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Las Vegas, NV

Monday, October 12

72°partly cloudy

Your day

Mild and mostly sunny this morning, then warm with storms and showers possible through the afternoon and gray by evening; stronger storms could bring lightning, gusty winds and isolated flash flooding.

MORNING63–66°MIDDAY68–72°AFTERNOON70–71°EVENING64–69°↑ 6:45 AM↓ 6:08 PMNOWSO FAR · OBSERVED
MORNING63–66°MIDDAY68–72°AFT'NOON70–71°EVENING64–69°↑ 6:45 AM↓ 6:08 PMNOWSO FAR · OBSERVED
Morning
mild and mostly sunny
Midday
warm and gray
Afternoon
showers possible, warm
Evening
warm and gray

Record 1.08 inches of rain fell Sunday

Sunday's 1.08 inches of rain in Las Vegas was the most ever recorded on October 11, past the 0.78 inches from 2012, as the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel moved through. That one day delivered about half of the year's 2.18 inches so far.

record · rain

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The week ahead

Forecast changes since yesterday

Holding steady — no day's high or rain chance moved since yesterday's edition.

Next five days

MonTueWedThuFri
High70°65°72°76°78°
Low56°53°56°59°60°
Precip18%17%0%0%6%

The week, as the models see it

The models mostly agree this week. The widest day, Tue, spans 58–69°.

Forecast high temperature (°F) · next 7 days · a blend of models
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50°70°90°MonTueWedThuFriSatSun

82 model runs, colored by temperature  ·  middle of the pack  ·  official forecast

Monday is the wettest: the models center on a trace, most between 0.0 and 0.1, the wettest 0.5.

Rain by day (inches) · next 7 days · a blend of models
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0.50MonTueWedThuFriSatSun▲ 0.5INCHES

82 model runs, daily totals (dim = dry)  ·  middle 80%  ·  middle of the pack

Keeping score

‹The scorecard · this week›

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No graded days yet this week.

Also worth knowing

Scattered storms and gusts near 40 mph possible

A slow-moving upper trough keeps isolated showers and thunderstorms possible this afternoon, with a stationary front parked just 30 miles northeast of Las Vegas. Moisture is thinner than Sunday's, but stronger storms could still bring lightning, brief heavy rain and isolated flash flooding, with southerly gusts of 25 to 40 mph.

storms · wind

Tuesday's high should only reach 65°

A cold front swings through Tuesday, turning winds northwest and holding the forecast high to 65°, after a forecast low near 54° tonight. Breezy northerly winds linger through the work week before Thursday's high climbs back to 76°.

cold front · cool

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