Cooling off: Las Vegas may not break another heat record today

Las Vegas is expected to get a little relief today from the historic March heat wave. Finally.

The daytime high forecast is 93 degrees, five degrees less than Wednesday’s record-breaking 98, the hottest day of the year.

It’s “going to be a little cooler,” said Julie Phillipson of the National Weather Service. Thursday’s record is 93, set in 2022. The average high for the valley in late March is in the low-to-mid 70s.

The temperatures should stay in the low 90s for Friday and the weekend. More daily records are expected to be broken.

Through Wednesday, the valley has witnessed eight consecutive days of record-breaking heat, a streak the valley has never seen, the NWS said.

Las Vegas probably won’t see temperatures in the upper 80s until Monday. By the end of this month, the valley likely will have recorded at least 10 90-degree days, an all-time record.

Blistering temperatures associated with a heat dome, a rare event in March, continue to break records across the Southwest.

Tracking the hot streak

Wednesday: 98 (old record: 90 in 2022)

Tuesday: 96 (old record: 89 in 1940)

Monday: 96 (89 in 1940)

Sunday: 93 (91 in 2004)

Saturday: 96 (92 in 2004)

Friday: 97 (90 in 2004)

March 19: 95 (90 in 2017)

March 18: 94 (90 in 2017). Note: The high surpassed the previous all-time March high of 93 that had been set March 26, 2022.

The intense March heat in Las Vegas is a continuation of a theme, as the month started out with record-breaking heat. And last month was the second-warmest February in the valley since record-keeping began in 1937. January 2026 was the fifth-warmest January on record.