Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Las Vegas
Las Vegas: Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days was 0.2898 Days per year in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Las Vegas, 1981–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Days per year.
Analysis
Las Vegas recorded 0.2898 Days per year for precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in 2024.
The figure is down 81.5% on the previous year and down 64.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Las Vegas peaked at 3.31 Days per year in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0 Days per year, in 2002.
Las Vegas ranks 1272nd of 1314 regions on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Las Vegas, year by year
| Year | Days per year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.2862 Days per year | — |
| 1982 | 1.53 Days per year | +435.2% |
| 1983 | 2.79 Days per year | +82.3% |
| 1984 | 1.7 Days per year | -39.1% |
| 1985 | 0.9229 Days per year | -45.8% |
| 1986 | 0.3417 Days per year | -63.0% |
| 1987 | 1.88 Days per year | +450.8% |
| 1988 | 0.435 Days per year | -76.9% |
| 1989 | 0.0121 Days per year | -97.2% |
| 1990 | 0.8166 Days per year | +6667.5% |
| 1991 | 1.07 Days per year | +31.0% |
| 1992 | 2.5 Days per year | +134.1% |
| 1993 | 2.3 Days per year | -8.1% |
| 1994 | 0.9111 Days per year | -60.4% |
| 1995 | 0.5604 Days per year | -38.5% |
| 1996 | 0.1975 Days per year | -64.8% |
| 1997 | 1.13 Days per year | +471.8% |
| 1998 | 1.48 Days per year | +30.9% |
| 1999 | 0.1853 Days per year | -87.5% |
| 2000 | 0.4067 Days per year | +119.5% |
| 2001 | 0.9595 Days per year | +135.9% |
| 2002 | 0 Days per year | -100.0% |
| 2003 | 0.738 Days per year | — |
| 2004 | 3.31 Days per year | +348.9% |
| 2005 | 1.33 Days per year | -59.9% |
| 2006 | 0.3792 Days per year | -71.4% |
| 2007 | 1.54 Days per year | +307.0% |
| 2008 | 0.1208 Days per year | -92.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0522 Days per year | -56.8% |
| 2010 | 3.06 Days per year | +5750.7% |
| 2011 | 0.4872 Days per year | -84.1% |
| 2012 | 0.7135 Days per year | +46.4% |
| 2013 | 0.6312 Days per year | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 0.8165 Days per year | +29.4% |
| 2015 | 0.2334 Days per year | -71.4% |
| 2016 | 1.52 Days per year | +552.9% |
| 2017 | 0.3585 Days per year | -76.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0202 Days per year | -94.4% |
| 2019 | 1.66 Days per year | +8118.7% |
| 2020 | 0.1323 Days per year | -92.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1527 Days per year | +15.5% |
| 2022 | 0.4947 Days per year | +223.9% |
| 2023 | 1.56 Days per year | +215.8% |
| 2024 | 0.2898 Days per year | -81.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days in Las Vegas changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +8118.7% | 0.0202 Days per year | 1.66 Days per year |
| 1990 | +6667.5% | 0.0121 Days per year | 0.8166 Days per year |
| 2010 | +5750.7% | 0.0522 Days per year | 3.06 Days per year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.1 Days per year | 0.0121 Days per year | 2.79 Days per year | 9 |
| 1990s | 1.12 Days per year | 0.1853 Days per year | 2.5 Days per year | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.884 Days per year | 0 Days per year | 3.31 Days per year | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9498 Days per year | 0.0202 Days per year | 3.06 Days per year | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5264 Days per year | 0.1323 Days per year | 1.56 Days per year | 5 |
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- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling 36.14 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs 751.52 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -361.38 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -591.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs, annual growth rate -29.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -88.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree -21.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation -0.8087 Days per year (2024)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 25 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Las Vegas?
- Precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days in Las Vegas was 0.2898 Days per year in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days recorded in Las Vegas?
- The highest recorded value was 3.31 Days per year in 2004.
- What is the lowest precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days recorded in Las Vegas?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 Days per year in 2002.
- How does Las Vegas rank for precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days?
- Las Vegas ranks 1272nd out of 1314 regions with data for 2024.
- Is precipitation - cities and fuas — extreme precipitation days rising or falling in Las Vegas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Las Vegas data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides indicators of total precipitation and extreme precipitation days in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) and cities. Data sources and methodology The indicators use ERA5-Land data. Total precipitation is the sum of all liquid and frozen water—such as rain and snow—that reaches the Earth's surface each year. It excludes fog, dew, and any precipitation that evaporates before reaching the ground. Extreme precipitation days are defined as days with more than 20 mm of total precipitation. ERA5-Land is used as it provides harmonised, globally consistent coverage at fine spatial resolution (0.1 degree), enabling the production of comparable subnational indicators also where national meteorological data are not available at the required scale. These estimates may differ from official subnational climate statistics due to differences in methodological approaches, such as the use of reanalysis based top down modelling versus in situ observations, along with variations in input data sources, spatial resolution, and the models and algorithms used to generate temperature estimates. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The correspondence table between SAUs and FUAs/cities is available in parquet and csv format. The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Precipitations - FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org