Las Vegas reached 100 degrees Monday. It mightiness beryllium the past 100-degree time of the year.
Harry Reid International Airport deed the period people astatine 4:24 p.m., said Jenn Soulat, a meteorologist astatine the National Weather Service bureau successful Las Vegas.
Southern Nevada has entered a cooling-off play aft near-record vigor past week. Last Thursday and Friday, the airdrome saw 107 each day but fell conscionable abbreviated of breaking immoderate records.
Starting Tuesday, the regular precocious temperatures volition dilatory dip into the precocious and mid-90s by Friday. The mean precocious for mid-September is 96 degrees.
Expect “persistent southerly to southwesterly breezes, on with chiefly adust conditions” for Southern Nevada this week, the upwind work said successful a station connected X.
But don’t get excessively excited astir permanently leaving the 100s behind.
Soulat warned that a stubborn high-pressure strategy implicit the Southwest could origin a little spike successful temperatures adjacent weekend.
In 2025, Las Vegas saw its past 100-degree time of the twelvemonth connected Sept. 7. Soulat said the mean past 100 grade time of immoderate twelvemonth is Sept. 18.
Weak monsoon play
The monsoon season, which began successful precocious June and lasts done September, has been astir nonexistent for the vale during a precise adust year.
The airdrome registered a hint of rainfall Sept. 6 but it has seen nary measurable rainfall this month. The mean September precipitation for Las Vegas is 0.32 inches. Last year, the vale recorded 0.28 inches.
In August, the airdrome recorded 0.18 inches of rain, its wettest period since February (0.35). But the August mean is 0.32. Reid has registered 0.69 inches of precipitation truthful acold successful 2026.
Reid saw nary measurable rainfall successful July. On June 23, the airdrome recorded 0.02 inches of rain, breaking a rainless streak of 124 days. It was the lone rainfall of the month.
Summer vigor facts
— Last period was the warmest August connected record, with an mean somesthesia of 96.3 degrees, beating retired 2020 (95.6).
— On Aug. 1, Las Vegas saw 115, its hottest time of the year.
— July was the 3rd warmest connected record, with an mean somesthesia of 96.6.
— Las Vegas recorded its archetypal 110-degree time of the year connected July 8.
— June was the seventh-warmest June connected record, with an mean somesthesia of 91.1 degrees.
— Las Vegas hit 100 degrees for the archetypal clip this twelvemonth connected May 8.
Contact Mark Davis astatine mdavis@reviewjournal.com.
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