A week aft its hottest week of the year, Las Vegas could beryllium heading into an progressive week of monsoon activity.
There’s a 20 percent accidental of thunderstorms contiguous and Tuesday, the National Weather Service said. And determination could beryllium much tempest enactment by the extremity of this week.
The summertime monsoon play successful Southern Nevada runs from precocious June into September. Julie Phillipson, pb meteorologist astatine the NWS, said it is hard to accidental whether the portion volition spot an accrued fig of thunderstorms this summer, but it is imaginable fixed the existent setup successful the atmosphere.
“There is simply a strengthening El Niño close now, truthful that could bespeak a much progressive Eastern Pacific tropical tempest season, which could springiness america much opportunities for important monsoon events, but close present we person to hold and see,” Phillipson told the Review-Journal past week.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is forecasting a 40 percent to 50 percent accidental of above-normal precipitation successful Southern Nevada this period and a somewhat little accidental for above-normal precipitation done September. Normal precipitation successful Las Vegas averages 0.38 inch of rainfall successful July, 0.32 inch successful August and 0.32 inch successful September, according to information from NOAA.
Weather facts
— On June 23, Reid recorded 0.02 inches of rain, breaking a rainless streak of 124 days. It was the lone rainfall of the month.
— Last period was the seventh-warmest June connected record, with an mean somesthesia of 91.1 degrees, the NWS said. It was the archetypal June since June 2022 that did not spot a somesthesia of 110 oregon above.
— Las Vegas hit 100 degrees for the archetypal clip this twelvemonth connected May 8.
— 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.
Contact Mark Davis astatine mdavis@reviewjournal.com.
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