Las Vegas Heat Drops From 104 Degrees To 62 Degrees This Month
The high temperature in Las Vegas during this month was 104 degrees F on the 5th and 6th. It was still 100 degrees on the 10th. Last night, it dropped to 62 degrees, a 42-degree nosedive between the two numbers.
This is not impossible, but it is rare. It is an effect of climate change. Under normal circumstances, these kinds of temperature fluxations
42 Degree Difference
The University of Nevada recently put out an analysis in which it pointed out:
The current release of carbon into the atmosphere is unprecedented and more rapid than at any time over the past 56 million years. In recent decades, Nevada has witnessed increasing temperatures, extreme droughts, loss of snow, increasing evaporative demand (i.e., atmospheric thirst) and a number of large wildfires. We are observing changes in the present, and best projections indicate that these trends will continue.
In other parts of the nation, the extreme changes have involved rain, and drought. These rapids and violent violations have been true for these are welll.
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