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PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)

                                          STATION:   RENO TAHOE AIRPORT NV
                                          MONTH:     AUGUST
                                          YEAR:      2012
                                          LATITUDE:   39 30 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 119 47 W

  TEMPERATURE IN F:       :PCPN:    SNOW:  WIND      :SUNSHINE: SKY     :PK WND
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1   2   3   4   5  6A  6B    7    8   9   10  11  12  13   14  15   16   17  18
                                     12Z  AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD  WTR  SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX    SPD DR
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 1  97  59  78   2   0  13 0.00  0.0    0  6.1 18 280   M    M   M        25 280
 2  99  55  77   1   0  12 0.00  0.0    0  5.5 21 250   M    M   M        24 250
 3 101  59  80   4   0  15 0.00  0.0    0  5.3 20 300   M    M   M 8      28 310
 4  98  65  82   7   0  17 0.00  0.0    0  6.7 30 190   M    M   M 3      36 190
 5  93  69  81   6   0  16    T  0.0    0  6.1 25 190   M    M   M 3      31 190
 6  98  61  80   5   0  15 0.00  0.0    0  5.9 25 300   M    M   M        30 290
 7  99  62  81   6   0  16 0.00  0.0    0  5.8 25 310   M    M   M        36 300
 8  99  65  82   7   0  17 0.00  0.0    0  4.6 23 290   M    M   M        29 270
 9 103  65  84   9   0  19 0.00  0.0    0  6.4 24 290   M    M   M        29 300
10 101  67  84  10   0  19 0.00  0.0    0  7.0 23 300   M    M   M        29 270
11 101  61  81   7   0  16 0.00  0.0    0  5.6 35 190   M    M   M        38 190
12 100  66  83   9   0  18    T  0.0    0  4.4 20 290   M    M   M 3      26 290
13  97  70  84  10   0  19 0.00  0.0    0  5.5 37 200   M    M   M 3      44 210
14 100  63  82   8   0  17 0.00  0.0    0  6.5 25 200   M    M   M        31 200
15  95  71  83   9   0  18 0.01  0.0    0  5.6 24 290   M    M   M 3      32 290
16  97  63  80   7   0  15 0.00  0.0    0  4.7 33 190   M    M   M        40 200
17  97  64  81   8   0  16    T  0.0    0  4.8 35 170   M    M   M        43 200
18  89  69  79   6   0  14    T  0.0    0  4.6 16 200   M    M   M        18 190
19  95  68  82   9   0  17 0.00  0.0    0  7.1 22 300   M    M   M        28 310
20  98  61  80   8   0  15 0.00  0.0    0  5.8 22 300   M    M   M        31 260
21  93  57  75   3   0  10 0.00  0.0    0  7.0 24 280   M    M   M        33 300
22  92  62  77   5   0  12 0.00  0.0    0  5.9 20 300   M    M   3 8      26 310
23  95  61  78   6   0  13 0.00  0.0    0  6.3 22 300   M    M   M 8      28 300
24  95  60  78   6   0  13 0.00  0.0    0  4.9 20 290   M    M   M        24 290
25  94  61  78   7   0  13 0.00  0.0    0  5.9 22 260   M    M   M        30 270
26  91  65  78   7   0  13 0.00  0.0    0  5.8 26 310   M    M   M        32 300
27  91  53  72   1   0   7 0.00  0.0    0  4.4 24 300   M    M   M        29 290
28  91  51  71   0   0   6 0.00  0.0    0  5.9 24 260   M    M   M 8      40 260
29  93  51  72   2   0   7 0.00  0.0    0  3.7 20 290   M    M   M        28 300
30  94  54  74   4   0   9 0.00  0.0    0  4.8 22 200   M    M   M        26 250
31  92  59  76   6   0  11 0.00  0.0    0  7.1 23 290   M    M   M        33 220
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SM 2978 1917         0 438  0.01     0.0 175.7          M        3
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AV 96.1 61.8                               5.7 FASTST   M    M   3    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 37 200               # 44  210
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NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES

COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2

                                          STATION:  RENO TAHOE AIRPORT NV
                                          MONTH:    AUGUST
                                          YEAR:     2012
                                          LATITUDE:   39 30 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 119 47 W

[TEMPERATURE DATA]      [PRECIPITATION DATA]       SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 79.0   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.01    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:   5.8   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.22    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:   103 ON  9    GRTST 24HR  0.01 ON 15-15      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     51 ON 29,28                            3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   0.0 INCH    5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR     0.0         6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   0           7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM:
                                                       VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS
                                                   8 = SMOKE OR HAZE
[NO. OF DAYS WITH]      [WEATHER - DAYS WITH]      9 = BLOWING SNOW
                                                   X = TORNADO
MAX 32 OR BELOW:   0    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   1
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:  30    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   0    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   1
DPTR FM NORMAL    -5    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   0
TOTAL FM JUL 1     0    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  0
DPTR FM NORMAL   -10

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   438
DPTR FM NORMAL   179    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1  1076    HIGHEST SLP M ON M
DPTR FM NORMAL   330    LOWEST  SLP 29.67 ON 25

[REMARKS]

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST 2012 AT RENO WAS 79.0 DEGREES...
WHICH WAS 5.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS MAKES AUGUST 2012 THE
WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD AT RENO SINCE 1888 BY 2.0 DEGREES. THE
RECORD AUGUST TEMPERATURE ALSO MADE 2012 THE THIRD WARMEST SUMMER (JUNE,
JULY, AUGUST) ON RECORD. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS
103 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 9TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR
THE MONTH WAS 51 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 28TH AND 29TH.

AUGUST 2012 WAS VERY DRY WITH ONLY 0.01 INCH OF PRECIPITATION
RECORDED AT THE RENO/TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS IS 0.22
INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR AUGUST WAS 5.7 MPH. THE HIGHEST GUST WAS
37 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 13TH.






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