2023 brought wild weather to Las Vegas

Many Las Vegas days share similar traits when it comes to weather. Scorching temperatures, blazing sunshine and limited rain are common, but there are times when our weather goes to the extremes.

That was the case in 2023 as the year started on the chilly side before the inevitable heat came our way with July giving the Las Vegas Valley its warmest days in recorded weather history.

Then came Hilary, heavy Labor Day flooding and mosquitoes. What might be be next?

1. Valley rain brings water, and this potentially deadly airborne danger

First, the valley saw plenty of rain. Then, nasty mosquitoes, the worst of which may yet to be seen. Beware the Aedes Aegypti.

2. Wet carpets anyone? Las Vegas Valley’s 48-hour rainfall totals

Southern Nevadans coped with Mother Nature’s Labor Day weekend delivery of a very soggy 48 hours — perhaps unrivaled in the valley’s weather history.

3. Best Hilary advice: Hunker down, make smart decisions

Before its arrival, some were calling it a storm you see once every 100 years. Best to ride it out at home, experts cautioned. Las Vegas was mostly spared, but Mount Charleston paid a heavy price in road and infrastructure damage that took months to recover from.

4. Hottest month ever: July sets all-time Las Vegas heat record

While local weather records are less than 100 years old, other records and data indicate that July 2023 will go down as the hottest month in thousands of centuries, according to Scientific American. Las Vegas recorded its hottest month in nearly 90 years of weather history, with an average daily temperature of 97.3 degrees.

5. Feds to investigate 3-day Delta flight ordeal at Harry Reid airport

Savannah, Georgia, residents Katie and James Ives were among dozens of Delta passengers who spent several extra hellish July days in Las Vegas when the record heat wave kept an aircraft from being able to fly. Ironically, the situation started when a flight attendant walked off the job. That prompted a long delay to find a required replacement and put the ordeal into motion. Even U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg got involved.

Contact Marvin Clemons at mclemons@reviewjournal.com.