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Climate of Las Vegas, Nevada
Updated: July 5, 2008

Las Vegas Climate Book in pdf format


TABLE OF CONTENTS
  Page
ABSTRACT AND NARRATIVE SUMMARY i
MONTHLY NORMALS 1
MONTHLY EXTREMES RECORDS 2
   
MONTHLY TEMPERATURE EXTREMES/DAILY NORMALS
JANUARY 3
FEBRUARY 4
MARCH 5
APRIL 6
MAY 7
JUNE 8
JULY 9
AUGUST 10
SEPTEMBER 11
OCTOBER 12
NOVEMBER 13
DECEMBER 14
   
PRECIPITATION DATA
10 WETTEST AND DRIEST YEARS AND OVERALL MONTHS 15
10 WETTEST AND DRIEST MONTHS BY MONTH 16
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION DAYS AND EXTREMES 17
CONSECUTIVE WET AND DRY DAYS 18
PRECIPITATION RECORDS 19
   
TEMPERATURE DATA
10 COLDEST AND HOTTEST YEARS AND OVERALL MONTHS 20
10 COLDEST AND HOTTEST MONTHS BY MONTH 21
DESERT HEAT STATISTICS 22
FROST/FREEZE DATA 23
   
THUNDERSTORMS/HAIL
THUNDERSTORMS 24
HAIL 25
   
WIND
WIND NORMALS AND EXTREMES 26
10 WINDIEST MONTHS BY MONTH 27
   
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
HEATING/COOLING DEGREE DAYS 28
SNOW 29
SUNSHINE 30
CLOUDIEST MONTHS AND YEARS 31
RELATIVE HUMIDITY 32
FOG 33
PRESSURE 34
HOLIDAY WEATHER 35
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 36


FIGURES:
  1. Record Maximum and Minimum Temperatures

  2. Average Number of Days Exceeding 90 /100 F, by Month

  3. Average Number of Thunderstorm Days, by Month

  4. Average Relative Humidity at 4 a.m. and 4 p.m. PST

  5. Annual Precipitation (in inches), 1937-2006

  6. Average Las Vegas Temperature and Population by Decade

  7. Average Las Vegas Maximum and Minimum Temperature by Decade

  8. Monthly Precipitation Extremes

  9. Las Vegas Normal Monthly Precipitation

  10. Record Monthly Peak Wind Gust

  11. Las Vegas Daily Precipitation Frequency

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