I am finally melting
We tied the record yesterday for the highest ever
daily average temperature in Las Vegas. That and a solar cover made our pool
100°F which isn't very refreshing.
Statement as of 10:46 PM PDT on
July 16, 2005
... Record high temperatures for today...
Station high old record
year
Needles CA 122 120
1960/1998
Mount Charleston NV 89 86
1949/2003
Death Valley CA 127 127 1972
tied
More record highs for today may be
reported tomorrow morning by
observers who
report their data once a day.
In
addition... the low temperature at mccarran Airport in Las Vegas
today was 89 degrees. This is the warmest low
temperature ever
recorded on this date. The
old record was 87 degrees set in 1977.
The 89 degree low and the 115 degree
high produced a daily average
temperature at
Las Vegas of 102 degrees... which ties the highest
daily average temperature ever recorded. The
most recent occurrences
of a 102 degree daily
average temperature were July 11th and 13th of
2003.
Posted: Sun - July 17, 2005 at 09:11 AM