Syzdekistan

This is a rather unusual record (From the NWS Website):

MONTHLY RECORD LOW PRESSURE AT LAS VEGAS…

THE LOWEST BAROMETRIC PRESSURE EVER RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF MAY AT LAS VEGAS MCCARREN AIRPORT OCCURRED TODAY. THE PRESSURE AT 440 PM PDT WAS 29.27 INCHES WHICH BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 29.28 SET IN 1975.

THIS WAS THE RESULT OF AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH DROPPED DOWN OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND SETTLED OVER NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA TODAY.

and

RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE BROKEN IN LAS VEGAS TODAY…

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TODAY ONLY GOT UP TO 67 DEGREES AND OCCURRED AT 1201 PM PDT. THIS READING BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW MAXIMUM…WHICH COULD ALSO BE CALLED THE COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE…FOR THE DATE WHICH WAS 69 DEGREES SET IN 1957. THE ALL TIME RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE MONTH OF MAY IN LAS VEGAS IS 60 DEGREES AND WAS SET IN 1979.

We started the week with a record high of 108° on Monday and today I was wearing a jacket (in the morning). Any cool days in May, I will enjoy this as much as I can. This evening I had the some doors open and the house central heat turned on when the temperature dropped below 68°. Fun times.

There was even a dusting of snow on the Sheep Range north of town this afternoon and driving back from Moapa we hit some brief heavy rain. I can’t remember the last time I drove in heavy rain. It’s been at least 6 months. We got