Sunday, June 20. 2010
Lightning Safety Week: June 20-26, 2010
In the United States, there are an estimated 25 million lightning flashes each year. During the past 30 years, lightning killed an average of 58 people per year. This is higher than 57 deaths per year caused by tornadoes and average 48 deaths to hurricanes. Yet because lightning usually claims only one or two victims at a time and does not cause mass destruction of property, it is underrated as a risk. While documented lightning injuries in the United States average about 300 per year, undocumented injuries are likely much higher.
Check this site for handouts, indoor safety and outdoor risk reduction tips, medical facts, history, survivor stories, photos, teacher tools, kids page and more.
http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/
Check this site for handouts, indoor safety and outdoor risk reduction tips, medical facts, history, survivor stories, photos, teacher tools, kids page and more.
http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/
Tuesday, June 15. 2010
On June 16, 2004...
A lightning strike about 12 miles south of Mesquite started a wildfire that charred over 8400 acres. The fire was named the Nickel Fire and burned until June 23rd. The fire caused two minor injuries, but no structures were lost.
Above courtesy NWS Las Vegas
Above courtesy NWS Las Vegas
Monday, June 14. 2010
The North American Monsoon...
With the month of June half way over and the Summer season fast approaching, can the 2010 Monsoon season be far behind?
For everything you wanted to know about the Monsoon, check out this very informative page courtesy of the NWS office in Las Vegas http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/vef/monsoon/monsoon_info.php
For everything you wanted to know about the Monsoon, check out this very informative page courtesy of the NWS office in Las Vegas http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/vef/monsoon/monsoon_info.php
Tuesday, June 1. 2010
COOL WAS THE RULE IN MAY 2010...
MAY 2010 CONTINUED RIGHT WHERE APRIL 2010 LEFT OFF WITH COOLER AND
DRIER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS DOMINATING THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. DAYS
WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WERE ALMOST AS SCARCE AS DAYS WITH
PRECIPITATION WERE DURING MAY. MAY 2010 COULD BEST BE DESCRIBED AS
THE MONTH OF THE TROUGH AS THE COOL WEATHER EXPERIENCED DURING THE
MONTH WAS DUE TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING BEING RATHER PERSISTENT OVER
THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. DESPITE THE PASSAGE OF A NUMBER OF STORM
SYSTEMS IN MAY...MOST OF THEM WERE DRY...AND THUS BROUGHT VERY
LITTLE...IF ANY...PRECIPITATION WITH THEM AS THEY IMPACTED THE AREA.
THE MONTH STARTED OFF WITH A DEEP TROUGH IN PLACE ACROSS THE WESTERN
UNITED STATES. BY THE 3RD AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC
NOSED INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES ALLOWING FOR A SHORT LIVED
PERIOD OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON THE 4TH AND 5TH. MANY LOWER
DESERT VALLEYS IN THE MOJAVE DESERT SAW THEIR FIRST 90 DEGREE OR
BETTER HIGH TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR ON THE 4TH.
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DIVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON THE 5TH
INCREASED WINDS WITH MANY AREAS SEEING GUSTS OVER 40 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS LOW CAUSED THE MAIN FLOW ALOFT TO
FLATTEN OUT ACROSS THE WEST WHICH RESULTED IN TEMPERATURES THAT WERE
GENERALLY SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL ON THE 6TH AND 7TH. ALTHOUGH
TEMPERATURES BOUNCED BACK UP ON THE 8TH THIS WARMING WOULD BE
SHORT-LIVED AS ANOTHER UPPER LOW APPROACHED CALIFORNIA AND MOVED
ACROSS THE SILVER STATE ON THE 9TH. THIS SYSTEM WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A
STRONG JET STREAM THAT HELPED TO GENERATE POWERFUL WINDS ACROSS THE
AREA ON THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF THE 9TH. WIND GUSTS OVER
HURRICANE FORCE OCCURRED IN PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN SIERRA NEVADA
AND OWENS VALLEY WHILE WIDESPREAD GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH OCCURRED
ELSEWHERE IN THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN. THE
STRONGEST GUST MEASURED WAS 88 MPH AT AN AUTOMATED STATION NEAR
INDEPENDENCE LOCATED AT AN ELEVATION OF 4842 FEET. THE HIGH WINDS
BLEW OVER A BIG RIG ON HIGHWAY 395 NORTH OF OLANCHA AND ALSO KNOCKED
DOWN POWER LINES IN THIS OWENS VALLEY COMMUNITY. IN INDEPENDENCE
SOME TREES FELL DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES OCCURRED IN GOLDFIELD NV.
BEHIND THIS LOW TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO SOME OF THE COLDEST READINGS
OF THE MONTH. ON THE MORNING OF THE 10TH THE TEMPERATURE AT THE
BISHOP AIRPORT DROPPED TO 25 DEGREES TYING THE ALL-TIME MAY RECORD
LOW LAST SET ON MAY 3RD 1964. ON THE HEELS OF THE LOW THAT IMPACTED
THE AREA ON THE 9TH A SECOND UPPER LOW DOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO THE GREAT BASIN FROM THE 10TH INTO THE
12TH. THIS SECOND LOW BROUGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF INTENSE WINDS TO THE
AREA ON THE EVENING OF THE 10TH INTO THE MORNING OF THE 11TH. WINDS
GUSTED AS HIGH AS 78 MPH IN THE OWENS VALLEY NEAR INDEPENDENCE AND
TO 70 MPH AT HORSE THIEF SPRINGS IN THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
DESERT. ELSEWHERE GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH WERE GENERALLY RECORDED. A
FEW VERY LIGHT SHOWERS ALSO ACCOMPANIED THIS SECOND LOW.
