Nellis Air Force Base

KLSV · Nevada, United States

Climate Nellis Air Force Base 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nellis Air Force Base (KLSV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.1 93 97 100 96 100
February 99.1 98 100 100 100 100
March 99.1 99 99 100 100 98
April 99.7 100 98 100 100
May 99.5 100 100 100 98
June 99.4 98 100 99 100
July 99.2 98 100 99 99
August 99.5 99 100 98 100
September 99.4 98 99 100 99
October 98.5 99 95 99 99
November 99.2 100 100 100 98
December 99.3 98 100 100 100
Average 98.9 96.6 98.6 99.2 99.3 99.2

11th best VFR conditions of United States

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.4 99 100 100 98 100
February 99.6 100 100 100 100 100
March 99.7 99 100 100 100 100
April 99.7 100 99 100 100
May 99.5 100 100 100 98
June 99.5 98 100 99 100
July 99.2 98 100 99 99
August 99.8 100 100 99 100
September 99.7 99 99 100 100
October 98.7 99 96 100 99
November 99.5 100 100 100 98
December 99.5 98 100 100 100
Average 99.5 99.2 99.2 99.3 99.6 99.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.0 15 14 17 15 16
February 17.3 17 17 19 19 18
March 21.4 21 19 26 21 20
April 27.4 28 30 29 27
May 32.0 33 34 33 34
June 38.5 36 40 40 38
July 41.5 44 42 41 41
August 40.4 40 41 40 42
September 35.9 36 38 36 37
October 28.2 31 31 26 31
November 21.0 21 19 24 21
December 15.1 17 15 15 15
Average 26.7 17.6 28.0 29.7 28.3 28.4

45th highest temperature of United States

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.4 4 4 2 3 3
February 4.5 6 2 4 4 3
March 8.8 8 8 8 8 6
April 13.6 12 14 13 11
May 18.6 19 19 19 17
June 23.0 22 19 22 22
July 25.9 20 28 23 25
August 23.1 24 18 19 26
September 19.1 18 20 18 13
October 11.9 14 15 9 12
November 5.9 7 5 6 5
December 2.9 4 2 3 2
Average 12.5 5.9 12.8 13.0 12.3 12.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.3 7 5 0 2 0
February 2.7 10 2 1 0 1
March 1.9 5 5 0 0 1
April 0.1 0 1 0 0
May 0.1 0 0 0 0
June 0.3 2 0 0 0
July 0.2 0 0 1 0
August 0.6 3 0 0 0
September 0.5 1 2 0 0
October 0.2 0 0 1 0
November 0.9 0 2 0 0
December 1.5 2 4 1 1
Average 1.6 6.8 1.6 0.7 0.3 0.1

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.7 5 8 5 5 4
February 7.6 6 10 9 6 7
March 8.6 9 10 8 8 8
April 9.0 9 11 9 7
May 8.1 9 9 8 9
June 7.4 7 9 7 7
July 6.3 7 7 6 6
August 6.1 7 5 7 5
September 6.2 6 6 6 6
October 6.0 5 6 7 4
November 5.4 6 7 5 5
December 4.6 3 5 6 5
Average 6.7 6.7 7.2 7.4 6.7 6.2

45th highest wind speed of United States

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 049° 060° 037° 053° 022°
February 093° 076° 036° 020° 007°
March 211° 181° 086° 163° 137°
April 062° 190° 190° 121°
May 175° 215° 197° 161°
June 142° 191° 185° 174°
July 146° 167° 122° 189°
August 109° 130° 166° 180°
September 058° 125° 146° 061°
October 062° 095° 135° 029°
November 046° 087° 051° 073°
December 048° 120° 159° 041°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.