Prolonged warm and dry conditions in Southern Nevada’s Nevada may soon turn more seasonable.
Las Vegas Weather
Reid airport showed a top wind gust of 49 mph while North Las Vegas Airport recorded a gust of 60 mph.
Cooler days are ahead in Las Vegas. But the death toll associated with the region’s broiling heat has risen once again.
A cold front will bring a 30 percent chance of showers Thursday night. A Friday high of 67 is expected.
Starting Saturday, the worst of the heat may be past, according to the weather service forecast.
A Thursday high of 101 is forecast by the National Weather Service with the daily record being 99 set in 2012.
Nine of the 10 warmest Septembers have occurred in the last 15 years, according to a post on X by the Las Vegas office of the weather service.
Monday’s 102 high set the Sept. 30 record, surpassing a 101 in 2015. That made it three straight days of new record highs.
The Las Vegas airport record high for Sept. 28 is 103 set in 1978 and tied in 2010 while the Sept. 29 record is 102 set in 1978.
Cooling stations will be open in Clark County from Friday through Sunday as high temperatures more than 10 degrees above normal are forecast by the National Weather Service.
Heat has claimed the lives of more people in 2024 in Southern Nevada than in any prior year on record, officials said.
This year and 1947 were tied for days of reaching at least 100 degrees — 100 times, according to Las Vegas records.
Any day that reaches 100 will give 2024 the record of 100-degree highs. This year and 1947 are tied with 100 days of 100 degrees or higher.
Light rain fell in the Henderson area in the early evening after earlier mid-afternoon showers fell in the south end of the Las Vegas Valley.
Only higher elevations around the Las Vegas Valley have received any meaningful rainfall during a monsoon season that’s nearly finished.
Prolonged warm and dry conditions in Southern Nevada’s Nevada may soon turn more seasonable.
Reid airport showed a top wind gust of 49 mph while North Las Vegas Airport recorded a gust of 60 mph.
Cooler days are ahead in Las Vegas. But the death toll associated with the region’s broiling heat has risen once again.
A cold front will bring a 30 percent chance of showers Thursday night. A Friday high of 67 is expected.
each morning and afternoon.