Above-normal Las Vegas temperatures forecast all week
Temperatures about 10 to 12 degrees above normal will persist in the Las Vegas Valley for several days, according to the latest National Weather Service forecast.
The forecast high for Tuesday is 94 with sunny skies and light and variable winds of 5 to 7 mph. The overnight low will be around 67 with calm winds. The normal high this time of year is 85.
Wednesday could see the first 100 reading of the year at McCarran International Airport. Winds will pick up with gusts to 20 mph possible.
Highs for the rest of the week will be in the upper 90s, perhaps reaching 100 on Saturday.
Excessive heat watch
An excessive heat watch, originally to begin Wednesday morning, has been revised to cover Friday and Saturday for the Colorado River Valley. Highs may reach 105 in the Laughlin area with overnight lows close to 80, the weather service said. Death Valley is also under an excessive heat watch Friday and Saturday with projected highs near 111.
“The overnight lows that high are the bigger problem,” weather service meteorologist Clay Morgan said. “You don’t get much relief when it’s that hot overnight.”
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