A storm system in Pahrump early Monday dumped a heavy downpour that flooded much of the Nye County town.
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Monsoonal conditions and rainfall in the Las Vegas area over the past three nights is likely to be absent into the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
Las Vegas snapped its high-temperature reading for the date with a blistering 116 degrees at McCarran International Airport on Friday. Death Valley hit 130.
Zion National Park was open Wednesday but visitors were told to anticipate delays as park officials clean up from a flash flood that closed the popular park in southern Utah.
Every state is growing warmer, with higher temperatures fueled by everything from powerful ocean currents and giant coal-fired power plants to commuters, cows, and leaky old buildings.
Laughlin likely recorded the hottest temperature in Nevada on Wednesday and may have broken the town’s temperature record for the date.