North Las Vegas Airport

KVGT · Nevada, United States

Climate North Las Vegas Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of North Las Vegas Airport (KVGT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.5 93 97 100 97 100
February 98.4 98 99 99 99 100
March 99.0 99 97 100 99 98
April 99.7 100 99 100 100
May 99.6 100 99 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100 100
July 99.6 100 100 99 100
August 99.0 100 96 97 100
September 98.1 97 99 100 92
October 99.8 99 99 100 100
November 99.3 99 100 100 100
December 99.5 100 100 99 100
Average 98.8 96.5 98.9 99.2 99.1 99.1

12th 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 99.1 99 100 100 99 100
February 99.2 100 100 99 99 100
March 99.7 100 99 100 100 100
April 99.9 100 100 100 100
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100 100
July 99.7 100 100 99 100
August 99.0 100 96 97 100
September 98.6 99 99 100 92
October 99.8 99 100 100 100
November 99.5 100 100 100 100
December 99.6 100 100 99 100
Average 99.5 99.3 99.7 99.4 99.4 99.2

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 13 16 16 16
February 17.3 17 16 19 19 19
March 21.1 21 18 24 21 20
April 28.0 28 29 29 27
May 32.0 32 33 34 35
June 38.3 35 39 41 38
July 41.5 44 41 42 42
August 39.9 38 39 41 42
September 35.8 34 37 37 38
October 28.0 29 29 26 32
November 20.7 20 17 24 21
December 15.3 17 14 15 16
Average 26.6 17.5 27.1 28.6 28.7 28.8

99th 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 5.3 5 5 5 5 5
February 6.5 8 5 7 8 6
March 10.1 11 8 11 9 10
April 15.2 14 15 16 15
May 19.2 20 20 20 21
June 25.0 23 26 28 25
July 28.4 30 29 29 28
August 27.0 27 29 28 28
September 23.0 22 25 24 24
October 15.5 17 17 15 17
November 9.1 9 7 12 10
December 5.1 7 4 6 4
Average 14.9 7.9 15.5 16.5 16.6 16.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.4 5 5 0 2 1
February 3.6 11 1 0 2 1
March 3.0 7 7 1 2 1
April 0.8 1 1 0 1
May 0.5 0 1 0 0
June 0.3 2 0 0 0
July 0.4 0 1 0 0
August 0.6 2 1 0 0
September 0.6 0 2 1 1
October 0.3 0 0 2 1
November 1.0 0 1 0 2
December 1.8 2 2 2 2
Average 1.9 7.3 1.7 0.7 0.9 0.8

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 6.0 6 8 5 6 5
February 7.1 6 7 6 8 7
March 8.6 10 9 8 9 9
April 8.6 8 10 8 7
May 7.9 8 9 8 8
June 7.9 7 8 8 8
July 6.7 7 7 6 7
August 6.4 6 5 7 6
September 6.4 6 6 6 6
October 5.7 6 5 7 5
November 5.5 6 7 5 5
December 5.1 4 5 6 5
Average 6.9 7.0 6.8 6.9 6.9 6.6

99th 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 346° 334° 350° 027° 351°
February 270° 265° 334° 329° 358°
March 239° 212° 322° 242° 192°
April 309° 232° 278° 291°
May 172° 271° 238° 211°
June 181° 201° 168° 173°
July 176° 164° 126° 174°
August 161° 138° 169° 167°
September 123° 137° 181° 342°
October 327° 090° 188° 360°
November 311° 326° 352° 282°
December 340° 075° 200° 346°

Prevailing wind direction

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