Las Vegas, NM

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LAS VEGAS WWTP, NM US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Las Vegas has an annual average temperature of 48.9°F with about 16.7 inches of precipitation per year and 22 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 85.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 11.3°F). July is typically the wettest month (3.19 in) and January the driest (0.42 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing
37.5°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,943
Cooling need
162

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

55 of 366 (15%) of Las Vegas's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1980s
34
1990s
103
2000s
158
2010s
24
2020s
47

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 50.1°F 11.3°F 30.7°F 0.42 in 3.0 in 2
February 52.8°F 14.4°F 33.6°F 0.45 in 3.8 in 2
March 60.4°F 20.3°F 40.4°F 0.56 in 2.8 in 2
April 67.2°F 28.2°F 47.7°F 0.70 in 1.3 in 3
May 75.0°F 35.7°F 55.3°F 1.49 in 4
June 84.7°F 45.2°F 64.9°F 1.36 in 5
July 85.2°F 51.2°F 68.2°F 3.19 in 9
August 84.2°F 50.2°F 67.2°F 3.12 in 10
September 78.6°F 42.1°F 60.3°F 2.43 in 6
October 69.2°F 29.4°F 49.3°F 1.69 in 1.4 in 3
November 58.7°F 19.0°F 38.9°F 0.57 in 4.0 in 3
December 50.2°F 11.5°F 30.8°F 0.74 in 5.7 in 2

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