Current weather · Sep 26, 9:18 AM PDT

35.9970, -114.8630

76°

SunnyFeels like 76° · Humidity 27%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Las Vegas, NV · grid 131,89
High
90°
Low
73°
Rain today
1%
Sunrise
6:31 AM
Sunset
6:30 PM

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

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Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Sat 9 AM76°76°40°27%0%S7 mph12 mph14%——
Sat 10 AM79°79°40°25%0%S8 mph14 mph20%——
Sat 11 AM82°80°39°22%0%S9 mph16 mph21%——
Sat 12 PM85°82°40°20%0%S10 mph18 mph22%——
Sat 1 PM87°84°41°20%0%S10 mph20 mph41%——
Sat 2 PM88°84°41°19%0%S12 mph22 mph37%——
Sat 3 PM88°84°40°19%0%S13 mph23 mph51%——
Sat 4 PM90°86°40°17%0%S14 mph23 mph46%——
Sat 5 PM88°84°39°18%1%S14 mph23 mph18%1%——
Sat 6 PM88°84°39°18%1%S13 mph22 mph37%1%——
Sat 7 PM86°83°39°19%1%S12 mph18 mph33%1%——
Sat 8 PM84°81°38°19%1%SSW10 mph17 mph29%1%——
Sat 9 PM83°81°37°19%1%SSW9 mph15 mph39%1%——
Sat 10 PM81°79°37°21%1%SSW7 mph12 mph64%1%——
Sat 11 PM80°79°37°21%1%SSW7 mph10 mph57%——
Sun 12 AM79°79°37°22%0%SSW6 mph9 mph64%——
Sun 1 AM78°78°36°22%0%SW5 mph8 mph64%——
Sun 2 AM77°77°36°23%0%SSW5 mph7 mph58%——
Sun 3 AM77°77°36°23%0%S5 mph7 mph68%——
Sun 4 AM76°76°37°24%1%S5 mph7 mph81%——
Sun 5 AM75°75°37°25%0%SSW5 mph7 mph89%——
Sun 6 AM75°75°37°25%0%SSW5 mph8 mph90%——
Sun 7 AM75°75°37°25%0%SSW5 mph8 mph80%——
Sun 8 AM74°74°37°26%0%S6 mph10 mph53%——
Sun 9 AM75°75°37°25%0%S6 mph10 mph54%——
Sun 10 AM78°78°38°24%0%SSE7 mph13 mph48%——
Sun 11 AM81°79°39°22%0%S10 mph18 mph37%——
Sun 12 PM82°80°40°22%0%S14 mph24 mph23%——
Sun 1 PM83°81°40°22%0%S17 mph28 mph14%——
Sun 2 PM85°82°40°20%0%S17 mph29 mph18%——
Sun 3 PM83°81°40°22%0%S18 mph29 mph24%——
Sun 4 PM83°81°40°22%0%S18 mph29 mph15%——
Sun 5 PM83°81°41°23%3%S17 mph29 mph17%3%——
Sun 6 PM82°80°42°24%3%S16 mph28 mph5%3%——
Sun 7 PM81°80°43°26%3%S15 mph26 mph18%3%——
Sun 8 PM80°79°43°27%3%S15 mph24 mph29%2%——
Sun 9 PM79°79°44°29%3%S14 mph23 mph28%2%——
Sun 10 PM78°78°46°32%3%S13 mph22 mph27%2%——
Sun 11 PM77°77°47°35%12%S12 mph21 mph26%2%——
Mon 12 AM76°76°48°37%12%S10 mph18 mph26%2%——
Mon 1 AM76°76°48°37%12%S10 mph16 mph25%2%——
Mon 2 AM75°75°48°38%12%S9 mph14 mph24%6%——
Mon 3 AM74°74°48°40%12%S8 mph13 mph33%6%——
Mon 4 AM73°73°49°43%12%S7 mph12 mph50%6%——
Mon 5 AMScattered light rain showers72°72°49°44%39%0.00 inS7 mph12 mph59%6%——
Mon 6 AMScattered light rain showers71°71°50°47%39%0.00 inS7 mph13 mph59%6%——
Mon 7 AMScattered light rain showers70°70°51°51%39%0.00 inS8 mph14 mph59%6%——
Mon 8 AMScattered light rain showers70°70°51°51%39%0.00 inS9 mph15 mph59%6%——

