More record heat 



At least the long term forecast shows a high in the upper 60s by next Sunday.

...Las Vegas Breaks Another Daily High Temperature...A Daily High Minimum...And Establishes A New All Time Record High For The Month Of March...

... Death Valley CA breaks another daily high temperature... and ties
the all time March record high...

... Numerous other records broken or tied across the Las Vegas Nevada
forecast area...

The low temperature this morning... Sunday March 21... was 62 degrees.
This reading was the warmest low temperature for the date... which was
59 degrees set in 1978. The high this afternoon reached 92 degrees.
This reading not only broke the record of 88 degrees for the date
set in 1997... but established the new all time record high for the
month of March... which was 91 degrees set on the 31st in 1966.

Death Valley CA reached a high of 102 degrees today. This reading
broke the record for the date which was 97 degrees set in 1925... and
also tied the all time record high for the month of March last set
in 1986.

Many more high temperature records fell across the Las Vegas
forecast area today...


The following records were broken or tied Sunday March 21 2004...

Location type of record temperature old record year

Desert rock NV high 87 83 1996
Laughlin NV high 98 96 1997
Barstow Daggett CA high 92 89 1997
Bishop CA high 84 80 1990
Needles CA high 98 97 1997
twenty nine Palms CA high 91 90 1990
Bullhead City AZ high 101 99 1997
Lake Havasu City AZ high 100 tie 100 1997
Kingman AZ high 89 83 2002

 

Posted: Mon - March 22, 2004 at 05:06 AM          


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