Record Highs
Reno, Nevada, reached 108 °F (42 °C) on July 5 easily breaking the previous record of 100 °F (38 °C).
At 116 °F (47 °C), Las Vegas, Nevada, was one degree shy of its all-time record set in 2005 and 1942.
St. George, Utah, reached 118 °F (48 °C) on July 5, according to the local weather station as mentioned in the front page of the July 6 edition of The Salt Lake Tribune, which would be the highest temperature ever-recorded in Utah.
Eastern Oregon set 15 different record highs on July 5.
There were 11 days of triple digit temperatures in Missoula, Montana., almost double the previous record of 6 days for the month of July.
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