 mm	220
1951	36.1 °C17 March 1951	19.3 °C7 January 1951	25.9 °C	1,631 mm	218
1950	36.6 °C25 April 1950	18.9 °C17 January 1950	25.7 °C	1,697 mm	206
1949	34.8 °C5 May 1949	17.5 °C15 January 1949	25.5 °C	1,453 mm	181
1948	35.9 °C20 March 1948	20.1 °C7 February 1948	25.4 °C	1,894 mm	128
1947	37.1 °C4 April 1947	19.9 °C24 February 1947	26.3 °C	1,495 mm	217
1946	35.8 °C1 April 1946	19.0 °C10 January 1946	25.3 °C	1,936 mm	134
1945	36.0 °C25 March 1945	18.3 °C8 January 1945	25.6 °C	1,606 mm	200
1944	35.9 °C15 March 1944	18.5 °C29 January 1944	26.0 °C	1,515 mm	195
1943	33.6 °C19 February 1943	19.3 °C26 January 1943	24.7 °C	1,771 mm	138
1942	35.8 °C15 March 1942	19.7 °C29 August 1942	25.4 °C	2,145 mm	120
1941	38.3 °C30 March 1941	20.1 °C9 January 1941	26.5 °C	1,350 mm	224
1940	37.3 °C11 March 1940	20.2 °C9 February 1940	26.1 °C	1,453 mm	192

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.3 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

329 d/yr

+70

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1617 mm

-88 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.3 °C	+2.9 °C	14 mm	+4 mm
Feb	37.0 °C	+2.4 °C	0 mm	-11 mm
Mar	37.6 °C	+2.4 °C	6 mm	-22 mm
Apr	34.1 °C	+0.7 °C	172 mm	+27 mm
May	31.2 °C	+0.5 °C	297 mm	+25 mm
Jun	31.4 °C	+2.0 °C	278 mm	-8 mm
Jul	30.3 °C	+1.1 °C	246 mm	-1 mm
Aug	31.1 °C	+1.4 °C	225 mm	+10 mm
Sep	31.5 °C	+1.2 °C	146 mm	-34 mm
Oct	31.6 °C	+0.6 °C	169 mm	+2 mm
Nov	33.1 °C	+1.7 °C	51 mm	-58 mm
Dec	35.1 °C	+3.0 °C	15 mm	-23 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.3 °C

26 Feb 2025

Coldest day

21.1 °C

26 Jan 2025

Wettest day

34.4 mm

11 Jun 2025

Windiest day

21.8 km/h

14 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

47.2 km/h

16 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.9 °C

3 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.8 °C

15 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

16 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Las Vegas?

Las Vegas has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.8 °C and it receives 1,705 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Las Vegas?

The hottest day measured in Las Vegas between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 2024, reaching 40.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Las Vegas?

The coldest day measured in Las Vegas between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1949, at 17.5 °C.

Does it snow in Las Vegas?

Almost never: Las Vegas sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Las Vegas warmed?

Yes: Las Vegas warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Las Vegas?

The wettest day measured in Las Vegas between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1969, with 210 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Las Vegas?

The windiest day measured in Las Vegas between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 2007, with winds reaching 23.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Las Vegas?

The warmest month in Las Vegas is March (29.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (25.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Las Vegas?

Las Vegas receives on average 1,705 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 212 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Las Vegas?

Las Vegas gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Las Vegas?

Yes: Las Vegas has on average 363 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Las Vegas?

In Las Vegas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.6 °C on 21 March 2016, and the lowest was 17.9 °C on 19 December 1992.

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