Thanks, November: 2025 is wettest year for Las Vegas this decade

Nothing lasts forever, Las Vegas, even a warm November rain.

But that rain has painted a rosy precipitation picture for the valley in 2025, the wettest year the area has seen this decade.

The National Weather Service said Harry Reid International Airport recorded 1.64 inches last month (normal is 1.34 inches), making it the fifth-wettest November since record-keeping began in 1937.

More importantly, through Nov. 30, the airport has registered 4.96 inches of rain this year (average is 4.18). Chris Outler of the weather service said 2025 will go down as the wettest year in Las Vegas since 2019, when a wet winter contributed to a total of 6.87 inches.

“It’s good to see,” he said about the November rain. “We’ll take it.”

He explained that it’s “unusual” for the valley to get more than an inch of rain in any given month. Also, last month was the third-warmest November on record, with a median temperature of 61.7 degrees (4.5 degrees above normal).

The wettest November happened in 1965 (2.22 inches). Last year, the airport recorded only a trace of rain in November.

December outlook

Outler said this month will be warmer and drier than normal for the first two weeks, with highs in the 60s and low chances of rain. An average December rainfall at the airport is 0.45 inches. Last year, the valley saw no rain.

Autumn statistics (September-November)

— Las Vegas: 2.91 inches (2nd wettest)

— Bishop, California: 2.16 (7th wettest)

— Barstow, California: 2.03 (9th wettest)

— Death Valley, California: 2.41 (wettest on record)

Recent rainfall years (Las Vegas)

— 2024: 2.27 inches

— 2023: 4.59

— 2022: 2.13

— 2021: 1.86

— 2020: 2.35

— 2019: 6.87