Days of Sunshine Per Year in Nevada
Number of Sunny Days
In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days for a city in Nevada is the total days in a year when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours.
Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime. The rest of the days are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover.
Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. All the numbers are annual averages, made from years of weather watching.
City | Sunny Days |
Partly Sunny Days |
Total Days With Sun |
---|---|---|---|
Elko | 130 | 99 | 229 |
Ely | 131 | 109 | 240 |
Las Vegas | 210 | 82 | 292 |
Reno | 158 | 93 | 251 |
Winnemucca | 138 | 89 | 227 |
Amount of Sun
Here's another way to look at how much sunshine a city gets. The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Again, these amounts are yearly averages based on many years of weather observations.
City | % Sun |
---|---|
Ely | 73 |
Las Vegas | 85 |
Reno | 79 |
Winnemucca | 68 |
Reference
National Climatic Data Center. Comparative Climatic Data.