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Streak of triple-digit temps ends, still hot in Las Vegas Valley

Updated August 29, 2018 - 9:15 pm

The Las Vegas Valley can expect warm weather and sunny skies through the Labor Day weekend, the National Weather Service said.

Temperatures should peak this week with a forecast high of 103 degrees on Thursday, before dipping to 102 on Friday and 101 on Saturday, the weather service said.

Sunday’s forecast has a high of 99, and Labor Day should be sunny with a high near 96.

Temperatures this time of year typically are near 100, the weather service said.

Tuesday’s high of 99 marked the end of a 37-day streak of triple-digit temperatures, the eighth-longest such streak on record, the weather service said.

Contact Max Michor at mmichor@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0365. Follow @MaxMichor on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Mike Shoro contributed to this report.

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