In Nevada, both the number of heat-related deaths and heat-related worker complaints more than doubled from 2022 to 2023, signaling a scorching future.
Las Vegas Weather
The weekend highs will be a bit above normal before a few days of excessive heat in the middle of the coming week.
Morning lows will be in the mid-70s, with highs at or near 100 into next week.
A weak trough passing north of Las Vegas will bring some gusty winds as the only blemish on a Memorial Day weekend forecast, says the National Weather Service.
Reaching the mark is an unofficial start to the summer heat in the Las Vegas Valley, and officials publicly warned residents about heat dangers.
A game warden and a park ranger “miraculously” found a woman without a life jacket in the middle of Lake Mead about 8 p.m., more than three hours after she started treading water.
Multiple people at Lake Mead needed rescuing after a thunderstorm complex rocked their boats Tuesday, according to the National Park Service.
It was a wet Independence Day for many in the Las Vegas Valley, and the monsoon weather is expected to last through the weekend, according the the National Weather Service.
Most people associate the Independence Day holiday with sunshine and fireworks, but a small storm cell that blew into the valley unloaded some rain — and even hail over Henderson.
The temperature is rising at a rapid rate in the valley and the the National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for Tuesday and Wednesday.
If you were out and about the Las Vegas Valley on Tuesday evening, you may have felt something more than heat: it actually rained.
The temperature is rising again but isn’t expected to reach the bar set by last year’s heat wave. The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for today and Wednesday, forecasting temperatures of up to 111 degrees, which would be the high so far in 2014.
The weekend highs will be a bit above normal before a few days of excessive heat in the middle of the coming week.
Morning lows will be in the mid-70s, with highs at or near 100 into next week.
A weak trough passing north of Las Vegas will bring some gusty winds as the only blemish on a Memorial Day weekend forecast, says the National Weather Service.
Reaching the mark is an unofficial start to the summer heat in the Las Vegas Valley, and officials publicly warned residents about heat dangers.
