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From the National Weather Service:

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
140 AM PDT WED JUN 18 2008

…NEW TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET IN THE MOJAVE DESERT YESTERDAY…

THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT YESTERDAY JUNE 17TH DROPPED TO 87 DEGREES AT 557 AM PDT. THIS READING BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM…WHICH COULD ALSO BE CALLED THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE…FOR THE DATE WHICH WAS 80 DEGREES SET IN 1999 AND 2000. THIS ALSO TIED FOR THE SECOND WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN JUNE WHICH WAS ALSO RECORDED ON JUNE 16TH 2000 JUNE 28TH 1994 AND JUNE 29TH 1977. THE ALL TIME RECORD HIGH MINIMUM FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE IN LAS VEGAS IS 89 DEGREES AND WAS SET ON JUNE 30TH 1994.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT NEEDLES CA REACHED 115 DEGREES YESTERDAY. THIS SET A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR JUNE 17TH. THE OLD RECORD HIGH WAS 114 DEGREES SET IN 2001.