Las Vegans  just lived through the hottest month ever.

The high reached triple digits every day in July, and the heat hung on through the night to push last month into record territory.

According to the National Weather Service, July’s average temperature of 96.2 degrees was the highest of any month since record keeping began in 1937. The previous record, set in July 2007, was 95.4.

The question is, did anybody really notice?

July is traditionally the hottest month of the year in Las Vegas, and last month didn’t stand out much in terms of daytime highs. At McCarran International Airport, the valley’s official weather station, the mercury topped out at 113 on July 15 and 18, but neither of those was a record.

As is so often the case in Las Vegas, the difference was made after dark.

The average low temperature for July was 85.7, the highest on record by almost two degrees.

The coolest it got last month was 77. The temperature has not retreated below 80 since July 8.

“That’s a record stretch,” said Chris Stachelski, a meteorologist for the weather service in Las Vegas.

Another record set last month: For six days — five of them in a row — the temperature never dropped below 90.

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