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Arizona, Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Record Report

Statement as of 5:17 PM PDT on October 11, 2008


... Record low maximum temperature set at Las Vegas Saturday...

A strong cold low pressure system brought significantly colder
temperatures to the southern Great Basin and Mojave Desert. High
temperatures on Saturday were between 25 and 30 degrees colder than
thursdays highs. At McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas the
high temperature only reached 60 degrees which broke the previous
record of 65 degrees set in 1997. The 30 degree drop in high
temperatures at Las Vegas was the greatest two day drop in over 30
years. Other cities including Bishop... Barstow/Daggett... and Needles
also set records on Saturday.

Some temperatures from around the region...

City Saturday high record Thursday high

Las Vegas... ... ... ..60 degrees... ... .65 in 1997... ... 90 degrees
Bishop... ... ... ... ..49 degrees... ... .58 in 1997... ... 84 degrees
Barstow/Daggett... ..63 degrees... ... .67 in 1997... ... 91 degrees
Needles... ... ... ... .71 degrees... ... .75 in 1985... ... 98 degrees

Death Valley... ... ..75 degrees... ... ... ... ... ... ... .103 degrees
Kingman... ... ... ... .57 degrees... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..87 degrees
Caliente... ... ... ... 45 degrees... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..80 degrees
Mount Charleston... .34 degrees... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..67 degrees

Several low maximum records may be broken once again Sunday as
cold air remains in place. The records for Sunday are:

Las Vegas... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 63 degrees set in 1947
Bishop... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 57 degrees set in 1981
Barstow/Daggett... ... ... ... ... ... ... 69 degrees set in 2000
Needles... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..72 degrees set in 1997


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