Thursday through Friday will see less than 10 hours of daylight and conversely 14 hours when the sun is below the horizon.
Las Vegas Weather
This is now the year with the second-most consecutive days of no measurable rain in Las Vegas since records began in 1937.
A trace of rain fell at the airport Nov. 25, said meteorologist Ashley Nickerson. The average rainfall for Novemeber is .30 inches.
Because of its higher elevation and proximity to the Spring Mountains, this Las Vegas community is cooler than the rest of the valley.
A Rainbow Canyon gauge received .31 of an inch on Monday afternoon. No other measurable rain was recorded at Regional Flood Control District gauges.
A flash-flood warning is in effect for the west valley, including Summerlin, the Weather Service announced. The warning is in place until 4:45 p.m. Sunday.
Hurricane Norbert slumped to tropical storm force off of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula on Sunday after pounding fishing villages and damaging more than 1,000 homes while kicking up dangerous surf farther north along the California coast.
A rare three-day flash flood watch has been issued for Southern Nevada starting Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
The Army Corps of Engineers will start construction of a flood control berm to protect a Mount Charleston community in early October, corps officials said Thursday.
The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings in Clark County for Mount Charleston and the area around Interstate 215 northeast of the Las Vegas Valley.
Storms above Henderson, Lake Las Vegas and nearby highways prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood warning Wednesday evening.
A flash flood warning is in place for far southern Clark County — which includes Searchlight and the Arizona and California borders — until 5:45 p.m. following severe thunderstorms.
Flooding from heavy monsoon season rains in the Phoenix area forced authorities on Tuesday to close several major roads, including a portion of Interstate 17, while elsewhere firefighters rescued multiple motorists and a small trailer park was evacuated.
The historic Amargosa Opera House suffered serious flood damage after heavy rain struck the tiny town of Death Valley Junction, Calif., last week.
Thursday through Friday will see less than 10 hours of daylight and conversely 14 hours when the sun is below the horizon.
This is now the year with the second-most consecutive days of no measurable rain in Las Vegas since records began in 1937.
A trace of rain fell at the airport Nov. 25, said meteorologist Ashley Nickerson. The average rainfall for Novemeber is .30 inches.
Because of its higher elevation and proximity to the Spring Mountains, this Las Vegas community is cooler than the rest of the valley.
