Today
Has it rained enough in Las Vegas?
Rain soaked properly in 8 days ago, and the ground is still holding some of it.
Las Vegas has had 10.3mm of rain in the last 30 days. A normal October here brings 8.4mm, so the ground is roughly where it should be for the time of year.
Rain reaching the roots · 14 days
17 OctToday
Reached the roots
Rain that did not
2 days of 14
Thirty years
Rain in Las Vegas through a normal year
Across a normal year Las Vegas gets about 131.2mm of rain, most of it in February (23.2mm) and least in June (1.9mm).
A normal October in Las Vegas has rain on 3 days. Only 1 of them brings enough to reach a root.
That makes Las Vegas the driest place this site covers in the United States in October — 8.4mm against Seattle's 131.5mm at the other end.
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Average rainfall by month, 1995–2024
What it means
What that means for what you grow
- Pots and hanging basketsWorst hit, and first to suffer. Very little soil, fully exposed, and nothing to fall back on — in this weather they can empty in a day.
- Salad and leafy vegShallow-rooted and quick to bolt once they run dry. First priority of anything in the ground.
- Beds and bordersA long soak that reaches the roots is worth more than a daily sprinkle, which only wets the surface and is gone by lunchtime.
- Established shrubs and treesFine as they are. They draw from far deeper than a dry spell reaches.