Las Vegas streak of triple-digit highs may end soon

A couple walks along a dock at the Lake Mead Marina about the Lake Mead National Recreation Area on Tuesday, August 24, 2020, near Boulder City. A forecast high of 110 is forecast for the Las Vegas are aon Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

More Stories

Homes within the new Citrine development continue to be built around Skye Canyon on Tuesday, Ja ...

Spring Mountains lag behind rest of state with unusually low snowpack numbers

A beachfront property is damaged by the Palisades Fire Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 in Malibu, Calif. ...

Don’t expect to see LA-style wildfires in Las Vegas

Nevada sending firefighters to help battle ‘one of the worst fires in recent history’

One 40 mph gust: Las Vegas windstorm loses some punch

By Marvin Clemons Las Vegas Review-Journal

August 26, 2020 - 5:49 am

Updated August 26, 2020 - 8:03 am

Relief from triple-digit highs may be about a week away as the Las Vegas Valley continues its record August heat wave.

The Wednesday forecast high is 110, which is where the mercury topped out Tuesday at McCarran International Airport.

Wednesday will be the 56th consecutive day with a high of at least 100 at the airport. The July 2 high was 99. The record streak is 66 days, set in 1944.

Overnight lows have been declining a few degrees with an 84 forecast for Thursday morning, according to the latest National Weather Service forecast.

The string of triple-digit highs could end early next week. The weather service has forecast a high of 99 on Tuesday, the first day of September.

Contact Marvin Clemons at mclemons@reviewjournal.com. Follow @Marv_in_Vegas on Twitter.

Spring Mountains lag behind rest of state with unusually low snowpack numbers

By Alan Halaly / RJ

January 10, 2025 - 5:05 pm

The Spring Mountains are the source of groundwater recharge for Pahrump, where residents rely on domestic wells.

Don’t expect to see LA-style wildfires in Las Vegas

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

January 9, 2025 - 2:44 pm

The average Las Vegas homeowner’s landscape, while certainly not 100 percent fireproof, is less likely to catch fire even in the extreme hot and dry conditions because of home irrigation.

Nevada sending firefighters to help battle ‘one of the worst fires in recent history’

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

January 8, 2025 - 7:48 pm

Fire departments from Clark County and elsewhere in Nevada are sending dozens of firefighters to assist in battling deadly wildfires in Southern California.

One 40 mph gust: Las Vegas windstorm loses some punch

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

January 7, 2025 - 8:56 pm

Wind gusts largely in the upper 30-mph range were felt across much of the Las Vegas Valley but didn’t get much stronger.

Dark Vegas: Night falling early as winter solstice nears

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

December 20, 2024 - 12:15 am

Thursday through Friday will see less than 10 hours of daylight and conversely 14 hours when the sun is below the horizon.

An aerial shot shows a neighborhood near Sam Boyd Stadium on Jan. 9, 2022. (Michael Quine/Las V ...

Drought in Clark County now ‘extreme’ after bone-dry streak

By Alan Halaly / RJ

December 12, 2024 - 6:40 pm

This is now the year with the second-most consecutive days of no measurable rain in Las Vegas since records began in 1937.

November 2024 ended with no rainfall and a below-average daily temperature, according to the Na ...

Rainless, cool November recorded in Las Vegas Valley

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

December 3, 2024 - 5:38 pm

A trace of rain fell at the airport Nov. 25, said meteorologist Ashley Nickerson. The average rainfall for Novemeber is .30 inches.

Kelly Sanchez, 7, left, and her sister Kyara, 5, play in freshly fallen snow at the intersectio ...

Snow in Las Vegas? Why Summerlin gets those random, icy winters

By Alan Halaly / RJ

December 2, 2024 - 11:24 am

Because of its higher elevation and proximity to the Spring Mountains, this Las Vegas community is cooler than the rest of the valley.

Las Vegas may see wet Thanksgiving week, rain skirts northwest valley

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

November 25, 2024 - 6:15 pm

A Rainbow Canyon gauge received .31 of an inch on Monday afternoon. No other measurable rain was recorded at Regional Flood Control District gauges.

F1 staff and Metro officers could be seen using caution tape, zip ties, and metal barriers to r ...

High winds bring free track views ahead of Saturday’s race

By Akiya Dillon / RJ

November 23, 2024 - 10:52 pm

F1 staff and Metro officers were seen using caution tape, zip ties, and metal barriers to reinforce the fence outside Caesar’s Palace a little over an hour before the race.