WARMEST METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER ON RECORD AT LAS VEGAS

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1220 AM PDT MON SEP 3 2007

...WARMEST METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER ON RECORD AT LAS VEGAS...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE...JULY...AND
AUGUST WAS 92.5 DEGREES BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 92.1 DEGREES
SET IN 2006. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE DURING THESE MONTHS WAS
104.1 DEGREES WHICH RANKS SEVENTH WHILE THE LOW TEMPERATURES
AVERAGED 80.9 DEGREES WHICH RANKS FIRST. THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER
SIGNIFICANT STREAKS OR RECORDS SET DURING THIS SUMMER AND THEY
INCLUDE:

CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURE 100F OR HIGHER: 41 (5TH
LONGEST).

CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH LOW TEMPERATURE 80F OR HIGHER: 24 (LONGEST).

ON JULY 2ND LAS VEGAS ASOS RECORDED A DEW POINT DEPRESSION OF 120F
AND A RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUE OF 1 PERCENT (ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT AN
OFFICIAL RECORD...THIS IS THE GREATEST DEW POINT DEPRESSION IN
RECENT MEMORY).

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 116 DEGREES WAS SET ON JULY 5TH WHICH
TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET IN 1973 AND 1985.

THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 14 RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TIED OR
BROKEN.

* We will be compiling statistics for the Neon Desert Weather site and will post them shortly.