Hottest Temperature In Las Vegas

The desert is supposed to exist hot simply an oppressive stretch of rut in Las Vegas has set a new record, and forecasts are flirting with all-time high temperatures with very little relief in sight.

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The desert is supposed to be hot only an oppressive stretch of heat in Las Vegas has set a new record, and forecasts are flirting with all-time loftier temperatures with very fiddling relief in sight.

On Wednesday, the National Weather condition Service reported that Las Vegas set a new record of 116° for the date, breaking the old June sixteen record of 114°.

"Right at present, we are under an uncommonly potent ridge of high pressure and this has pushed temperatures to the extremes," said Kate Guillet, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Las Vegas.

"It is usually hot in the desert but the temperatures we're seeing today and tomorrow are going to be budgeted all-time tape values for Las Vegas and those types of temperatures we don't run across every year," added Guillet.

The hottest temperature ever recorded in Las Vegas, officially, is 117°, which has been reached a total of four times, dating back to when records began in 1937.

The official observing site at McCarran reached 116F at 4:23 PM. This breaks the old tape of 114F for the date, and is only one degree below the all time record high of 117F, which has occurred iv times since records began in 1937. 116F has occurred 17 other times.
— NWS Las Vegas (@NWSVegas) June 16, 2021

Guillet adds the hot temperatures and duration of estrus are also flirting with records.

The maximum number of days at 115° or greater is four in Las Vegas.

Current forecasts for the next few days are flirting with that historic and sizzling record.

There is no immediate relief in the cards of Las Vegas, either.

"When it comes to monsoon moisture, we are non seeing that, at least in the adjacent seven days, and then the outlook for July, August, and September is non showing a strong indicator of being above normal precipitation or below-normal precipitation, as of right now, nosotros'll have to expect and see," added Guillet.

The final 2 years during the traditional rainy flavor in Las Vegas accept seen beneath-average atmospheric precipitation.

The National Weather Service in Las Vegas notes this calendar week kicked off Monsoon Sensation calendar week.

Today's Monsoon Awareness Week topic is often forgotten as dangerous... Farthermost Heat.
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— NWS Las Vegas (@NWSVegas) June 13, 2021

Dangerous lightning, loftier winds, flooding rains, and other extreme weather can be possible.

New this season is a more targeted warning system.

"New to the flavor this twelvemonth, we've at present separate Clark County so before if nosotros issued a wink flood warning or a severe thunderstorm warning it would warning the entire county, so if you were in Mesquite yous would get alerted for something that was happening in Laughlin," explained Guillet.

The targeted alarm system will keep unnecessary notifications from being sent in a county that is roughly New Jersey'south size.

"We don't want folks to kind of hear there is a warning out and just assume it's non for where they're at, so hopefully focusing on only alerting the areas that are being affected or at least in the vicinity of being affected that volition hopefully permit folks to have those warnings a petty more seriously," added Guillet.

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