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August 4 in Las Vegas

Weather forecasts run out after about two weeks. For any date further out than that, the honest answer isn't a single number — it's the range Las Vegas actually delivers on this date, and how often.

On August 4, Las Vegas, NV typically reaches 105°F, but has run anywhere from 97°F to 110°F in eight years out of ten. About 90% of August 4s see no measurable precipitation.

Daytime high105°F
97°F8 years in 10 land in here110°F
Overnight low84°F
77°F8 years in 10 land in here89°F

The odds on August 4

90%
Dry day
No measurable precipitation
98%
90°F or hotter
Daytime high

Odds computed from the last 30 years (19962025).

This date is moving

Highs around August 4 have cooled about 0.2°F per decade since 1970 — roughly 1.1°F across the record. The figures above are shifted along that trend to 2025, so they describe today's climate rather than the average of the last 55 years.

Where this comes from: 840 daily observations from MCCARRAN INTL AP, covering 19702025. We pool every day within 7 days of August 4 — a single calendar date has only about 55 readings, far too few to place a 10th percentile you'd want to trust.

Why it's not a plain average: A climatology computed straight across 19702025 describes the middle of that period, not today, so as a statement about the present it runs cold. We fit a trend on year and shift each observation to 2025 before taking the range. The probabilities use the last 30 years instead — shifting a temperature along a trend is well defined, shifting “did it rain” is not.

What this is not: Not a forecast. It is what Las Vegas, NV has actually done on this date, which is the only defensible answer once you're past the two-week horizon where real forecasts stop. Data: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily.

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