Las Vegas is situated in the north-western corner of Mojave Desert and is surrounded by arid high mountains. The average elevation of the place is 620 meters above the sea level. The area is surrounded with desert vegetation with very little wildlife. The surrounding area of the city sometimes faces torrential flash floods though the city itself is never ever affected by these. The weather is that of the typical Mojave Desert, that is subtropical arid climate. The city however is least affected by the scarcity of water in the surrounding area thanks to amazing water resource management. </p><p>
With an average of more than 310 days of bright sunshine the city is always brightly convivial, and there is no particular time to visit Las Vegas. In fact, tourists throng the city around the year and the <a rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/outgoing/article_exit_link']);" href="http://www.wego.com/hotels/united-states/las-vegas?utm_source=articlebase.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=seobacklink&utm_content=us-las-vegas">hotels in Las Vegas</a> remain always busy serving the hordes of tourists who come here to have a good time. </p><p>
Las Vegas is known to have hot and sunny summers and moderately chilled but sunny winters. The weather of the place is also affected by the ocean currents of the Pacific Ocean. Wind baring moistures comes from the western coast causing occasional rainfalls and thunderstorm.
The summer months from June to September experience the maximum amount of heat. The highest ever recorded temperature of Las Vegas is 47° Celsius which was in the summers of 2005, though the average day time temperature hardly ever crosses 40° Celsius mark. The evenings are comfortably cooler with the temperature hovering between 21° Celsius to 26° Celsius. </p><p>
The humidity at this time of the year is very low keeping the moisture level below 10 percent, though some time in the month of August one can witness slight increase of humidity because of the moist monsoon winds from the south. These winds sometime cause desert storm and flash floods to the surrounding areas but hardly ever affect Las Vegas.