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Typical May weather

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Nevada · May

Heat clears its throat — mornings golden, afternoons already serious.

89° days
66° nights

rain is rare · 14 hours of daylight

What to pack

What May feels like

Locals hike early and eat late all month; by the end of it the trailheads empty out by ten and the pool decks take over. Graduation weekends and the last of convention season keep hotels busier than the calendar suggests.

Rain is genuinely rare — most years, May stays dry start to finish. The air runs dry — whatever the thermometer says, it wears easy. about 16 afternoons top 90°.

The numbers

Typical high89°
Typical low66°
Days with real rain0
Total rain0.1 in
Humiditydry air
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)5:34 am / 7:39 pm

How May compares

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