NEWS
June 30, 1994 | Associated Press
The thermometer hit 125 degrees Wednesday in this gambling resort town on the Colorado River. The previous record of 124, the all-time record for the entire state of Nevada, had been on the record books for just one day. And Laughlin wasn't even the hottest point in the region. A few miles downriver, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., fried at 128 degrees, a record for Arizona and the town's fifth day above 120. Forecasters blamed the inferno on a vast bubble of hot air stuck over the Southwest.