The Las Vegas Valley lies in a relatively high-altitude portion of the Mojave Desert--the city is at around 2,000 feet, where the recent rains have turned to snow as low as 1300 feet in these parts. We did have snow in great measure up in the eastern pass that leads to Yuma. My own altitude is probably 10 feet. So I won't worry yet. The rains have passed, for now, and the day temp is in the 60's, which we find a bit cool.

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