WETTESTSINCE
Nevada · precipitation record 1937–2026

Las Vegas, NV

THIS YEAR · 2026
DRIEST THIS YEAR SINCE 2012
0.51in
10th driest of 90 years · normal 1.94"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 89 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
0.0in
tied for driest of 90 yrs
0% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
0.02in
7th driest of 90 yrs
4% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
0.51in
10th driest of 90 yrs
26% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

2.58in
on Aug 21, 1957 · in 90 years

Dry Streak

33days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 240 days (to Dec 16, 2020)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 6 days

Year to Date vs Normal

26%
0.51" of a normal 1.94" · wettest 7.17" (1941) · driest 0.24" (1947)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 89-year record (1937–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 4.07" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1194110.72in
219929.88in
319657.96in
420047.76in
519787.65in

Driest Years on Record

119530.56in
219480.76in
319681.11in
419641.12in
519851.27in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Jan (~0.22") and driest in Jun (~0.0"). Wettest calendar month ever: Mar 1992, 4.8".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Las Vegas — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Jul 28 ever

1.36in
set in 1984

Rain on Jul 28

12%
of 89 years had measurable rain
1937: 0.00″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.00″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.25″1952: 0.20″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.13″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.02″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.03″1976: 0.04″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.19″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.00″1984: 1.36″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.79″1997: 0.17″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.32″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Las Vegas's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Las Vegas, NV — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Las Vegas's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Las Vegas, NV — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:45 AM
Sunset6:48 PM
Solar noon11:47 AM
Daylight14h 03m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

36.07°N, 115.16°W

Nearby Stations

Kingman, AZ89 mi SENeedles, CA95 mi SELake Havasu City, AZ120 mi SEPalm Springs, CA173 mi SWPalmdale, CA192 mi SWLancaster, CA194 mi SW

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