Las Vegas, NV: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 78.9°F in Las Vegas, NV, the warmest May since 2025, tied 12th warmest of 90 (with 2025 and 2005).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 78.9°F; Warmest since 2025; 12th warmest of 90
Precipitation: 0.00 in; Ties the record; Driest of 90, provisional

A normal May in Las Vegas, NV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 77.6°F, between 71.2°F and 81.1°F in eight years of ten and 0.01 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.17 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Las Vegas, NV since 1937: 78.9°F in 2026; the highest is 83.6°F, in 2009.

Normal range, 71.2 to 81.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Las Vegas, NV from 1937 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank
2026	78.9	12	90.5	26	67.2	15	0.00	78
2025	78.9	12	89.6	39	68.2	9	1.44	1
2024	80.1	10	91.3	20	69	7	0.00	78
2023	77.9	21	88.5	52	67.2	15	trace	53
2022	77.6	27	89	48	66.2	20	0.00	78
2021	78.8	15	90.2	30	67.4	13	0.01	48
2020	80.7	5	92.2	13	69.2	5	0.00	78
2019	71.2	75	81.5	85	60.9	49	0.80	5
2018	78.7	17	89.9	33	67.5	11	0.24	18
2017	77.4	29	89.2	44	65.6	22	0.08	38
2016	75.3	43	85.9	72	64.8	24	0.04	43
2015	74.3	53	84.8	75	63.8	30	0.24	18
2014	78.6	18	89.9	33	67.2	15	trace	53
2013	78	19	89.3	43	66.7	18	0.00	78
2012	80.7	5	92.2	13	69.1	6	0.00	78
2011	72	72	83.6	79	60.3	54	0.01	48
2010	71.7	74	82.5	82	60.8	50	trace	53
2009	83.6	1	95.1	3	72.1	1	0.00	78
2008	74.4	52	85.5	73	63.3	31	0.13	28
2007	80.4	9	92	15	68.9	8	trace	53
2006	81	4	92.5	11	69.4	3	trace	53
2005	78.9	12	90.6	24	67.3	14	trace	53
2004	79.1	11	90.6	24	67.5	11	0.00	78
2003	77.9	21	89.7	37	66.1	21	0.01	48
2002	75.8	40	88.3	55	63.3	31	0.00	78
2001	82.2	2	94.8	5	69.6	2	0.02	47
2000	80.7	5	93.3	9	68.2	9	trace	53
1999	75.3	43	86.7	66	63.9	28	trace	53
1998	70	83	81.5	85	58.5	66	0.13	28
1997	81.6	3	93.9	6	69.3	4	trace	53
1996	77.3	30	89.9	33	64.7	25	0.13	28
1995	71	76	83.1	80	58.8	62	0.16	24
1994	76.6	36	88.9	49	64.3	27	0.01	48
1993	77	31	89.5	41	64.5	26	0.01	48
1992	77.7	26	90	32	65.4	23	0.05	40
1991	69.9	84	82.8	81	56.9	76	0.05	40
1990	74.5	49	87	61	61.9	43	trace	53
1989	75.6	41	88.7	50	62.6	37	0.64	7
1988	73.4	61	87.5	58	59.2	59	trace	53
1987	74.5	49	87	61	61.9	43	0.90	3
1986	76.6	36	90.4	29	62.8	35	0.28	17
1985	76.9	33	90.5	26	63.3	31	trace	53
1984	80.7	5	95.1	3	66.3	19	0.00	78
1983	72.8	65	86.1	71	59.5	56	0.16	24
1982	73.6	58	86.4	69	60.8	50	0.31	15
1981	74.3	53	86.7	66	61.8	45	0.50	9
1980	68.9	87	81.4	87	56.5	81	0.15	26
1979	75.3	43	89.7	37	61	48	0.35	12
1978	73.1	64	87.8	56	58.4	68	0.54	8
1977	67.7	89	80.5	88	54.9	86	0.72	6
1976	77.8	24	91.7	18	63.9	28	0.34	14
1975	72.5	68	86.2	70	58.7	63	0.35	12
1974	77	31	91.3	20	62.7	36	trace	53
1973	76.7	35	90.8	23	62.5	38	0.09	37
1972	74.5	49	89.6	39	59.4	57	0.46	10
1971	68	88	80.5	88	55.5	84	0.84	4
1970	75.3	43	89.9	33	60.6	52	0.00	78
1969	76.8	34	91.5	19	62.1	42	0.96	2
1968	73.5	59	88.4	54	58.6	64	trace	53
1967	72.5	68	86.8	65	58.1	71	0.21	20
1966	77.5	28	92.4	12	62.5	38	trace	53
1965	69.6	85	82	84	57.2	75	0.40	11
1964	70.9	78	85.1	74	56.7	79	0.05	40
1963	75.9	39	90.5	26	61.2	47	trace	53
1962	70.6	80	84.4	78	56.8	78	0.06	39
1961	72.8	65	87.3	60	58.4	68	trace	53
1960	73.4	61	88.6	51	58.2	70	trace	53
1959	72.2	71	86.5	68	57.8	72	trace	53
1958	78	19	92.7	10	63.2	34	0.18	22
1957	69.2	86	82.4	83	56.1	82	0.15	26
1956	74.3	53	89.2	44	59.4	57	trace	53
1955	70.2	81	84.6	77	55.8	83	0.03	44
1954	77.8	24	93.4	8	62.2	41	0.00	78
1953	66.2	90	79.6	90	52.8	89	0.03	44
1952	76.2	38	91	22	61.4	46	trace	53
1951	72.7	67	86.9	64	58.6	64	0.10	36
1950	72.5	68	87.5	58	57.5	73	trace	53
1949	70.9	78	84.8	75	56.9	76	0.29	16
1948	72	72	89.5	41	54.4	88	0.00	78
1947	78.8	15	95.3	2	62.4	40	0.11	33
1946	74.6	48	90.2	30	59	60	0.11	33
1945	74.8	47	89.2	44	60.4	53	0.03	44
1944	73.5	59	88.5	52	58.5	66	0.18	22
1943	75.4	42	91.9	16	58.9	61	trace	53
1942	71	76	87	61	55.1	85	trace	53
1941	73.3	63	89.2	44	57.5	73	0.21	20
1940	77.9	21	95.6	1	60.3	54	0.13	28
1939	74.2	57	91.8	17	56.6	80	0.11	33
1938	70.2	81	87.6	57	52.8	89	0.13	28
1937	74.3	53	93.8	7	54.7	87	trace	53

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2009	83.6
2001	82.2
1997	81.6
2006	81
2020	80.7
2012	80.7
2000	80.7
1984	80.7
2007	80.4
2024	80.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1953	66.2
1977	67.7
1971	68
1980	68.9
1957	69.2
1965	69.6
1991	69.9
1998	70
1955	70.2
1938	70.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2025	1.44
1969	0.96
1987	0.90
1971	0.84
2019	0.80
1977	0.72
1989	0.64
1978	0.54
1981	0.50
1972	0.46

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	0.00
2024	0.00
2022	0.00
2020	0.00
2013	0.00
2012	0.00
2009	0.00
2004	0.00
2002	0.00
1984	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 104°F; 12 May 2026, 11 May 2026
Coldest night: 56°F; 5 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 0.00 in of precipitation in Las Vegas, NV, tying the record for the driest May, set in 2024, 2022, 2020 and 9 other years, in 90 years since 1937; provisional.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Las Vegas, NV: 104°F on Tuesday 12 May 2026 and Monday 11 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Las Vegas, NV: a low of 56°F on Tuesday 5 May 2026.