Las Vegas heat reaches 100 for the 101st time this year
The sizzling summer of 2024 broke another heat record Wednesday.
At 3:55 p.m., the temperature reached 100 for the 101st time this year, surpassing the record first reached 77 years ago in 1947.
The National Weather Service forecast a Wednesday high of 101, escalating to a projected high of 103 by Saturday.
This summer already captured the hottest temperature in recorded Las Vegas weather history with a top of 120 on July 7 during a string of 10 days that reached 115 or higher.
July also included a string of 11 scorching days that included seven consecutive days with new daily high temperatures of 115 or higher.
The lower Colorado River Valley and Death Valley will share in the abnormal late-September heat.
Laughlin, Bullhead City, Fort Mohave, Needles and Lake Havasu will be under an excessive heat warning from 8 p.m. Thursday through 8 p.m. Saturday. Highs are expected to be between 108 and 110.
Furnace Creek at Death Valley has projected highs of 110 Wednesday and Thursday with 111 on Friday and 112 on Saturday.
Residents are urged to drink plenty of water and avoid the heat during the hottest parts of the day.
As of mid-September at least 224 people in Clark County died where heat was a factor, according to the Clark County coroner’s office..
Some relief may come early next week.
“It is still going to be hot, but temperatures may drop a few degrees with a system coming through,” meteorologist Jenn Varian said.
Contact Marvin Clemons at mclemons@reviewjournal.com.
