From the NWS in Las Vegas.....
...SUPER WESTERN HEAT WAVE 2013 FINALLY FIZZLES...
A STRONG AND SPRAWLING AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT SETTLED IN OVER
THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES ON THURSDAY, JUNE 27TH AND REMAINED
OVER THE REGION FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND STRENGTHENED. THIS AREA
OF HIGH PRESSURE INITIALLY SET-UP NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION
BEFORE MIGRATING WEST TOWARD NEVADA BY SATURDAY, JUNE 29TH. THIS
RESULTED IN A LONG DURATION STRETCH OF WELL ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN WITH
NUMEROUS LOCATIONS SETTING DAILY, MONTHLY AND EVEN ALL-TIME RECORD
HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES. THE HEAT FINALLY EASED BY FRIDAY, JULY
5TH, AS THE CENTER OF THE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTED INTO
SOUTHERN ARIZONA AND WEAKENED IN RESPONSE TO A MID AND UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH THAT PUSHES ASHORE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
BELOW IS A LOOK BACK AT THIS HEAT EVENT WITH SOME STATISTICS BY
LOCATION:
LAS VEGAS - MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
RECORDS: 1937-PRESENT
AT THE OFFICIAL WEATHER STATION AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
THE FOLLOWING MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE RECORDED DURING THIS EVENT:
6/27 6/28 6/29 6/30 7/1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5
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109 115 115 117 114 115 113 113 111
* THE HIGH OF 117 DEGREES ON JUNE 30TH SET AN ALL-TIME JUNE RECORD
HIGH TEMPERATURE BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 116 DEGREES SET
ON JUNE 15, 1940.
* THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 117 DEGREES ON JUNE 30TH TIED THE ALL-TIME
RECORD HIGH FOR LAS VEGAS LAST SET ON JULY 19, 2005 AND FIRST SET
ON JULY 24, 1942.
* THERE WERE 4 DAYS WITH A HIGH OF 115 DEGREES OR GREATER WHICH TIES
1937 AND 1979 FOR THE SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER OF SUCH DAYS IN A YEAR.
THE ALL-TIME RECORD IS 5 SUCH DAYS SET IN 1940 AND TIED IN 2005.
* THERE WERE 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH A HIGH OF 114 DEGREES OR
GREATER WHICH IS A NEW RECORD. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 4 DAYS SET
MOST RECENTLY FROM JULY 16-19, 2005.
* THERE WERE 7 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH A HIGH OF 112 DEGREES OR
GREATER WHICH TIES JULY 13-19, 2005 FOR THE SECOND LONGEST SUCH
STRETCH ON RECORD. THE RECORD NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS AT OR
ABOVE 112 DEGREES IS 9 FROM JUNE 12-20, 1940.
AT THE OFFICIAL WEATHER STATION AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE RECORDED DURING THIS EVENT:
6/27 6/28 6/29 6/30 7/1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5
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84 86 89 89 95 90 92 91 89+
+ MUST HOLD THROUGH 1 AM ON 7/6/2013 TO COUNT FOR DAY.
* THE LOW OF 95 DEGREES ON JULY 1ST TIED THE HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE
EVER RECORDED IN LAS VEGAS OF 95 DEGREES SET ON JULY 19, 2005.
* THERE WERE 4 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH A LOW OF 90 DEGREES OR GREATER
WHICH IS THE 2ND LONGEST SUCH STRETCH ON RECORD. THE RECORD IS 5
CONSECUTIVE DAYS FROM JULY 17-21, 2005 AND TIED FROM JULY 16-20,
2010.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN LAS VEGAS HAS BEEN 100 OR GREATER FROM
JUNE 28TH THROUGH JULY 4TH. THIS IS THE SECOND LONGEST SUCH STRETCH
ON RECORD. THE RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES IS 8 FROM JULY 14-21, 2005. THIS
RECORD COULD STILL BE THREATENED.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT AN OFFICIAL WEATHER STATION IN
LAS VEGAS DURING THIS HEAT WAVE EVENT WAS 119 DEGREES AT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE LOCATED ON DEAN MARTIN DRIVE LOCATED
IN SOUTHWEST LAS VEGAS ON JUNE 30TH. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER
KNOWN AT AN OFFICIAL WEATHER STATION IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WAS 121
DEGREES ON JULY 17, 1961 AND JULY 14, 1972 AT A FORMER COOPERATIVE
WEATHER STATION IN THE SUNRISE MANOR NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE NORTHEAST
PART OF THE VALLEY.
DEATH VALLEY - FURNACE CREEK, CALIFORNIA
RECORDS: 1911-PRESENT
AT THE OFFICIAL WEATHER STATION AT FURNACE CREEK IN DEATH VALLEY THE
FOLLOWING MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE RECORDED DURING THIS EVENT:
6/27 6/28 6/29 6/30 7/1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5
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122 125 128 129 127 127 128 126 125
* THE HIGH OF 129 DEGREES ON JUNE 30TH SET A NEW ALL-TIME RECORD HIGH
FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE AT DEATH VALLEY. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS
128 DEGREES SET ON JUNE 29, 1994 AND TIED ON JUNE 29, 2013. THE 129
DEGREE HIGH ALSO TIES THE UNITED STATES RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR
THE MONTH OF JUNE FIRST SET ON JUNE 23, 1902 AT VOLCANO,
CALIFORNIA WHICH IS A FORMER TOWN NEAR THE SALTON SEA.
* COUNTING JULY 5, 2013 THERE HAVE BEEN 7 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH A
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 125 DEGREES OR GREATER SINCE JUNE 28, 2013 AT
DEATH VALLEY. THIS TIES WITH JULY 14-20, 2005 FOR THE SECOND
LONGEST SUCH STRETCH ON RECORD. THE LONGEST EVER SUCH STRETCH WAS
10 DAYS FROM JULY 5-14, 1913.
* THERE HAVE BEEN 10 DAYS SO FAR THIS YEAR WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF
125 DEGREES OR GREATER AT DEATH VALLEY. THIS TIES THE ALL-TIME
RECORD FOR ANY YEAR WHICH IS 10 SET IN 1913.
AT THE OFFICIAL WEATHER STATION AT FURNACE CREEK IN DEATH VALLEY THE
FOLLOWING MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE RECORDED DURING THIS EVENT:
6/27 6/28 6/29 6/30 7/1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5
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92 91 93 98 98 104 102 98 95
* THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 104 DEGREES ON THE MORNING OF JULY 2ND
RANKS AS THE 6TH WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE EVER.
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