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Sep 25, 11:33 PM PDT to day 8, the National Blend of Models to day 11, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodaySep 2690°73°Mostly Sunny1%wind 14 mph · gusts 23 mph
  2. SunSep 2785°70°Mostly Sunny12%wind 18 mph · gusts 29 mph
  3. MonSep 2874°61°Chance Showers And Thunderstorms63%0.29 inwind 10 mph · gusts 18 mph
  4. TueSep 2976°62°Chance Showers And Thunderstorms46%0.23 inwind 12 mph · gusts 22 mph
  5. WedSep 3081°63°Sunny8%wind 5 mph · gusts 13 mph
  6. ThuOct 184°65°Sunny0%wind 5 mph · gusts 13 mph
  7. FriOct 285°64°Sunny1%wind 5 mph · gusts 15 mph
  8. SatOct 384°66°2%wind 5 mph · gusts 13 mph
  9. SunOct 486°69°National Blend5%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  10. MonOct 586°69°National Blend4%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  11. TueOct 686°69°National Blend3%wind 6 mph · gusts 14 mph
  12. WedOct 7~94°72°Model mean
  13. ThuOct 8~96°73°Model mean
  14. FriOct 9~95°73°Model mean
  15. SatOct 10~95°73°Model mean
  16. SunOct 11~93°70°Model mean

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like76°
  • WindS 7 mphgusts 12 mph
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity27%
  • Dew point40°
  • Pressure—
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility—
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset
  • Moonrise6:24 PMMoonset 6:29 AM
  • Moon phaseFull moon100% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Sep 26, 5:00 AM PDT

NOAA’s weighted blend of every model it runs, to eleven days, with the chances the grid above does not carry. Where the local office’s grid reaches, its figure sits beneath the blend’s; where it does not, the blend stands alone.

  1. TodaySep 2691°75°NWS grid 90° / 73°rain 1%wind 15 mph · gusts 24 mph
  2. SunSep 2786°71°NWS grid 85° / 70°rain 44%thunder 13%wind 18 mph · gusts 30 mph
  3. MonSep 2874°62°NWS grid 74° / 61°rain 73%thunder 31%0.37 inwind 13 mph · gusts 20 mph
  4. TueSep 2976°63°NWS grid 76° / 62°rain 50%thunder 19%0.30 inwind 12 mph · gusts 22 mph
  5. WedSep 3081°65°NWS grid 81° / 63°rain 3%wind 6 mph · gusts 14 mph
  6. ThuOct 184°67°NWS grid 84° / 65°rain 0%wind 5 mph · gusts 12 mph
  7. FriOct 285°67°NWS grid 85° / 64°rain 1%wind 5 mph · gusts 13 mph
  8. SatOct 386°68°NWS grid 84° / 66°rain 2%wind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  9. SunOct 486°69°Beyond the NWS gridrain 5%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  10. MonOct 586°69°Beyond the NWS gridrain 4%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  11. TueOct 686°69°Beyond the NWS gridrain 3%wind 6 mph · gusts 14 mph
59°77°95°SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Sep 26, 5:00 AM PDT · GFS Sep 25, 11:00 PM PDT · GEFS Sep 25, 11:00 PM PDT · ECMWF Sep 25, 5:00 PM PDT · ECMWF AI Sep 25, 5:00 PM PDT

Each line is one model’s own forecast at its own grid cell: three kilometers for HRRR, a quarter of a degree for the global models, which can sit a few hundred meters above or below the town. Where they agree the forecast is settled; where they part is where it is not.

