Las Vegas sweltered through its fifth straight day of highs above 115 on Wednesday, a prolonged heat never before experienced.
The Las Vegas airport’s official thermometer reached 115 at 1:13 p.m. and was expected to keep rising toward a forecast high of 119, which would equal the Tuesday high.
The daily high for July 10 was also expected to be topped. The record is 117 in 2021.
The last four-day streak with highs of 115 or higher was nearly 20 years ago, July 16-19, 2005, according to the Las Vegas office of the National Weather Service.
Wednesday also became the eighth straight day of highs at 110 or higher. Since last Wednesday, daily high temperatures have reached 113 or hotter.
A streak of 10 days has happened twice in recorded Las Vegas weather history (since 1937), June 17-26, 1962, and last year, July 14-23.
The 10-day streak is likely to fall as well with highs of 112 or hotter forecast through Saturday.
The weather service says the excessive heat warning that has been in place more than a week is set to expire at 11 p.m. Friday.
Contact Marvin Clemons at mclemons@reviewjournal.com.