NORTHWEST FLOW ALLOWED COOL WEATHER TO LINGER ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH THE 14TH BUT BY THE 15TH IT WAS TIME FOR A WARM-UP AS AN
UPPER RIDGE BUILT INTO THE AREA. THE 16TH WAS ONE OF THE RARE DAYS
OF THE MONTH TO FEATURE ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES. THIS WARMTH
WAS QUICKLY PUSHED OUT BY YET ANOTHER UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH THAT
BROUGHT MORE WINDS ON THE 17TH AND 18TH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.
RIDGING BUILT BACK INTO THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 19TH ALLOWING FOR
TEMPERATURES TO WARM UP ONCE AGAIN. THIS WAS ONE OF ONLY THREE
PERIODS DURING THE MONTH WHERE HIGHS MANAGED TO REACH AT LEAST 90
DEGREES ON BACK-TO-BACK DAYS WITH THE WARMTH PEAKING IN MOST PLACES
ON THE 20TH.
ANOTHER UPPER LOW SETTLED IN OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BY THE 20TH
AND AS IT GRADUALLY PUSHED SOUTHWARD IT BROUGHT A POWERFUL JET
STREAM ACROSS THE AREA THAT GENERATED POTENT WINDS YET AGAIN WITH
MANY AREAS SEEING GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH. PEAK GUSTS INCLUDED 67 MPH
AT RED ROCK CANYON IN NEVADA AND 65 MPH AT AN AUTOMATED STATION NEAR
INDEPENDENCE CALIFORNIA. AS THIS LOW DROPPED SOUTHWARD IT BROUGHT A
LATE SEASON CHILL TO THE AREA THAT PLUMMETED SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO
4500 FEET. UNLIKE MOST OF THE SYSTEMS TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS
MONTH...THIS LOW WAS ACCOMPANIED BY JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE THAT WHEN
COMBINED WITH THE FORCING THE LOW HAD ITSELF RESULTED IN SCATTED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN
GREAT BASIN AND NORTHERN MOJAVE DESERT ON THE 23RD. OVER A HALF OF
FOOT OF SNOW FELL IN PARTS OF THE EASTERN SIERRA NEVADA ABOVE 8500
FEET WITH THREE TO FIVE INCHES FALLING IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS OF
SOUTHERN NEVADA. THE EXTREMELY COLD AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW
RESULTED IN RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AT LAS VEGAS...BISHOP
AND NEEDLES ON THE 23RD. PERHAPS MORE AMAZING WAS THAT THIS BLAST OF
COLD AIR PLUMMETED THE TEMPERATURE TO 25 DEGREES AT THE BISHOP
AIRPORT ON THE MORNING OF THE 22ND. THIS ONCE AGAIN TIED THE
ALL-TIME MONTHLY LOW FOR MAY OF 25 DEGREES RECORDED JUST 12 DAYS
EARLIER.
ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WARMED FROM THE 24TH INTO THE 25TH AS THE COLD
LOW DEPARTED TO THE EAST ANOTHER DEEP UPPER TROUGH SET UP ALONG THE
WEST COAST KEEPING TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE 30TH. THE
UPPER FLOW FINALLY FLATTENED OUT BY MEMORIAL DAY ALLOWING MAY TO
FINISH OFF ON THE WARM SIDE.
...LAS VEGAS...
MAY 2010 HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 71.7 DEGREES AT MCCARRAN
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...THE OFFICIAL CLIMATE STATION FOR LAS VEGAS.
THIS WAS 3.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 16TH COLDEST
MAY EVER RECORDED IN LAS VEGAS SINCE RECORDS STARTED IN 1937. THIS
MADE IT THE COLDEST MAY SINCE 1998 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
70.0 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR MAY 2010 WAS 82.5
DEGREES AND THIS RANKED AS THE 8TH COLDEST EVER. HOWEVER THE AVERAGE
LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 60.8 DEGREES WHICH WHILE BEING 2.1 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL WAS ONLY THE 39TH COLDEST ON RECORD.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH AT MCCARRAN WAS 96 DEGREES ON
MAY 31ST...MEMORIAL DAY. THIS WAS ALSO THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE OF
THE MONTH AT THE NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT...HENDERSON EXECUTIVE
AIRPORT AND NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE WHICH WERE ALL RECORDED ON THE
31ST. AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 95 DEGREES ON THE 31ST. THERE WERE 7 DAYS WITH A
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES OR BETTER AT MCCARRAN IN MAY AND THIS
TIED 1971 FOR THE 5TH LOWEST TOTAL OF SUCH DAYS EVER ON RECORD SINCE
1937 (THE RECORD IS 3 DAYS IN MAY 1953). THE COLDEST HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH AT MCCARRAN WAS 63 DEGREES ON THE 23RD
WHICH SET A NEW RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE.
THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH AT MCCARRAN WAS 49 DEGREES ON
THE 11TH. ELSEWHERE THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES AT AN OFFICIAL WEATHER
STATION IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY INCLUDED 46 DEGREES AT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE ON THE 24TH...48 DEGREES AT THE NORTH LAS
VEGAS CO-OP ON THE 1ST AND AT THE HENDERSON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT ON THE
11TH...49 DEGREES AT THE NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT ON THE 11TH AND 50
DEGREES AT NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE ON THE 3RD. THE HIGHEST MINIMUM AT
MCCARRAN WAS 69 DEGREES ON THE 20TH.
SOME OTHER IMPRESSIVE TEMPERATURE STATISTICS FOR THE MONTH AT
MCCARRAN...
MAY 2010 HAD THE GREATEST DEPARTURE BELOW NORMAL SINCE NOVEMBER
2000 IN LAS VEGAS. THE 3.7 DEGREES THIS PAST MAY WAS THE MOST SINCE
THE 4.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL RECORDED IN NOVEMBER 2000.
THE HIGH OF 96 DEGREES ON THE 31ST WAS THE SECOND LATEST
OCCURRENCE TO REACH A HIGH OF 95 DEGREES OR BETTER TYPING WITH MAY
31ST 1995. THE RECORD IS JUNE 1ST 1998.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF 90 DEGREE DAYS FOR 2010 IS ONLY 7 WHICH TIES
1971 FOR THE SECOND LOWEST SUCH TOTAL ON RECORD FOR THE YEAR TO
DATE. THE RECORD LOWEST TOTAL FOR THE YEAR TO DATE IS 5 IN 1995 AND
1998.
THIS WAS THE FIRST MAY SINCE 2007 TO NOT REACH THE TRIPLE DIGITS.
BEFORE THAT THE LAST MAY WITHOUT ANY TRIPLE DIGITS WAS IN 1999.
THE LOW OF 49 DEGREES ON THE 11TH WAS THE LOWEST MAY TEMPERATURE
RECORDED IN LAS VEGAS SINCE A LOW OF 47 DEGREES ON MAY 1ST 1999.
THIS WAS ONLY THE THIRD MAY IN THE LAST THIRTY YEARS TO NOT HAVE A
LOW TEMPERATURE OF 70 DEGREES OR BETTER (OTHERS WERE 1995 AND 1998).
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WERE VERY LIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE VALLEY. MOST
OF THE MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION THAT DID FALL THIS MONTH OCCURRED
WITH A FEW SHOWERS THAT MOVED ACROSS THE VALLEY ON THE AFTERNOON OF
THE 23RD. THESE SHOWERS PRODUCED MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FROM
CENTENNIAL HILLS EASTWARD TOWARDS THE ALIANTE AND ELDORADO
NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALSO IN SUMMERLIN AND IN A FEW NEIGHBORHOODS JUST
EAST OF SUMMERLIN. NO RAIN FELL AT ALL IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF THE VALLEY. AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THERE
WAS A TRACE OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH WHICH IS 0.24 OF AN INCH BELOW
NORMAL. TRACES WERE RECORDED ON TWO DATES - THE 11TH AND 23RD. AT
THE NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT RAIN ONLY FELL ON ONE DAY AND IT WAS
MEASURABLE.
UPPER LAS VEGAS WASH - CCRFCD 0.08 INCH
NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT 0.04 INCH
ANN ROAD AND CAMINO AL NORTE - CCRFCD 0.04 INCH
SUMMERLIN - COCORAHS 0.03 INCH
CIMARRON AND MOUNTAIN SPRINGS - COCORAHS 0.01 INCH
CRAIG AND DECATUR - MESONET 0.01 INCH
TENAYA AND WASHINGTON - COCORAHS 0.01 INCH
TROPICANA AND BUFFALO - COCORAHS 0.01 INCH
WEST ALIANTE 0.01 INCH
ANTHEM - COCORAHS TRACE
EASTERN AND DESERT INN - COCORAHS TRACE
FLAMINGO AND BOULDER HIGHWAY - COCORAHS TRACE
NWS LAS VEGAS OFFICE TRACE
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 11.5 MPH AT MCCARRAN. THIS
WAS 0.3 MPH ABOVE NORMAL. THIS MADE MAY 2010 THE WINDIEST MAY SINCE
2000 WHEN THE AVERAGE SPEED WAS 12.3 MPH. GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER
WERE RECORDED ON 8 DAYS IN MAY 2010 WITH A PEAK GUST OF 55 MPH FROM
THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST ON THE 10TH.
THERE WERE TWO NOTEWORTHY WIND EVENTS IN THE VALLEY DURING THE
MONTH. THE FIRST ON MAY 10TH AND 11TH PRODUCED GUSTS AS HIGH AS 61
MPH AT NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE AND THE HENDERSON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.
THIS EVENT RESULTED DAMAGE TO A LARGE PERMANENT TENT AT THE
HENDERSON PAVILION AND ALSO DOWNED SOME TREE LIMBS IN THE GREEN
VALLEY AREA. ON THE 22ND ANOTHER WIND EVENT PRODUCED GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 59 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS EDGE COMMUNITY AND DOWNED SEVERAL
MESQUITE TREES THERE.