59°82°104°SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Sep 2690° 73°91° 72°94° 75°94° 76°94° 76°~95° 76°
Sun Sep 2785° 70°89° 73°93° 78°92° 77°88° 76°~90° 78°
Mon Sep 2874° 61°0.29 in73° 68°0.02 in84° 69°0.04 in82° 69°0.13 in77° 66°0.90 in~74° 65°0.59 in
Tue Sep 2976° 62°0.23 in—84° 65°86° 65°0.02 in75° 62°0.40 in~77° 62°0.08 in
Wed Sep 3081° 63°—91° 68°89° 68°82° 65°~86° 66°
Thu Oct 184° 65°—94° 70°93° 70°86° 68°~89° 67°
Fri Oct 285° 64°—95° 73°94° 73°~87° 69°~90° 71°
Sat Oct 384° 66°—94° 73°93° 74°0.02 in~89° 70°~92° 71°
Sun Oct 4——90° 68°92° 73°0.04 in~91° 72°~94° 71°
Mon Oct 5——93° 68°92° 73°0.07 in~91° 73°~94° 73°
Tue Oct 6——~96° 69°—~90° 73°~94° 73°
Wed Oct 7——~96° 71°—~93° 73°~94° 74°
Thu Oct 8——~98° 73°—~96° 74°~94° 73°
Fri Oct 9——~97° 73°—~96° 75°~93° 72°
Sat Oct 10——~94° 72°—~97° 75°~93° 72°
Sun Oct 11——~93° 70°———

A ~ marks a high or low read from six-hourly steps, which miss the true extreme by a degree or two.

ECMWF ensemble meteogram

ECMWF ensemble meteogram for this place: box plots of cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and temperature from the 51 ensemble members for ten days.
Rendered by ECMWF from its 51-member ensemble, in metric units: each box spans the middle half of the members, the whiskers the rest, the line the control run. A forecast, not an observation. © ECMWF, CC BY 4.0.

The next 90 days

NOAA GHCN normals and records at Boulder City (BVU) · Climate Prediction Center outlooks

No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one. Where the models stop, the calendar takes over: the 1991 to 2020 normal for each date, the record high and low ever set on it, and where the Climate Prediction Center leans warm, cool, wet or dry over the coming weeks, the month and the season. A site that shows a high for a date three months out is showing you this normal with a wobble.

The forecast reaches Sun Oct 11, from the NWS grid, then the National Blend, then the mean of the global models. Beyond it the lines are the calendar.

Climate Prediction Center (CPC) temperature lean50%60%warmer 33% · Oct 202633% chance above normal · Oct to Dec20°40°60°80°100°TodayOct 1Nov 1Dec 1

Forecast high and lowNormal high and lowRecord high and lowCPC leans warmer than normal

Week ofNormalWarmest on recordColdest on recordTemperature leanPrecipitation lean
Sep 26—107° (2024)53° (2006)no outlookno outlook
Oct 3—104° (2024)50° (2009)60% chance above normal · days 8 to 14near normal most likely · days 8 to 14
Oct 10—102° (2024)42° (2006)33% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 17—99° (2016)48° (2013)33% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 24—90° (2014)36° (2019)33% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 31—89° (2014)42° (2019)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 7—89° (2007)40° (2006)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 14—85° (2008)35° (2014)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 21—81° (2006)29° (2014)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 28—81° (2005)28° (2006)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 5—77° (2006)25° (2013)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 12—72° (2005)31° (2008)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 19—73° (2014)22° (2019)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec

Health and activities

Rules of thumb over the next 24 hours of forecast, the warnings in force, the station’s report, air quality and pollen

None of these is a measurement. Each is a rating of the forecast ahead, and of what is happening at the point right now, against what the activity or the ailment is known to mind, and each names the figure that decided it. An ailment or a pest is rated as a risk, low to extreme; an activity, a chore or a journey as a condition, poor to ideal.

Each rating says which span it is for: the rest of today’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Common coldtodayModeratedry air
  • FlutodayModeratedry air
  • Migrainenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstodayLowmild
  • SunburntodayLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightGoodwarm night

Outdoors

  • RunningtodayFairhot
  • HikingtodayVery goodhot
  • BikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GolftodayIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtodayGoodwind
  • Beach and pooltodayIdealfine conditions
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightPoormostly cloudy

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hIdealclear skies
  • Drivingnext 24 hIdealclear roads

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtodayVery goodfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetodayIdealfine conditions
  • Painting and outdoor projectstodayIdealfine conditions
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestodayHighwarm
  • TickstodayModeratewarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststodayHighwarm

Stargazing

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast and the sun and moon

Tonight has no dark, clear hour without a bright moon in this forecast. Rated poor.

