RENO, Nev. (AP) - The Latest on the record heat in northern Nevada (all times local):
6:30 p.m.
The heat wave that’s sending the mercury soaring past the century mark across much of the West has broken a 71-year-old record in Reno.
The National Weather Service says the high temperature reached 104 degrees (40 Celsius) on Wednesday at Reno Tahoe-International Airport. That shatters the old record of 101 (38 Celsius) set in 1946.
It’s the 11th time this summer the high has reached triple digits in Reno - two shy of the record of 13 times set during 1972.
Reno’s high is expected to reach or surpass 100 again Thursday and Friday.
On Tuesday, the Reno airport tied the record of 103 set in 2000. The normal maximum high for Reno for the month of August is 90 degrees (32 Celsius).
The highest temperature ever recorded in 80 years of record-keeping at Reno-Tahoe International Airport was 108 degrees (42 Celsius). That happened July 5, 2007 and on consecutive days in July 2002.
2:25 p.m.
Reno’s minor league baseball team is offering a “hotflash” special on select tickets due to the record-breaking heat wave in the region. The discount is based on the high of 105 degrees forecast Wednesday.
Left field reserved seats will go for $10.50 instead of the normal $18 for the Aces’ games against the Nashville Sounds Thursday through Saturday. The Aces are the Arizona Diamondbacks’ Triple A affiliate. The Sounds are with Oakland.
Reno’s high already has reached or topped 100 degrees (38 Celsius) nine times this year - four shy of the record 13 times for the entire summer in 1972. Perhaps more impressive is the 46 consecutive days the high has reached 90 degrees or higher. That shatters the old record-stretch of 35 straight days in 2010.
The highest temperature ever recorded in 80 years of record-keeping at Reno-Tahoe International Airport was 108 degrees (42 Celsius). That happened July 5, 2007 and on consecutive days in July 2002.
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2:05 p.m.
National Weather Service officials who spent the winter cranking out record snowfall reports in northern Nevada are having a hard time keeping up with all the heat records falling in one of the hottest summers the region has ever scene.
Service meteorologists in Reno upgraded a series of heat advisories Wednesday to an excessive heat warning stretching from northeast California through north-central Nevada through 11 p.m. Thursday.
The high on Tuesday tied the record 103 degrees (39 Celsius) at Reno-Tahoe International Airport. It’s forecast to reach 105 Wednesday and top the century mark again Thursday and Friday. The normal maximum high for Reno for the month of August is 90 degrees (32 Celsius).
Reno’s average daily high temperature for the month of July was 97.2 degrees (36.2 Celsius) - the highest in the 80 years records have been kept.
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