RECORD EVENT REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
450 PM PST THU JAN 21 2010
...ALL-TIME RECORD LOW SEA LEVEL PRESSURE SET AT LAS VEGAS...
...ALL-TIME JANUARY CALENDAR DAY PRECIPITATION SET AT LAS VEGAS...
AT 4:41 PM TODAY THE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT DROPPED TO 29.03 INCHES. THIS CRUSHED THE ALL-TIME RECORD
LOW SEA LEVEL PRESSURE OF 29.17 INCHES SET IN DECEMBER 1949. THIS
ALSO BREAKS THE OLD JANUARY RECORD OF 29.37 INCHES SET JANUARY 1944.
PRESSURE RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1949.
IN ADDITION...THROUGH 445 PM TODAY...0.82 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS BROKE THE OLD DAILY RECORD
FOR JANUARY 21 2010 OF 0.40 INCH SET WAY BACK IN 1939. IN ADDITION
THE 0.82 INCH OF RAIN THAT FELL TODAY IS THE MOST TO FALL ON ANY
CALENDAR DAY IN JANUARY. THE OLD RECORD WAS 0.81 INCH SET ON JANUARY
3 2005. DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1937. MORE RAIN IS
FALLING AND THE FINAL TOTAL FOR TODAY WILL BE HIGHER.
SO FAR 1.62 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN THIS YEAR IN LAS VEGAS AT
MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...THE OFFICIAL CLIMATE SITE FOR LAS
VEGAS...WITH ALL OF IT IN THE LAST 4 DAYS. THIS SURPASSES THE TOTAL
RAINFALL FOR ALL OF 2009 OF JUST 1.59 INCHES.
THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS PRELIMINARY AND IS SUBJECT TO A FINAL
REVIEW BEFORE BEING CERTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER.
The above info is courtesy of the
NWS office in Las Vegas
Here in East Las Vegas at the Neon Desert Weather Center, the total rainfall for today is at .70 inches as of 5:30pm
The four day storm total is now at 1.48 inches. Eclipsing 2009's total rainfall of 1.28 inches.