Night ofRatingDarkClear hoursClear and moonlessMoon litTransparency (est.)DewStrongest wind
SaturdayPoor7:55 PM to 5:06 AM0 of 9None100%10 mph
SundayPoor7:54 PM to 5:07 AM0 of 9None97%15 mph
MondayPoor7:52 PM to 5:08 AM0 of 9None93%5 mph
TuesdayFair7:51 PM to 5:09 AM6 of 9None87%Good2 mph
WednesdayFair7:49 PM to 5:09 AM9 of 91 h from 8:00 PM79%Good1 mph
ThursdayFair7:48 PM to 5:10 AM9 of 92 h from 8:00 PM70%Good1 mph
FridayGood7:46 PM to 5:11 AM9 of 93 h from 8:00 PM59%Good2 mph

Dark is the sun 18 degrees below the horizon; where it never gets that low, 12 degrees, marked nautical. Clear is sky cover of 20% or less. A bright moon is one above the horizon with a quarter or more of its disc lit. Transparency in the table is estimated from surface humidity (70% and 85% mark fair and poor) and visibility, since the forecast carries no haze or high cloud moisture. Seeing and transparency by hour, where shown, are Environment and Climate Change Canada’s astronomy forecast (regional model; seeing from cloud, wind shear, turbulence near the ground and the surface temperature trend; transparency from the moisture through the whole air column), under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Dew is the air within 2 °C of its dew point. Excellent is four or more clear moonless hours with good transparency; good is three; fair is one, or two clear hours.

Golden hour and blue hour

Computed from the sun and moon positions
DayBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, evening
Sat6:05 AM to 6:15 AM6:15 AM to 7:05 AM5:56 PM to 6:46 PM6:46 PM to 6:56 PM
Sun6:06 AM to 6:16 AM6:16 AM to 7:05 AM5:55 PM to 6:44 PM6:44 PM to 6:54 PM
Mon6:07 AM to 6:17 AM6:17 AM to 7:06 AM5:53 PM to 6:43 PM6:43 PM to 6:53 PM
Tue6:07 AM to 6:17 AM6:17 AM to 7:07 AM5:52 PM to 6:41 PM6:41 PM to 6:51 PM
Wed6:08 AM to 6:18 AM6:18 AM to 7:08 AM5:50 PM to 6:40 PM6:40 PM to 6:50 PM
Thu6:09 AM to 6:19 AM6:19 AM to 7:09 AM5:49 PM to 6:38 PM6:38 PM to 6:48 PM
Fri6:10 AM to 6:20 AM6:20 AM to 7:10 AM5:47 PM to 6:37 PM6:37 PM to 6:47 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 6:31 AM, 91° E
  • SS Sunset 6:30 PM, 269° W
  • MR Moonrise 6:24 PM, 82° E
  • MS Moonset 6:29 AM, 274° W
  • Full moon, 100% lit

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below. These are the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon; hills and buildings change both. None means the sun does not reach that height on the day; all day means it stays inside the band.

Drone flying

NWS hourly forecast, SWPC Kp, FAA TFRs and 14 CFR Part 107

This hour: good to fly. Next good stretch: Sat 9 AM to 12 PM, 3 hours.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 6:01 AM to sunrise 6:31 AM, and sunset 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Sat12 PM6 PM
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Caution No-fly

