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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
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
Local Storm Report
10/10/2008 0545 PM
3 miles NNE of desert rock pendence, Nye County.
Non-thunderstorm wind gust m47.00 mph, reported by mesonet.
A peak wind gust of 47 mph was recorded at the nts a30 mesonet site on the Nevada test range. Wind gusts of 40 mph or greater were recorded at this site from 400 PM through 630 PM.
10/10/2008 0552 PM
Desert rock airporert rock pendence, Nye County.
Non-thunderstorm wind gust m40.00 mph, reported by ASOS.
10/10/2008 0914 PM
Tonopah range (kbjependenceert rock pendence023, Nye County.
Non-thunderstorm wind gust m51.00 mph, reported by ASOS.
A peak wind gust of 51 mph was measured at the kbkn ASOS on the Tonopah range area of the Nevada test site. Wind gusts of 40 mph greater were observed at this location from 556 PM to 1056 PM.
10/10/2008 0245 PM
Well 5b (nts a05), Nye County.
Non-thunderstorm wind gust m74.00 mph, reported by other federal.
10/10/2008 0300 PM
2 miles ESE of Dyer, Esmeralda County.
Non-thunderstorm wind gust m41.00 mph, reported by mesonet.
10/10/2008 0300 PM
2 miles ESE of Dyer, Esmeralda County.
Non-thunderstorm wind gust m41.00 mph, reported by mesonet.
10/10/2008 0545 PM
3 miles NNE of desert rock pendence, Nye County.
Non-thunderstorm wind gust m47.00 mph, reported by other federal.
10/10/2008 0552 PM
Desert rock airporert rock pendence, Nye County.
Non-thunderstorm wind gust m40.00 mph, reported by ASOS.
10/10/2008 0554 PM
W Tonopah range (kert rock pendence, Nye County.
Non-thunderstorm wind gust m43.00 mph, reported by ASOS.
10/10/2008 0245 PM
Well 5b (nts a05), Nye County.
Non-thunderstorm wind gust m74.00 mph, reported by other federal.
10/09/2008 0115 PM
2 miles NE of station 28 (nependenceependence, Nye County.
Non-thunderstorm wind gust m57.00 mph, reported by mesonet.
10/09/2008 0115 PM
2 miles NE of station 28 (nependence, Nye County.
Non-thunderstorm wind gust m57.00 mph, reported by mesonet.