Record Report Issued by NWS Las Vegas, NV
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SXUS75 KVEF 150847
RERVEF
RECORD EVENT REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS, NV
147 AM PDT WED MAY 15 2013
...RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET YESTERDAY AT LAS VEGAS...
THE LOW TEMPERATURE TUESDAY AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - THE
OFFICIAL CLIMATE STATION FOR LAS VEGAS - WAS 79 DEGREES. THIS BROKE
THE PREVIOUS DAILY RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST MINIMUM - OR WARMEST LOW -
TEMPERATURE ON RECORD OF 77 SET IN 1997.
A RECORD EVENT REPORT ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE YESTERDAY STATED THAT
THE RECORD FOR THE EARLIEST DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES EVER
RECORDED IN LAS VEGAS WAS SET ON TUESDAY. THIS ENDED UP NOT BEING
THE CASE AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 79 SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT
LOCAL STANDARD TIME.
OFFICIAL RECORDS FOR LAS VEGAS DATE BACK TO JANUARY 1937.
THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS PRELIMINARY AND IS SUBJECT TO A FINAL
REVIEW BEFORE BEING CERTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER.
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METZGER