HourVerdictWind (mph)400 ft est. (mph)Gust (mph)RainVisibilityCloud allowsTempKpWhy
Sat 9 AMGood79130%76°nothing against it
Sat 10 AMGood810150%79°nothing against it
Sat 11 AMGood911180%82°nothing against it
Sat 12 PMCaution1012200%85°gusts near or over your limit
Sat 1 PMCaution1012220%87°gusts near or over your limit
Sat 2 PMNo-fly1215250%88°gusts near or over your limit
Sat 3 PMNo-fly1318290%88°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit
Sat 4 PMNo-fly1420290%90°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit
Sat 5 PMNo-fly1420291%88°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit
Sat 6 PMNo-fly1318281%88°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Sat 7 PMCaution1217241%86°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 8 PMNo-fly1025321%84°wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 9 PMNo-fly922281%83°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 10 PMCaution710151%81°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 11 PMCaution710131%80°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 12 AMCaution614170%79°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 1 AMCaution511140%78°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 2 AMCaution511130%77°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 3 AMCaution511130%77°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 4 AMCaution5791%76°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 5 AMCaution5790%75°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 6 AMCaution57100%75°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 7 AMGood57100%75°nothing against it
Sun 8 AMGood67120%74°nothing against it

Flight restrictions nearby

Reading the FAA’s temporary flight restrictions.

Flight restrictions on the map. TFRs are not the whole picture: controlled airspace around airports needs LAANC authorization. Check the FAA’s B4UFLY.

Wind at 400 ft is estimated from the 10 m forecast by the power law, with exponents for each Pasquill stability class (Irwin 1979, rural, as in EPA dispersion models; the class from wind, sun height and cloud, after Turner 1970); gusts keep the ground gust’s margin. Caution from three quarters of your limit; the default 24 mph is the wind resistance printed for common sub-250 g drones. 14 CFR 107.51: “The minimum flight visibility, as observed from the location of the control station must be no less than 3 statute miles” and at least “500 feet below the cloud”. 14 CFR 107.29: “No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system during periods of civil twilight unless the small unmanned aircraft has lighted anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles”; civil twilight is the 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset, in Alaska the Air Almanac’s. Kp: SWPC’s scales say satellite navigation problems may occur at G3 (Kp 7) and navigation is “degraded for hours” at G4 (Kp 8); Kp 5 is the typical app warning. Typical limits, not rules: rain chance 30% caution and 60% no-fly, thunder 10% and 20%, below 0 °C caution and −10 °C no-fly, over 40 °C caution. Your drone’s manual and the airspace come first.

Spraying and field work

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast

Hours fit for spraying, and the days dry enough for fieldwork and hay, read from this forecast’s wind, gusts, humidity, temperature and rain.

Spraying windows

  • Wed 9 AM to 12 PM 3 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Sat 9 AM to 11 AM 2 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
Sat12 PM6 PM
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
SaturdayDry1%0.00 in17%14 mph2 dGood
SundayDry3%0.00 in20%18 mph1 dGood
MondayWet63%0.29 in43%9 mph
TuesdayShowers possible39%0.23 in33%12 mph
WednesdayDry3%0.00 in21%5 mph4 d
ThursdayDry0%0.00 in20%5 mph3 d
FridayDry0%0.00 in20%5 mph2 d
SaturdayDry2%0.00 in19%5 mph1 d

Spraying: sustained wind 3 to 10 mph, the range US extension services and most labels give; gusts no more than 15 mph (this page’s limit); delta T (air minus wet-bulb temperature) 2 to 8 °C preferred and 8 to 10 °C marginal, from GRDC guidance, with the wet bulb by Stull’s formula; no hour at a 30% chance of rain or 0.25 mm forecast during the rain-free time. Follow the product label, which overrides all of this. Field days: dry is no daytime hour at a 30% chance and under 1 mm all day, wet is 6 mm (0.25 in) or more; soil moisture is not in the forecast, so ground still wet from earlier rain is not accounted for. Hay drying marks a dry day with humidity down to 50% and a breeze of 5 mph or more.

