Even for Las Vegas, it's too hot

Record hot temperatures over the past week have turned the Las Vegas valley into a giant oven.

LAS VEGAS — Sin City is sizzling.

Record-hot temperatures over the past week have turned the Las Vegas Valley into a giant oven, forcing officials to close public pools and museums, driving people indoors for most of the day and baking sidewalks hot enough to fry an egg on.

The Las Vegas Strip, usually packed with tourists, was a shadow of its normal rowdy self during Thursday’s peak afternoon hours, as the sun beat down on the casino-lined boulevard. Downtown’s Fremont Street was also sparser than usual, with fewer street performers braving the roasting temperatures to charm wide-eyed out-of-towners.

As the city on Friday stared down a new record of seven-straight days of temperatures at or above 115 degrees Fahrenheit, conditions have become intolerable even for those who are used to desert climes.

“This heat wave is a totally different animal,” said Dan Berc, a warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Las Vegas. “We’re breaking all sorts of records.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/even-las-vegas-hot-rcna161168

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