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The parallel between electricity needs and higher GDP was clear, figures show: for the year as a whole GDP rose 1.6 percent and cold weather, measured as heating degree days (HDD) was up 7.9 percent.

With snow on Mount Charleston, cold winds blast Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The National Weather Service said 5 inches of snow were on the ground at the fire station on Mount Charleston and a foot of snow blanketed the Mount Charleston Lodge overnight.

Although there were reports of snow flurries and sleet in the Las Vegas Valley, from the Stratosphere Tower at Sahara Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard South to Summerlin, April 15 is officially snowless, according to the weather service.

Unless snow falls at McCarran International Airport, where the weather service gathers its official climate records, seeing snow doesn't count, a meteorologist said today.

Williston: CO2 heated up winter so much that only 30-40% of the deer died

The impact of the hard winter on the state’s deer population also remains to be fully documented, although the department has some indications that mortality was high in specific areas.

“We actually flew some whitetail units in January,” Rostvet said, while adding the heavy snow after January prompted the department to again take to the air in March in some areas.

“We saw some of those that had 30 percent to 40 percent fewer deer from the time we flew in January to March,” he said of central portions of the state where cover is more sparse.

Members of Tuesday’s audience guessed 40 percent of the deer herd died this winter in some areas north of Williston. Overall, Rostvet said many areas of the state experienced above-average deer loss.