MORNING: Wake-up temperatures in the 40s and low 50s early, then 60s by 9 a.m.
AFTERNOON: Sunny with highs in the low 70s, about 15 above-average.
EVENING: A drop through the 60s into the 50s by 8 p.m.
TONIGHT: Lows in the upper 40s late.
Friday’s forecast of 72 is 2 shy of the record of 74 from 1958.
Saturday sees 70 with a mostly sunny sky. The record for the date is 71 from 2017.
Sunday brings 69 and a mostly cloudy morning should turn partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Nighttime lows in the upper 40s to near 50 around Las Vegas are expected for the foreseeable future. That’s chilly, but nearly 10 above-average for December.
Highs in the mid-to-upper 60s next week are still more than 10 above-average.
A weather pattern change brings shower chances Christmas week. Right now, we see a 10% chance Monday (December 22), a 20% chance Tuesday (December 23), and 30% chance Wednesday (Christmas Eve, December 24), and a 20% chance Thursday (Christmas Day, December 25). Highs will gradually drop near 60 by Christmas Day.
