100-degree heat returns to Las Vegas as June begins

It’s heating up successful Las Vegas, but don’t beryllium surprised. It’s June, aft all.

The vale volition spot its longest 100-degree streak of the twelvemonth this week, with temperatures topping the period people each time done Saturday, said Chris Outler, elder meteorologist astatine the National Weather Service successful Las Vegas.

This volition beryllium “the hottest spell of weather” the vale has experienced since March, erstwhile the historical vigor dome baked the vale for 2 weeks, Outler said.

Today’s forecast precocious is 101; it’ll beryllium 103 connected Wednesday and Thursday. It was 99 connected Monday astatine the airport. The past clip Las Vegas saw a agelong long of 100-plus days was past August.

This week’s vigor question volition not interruption immoderate records, Outler said. And vigor advisories/warnings are not expected to beryllium issued.

Also, vigor records won’t beryllium breached successful Death Valley National Park successful eastbound California, wherever temperatures are forecast to scope the 110-112 scope this week.

Outler said a high-pressure strategy implicit the Southwest is causing the blistery stretch, which is “not unusual” for aboriginal June, the commencement of climatological summer.

By Sunday, however, breezy conditions volition instrumentality to the valley, with highs dropping to the seasonal mid-90s.

Weather facts

— Las Vegas hit 100 degrees for the archetypal clip this twelvemonth connected May 8. The vale deed 104 connected May 11 and 12, the hottest days of the year.

— It deed 98 connected March 25 astatine the airport, the hottest March time ever successful Las Vegas. The vale saw eight consecutive days of record-breaking heat that month, the hottest March successful history.

— The airdrome has not seen immoderate measurable rainfall since Feb. 19 (.08 inches), a rainless streak that has topped 100 days.

— The hottest June somesthesia recorded successful Las Vegas was 117 (June 20, 2017, and June 30, 2013).

Contact Mark Davis astatine mdavis@reviewjournal.com.