For the first day in more than two months, the highest daily temperature at the Las Vegas airport did not reach 100 degrees.
The official valley measuring station at Harry Reid International Airport topped out Friday at 96, the first time in 64 days without triple digits being reached. The last sub-100 day was a 99 on June 19.
The 1944 record of consecutive days reaching 100 or higher remains at 66, said National Weather Service meteorologist Clay Morgan.
Weekend highs should also stay below 100 as temperatures will be 6 to 7 degrees below normal.
“The heat respite will be in full swing Saturday and Sunday with highs in the mid-90s,” Morgan said. “It will be pretty windy on Saturday but there should be less wind on Sunday.”
A red flag warning about high winds and low humidity runs until 11 p.m. Saturday.
Highs should climb back into triple digits by Tuesday, Morgan said.
Rain chances are minimal for the weekend. The airport has only seen a trace of rain during the month, which was on Aug. 8.
Contact Marvin Clemons at mclemons@reviewjournal.com.