Those scattered tempest clouds you saw implicit the Spring Mountains connected Thursday whitethorn beryllium a harbinger of rainfall this weekend. Maybe.
A question of monsoonal moisture is moving backmost into the Las Vegas Valley, creating chances of rainfall starting today, said Andy Gorelow, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service bureau successful Las Vegas.
But those chances are lone 20 percent, which volition past done the weekend. He explained that astir of the storms volition beryllium located implicit the mountains surrounding the valley. But helium said helium couldn’t regularisation retired a stray tempest oregon 2 coming into the valley.
Daytime highs volition beryllium astatine slightest 110 done Sunday, when the utmost vigor informing expires. The mean precocious for aboriginal August is 105.
On Thursday, Harry Reid International Airport recorded 108 degrees, the coolest time astatine Reid since July 22. That somesthesia besides stopped the “110 streak” astatine 7 days.
The “110 streak” is the fig of consecutive days of regular precocious temperatures of 110 degrees oregon higher. The longest streak of of 110 degrees oregon higher is 11 days, which happened successful July 2024. During that record-breaking month, Las Vegas deed 120 degrees connected July 7, the hottest time successful its history.
On Wednesday, the airdrome deed 113 degrees, tying the grounds that was acceptable successful 2024, 2019 and 1969.
Cooling stations
Clark County has activated cooling stations astatine assemblage centers, libraries and different buildings crossed the vale done Tuesday.
The cooling stations’ hours alteration depending connected the location. The stations see respective locations successful Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and Henderson.
The stations are unfastened to anyone successful request of respite from the heat, the region said. Additional accusation tin beryllium recovered astatine the Southern Nevada Homelessness Continuum of Care’s website astatine helphopehome.org/get-help/.
Summer upwind facts
— The mean August rainfall successful Las Vegas is 0.32 inches. In 2025, Reid lone saw a trace.
— The vale saw its hottest time of the twelvemonth Aug. 1, with the airdrome signaling 115 degrees, 1 grade abbreviated of a grounds precocious (set successful 1979 and 1938).
— This past July was the 3rd warmest connected record, with an mean somesthesia of 96.6.
— The greeting debased somesthesia astatine Reid connected July 29 was 89 degrees. It ended the six-day streak of consecutive days with a debased somesthesia astatine oregon supra 90 degrees, the longest ever recorded for the valley.
— The vale saw precocious temperatures successful the 90s doubly successful July: July 1 (98) and July 17 (97, the “coolest” time of the month)
— Las Vegas recorded its archetypal 110-degree time of the year connected July 8.
— The airdrome registered 12 days of 110 degrees oregon much successful July, which was not a record. The yearly mean is 10 days. In 2024, Reid saw a grounds 36 days of precocious temperatures of slightest 110.
— Reid saw nary measurable rainfall successful July, though it recorded a hint July 19. The past clip Reid lone saw a hint of rainfall successful July was 2023. The mean July precipitation is 0.38 inches, according to the upwind service. In 2022, the airdrome registered 0.68 inches, the past clip it reached oregon exceeded the average.
— On June 23, Reid recorded 0.02 inches of rain, breaking a rainless streak of 124 days. It was the lone rainfall of the month.
Contact Mark Davis astatine mdavis@reviewjournal.com.
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