Staying hot: Las Vegas to endure more record heat this weekend

Mark Davis, Las Vegas Review-Journal on Mar 28, 2026

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LAS VEGAS — Tired of the spring Las Vegas heat? You’re in luck because a major cooldown is on the way. But not until next week.

Expect more record-breaking temperatures this weekend as the historic March heat wave begins to wane. Daytime forecast highs for Saturday and Sunday will be in the low 90s. Saturday’s record high is 91 (set in 2015); Sunday’s is 89 (set in 2015).

The average high for the valley in late March is in the mid 70s. Las Vegas won’t see temperatures in the upper 80s until Monday. After that, the valley should return to the 70s, with little chances for rain, said Morgan Stessman of the National Weather Service.

On Friday, Harry Reid International Airport registered 90 degrees, breaking the record of 88 set in 2022. It was the coolest daytime high temperature recorded at Reid since March 17, when it saw 88 degrees.

The cooling trend began Thursday, which was five degrees cooler than Wednesday’s record-breaking 98, the hottest day of the year. Through Wednesday, the valley had witnessed eight consecutive days of record-breaking heat, a streak the valley has never seen, the NWS said.

By the end of this month, the valley likely will have recorded at least 10 90-degree days, an all-time record.

—Tracking the hot streak

Friday: 90 (old record: 88 in 2022)

Thursday: 93 (93 in 2022)

Wednesday: 98 (90 in 2022)

Tuesday: 96 (89 in 1940)

Monday: 96 (89 in 1940)

Sunday: 93 (91 in 2004)

arch 21: 96 (92 in 2004)

March 20: 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.