Las Vegas sets record for warmest low June temperature Friday, nears record high

By CHRIS KUDIALIS LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

9 years ago

Tourists are seen during a hot day through misters as they sit outside Mon Ami Gabi restaurant at Paris hotel-casino along Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 30, 2015. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizua Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye

A landscaper who refused to be identified talks on his cell phone as water sprinklers spray water at St. Rose Hospital on St. Rose Pkwy in Henderson, Friday, June 26, 2015. The valley was placed under an excessive heat warning on Thursday that is set to last through Saturday. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow Bizua Tesfaye on Twitter @bizutesfaye

Haze is seen from the base of Frenchman Mountain covering the valley and downtown Las Vegas Friday, June 26, 2015. Las Vegas was under a Clark County Department of Air Qualityճ ozone advisory through Friday due to smoke from the Lake Fire in the San Bernardino National Forest near Big Bear, Calif. The valley was also placed under an excessive heat warning that is set to last until Saturday. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Haze is seen from the base of Frenchman Mountain covering the valley and downtown Las Vegas Friday, June 26, 2015. Las Vegas was under a Clark County Department of Air Quality’s ozone advisory through Friday due to smoke from the Lake Fire in the San Bernardino National Forest near Big Bear, Calif. The valley was also placed under an excessive heat warning that is set to last until Saturday. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas set a record for the warmest low June temperature on Friday at 91 degrees, National Weather Service said.

If not for mostly cloudy skies, it might also have broken a record for the hottest high temperature, too.

Valley temperatures reached a sizzling 112 degrees Friday afternoon at McCarran International Airport, meteorologist Andrew Gorelow said. Friday’s mark was 10 degrees above the average June 26 temperature of 102 degrees, and just two degrees below the record of 114.

Without the clouds, Gorelow said, temperatures could have reached 115.

“They definitely helped make it a little cooler,” Gorelow said.

The valley was placed under an excessive heat warning on Thursday, set to last through Saturday.

Weekend temperatures will again hover around near-record highs, Gorelow said. Saturday highs could reach 112 and Sunday will hit 110.

Monday and Tuesday’s highs will drop just slightly, Gorelow said, with temperatures predicted to be at 109 and 108 degrees, respectively.

Reporter Cassandra Taloma contributed. Contact reporter Chris Kudialis at ckudialis@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0283. Find him on Twitter: @kudialisrj.