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The real temperatures are much higher. Knew a weatherman in Vegas, when we lived there. He said, when it hit 115F or higher, they were told to just avoid saying it on air. We left in July of 2003 and it was 125F in the shade, at Hoover Dam, at 8 AM.
The real temperatures are much higher. Knew a weatherman in Vegas, when we lived there. He said, when it hit 115F or higher, they were told to just avoid saying it on air. We left in July of 2003 and it was 125F in the shade, at Hoover Dam, at 8 AM.
Nonsense. All a public record and recorded automatically from specialized temperature gauges in special structures made for the purpose.
Lake Mead is generally hotter than the airport. Lower altitude.
125 in the shade at 8am? Nope. Lack of moisture in desert air means that the air loses much of it's heat overnight. Even in the center of the urban area of Las Vegas, you would be hard pressed to find many nights above 90.
Anyway, to answer your question, there really is no comparison. Nevada's deserts are considered high deserts, which means they are at high altitudes, which means they are typically cooler than lower elevation deserts such as most of Arizona's southern and western deserts, especially at night and during the winter.
I saw earlier this summer that Vegas tied it's all time record high temp of 117. In Phoenix, and in Arizona in general, 117 isn't all that uncommon. We reached it, and even exceeded it, a number of times this summer here in NW Phx. Temps like this get more common the farther west or southwest you go in Arizona. Climate-wise, you'd be much better off comparing Las Vegas with Tucson, due to similar elevation and similar surrounding geography.
The two states greatly differ geographically. Nevada is almost entirely a basin and range state, and large scale weather patterns are thus generally pretty consistent. Nevada's deserts are created by the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada range. Arizona has much more geographical variety than Nevada. Altitude and latitude changes within the state create a significant diversity of environments, from arid subtropical grassland and subtropical forest in SE Arizona to alpine tundra in Northern Arizona. Arizona also experiences a monsoon which leads to a secondary wet season during the summertime. The monsoon pattern typically does not affect Nevada north of Las Vegas.
Ivoc & SloGuy...recorded at Our house 2 days earlier...121F. And, we lived by Frenchman Mountain. Lake Mead & Owens.
Sry for the deleted message. I wouldn't be surprised if you hit 121F during the heat of the day, as Frenchman mtn is on the lower elevation side of Vegas. You just didn't hit it at 8am
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Well, Laughlin, NV at just 450 ft elevation is one of the three hottest inhabited places in the lower 48 in the summer along with neighboring Bullhead City,AZ across the river, and Needles, CA further south
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