Solunar times

Computed from the moon’s position

The best-rated day this week is Saturday, rated best.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Sat Best11:08 PM to 1:08 AM11:31 AM to 1:31 PM5:59 AM to 6:59 AM5:54 PM to 6:54 PM 100%6:31 AM, 6:30 PM
Sun Best11:54 PM to 1:54 AM12:18 PM to 2:18 PM7:05 AM to 8:05 AM6:22 PM to 7:22 PM 98%6:31 AM, 6:29 PM
Mon Good12:43 AM to 2:43 AM1:08 PM to 3:08 PM8:14 AM to 9:14 AM6:55 PM to 7:55 PM 95%6:32 AM, 6:27 PM
Tue Fair1:35 AM to 3:35 AM2:03 PM to 4:03 PM9:26 AM to 10:26 AM7:33 PM to 8:33 PM 89%6:33 AM, 6:26 PM
Wed Poor2:31 AM to 4:31 AM3:01 PM to 5:01 PM10:39 AM to 11:39 AM8:19 PM to 9:19 PM 82%6:34 AM, 6:24 PM
Thu Fair3:32 AM to 5:32 AM4:03 PM to 6:03 PM11:50 AM to 12:50 PM9:15 PM to 10:15 PM 73%6:35 AM, 6:23 PM
Fri Fair4:34 AM to 6:34 AM5:06 PM to 7:06 PM12:54 PM to 1:54 PM10:20 PM to 11:20 PM 63%6:35 AM, 6:21 PM

Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The weather’s side is the fishing index

Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot; minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset: the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables (1936). The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within a day and a half of a new or full moon (one more within three and a half days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The theory has mixed support in fisheries research; the times are exact astronomy.

In words

NWS forecast periods, as issued
  1. Today90° · 1% · S 7–14 mph

    Mostly sunny. High near 90, with temperatures falling to around 88 in the afternoon. South wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

  2. Tonight73° · 1% · SSW 5–13 mph

    Mostly cloudy. Low around 73, with temperatures rising to around 75 overnight. South southwest wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

  3. Sunday85° · 3% · S 5–18 mph

    Mostly sunny. High near 85, with temperatures falling to around 83 in the afternoon. South wind 5 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

  4. Sunday Night70° · 39% · S 7–16 mph

    Scattered rain showers after 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

  5. Monday74° · 63% · SSW 9 mph

    Scattered rain showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. South southwest wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

  6. Monday Night61° · 58% · NNW 6 mph

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

  7. Tuesday76° · 39% · N 3–12 mph

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 76.

  8. Tuesday Night62° · 30% · NW 1–6 mph

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.

  9. Wednesday81° · 3% · NNE 1–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 81.

  10. Wednesday Night63° · S 2 mph

    Clear, with a low around 63.

  11. Thursday84° · S 1–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 84.

  12. Thursday Night65° · S 2 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 65.

  13. Friday85° · S 1–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 85.

  14. Friday Night64° · 1% · SW 3 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 64.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Las Vegas, NV · issued Sep 26, 5:12 AM PDT

Written by the forecaster on duty for their own colleagues and for anyone who wants to know why the forecast says what it says. It is not edited for the public, so it uses the office’s shorthand; it is also the most honest thing any weather service publishes.

KEY Messages

Southwesterly breezes and seasonable temperatures will give way to cooler temperatures and increased precipitation chances Sunday through Tuesday.

Discussion

through Friday.

Seasonable temperatures are on tap for the region today, with breezy southwesterly winds picking up across the region as an upper-level trough begins to develop off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. This trough will begin to dig along the coast on Sunday, which will bring cooler temperatures and gusty southwesterly winds to the area on Sunday. While this trough digs along the coast, Hurricane Polo will continue to approach the Baja Peninsula, pushing tropical moisture into the Southwestern US ahead of it. This increase in moisture will bring increased precipitation chances to southern Nevada, southeastern California, and northwestern Arizona late Sunday through Tuesday. Things like precipitation totals and the exact locations of showers and thunderstorms remain uncertain due to uncertainty regarding the timing of the aforementioned trough and where it intercepts the moisture. If the trough is positioned slightly further west, we will see more moisture advected into the area ahead of the trough, which will result in the potential for more widespread precipitation and higher precipitation totals. Should the trough intercept the moisture further to the east, less moisture will be available and showers and thunderstorms will be more limited to areas around the low and out ahead of the trough axis. This trough will clear out of the area on Wednesday, with ridging setting up across the Southwestern US behind it. As a result, weather during the second half of the will be drier and warmer.

