Las Vegas Wash At Vegas Valley Dr Nr Las Vegas094196784
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.3 mi away/1,670 ft/13 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Now. Whitney is 71° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 67° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 86°, and the coolest Thursday, near 73°. Rain is likely Tuesday (52%) and Wednesday (56%). Rain is possible Thursday (34%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:14 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Whitney, Nevada.
Air quality
Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Las Vegas (NV), 13 miles off.
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Whitney, NevadaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest Whitney, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Las Vegas Wash At Vegas Valley Dr Nr Las Vegas094196784
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.3 mi away/1,670 ft/13 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Las Vegas - Harry Reid IntlLAS
At an airfield/7.0 mi away/2,175 ft/518 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station KA7GOOKA7GOO
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/2,342 ft/685 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
US-95 MM 53BDCNV
Beside a road/14.6 mi away/1,719 ft/62 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Lovell SummitS2146
At a soil climate station/32.2 mi away/6,582 ft/4,925 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
East Las Vegas 2.3 NNV-CK-114
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/1,699 ft/42 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Las Vegas NvVEF
At a cooperative observer's station/8.7 mi away/2,287 ft/630 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 7.0 mi from Whitney, Nevada. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
69.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 31 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,300 ft up.
From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Las Vegas Nv (VEF), 8.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.