On average, there are ONLY about 60 days of 100 plus temperatures. 86 days over 90. The sun beating on an inanimate object for hours makes it MUCH hotter.
I roll my Electric Focus out of the garage in 50 degree weather, about an hour before I leave for work. By the time I get in, the temperature is
closer to 70. In the summer, I go from MY garage, to the garage at work. The Garage is open on two or three sides ( depending upon which level ) so, air flows through all day, and,
no sun ever hits the car. When I get into the car at around 8 p.m., the outside temperature shows around 108 degrees. After a mile or so, the temperature is
generally closer to 115. This is pretty much a daily occurrence from June until October, with several days of rain in August. You may live in
an area that has "natural" greenery. No such luck in Vegas. The sun beats down on concrete and asphalt that absorbs and radiates the
heat for hours after the sun goes down. I would go out to a car parked in our garage at 4 in the morning to pull it around, and, it would
still show outside temperature over 110 degrees. Chrome door handles and seat belt clasps that are chrome ( older cars ) are so hot that
they will cause blisters if you not careful on how you are touch them. A fan blowing all day on something in direct sun would do absolutely no good.
That same fan, blowing though a bike cover or "tent" would probably help. Might be better to have it on the outbound side sucking air through
rather than blowing into, to lessen the possibility of added heat from the fan motor. In many areas that are hot during the day, it cools off at night.
This is not the case in Vegas during the summer. There are days where it barely gets below 100 at night, then, starts from that point upwards.
Associated Press
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 | 10:34 a.m.
Sun weather coverage
Las Vegas weather conditions and forecast
June in Las Vegas was officially the hottest ever.
The National Weather Service said the average June temperature recorded at McCarran International Airport was 91.9 degrees, breaking the previous record of 91.5 in 2013.
More than half of last month was at or above 105 degrees. A meteorologist said June 13 through June 30 brought 18 consecutive days of temperatures in that range.
There's never been that many in a row or in total in a June month. In 1961, there was a streak of 12 days straight and in 1985, there were 17 total.
And halfway through this decade, there are now three June months in the top seven hottest ever recorded. The others were in June of 2012 and 2013.
Above normal temperatures are also expected for July.
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