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.

Nevada Temperatures
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