Thanks to some precocious September showers, the Las Vegas Valley chalked up its wettest monsoon play successful 3 years.
However, 2026 inactive finished good beneath the monsoon average.
Harry Reid International Airport recorded 0.30 inches of rainfall past month, astir mean for September, said Ashley Nickerson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service successful Las Vegas.
That magnitude elevated Las Vegas to 0.50 inches for the 2026 monsoon season, which ran from June 15 to September 30. It was the 29th driest monsoon play successful Las Vegas since record-keeping began successful 1937, Nickerson said. The mean monsoon play magnitude is 1.03 inches.
If the vale had gone rainless successful September, it would’ve been the 13th driest connected record. The wettest-ever monsoon play happened successful 1984, erstwhile the airdrome reported 4.16 inches.
Through September 30, Reid has registered 0.99 inches of rainfall this year, much than 2 inches beneath the mean of 3.12. Las Vegas receives astir 4 inches of rainfall successful an mean calendar year.
In August, the airdrome recorded 0.18 inches of rainfall (average is 0.32). Reid saw nary measurable rainfall successful July. On June 23, the airdrome recorded 0.02 inches of rain, breaking a rainless streak of 124 days. It was the lone rainfall of the month.
Recent monsoon play amounts
2020 — hint (driest connected record)
2021 — 0.65 inches
2022 — 1.77
2023 — 2.88 (9th wettest)
2024 — 0.08 (7th driest)
2025 — 0.30 (18th driest)
Contact Mark Davis astatine mdavis@reviewjournal.com.
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