Vegas Hits an Unlucky Seven

UPDATE Jul 13, 2024 10:31 AM CDT

The temperature in Las Vegas hit 115 on Friday for a record seventh day in a row, the National Weather Service says. The good news for residents is that the streak should come to an end on Saturday, though they won't get much of a break: The high temp is expected to be "only" 110 or so. CNN notes that this already has been the hottest summer for about 100 cities around the US.

Jul 12, 2024 8:18 AM CDT

The big numbers in Vegas over the last week: 115, 120, 115, 119, 118, and 118. Unfortunately for visitors and residents, those have nothing to with the casinos and everything to do with the weather—they mark six consecutive days of a high temperature of at least 115, which the city has never before experienced, reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The temperature is forecast to hit 116 on Friday for a seventh consecutive day before cooling down a smidge to 112 on Saturday.

"It's oppressively hot," Alyse Sobosan, who has lived in Vegas for 15 years, tells the AP. "It's like you can't really live your life." The temp of 120 on Sunday was an all-time high for the city, notes the Review-Journal. The record streak is part of the relentless heat wave baking the US, particularly in the West. Oregon, for example, has seen temperatures above 100 this week, and the state is investigating 14 possible heat-related deaths. In California, the figure is 19. (More heat wave stories.)