LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — July 10 will be our fifth day in a row tying or breaking a record high. It will also be our fifth consecutive day of 115° or hotter. The forecast calls for a total of seven days at/above 115° when you include what's expected Thursday and Friday.
Summer 2005 and 1940 each had five total days at/above 115°, which was the old record until this stretch.
Las Vegas averages just one day at/above 115° each year (based on observed conditions from 1991-2020).
Until this summer, we've never had back-to-back days at 117°.
July 9 and July 10 (assuming we get to 117°, we're forecasting 118°) should be the first time that's happened.
To add insult to injury, we're forecasting back-to-back-to-back-to-back days at/above 117° from Tuesday through Friday!
Our numbers, just for clarity:
- Saturday 115°
- Sunday 120°
- Monday 115°
- Tuesday 119°
- Wednesday forecast 118°
- Thursday forecast 118°
- Friday forecast 117°
Saturday forecast 113° with 10% storm chanceSunday forecast 109° with 30% storm chance
