At long last the temperature is cooling doing here in Las Vegas. Last night’s weather forecast showed afternoon highs in the upper 90s and down to the upper 70s at night. Phew!
We first moved to Las Vegas in early May and the heat of summer was looming. Our neighbors talked about July to mid-August as being the truly hot weeks of summer. When it got up to 118 the week of Independence Day we cranked up the AC and told ourselves the heat would only last for another month or so.
Labor Day came and went and triple-digit days were still the norm. Of course, everyone kept saying it was unusual and the weather reports said that we were a good 10-15 degrees above normal. Global warming was on the news and on our minds.
But tonight, we have the patio door open, the cool breeze if flowing off the mountains, and it feels great. In hindsight, despite lasting longer than advertised, the summer heat was not unbearable and we are still glad we moved here.