Above-average temperatures and humidity will prevail in the Las Vegas region well past the Fourth of July, according to the National Weather Service.
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Conditions for monsoonal rains are likely to be absent from the Las Vegas Valley until the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
There is about a 20 to 30 percent chance of rain on Wednesday, National Weather Service meteorologist Brian Planz said. Thunderstorms are possible throughout the Las Vegas Valley.
Authorities briefly shut down a section of state Route 169 near Overton because of flooding. Monsoonal rains are expected over the next two days, the National Weather Service said.
Monsoon rains that have largely avoided the Las Vegas Valley the past few summers could make a return this week, says the National Weather Service.
The second hottest weekend of the young summer baked the Las Vegas region Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
Temperatures several degrees above normal will escalate through the weekend, according the National Weather Service.
Temperatures are expected to rise to above normal through the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
McCarran International Airport on Thursday saw its first measurable rainfall in June as thunderstorms swept through the Las Vegas Valley but did little damage.
A little cooler and a lot more wind sums up the National Weather Service forecast for the Las Vegas region early this week.
Las Vegas’ streak of reaching 113 degrees or higher ended at five days, when McCarran International Airport topped out at 112 on Sunday.
The steak of 113 or higher days may run through Sunday before a brief “cooling” spell. Next weekend may be just as hot, says the National Weather Service.
This week’s heat wave continued to smother Las Vegas on Friday, but the city fell just short of a third record-breaking day in a row.
Thursday matched a decades-old record for highest daily temperature, as an excessive heat warning has been extended through Sunday in the Las Vegas Valley.
Carmen Millan says she usually goes without air conditioning in her ground-floor apartment in Las Vegas. Wednesday’s high was 116.