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Las
Vegas Weather: Year Round Fun in the Sun
Low
humidity along with ideal spring and fall temperatures
make Las Vegas a great place to visit any time of the
year. The average year round temperature is 80 degrees.
Las Vegas is one of the sunniest cities in the United
States -- with an average 320 days of sunshine per year
and only 4.19 inches of rainfall.
Because
of its high desert elevation (2,174 feet above sea level),
the temperature range can be extreme. During the summer,
daytime temperatures often reach 100 degrees. In the winter,
the temperature may drop as low 33 degrees, although the
average high is between 50 and 60 degrees. It rarely falls
below freezing in Las Vegas. When it does, it is usually
only in the early morning.
You
can enjoy a wide variety of sports year round. Though
the winter weather is less dependable than the spring
or fall, the winter months are generally pleasant and
well suited to outdoor activities. For example, you can
water ski on Lake Mead in the morning and snow ski at
Lee Canyon in the afternoon.
From mid-May
to mid-September, when the heat is most intense, you can
swim, sun bathe, sail or water ski. Just make sure you
have plenty of sun screen and a hat. It’s also an ideal
time to head for Mt. Charleston where the average temperature
is 20-25 degrees cooler than Las Vegas.
Listed below
are the average daily high and low temperatures by month:
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