*****SPRING 2010 STATISTICS****
FOR METEOROLOGICAL SPRING 2010 (THE MONTHS OF MARCH THROUGH MAY) THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT MCCARRAN WAS 64.7 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.9
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND TIES AS THE 33RD COOLEST SPRING ON RECORD.
THIS WAS THE COOLEST SPRING IN LAS VEGAS SINCE 1998 WHEN THE AVERAGE
WAS 62.5 DEGREES.
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THIS SPRING WAS 10.7 MPH AT MCCARRAN
WHICH MADE THIS SPRING THE WINDIEST SINCE 1998 WHEN THE AVERAGE WAS
10.9 MPH. BASED ON THE THIRTY YEAR NORMALS FROM 1971-2000 THIS
SPRING WAS EXACTLY NORMAL WITH RESPECT TO AVERAGE WIND SPEED.
...ELSEWHERE IN THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN...
MAY 2010 WILL RANK AS ONE OF THE COLDEST MONTHS ACROSS THE AREA.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
IN THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN WITH THE GREATEST
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR A FEW
LOCATIONS...
LOCATION MAY 2010 DEPARTURE COLDEST MAY
AVG. TEMP FROM NORMAL RANK
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BARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRPORT 69.2 -3.6 8TH COLDEST
BISHOP 56.0 -6.5 4TH COLDEST
DEATH VALLEY 82.2 -2.6 16TH COLDEST
DESERT ROCK 63.8 -4.8 3RD COLDEST
KINGMAN 63.2 N/A
MT CHARLESTON 45.9 -4.4 6TH COLDEST
NEEDLES 77.2 -3.2 12TH COLDEST
CALCULATED BASED ON TIME SHIFTING HIGHS TO CALENDAR DAY.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED ACROSS THE AREA WAS 109 DEGREES AT
FURNACE CREEK IN DEATH VALLEY ON THE 31ST. ELSEWHERE THE HOTTEST
TEMPERATURES INCLUDED 102 DEGREES AT BULLHEAD CITY AZ AND LAUGHLIN
NV ON THE 31ST. DEATH VALLEY SAW ONLY 8 TRIPLE DIGIT HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN MAY...THE LOWEST SUCH TOTAL SINCE 1998.
THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED ACROSS THE AREA AT AN OFFICIAL
CLIMATE STATION WAS 16 DEGREES AT SPRING VALLEY STATE PARK NV ON THE
3RD. ELSEWHERE THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES OF THE MONTH INCLUDED 18
DEGREES AT ASPENDELL CA ON THE 23RD...23 DEGREES AT MOUNT CHARLESTON
NV ON THE 24TH AND 25 DEGREES AT DIAMOND M RANCH AZ ON THE 1ST.
A FEW OTHER STATISTICS ABOUT TEMPERATURES THIS MONTH...
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DAYS WITH A HIGH OF 90 DEGREES OR BETTER AT
THE BARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRPORT WAS 6 TYING FOR THE THIRD LOWEST SUCH
TOTAL ON RECORD IN MAY SINCE 1943.
THE THIRD LATEST FIRST OCCURRENCE OF A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 100
DEGREES OR BETTER AT THE NEEDLES AIRPORT SINCE 1948.
* THE FIRST MAY AT BISHOP TO NOT SEE A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90
DEGREES OR BETTER SINCE 1998.
PRECIPITATION WAS ALSO BELOW NORMAL ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WITH MANY
LOCATIONS SEEING NOTHING FALL AT ALL FOR THE MONTH MAINLY IN CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA...CENTRAL NYE...SOUTHERN CLARK
AND WESTERN ESMERALDA COUNTIES IN NEVADA AND PARTS OF SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY AND THE OWENS VALLEY OF INYO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA. AT THE
BARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRPORT NO PRECIPITATION FELL AT ALL MAKING IT ONE
OF ONLY 12 MAYS DATING BACK TO 1943 TO BE PRECIPITATION-FREE. THE
WETTEST LOCATIONS WERE IN THE EASTERN SIERRA NEVADA AND THE SPRING
MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA WHERE OVER A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF
LIQUID PRECIPITATION FELL. THE WETTEST LOCATION IN THE AREA WAS AT
ASPENDELL CA WHERE 0.70 OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION FELL IN MAY
2010. OTHERWISE ACROSS THE AREA A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH FELL
FROM SOUTHEAST INYO COUNTY ACROSS SOUTHERN NYE AND INTO PARTS OF
CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY AND NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY. LINCOLN COUNTY
GENERALLY SAW BETWEEN A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO AS MUCH AS AROUND A
QUARTER OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION FALL.
