Cool weather continues in Las Vegas

Tourists take a selfie on a beautiful day on the strip near the Venetian hotel-casino on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 in Las Vegas. Temperatures in Las Vegas are expected to peak at just 86 degrees Wednesday. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-journal Follow @BizuTesfaye

Tourists, center, take a break on a beautiful day near the fountain at the Venetian hotel-casino on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 in Las Vegas. Temperatures in Las Vegas are expected to peak at just 86 degrees Wednesday. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-journal Follow @BizuTesfaye

People sit outside Lavazza Coffee Cafe on a beautiful day on 3rd St. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 in Las Vegas. Temperatures in Las Vegas are expected to peak at just 86 degrees Wednesday. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-journal Follow @BizuTesfaye

Tourists take a break near the fountain at the Venetian hotel-casino on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 in Las Vegas. Temperatures in Las Vegas are expected to peak at just 86 degrees Wednesday. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-journal Follow @BizuTesfaye

Tourists take a break on a beautiful day near The Mirage hotel-casino on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 in Las Vegas. Temperatures in Las Vegas are expected to peak at just 86 degrees Wednesday. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-journal Follow @BizuTesfaye

Clouds hang above the Las Vegas Valley on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @bizutesfaye))

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By Colton Lochhead Las Vegas Review-Journal

September 16, 2015 - 8:38 pm

It doesn't officially start for one more week, but it's already starting to feel a lot like fall in the valley.

Temperatures in Las Vegas pedeak at just 86 degrees Wednesday, with southwest winds of 15 to 25 mph blowing through the valley by late afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. Thursday's high is expected to hit 89 degrees, with a similar low to Wednesday.

Temperatures dipped back in the the 60s again Wednesday morning, bottoming out at 67 degrees, according to the weather service.

Contact reporter Colton Lochhead at clochhead@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4638. Find him on Twitter: @ColtonLochhead

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