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.
The scorching temperatures that set numerous records in Las Vegas this summer are lingering after Labor Day.
“We blew (the summer) record out of the water,” National Weather Service meteorologist Morgan Stessman said.
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The record of consecutive days reaching 100 or higher, set in 1944, is 66, said National Weather Service meteorologist Clay Morgan.
Rain showers or thunderstorms are a 20 percent possibility Thursday in the Las Vegas Valley, says the National Weather Service.
June and July set records by several degrees for the highest average daily temperature. August is on track to do the same.
Storms could find parts of the valley this weekend while fall-like temperatures will be felt at Mount Charleston.
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The Red Rock area received more that six-tenths of an inch in less than an hour early Sunday afternoon. The sky started clearing by 2:30 p.m.
“It should just stay up just in the mountains,” meteorologist Ashley Nickerson said. “There is plenty of moisture out there but not a lot of energy.”
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.
