Average May Temperatures for Nevada

Average Temperatures for Nevada in May

Average temperatures for May at cities, towns, parks and lakes throughout Nevada are listed below.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Southern Nevada, Reno Area, Central Nevada and Northern Nevada.

The tables give the normal maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Southern Nevada

Average May temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
94	64	Callville Bay, Lake Mead	34	18
89	66	Las Vegas	31	19
95	66	Laughlin	35	19
89	64	North Las Vegas	32	18
80	56	Red Rock Canyon State Park	26	13
89	65	Valley of Fire State Park	32	18

Reno Area

Average temperatures in May
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
70	43	Carson City	21	6
77	48	Hawthorne	25	9
74	47	Reno	23	8
64	44	Virginia City	18	7

Central Nevada

Normal temperatures for May
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
79	42	Caliente	26	6
69	34	Ely	21	1
65	36	Eureka	18	2
64	40	Great Basin National Park	18	5
72	31	Spring Valley State Park	22	-1
74	44	Tonopah	23	7

Northern Nevada

May temperature averages
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
70	39	Elko	21	4
74	42	Fernley	23	6
66	39	Ruby Lake	19	4
74	40	Rye Patch Reservoir Dam	24	5
74	39	Winnemucca	23	4

Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.