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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
302 PM PDT SAT JUN 1 2013

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...THE ELY NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              95   05/31/1910
 LOW                7   05/04/1950
HIGHEST            85   05/13        82       3       86  05/21
LOWEST             18   05/02        21      -3       23  05/19
AVG. MAXIMUM     69.0              67.8     1.2     72.7
AVG. MINIMUM     32.4              33.6    -1.2     32.8
MEAN             50.7              50.7     0.0     52.7
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     18              12.9     5.1       18
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         3.55   1896
 MINIMUM            T   1948
TOTALS           0.55              1.10   -0.55     0.08
DAILY AVG.       0.02              0.04   -0.02     0.00
DAYS >= .01         6               7.3    -1.3        2
DAYS >= .10         2               2.9    -0.9        0
DAYS >= .50         0               0.5    -0.5        0
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.33   05/19 TO 05/19              0.08

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           14.0   1899
                        1895
TOTALS            0.0               2.3    -2.3        T
SINCE 7/1        65.0              50.7    14.3     51.3
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                                  0
DAYS >= TRACE       0               1.7    -1.7        1
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.8    -0.8        0
DAYS >= 5.0         0                                  0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM                             0
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0   05/31 TO 05/31                 T

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     438               444      -6      371
 SINCE 7/1       7073              7347    -274     6577
COOLING TOTAL       0                 1      -1        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 1      -1        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    39/210    DATE  05/04
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    62/230    DATE  05/04

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     42

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       2
LIGHT RAIN               10     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                       3     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                      5

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

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...A DRY AND SNOWLESS MAY IN ELY...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN ELY DURING MAY 2013 WAS 50.7
DEGREES...WHICH IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE 1981-2010
CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL OF 50.7 DEGREES. THIS VALUE IS UNREMARKABLE
WHEN COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 0.55
INCHES...WHICH IS 0.55 INCHES BELOW THE 1981-2010 CLIMATOLOGICAL
NORMAL OF 1.10 INCHES. THIS VALUE IS ALSO UNREMARKABLE WHEN
COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS. THE TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 0...WHICH IS
2.3 INCHES BELOW THE 1981-2010 CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL OF 2.3
INCHES. THIS MAKES MAY 2013 ONE OF ONLY 17 MAYS WHEN NO SNOW FELL
IN ELY.

NO DAILY RECORDS WERE SET IN ELY DURING MAY 2013.

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