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A man cools off in a water mist along the Las Vegas Strip, Thursday, July 26, 2018.
Published Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 | 11:39 a.m.
Updated Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 | 4:30 p.m.
It’ll be record-hot on Monday and Tuesday in Las Vegas, according to the National Weather Service, as southern Nevada bakes beneath a heat wave that tied a high-temperature mark on Sunday.
The expected high Monday was 114 degrees (45.56 Celsius) at McCarran International Airport, well above the current record temperature of 111 degrees set Aug. 17, 1939, meteorologist Dan Berc said.
The high temperature Sunday was 113 degrees (45 Celsius) at the official regional measuring station, tying a 1939 record for the date. Berc said some neighborhoods had higher temperatures.
The expected high on Tuesday is again 114 degrees, while the previous high is 111 degrees.
The weather service has posted an excessive heat warning until late Wednesday for southern Nevada. It forecasts the heat wave will keep daytime temperatures at or above 110 degrees (43.33 Celsius) until next week.
The widespread Western U.S. heat wave across states from Washington to New Mexico has strained electricity providers in California and raised wildfire concerns.
In Reno, the weather service issued a heat advisory through Tuesday. The region is blanketed by smoke from a nearby wildfire, and daytime temperatures are expected to reach 105 degrees (40.56 Celsius) in some areas.
