From the National Weather Service:
August 2008 is second warmest on record in Las Vegas…
The average temperature for August 2008 was 93.0 degrees which was the second warmest August on record. The warmest August on record occurred in 1995 when the average temperature was 93.1 degrees. The average high temperature for the month was 104.2 degrees which tied for the 17th warmest on record. However… the average low temperature for August 2008 was 81.7 degrees which was the warmest average low temperature on record.
There was only 0.07 inches of rain which was 0.38 inches below normal.
I recorded only 0.04 inches of rain in August and a total of 1.21 inches this year.