Aviation

For Harry Reid...For the 12Z Forecast Package...Breezy southwesterly winds will continue through the morning, with gusts picking up to 20 to 25 kts this afternoon. Gusts will subside overnight before returning Sunday afternoon. No operationally significant cloud cover through the TAF period.

For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...For the 12Z Forecast Package...Gusty south- southwesterly winds expected across the Las Vegas Valley and Colorado River Valley this afternoon with speeds between 20 and 25 kts. KBIH will gust from the south-southeast to 25 kts and KDAG will gust from the west to 25 kts. No operationally significant cloud cover through the TAF period.

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The outlooks beyond

SPC, WPC, CPC and the Drought Monitor, read at this point

The national centers each publish a judgment the local grid does not carry. Read here at this exact coordinate.

Severe weather

  1. Day 1 · Sat Sep 26No risk area
  2. Day 2 · Sun Sep 27No risk area
  3. Day 3 · Mon Sep 28General Thunderstorms Risk
  4. Day 4 · Tue Sep 29No risk area
  5. Day 5 · Wed Sep 30No risk area
  6. Day 6 · Thu Oct 1No risk area
  7. Day 7 · Fri Oct 2No risk area
  8. Day 8 · Sat Oct 3No risk area

Rainfall

  1. Day 1 · Sat Sep 26Under 0.01 in
  2. Day 2 · Sun Sep 27Under 0.01 in
  3. Day 3 · Mon Sep 280.25 in
  4. Day 4-5 · Sep 29–Sep 300.10 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 1–Oct 2Under 0.01 in

The rainfall forecast on the map, days 1 to 7

Flash flood risk

  1. Day 1 · Sat Sep 26Below marginal
  2. Day 2 · Sun Sep 27Below marginal
  3. Day 3 · Mon Sep 28Marginal
  4. Day 4 · Tue Sep 29Marginal
  5. Day 5 · Wed Sep 30Below marginal

Six to fourteen days

  1. Days 6–10 · Temperature50% chance above normalOct 1–Oct 5
  2. Days 6–10 · PrecipitationNear normal most likelyOct 1–Oct 5
  3. Days 8–14 · Temperature60% chance above normalOct 3–Oct 9
  4. Days 8–14 · PrecipitationNear normal most likelyOct 3–Oct 9

Drought

  1. Drought Monitor, map of Sep 22D1 Moderate drought
  2. Outlook for Sep 2026Drought persists

Drought in this county: the map, the record since 2000 and the outlook

Frost and climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Alan Bible Visitor Ctr

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around January 21 and the first fall freeze around December 17: a growing season of about 328 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by December 2; one spring in ten still has one after March 5.

Climate of 36.00, -114.86: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

NWS forecast grid · 27 elements

The forecast office edits about sixty fields for every cell of its grid. The common ones are above; these are the rest, as the daily extreme, for anyone who needs the mixing height, the fire danger or the swell.

ElementSatSunMonTueWedThuFriSat
HeatRisk max1 · Minor1 · Minor0 · Little1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor
Wet bulb globe temperature max73°71°66°66°69°71°71°70°
Heat index max86°82°76°75°79°81°82°81°
Chance of thunder max1%3%29%22%4%0%1%1%
Snow level min11,500 ft11,200 ft10,300 ft10,400 ft10,900 ft11,100 ft11,000 ft10,900 ft
Cloud ceiling min-100 ft
Visibility min10 mi
Mixing height max12,100 ft12,400 ft9,500 ft11,200 ft6,900 ft7,300 ft8,100 ft
Transport wind max21 mph25 mph16 mph26 mph10 mph12 mph17 mph
Twenty-foot wind max12 mph16 mph9 mph7 mph3 mph3 mph6 mph

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Boulder City (BVU) · 3.4 mi away

Each forecast day against the same calendar date at the nearest long-record station: the 1991 to 2020 normal, and the record high and low with the year they were set.

