“Dangerously hot conditions,” are forecast by the National Weather Service for Tuesday morning through Wednesday evening.
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Harry Reid International Airport set more records during a weeklong heat wave in early June.
In and around Las Vegas City Hall, people were going about their days as usual during the record-breaking heat wave in early June.
The Friday high should be around 109 with slightly lower temperatures on Saturday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
The official airport measuring station reached 108 by 4 p.m. Wednesday. Thursday may top out at 112.
Though snowpack in the Upper Colorado River Basin isn’t as impressive as last year, the National Weather Service said there is good news this year.
Some Las Vegas residents woke up to a white Thursday as snow fell in parts of the valley.
Partly cloudy skies will turn mostly cloudy on Wednesday with rain a 30 percent chance by Thursday and perhaps closer to 50 percent on Friday.
The heat of early October will fade to slightly below-normal temperatures through the weekend.
“We’re seeing the fingerprints of climate change all over our nation,” NOAA applied climatologist Adam Smith said Monday. “I would not expect things to slow down anytime soon.”
Light rain fell over the Mount Charleston and Red Rock Canyon areas early Sunday afternoon.
On Tuesday, the valley set a record high for April 11 at 93 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. It’s the warmest day of 2023.
“It’s heaven sent for a skier because I can ski until Memorial Day,” said Dan Lavely, 66, a Reno resident who’s been skiing for about 40 years.
Highs in the mid-60s are forecast for Las Vegas on Saturday and Sunday.
Widespread rain should end by 6 p.m. while snow in mountains may linger later Sunday, says the National Weather Service.
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Harry Reid International Airport set more records during a weeklong heat wave in early June.
The Friday high should be around 109 with slightly lower temperatures on Saturday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
The official airport measuring station reached 108 by 4 p.m. Wednesday. Thursday may top out at 112.
The heat wave may set a record for the earliest 110-degree reading at the Las Vegas airport. Area cooling centers will be open Wednesday through Friday.
