“It’s going to hit Mount Charleston and kind of go around us so that’s possible, but we are expecting light rain at least if not at midnight definitely overnight,” Varian said.Īn estimated 400,000 revelers from the valley and all over the world were expected to be in Las Vegas, most of them on the Strip. She said it’s possible that the rain might miss the Strip. “That’s when light rain is going to move in, unfortunately, right around midnight,” meteorologist Jenn Varian said.

The National Weather Service steadfastly stayed with its forecast of rain around midnight. Rain started falling across the north and west valley and then moved east and a bit south to start sprinkling on the Strip where eight casinos got the OK to launch fireworks as planned at midnight. However, conditions improved late in the night with winds dropping to 10-13 mph at Harry Reid International Airport. Potential brisk winds could have delayed or called off the massive fireworks show as a New Year’s Eve rain fell on the valley for the first time in 79 years. Rain and winds to 30 mph reached the Las Vegas Valley during the closing hours of 2022, but didn’t stop the fireworks show.

95 near Scotty's Junction north of Beatty, Nev., about 3:30 p.m.

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