DayForecastNormalRecord highRecord low
Sat Sep 2690° / 73°—106° (2015)53° (2006)
Sun Sep 2785° / 70°—105° (2024)63° (2007)
Mon Sep 2874° / 61°—106° (2024)54° (2013)
Tue Sep 2976° / 62°—107° (2024)56° (2013)
Wed Sep 3081° / 63°—106° (2024)57° (2007)
Thu Oct 184° / 65°—106° (2024)54° (2023)
Fri Oct 285° / 64°—105° (2024)53° (2009)
Sat Oct 384° / 66°—99° (2008)54° (2023)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Sat6:05 AM6:31 AM6:30 PM6:56 PM11 h 59 min Full moon · 100% lit
Sun6:06 AM6:31 AM6:29 PM6:54 PM11 h 58 min Waning gibbous · 98% lit
Mon6:07 AM6:32 AM6:27 PM6:53 PM11 h 55 min Waning gibbous · 95% lit
Tue6:07 AM6:33 AM6:26 PM6:51 PM11 h 53 min Waning gibbous · 89% lit
Wed6:08 AM6:34 AM6:24 PM6:50 PM11 h 50 min Waning gibbous · 82% lit
Thu6:09 AM6:35 AM6:23 PM6:48 PM11 h 48 min Waning gibbous · 73% lit
Fri6:10 AM6:35 AM6:21 PM6:47 PM11 h 46 min Waning gibbous · 63% lit
Sat6:11 AM6:36 AM6:20 PM6:46 PM11 h 44 min Last quarter · 52% lit

Forecast from the National Weather Service forecast grid at api.weather.gov, updated by the local office through the day; the written periods and hourly digest are the NWS’s own. Outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center, the Weather Prediction Center and the Climate Prediction Center via NOAA’s map services. Records and normals from NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network. Sun and moon computed here. Place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What is here

Seven days
The high, the low, the chance and amount of rain and snow, the wind and the forecaster’s words for each day and night, from the National Weather Service grid for the exact cell your town sits in.
Hour by hour
Temperature, what it feels like, dew point, humidity, chance and amount of precipitation, wind and gusts, sky cover, the chance of thunder, pressure, visibility and ceiling, as a chart and as a table, with nights shaded.
Everything else on the grid
The office edits about sixty fields for every cell. The ones the mainstream forecast pages leave out are here as a daily table: HeatRisk, wet bulb globe temperature, lightning activity, mixing height, transport wind, the fire weather indices, and at the coast the waves and swell.
The discussion
The Area Forecast Discussion the forecaster wrote to explain the forecast, in their own words, with the specialist annexes folded away. Also the office’s hazardous weather outlook.
Beyond the week
The Storm Prediction Center’s severe weather category for each of the next eight days, the Weather Prediction Center’s rainfall forecast to day seven and its winter storm severity, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for days six to fourteen, all read at your coordinate.
Against the record
Each forecast day beside the same date at the nearest long-record station: the thirty-year normal and the record high and low with their years, so a forecast high that would break a record says so.
The next 90 days
The forecast as far as the grid, the National Blend and the global models reach, and the calendar after that: the normal and the record for every date, with the Climate Prediction Center’s lean for the weeks, the month and the season drawn over them. No made-up highs for a date three months out.

Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

From the National Weather Service forecast grid published at api.weather.gov, the same grid the local forecast office edits through the day and the source of every forecast on weather.gov. The written periods, the hourly digest and the forecaster’s discussion are the NWS’s own products, shown as issued. Nothing here is a blend a website made.

How far ahead does it go?

The grid runs seven days ahead, hour by hour for the first days and in three to six hour steps after that. The National Blend of Models carries the days to eleven and the global models to sixteen. Beyond that the page carries the national centers’ outlooks, severe weather to day eight, rainfall to day seven, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for the coming weeks, month and season, over a ninety-day calendar of the normal and the record for each date. No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one.

Why is this different from the app on my phone?

Most forecast apps show a blend of models chosen by the company that makes the app. This page shows the forecast the local National Weather Service office issues, edited by the forecasters who will also issue the warnings, and it shows all of it rather than the six numbers that fit on a phone. The discussion explains the reasoning, which no app carries.

What is a place’s address here?

Every town has its own page, such as /forecast/us/oklahoma/oklahoma-city/, and every day at a town has one too. A ZIP code typed into the search goes to the town it belongs to. Any coordinate at all can be looked up, and the page names the nearest town.

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