SNOWFALL WAS GENERALLY LIMITED TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE
AREA. ASPENDELL IN THE EASTERN SIERRA OF CALIFORNIA AT 8500 FEET SAW
6.9 INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE MONTH WITH A PEAK SNOW DEPTH OF 4 INCHES
ON THE 23RD. MOUNT CHARLESTON AT AN ELEVATION OF 7450 FEET SAW 4.0
INCHES OF SNOW FALL FOR THE MONTH WITH A PEAK SNOW DEPTH OF 4 INCHES
ON THE 24TH. ELSEWHERE PIPE SPRINGS NATIONAL MONUMENT MEASURED 0.1
INCH OF SNOW FOR THE MONTH AND TRACE AMOUNTS OF SNOW WERE REPORTED
AT COLORADO CITY AZ...MITCHELL CAVERNS AND MOUNTAIN PASS CA AND
PIOCHE AND RACHEL NV FOR MAY 2010. AN ESTIMATED 1 INCH OF SNOW FELL
IN GOLDFIELD NV ON MAY 23RD. BY THE END OF THE MONTH THE HIGHEST
MOUNTAIN PEAKS ABOVE 10000 FEET STILL WERE COVERED IN SNOW.
Info courtesy NWS office Las Vegas
DRIER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS DOMINATING THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. DAYS
WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WERE ALMOST AS SCARCE AS DAYS WITH
PRECIPITATION WERE DURING MAY. MAY 2010 COULD BEST BE DESCRIBED AS
THE MONTH OF THE TROUGH AS THE COOL WEATHER EXPERIENCED DURING THE
MONTH WAS DUE TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING BEING RATHER PERSISTENT OVER
THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. DESPITE THE PASSAGE OF A NUMBER OF STORM
SYSTEMS IN MAY...MOST OF THEM WERE DRY...AND THUS BROUGHT VERY
LITTLE...IF ANY...PRECIPITATION WITH THEM AS THEY IMPACTED THE AREA.
THE MONTH STARTED OFF WITH A DEEP TROUGH IN PLACE ACROSS THE WESTERN
UNITED STATES. BY THE 3RD AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC
NOSED INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES ALLOWING FOR A SHORT LIVED
PERIOD OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON THE 4TH AND 5TH. MANY LOWER
DESERT VALLEYS IN THE MOJAVE DESERT SAW THEIR FIRST 90 DEGREE OR
BETTER HIGH TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR ON THE 4TH.
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DIVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON THE 5TH
INCREASED WINDS WITH MANY AREAS SEEING GUSTS OVER 40 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS LOW CAUSED THE MAIN FLOW ALOFT TO
FLATTEN OUT ACROSS THE WEST WHICH RESULTED IN TEMPERATURES THAT WERE
GENERALLY SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL ON THE 6TH AND 7TH. ALTHOUGH
TEMPERATURES BOUNCED BACK UP ON THE 8TH THIS WARMING WOULD BE
SHORT-LIVED AS ANOTHER UPPER LOW APPROACHED CALIFORNIA AND MOVED
ACROSS THE SILVER STATE ON THE 9TH. THIS SYSTEM WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A
STRONG JET STREAM THAT HELPED TO GENERATE POWERFUL WINDS ACROSS THE
AREA ON THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF THE 9TH. WIND GUSTS OVER
HURRICANE FORCE OCCURRED IN PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN SIERRA NEVADA
AND OWENS VALLEY WHILE WIDESPREAD GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH OCCURRED
ELSEWHERE IN THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN. THE
STRONGEST GUST MEASURED WAS 88 MPH AT AN AUTOMATED STATION NEAR
INDEPENDENCE LOCATED AT AN ELEVATION OF 4842 FEET. THE HIGH WINDS
BLEW OVER A BIG RIG ON HIGHWAY 395 NORTH OF OLANCHA AND ALSO KNOCKED
DOWN POWER LINES IN THIS OWENS VALLEY COMMUNITY. IN INDEPENDENCE
SOME TREES FELL DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES OCCURRED IN GOLDFIELD NV.
BEHIND THIS LOW TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO SOME OF THE COLDEST READINGS
OF THE MONTH. ON THE MORNING OF THE 10TH THE TEMPERATURE AT THE
BISHOP AIRPORT DROPPED TO 25 DEGREES TYING THE ALL-TIME MAY RECORD
LOW LAST SET ON MAY 3RD 1964. ON THE HEELS OF THE LOW THAT IMPACTED
THE AREA ON THE 9TH A SECOND UPPER LOW DOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO THE GREAT BASIN FROM THE 10TH INTO THE
12TH. THIS SECOND LOW BROUGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF INTENSE WINDS TO THE
AREA ON THE EVENING OF THE 10TH INTO THE MORNING OF THE 11TH. WINDS
GUSTED AS HIGH AS 78 MPH IN THE OWENS VALLEY NEAR INDEPENDENCE AND
TO 70 MPH AT HORSE THIEF SPRINGS IN THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
DESERT. ELSEWHERE GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH WERE GENERALLY RECORDED. A
FEW VERY LIGHT SHOWERS ALSO ACCOMPANIED THIS SECOND LOW.
NORTHWEST FLOW ALLOWED COOL WEATHER TO LINGER ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH THE 14TH BUT BY THE 15TH IT WAS TIME FOR A WARM-UP AS AN
UPPER RIDGE BUILT INTO THE AREA. THE 16TH WAS ONE OF THE RARE DAYS
OF THE MONTH TO FEATURE ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES. THIS WARMTH
WAS QUICKLY PUSHED OUT BY YET ANOTHER UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH THAT
BROUGHT MORE WINDS ON THE 17TH AND 18TH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.
