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It’s a low, it’s a high, it’s the record lowest high

Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005 | 11:10 a.m.

While many Las Vegas residents and visitors may think it's hot on late August afternoons, the valley reached its high temperature on Tuesday while most everyone slept.

The thermometer topped out at 86 degrees by 23 minutes after midnight, eclipsing the record lowest high temperature of 87 degrees set on Aug. 9, 1989, said Brian Fuis, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

The all-time lowest high temperature recorded on any August day in Las Vegas occured on Aug. 18, 1983, when the mercury dipped to 74 degrees.

The peak temperature came after a late-night storm thundered into the valley, moving northeast to southwest, and lowering temperatures from 90 degrees.

The monsoon moisture continues to flow into Southern Nevada today and through the weekend, leaving a chance of thunderstorms each afternoon and evening, Weather Service forecasters said.

Temperatures are expected to remain below the normal high of 103 degrees, unless clouds part long enough the the sun to heat the valley's air.

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