I’m reveling in the last of our cooler days, because come summer, instead of enjoying the sounds of birds while out on a hiking trail or at a park, I’ll likely be listening to the incessant ‘tweets’ of espresso machines and the roar of frothers emanating from behind a coffee counter.
That’s because the time of year is approaching when the Mojave Desert asserts itself in a way that can’t be ignored: — namely, by blasting Southern Nevadans with blazing temps.
Last summer certainly was a scorcher. We shattered records by hitting 120F, exceeding by 3 degrees the previous hottest day of 117F. We also had 112 days of 100F-plus temperatures, topping the record of 100 days during summer 2023. And experts are anticipating more of the same this year.
Cafes are a good place to take haven, with their frigid micro-climates. They pump up the AC enough to seemingly simulate being on a peak in the Spring Mountains, where it’s typically about 10-20 degrees cooler. Continue reading Get ready: Here comes the fierce Mojave sun