RIDGING BUILT BACK INTO THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 19TH ALLOWING FOR
TEMPERATURES TO WARM UP ONCE AGAIN. THIS WAS ONE OF ONLY THREE
PERIODS DURING THE MONTH WHERE HIGHS MANAGED TO REACH AT LEAST 90
DEGREES ON BACK-TO-BACK DAYS WITH THE WARMTH PEAKING IN MOST PLACES
ON THE 20TH.
ANOTHER UPPER LOW SETTLED IN OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BY THE 20TH
AND AS IT GRADUALLY PUSHED SOUTHWARD IT BROUGHT A POWERFUL JET
STREAM ACROSS THE AREA THAT GENERATED POTENT WINDS YET AGAIN WITH
MANY AREAS SEEING GUSTS OF 45 TO 65 MPH. PEAK GUSTS INCLUDED 67 MPH
AT RED ROCK CANYON IN NEVADA AND 65 MPH AT AN AUTOMATED STATION NEAR
INDEPENDENCE CALIFORNIA. AS THIS LOW DROPPED SOUTHWARD IT BROUGHT A
LATE SEASON CHILL TO THE AREA THAT PLUMMETED SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO
4500 FEET. UNLIKE MOST OF THE SYSTEMS TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS
MONTH...THIS LOW WAS ACCOMPANIED BY JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE THAT WHEN
COMBINED WITH THE FORCING THE LOW HAD ITSELF RESULTED IN SCATTED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN
GREAT BASIN AND NORTHERN MOJAVE DESERT ON THE 23RD. OVER A HALF OF
FOOT OF SNOW FELL IN PARTS OF THE EASTERN SIERRA NEVADA ABOVE 8500
FEET WITH THREE TO FIVE INCHES FALLING IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS OF
SOUTHERN NEVADA. THE EXTREMELY COLD AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW
RESULTED IN RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AT LAS VEGAS...BISHOP
AND NEEDLES ON THE 23RD. PERHAPS MORE AMAZING WAS THAT THIS BLAST OF
COLD AIR PLUMMETED THE TEMPERATURE TO 25 DEGREES AT THE BISHOP
AIRPORT ON THE MORNING OF THE 22ND. THIS ONCE AGAIN TIED THE
ALL-TIME MONTHLY LOW FOR MAY OF 25 DEGREES RECORDED JUST 12 DAYS
EARLIER.
ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WARMED FROM THE 24TH INTO THE 25TH AS THE COLD
LOW DEPARTED TO THE EAST ANOTHER DEEP UPPER TROUGH SET UP ALONG THE
WEST COAST KEEPING TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE 30TH. THE
UPPER FLOW FINALLY FLATTENED OUT BY MEMORIAL DAY ALLOWING MAY TO
FINISH OFF ON THE WARM SIDE.
...LAS VEGAS...
MAY 2010 HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 71.7 DEGREES AT MCCARRAN
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...THE OFFICIAL CLIMATE STATION FOR LAS VEGAS.
THIS WAS 3.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE 16TH COLDEST
MAY EVER RECORDED IN LAS VEGAS SINCE RECORDS STARTED IN 1937. THIS
MADE IT THE COLDEST MAY SINCE 1998 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
70.0 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR MAY 2010 WAS 82.5
DEGREES AND THIS RANKED AS THE 8TH COLDEST EVER. HOWEVER THE AVERAGE
LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 60.8 DEGREES WHICH WHILE BEING 2.1 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL WAS ONLY THE 39TH COLDEST ON RECORD.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH AT MCCARRAN WAS 96 DEGREES ON
MAY 31ST...MEMORIAL DAY. THIS WAS ALSO THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE OF
THE MONTH AT THE NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT...HENDERSON EXECUTIVE
AIRPORT AND NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE WHICH WERE ALL RECORDED ON THE
31ST. AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 95 DEGREES ON THE 31ST. THERE WERE 7 DAYS WITH A
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES OR BETTER AT MCCARRAN IN MAY AND THIS
TIED 1971 FOR THE 5TH LOWEST TOTAL OF SUCH DAYS EVER ON RECORD SINCE
1937 (THE RECORD IS 3 DAYS IN MAY 1953). THE COLDEST HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH AT MCCARRAN WAS 63 DEGREES ON THE 23RD
WHICH SET A NEW RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE.
THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH AT MCCARRAN WAS 49 DEGREES ON
THE 11TH. ELSEWHERE THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES AT AN OFFICIAL WEATHER
STATION IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY INCLUDED 46 DEGREES AT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE ON THE 24TH...48 DEGREES AT THE NORTH LAS
VEGAS CO-OP ON THE 1ST AND AT THE HENDERSON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT ON THE
11TH...49 DEGREES AT THE NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT ON THE 11TH AND 50
DEGREES AT NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE ON THE 3RD. THE HIGHEST MINIMUM AT
MCCARRAN WAS 69 DEGREES ON THE 20TH.
SOME OTHER IMPRESSIVE TEMPERATURE STATISTICS FOR THE MONTH AT
MCCARRAN...
MAY 2010 HAD THE GREATEST DEPARTURE BELOW NORMAL SINCE NOVEMBER
2000 IN LAS VEGAS. THE 3.7 DEGREES THIS PAST MAY WAS THE MOST SINCE
THE 4.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL RECORDED IN NOVEMBER 2000.
