And cool at night (unlike the island). Ever heard the saying "Cool desert nights"? Very little temperature variation between night and day in the tropics. That's what you're relying on.
Laughlin, NV.: High 111, low 76.
(Forecasts for today).
The MIA teams are still looking for, and finding, gravesites and crash sites in Vietnam with satellite based IR. I don't think they've gotten airborne IR to that sensitivity level yet, but it's getting close.