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This morning’s low was 21° here at the house and it stayed chilly all day. The official low was 23° and some areas got into the teens. Las Vegas had a record low high of only 39°. Of course, further north it is a lot colder and Ely (where I worked last winter) had a record low of minus 17° and they had another record of minus 19° yesterday. The coldest I ever saw up there was about minus 3.

If you are wondering why I am so interested in the temperatures this week, it is for two reasons. One, it is more fun the painting the baby’s room (8 weeks and counting) and two, I will be doing fish work at Lake Mead this week and I expect it to be pretty cold. We should have highs in the upper 40s by then and hopefully it won’t be too windy.

For more weather data in the region (from the NWS); check under the fold.

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
512 PM PST SUN JAN 14 2007

…RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE BROKEN IN LAS VEGAS TODAY…

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HERE IN LAS
VEGAS ONLY GOT UP TO 39 DEGREES TODAY AT 413 PM. THIS READING BROKE
THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 42 DEGREES LAST SET IN 1997.

ME LOWS TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING INCLUDE:

SOUTHERN NEVADA…

LAS VEGAS………..23 DEGREES.
MESQUITE…………16 DEGREES.
OVERTON………….17 DEGREES.
INDIAN SPRINGS……12 DEGREES.
PAHRUMP………….11 DEGREES.
BOULDER CITY……..24 DEGREES.

EASTERN CALIFORNIA…

BARSTOW-DAGGETT…..17 DEGREES.
YUCCA VALLEY……..13 DEGREES.
TWENTYNINE PALMS….16 DEGREES.
NEEDLES………….24 DEGREES.
BAKER……………15 DEGREES.
DEATH VALLEY……..24 DEGREES.

NORTHWEST ARIZONA…

LAKE HAVASU CITY….27 DEGREES.
BULLHEAD CITY…….28 DEGREES.
MOHAVE VALLEY…….22 DEGREES.
WIKIEUP………….17 DEGREES.
TEMPLE BAR……….22 DEGREES.

RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT THE ELY AIRPORT THIS MORNING…

A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF MINUS 17 WAS REACHED SHORTLY BEFORE 2 AM
THIS MORNING AT THE ELY AIRPORT. THIS ECLIPSES THE PREVIOUS RECORD
LOW OF MINUS 13…SET BACK IN 1955.