THE HIGH OF 96 DEGREES ON THE 31ST WAS THE SECOND LATEST
OCCURRENCE TO REACH A HIGH OF 95 DEGREES OR BETTER TYPING WITH MAY
31ST 1995. THE RECORD IS JUNE 1ST 1998.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF 90 DEGREE DAYS FOR 2010 IS ONLY 7 WHICH TIES
1971 FOR THE SECOND LOWEST SUCH TOTAL ON RECORD FOR THE YEAR TO
DATE. THE RECORD LOWEST TOTAL FOR THE YEAR TO DATE IS 5 IN 1995 AND
1998.
THIS WAS THE FIRST MAY SINCE 2007 TO NOT REACH THE TRIPLE DIGITS.
BEFORE THAT THE LAST MAY WITHOUT ANY TRIPLE DIGITS WAS IN 1999.
THE LOW OF 49 DEGREES ON THE 11TH WAS THE LOWEST MAY TEMPERATURE
RECORDED IN LAS VEGAS SINCE A LOW OF 47 DEGREES ON MAY 1ST 1999.
THIS WAS ONLY THE THIRD MAY IN THE LAST THIRTY YEARS TO NOT HAVE A
LOW TEMPERATURE OF 70 DEGREES OR BETTER (OTHERS WERE 1995 AND 1998).
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WERE VERY LIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE VALLEY. MOST
OF THE MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION THAT DID FALL THIS MONTH OCCURRED
WITH A FEW SHOWERS THAT MOVED ACROSS THE VALLEY ON THE AFTERNOON OF
THE 23RD. THESE SHOWERS PRODUCED MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION FROM
CENTENNIAL HILLS EASTWARD TOWARDS THE ALIANTE AND ELDORADO
NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALSO IN SUMMERLIN AND IN A FEW NEIGHBORHOODS JUST
EAST OF SUMMERLIN. NO RAIN FELL AT ALL IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF THE VALLEY. AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THERE
WAS A TRACE OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH WHICH IS 0.24 OF AN INCH BELOW
NORMAL. TRACES WERE RECORDED ON TWO DATES - THE 11TH AND 23RD. AT
THE NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT RAIN ONLY FELL ON ONE DAY AND IT WAS
MEASURABLE.
UPPER LAS VEGAS WASH - CCRFCD 0.08 INCH
NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT 0.04 INCH
ANN ROAD AND CAMINO AL NORTE - CCRFCD 0.04 INCH
SUMMERLIN - COCORAHS 0.03 INCH
CIMARRON AND MOUNTAIN SPRINGS - COCORAHS 0.01 INCH
CRAIG AND DECATUR - MESONET 0.01 INCH
TENAYA AND WASHINGTON - COCORAHS 0.01 INCH
TROPICANA AND BUFFALO - COCORAHS 0.01 INCH
WEST ALIANTE 0.01 INCH
ANTHEM - COCORAHS TRACE
EASTERN AND DESERT INN - COCORAHS TRACE
FLAMINGO AND BOULDER HIGHWAY - COCORAHS TRACE
NWS LAS VEGAS OFFICE TRACE
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 11.5 MPH AT MCCARRAN. THIS
WAS 0.3 MPH ABOVE NORMAL. THIS MADE MAY 2010 THE WINDIEST MAY SINCE
2000 WHEN THE AVERAGE SPEED WAS 12.3 MPH. GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER
WERE RECORDED ON 8 DAYS IN MAY 2010 WITH A PEAK GUST OF 55 MPH FROM
THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST ON THE 10TH.
THERE WERE TWO NOTEWORTHY WIND EVENTS IN THE VALLEY DURING THE
MONTH. THE FIRST ON MAY 10TH AND 11TH PRODUCED GUSTS AS HIGH AS 61
MPH AT NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE AND THE HENDERSON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.
THIS EVENT RESULTED DAMAGE TO A LARGE PERMANENT TENT AT THE
HENDERSON PAVILION AND ALSO DOWNED SOME TREE LIMBS IN THE GREEN
VALLEY AREA. ON THE 22ND ANOTHER WIND EVENT PRODUCED GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 59 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS EDGE COMMUNITY AND DOWNED SEVERAL
MESQUITE TREES THERE.
*****SPRING 2010 STATISTICS****
FOR METEOROLOGICAL SPRING 2010 (THE MONTHS OF MARCH THROUGH MAY) THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT MCCARRAN WAS 64.7 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.9
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND TIES AS THE 33RD COOLEST SPRING ON RECORD.
THIS WAS THE COOLEST SPRING IN LAS VEGAS SINCE 1998 WHEN THE AVERAGE
WAS 62.5 DEGREES.
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THIS SPRING WAS 10.7 MPH AT MCCARRAN
WHICH MADE THIS SPRING THE WINDIEST SINCE 1998 WHEN THE AVERAGE WAS
10.9 MPH. BASED ON THE THIRTY YEAR NORMALS FROM 1971-2000 THIS
SPRING WAS EXACTLY NORMAL WITH RESPECT TO AVERAGE WIND SPEED.
...ELSEWHERE IN THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN...
MAY 2010 WILL RANK AS ONE OF THE COLDEST MONTHS ACROSS THE AREA.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
IN THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN WITH THE GREATEST
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR A FEW
LOCATIONS...
LOCATION MAY 2010 DEPARTURE COLDEST MAY
AVG. TEMP FROM NORMAL RANK
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BARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRPORT 69.2 -3.6 8TH COLDEST
BISHOP 56.0 -6.5 4TH COLDEST
DEATH VALLEY 82.2 -2.6 16TH COLDEST
DESERT ROCK 63.8 -4.8 3RD COLDEST
KINGMAN 63.2 N/A
MT CHARLESTON 45.9 -4.4 6TH COLDEST
NEEDLES 77.2 -3.2 12TH COLDEST
CALCULATED BASED ON TIME SHIFTING HIGHS TO CALENDAR DAY.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED ACROSS THE AREA WAS 109 DEGREES AT
FURNACE CREEK IN DEATH VALLEY ON THE 31ST. ELSEWHERE THE HOTTEST
TEMPERATURES INCLUDED 102 DEGREES AT BULLHEAD CITY AZ AND LAUGHLIN
NV ON THE 31ST. DEATH VALLEY SAW ONLY 8 TRIPLE DIGIT HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN MAY...THE LOWEST SUCH TOTAL SINCE 1998.
THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED ACROSS THE AREA AT AN OFFICIAL
CLIMATE STATION WAS 16 DEGREES AT SPRING VALLEY STATE PARK NV ON THE
3RD. ELSEWHERE THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES OF THE MONTH INCLUDED 18
DEGREES AT ASPENDELL CA ON THE 23RD...23 DEGREES AT MOUNT CHARLESTON
NV ON THE 24TH AND 25 DEGREES AT DIAMOND M RANCH AZ ON THE 1ST.
A FEW OTHER STATISTICS ABOUT TEMPERATURES THIS MONTH...
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DAYS WITH A HIGH OF 90 DEGREES OR BETTER AT
THE BARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRPORT WAS 6 TYING FOR THE THIRD LOWEST SUCH
TOTAL ON RECORD IN MAY SINCE 1943.
THE THIRD LATEST FIRST OCCURRENCE OF A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 100
DEGREES OR BETTER AT THE NEEDLES AIRPORT SINCE 1948.
* THE FIRST MAY AT BISHOP TO NOT SEE A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90
DEGREES OR BETTER SINCE 1998.
PRECIPITATION WAS ALSO BELOW NORMAL ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WITH MANY
LOCATIONS SEEING NOTHING FALL AT ALL FOR THE MONTH MAINLY IN CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA...CENTRAL NYE...SOUTHERN CLARK
AND WESTERN ESMERALDA COUNTIES IN NEVADA AND PARTS OF SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY AND THE OWENS VALLEY OF INYO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA. AT THE
BARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRPORT NO PRECIPITATION FELL AT ALL MAKING IT ONE
OF ONLY 12 MAYS DATING BACK TO 1943 TO BE PRECIPITATION-FREE. THE
WETTEST LOCATIONS WERE IN THE EASTERN SIERRA NEVADA AND THE SPRING
MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA WHERE OVER A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF
LIQUID PRECIPITATION FELL. THE WETTEST LOCATION IN THE AREA WAS AT
ASPENDELL CA WHERE 0.70 OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION FELL IN MAY
2010. OTHERWISE ACROSS THE AREA A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH FELL
FROM SOUTHEAST INYO COUNTY ACROSS SOUTHERN NYE AND INTO PARTS OF
CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY AND NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY. LINCOLN COUNTY
GENERALLY SAW BETWEEN A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO AS MUCH AS AROUND A
QUARTER OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION FALL.
SNOWFALL WAS GENERALLY LIMITED TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE
AREA. ASPENDELL IN THE EASTERN SIERRA OF CALIFORNIA AT 8500 FEET SAW
6.9 INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE MONTH WITH A PEAK SNOW DEPTH OF 4 INCHES
ON THE 23RD. MOUNT CHARLESTON AT AN ELEVATION OF 7450 FEET SAW 4.0
INCHES OF SNOW FALL FOR THE MONTH WITH A PEAK SNOW DEPTH OF 4 INCHES
ON THE 24TH. ELSEWHERE PIPE SPRINGS NATIONAL MONUMENT MEASURED 0.1
INCH OF SNOW FOR THE MONTH AND TRACE AMOUNTS OF SNOW WERE REPORTED
AT COLORADO CITY AZ...MITCHELL CAVERNS AND MOUNTAIN PASS CA AND
PIOCHE AND RACHEL NV FOR MAY 2010. AN ESTIMATED 1 INCH OF SNOW FELL
IN GOLDFIELD NV ON MAY 23RD. BY THE END OF THE MONTH THE HIGHEST
MOUNTAIN PEAKS ABOVE 10000 FEET STILL WERE COVERED IN SNOW.
Info courtesy NWS office Las Vegas
Neon Desert Weather Station Breaks 100!, Finally!...
The temperature on Memorial Day Monday 5/31/2010 reached 100.4°F at 2:05pm. This was the latest date that the century mark was broken since record keeping began here in East Las Vegas in June of 1999!
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