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

                                          STATION:   RENO TAHOE AIRPORT NV
                                          MONTH:     FEBRUARY
                                          YEAR:      2011
                                          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  42  24  33  -3  32   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.3 15 100   M    M   M        18 100
 2  44  15  30  -6  35   0 0.00  0.0    0  1.4 10  50   M    M   M        12  50
 3  52  19  36   0  29   0 0.00  0.0    0  1.9  7  50   M    M   M 8      13 270
 4  58  24  41   4  24   0 0.00  0.0    0  1.1  7 170   M    M   M        10 270
 5  59  28  44   7  21   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.9 18 300   M    M   M        22 300
 6  60  32  46   9  19   0 0.00  0.0    0  1.2  8  40   M    M   M        13 250
 7  67  28  48  11  17   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.8 31 360   M    M   M        37 350
 8  39  22  31  -6  34   0    T    T    0  4.4 15  30   M    M   M        21  40
 9  44  23  34  -4  31   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.5 16 110   M    M   M        25  90
10  51  19  35  -3  30   0 0.00  0.0    0  0.9  8  40   M    M   M        14 270
11  58  21  40   2  25   0 0.00  0.0    0  1.2  8  50   M    M   M        12  60
12  66  26  46   8  19   0 0.00  0.0    0  5.2 24 190   M    M   M        26 190
13  63  26  45   7  20   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.1 16 190   M    M   M        20 180
14  58  31  45   7  20   0 0.00  0.0    0 23.5 49 170   M    M   M        66 170
15  60  42  51  12  14   0 0.00  0.0    0 27.5 43 210   M    M   M        56 230
16  38  27  33  -6  32   0 0.32  2.3    1 11.2 44 180   M    M   M 128    62 170
17  37  26  32  -7  33   0 0.05  1.6    2  8.2 29 180   M    M   M 18     35 190
18  33  29  31  -8  34   0 0.57  6.3    6  2.3 10  30   M    M   M 1      12  30
19  37  17  27 -12  38   0 0.08  2.4    3  6.8 18 290   M    M   M 1      23 290
20  37  10  24 -16  41   0 0.00  0.0    3  2.3 18 290   M    M   M        26 280
21  39  16  28 -12  37   0 0.00  0.0    2  1.6  7 210   M    M   M        13 220
22  43  15  29 -11  36   0 0.00  0.0    2  2.6 14 340   M    M   M        20 300
23  44  21  33  -7  32   0 0.00  0.0    2  2.9 18 300   M    M   M        24 280
24  45  29  37  -3  28   0 0.00  0.0    1 10.4 28 150   M    M   M        43 190
25  36  21  29 -11  36   0 0.32  5.2    T  6.9 31 250   M    M   M 128    41 250
26  28  10  19 -21  46   0 0.01  0.2    3  3.5 10 360   M    M   M 1      14 280
27  38  11  25 -16  40   0    T    T    2  2.1  8 170   M    M   M        13 190
28  51  20  36  -5  29   0 0.00  0.0    1  4.2 14  70   M    M   M        18  50
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SM 1327  632       832   0  1.35    18.0 157.9          M        M
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AV 47.4 22.6                               5.6 FASTST   M    M   0    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 49 170               # 66  170
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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:    FEBRUARY
                                          YEAR:     2011
                                          LATITUDE:   39 30 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 119 47 W

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

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 35.0   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   1.35    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:  -3.5   DPTR FM NORMAL:    0.29    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    67 ON  7    GRTST 24HR  0.57 ON 18-19      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     10 ON 26,20                            3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:  18.0 INCHES  5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR   6.3 ON   M    6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   6 ON 18     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:   1    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   6
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   0    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   3
MIN 32 OR BELOW:  27    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   1
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   832    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   0
DPTR FM NORMAL    76    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   0
TOTAL FM JUL 1  3518    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  0
DPTR FM NORMAL  -521

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.     0
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1     0    HIGHEST SLP M ON M
DPTR FM NORMAL     0    LOWEST  SLP 29.43 ON 16

[REMARKS]

FEBRUARY 2011 WAS RELATIVELY COOL AT RENO.  THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 35.0 DEGREES...WHICH IS 3.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
THE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURE WAS MAINLY DUE TO A COUPLE OF VERY COLD
PERIODS DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH.  FROM THE 19TH TO THE
22ND THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR EACH DAY WAS MORE THAN 10 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL.  A SECOND PERIOD...FROM THE 25TH TO THE 27TH...SAW
DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AGAIN MORE THAN 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
THE COLDEST DAY OF THE MONTH...THE 26TH...HAD A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF
ONLY 28 DEGREES AND A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 10 DEGREES.  THIS RESULTED
IN AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE DAY OF 19 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 21
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.  FEBRUARY
2011 SAW 1.35 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED AT THE RENO TAHOE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  THIS IS 0.29 INCH ABOVE NORMAL.

DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES IT WAS RELATIVELY SNOWY AT RENO.  THE
AIRPORT REPORTED 18.0 INCHES OF SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH.  THIS PLACES
FEBRUARY 2011 AS THE 8TH SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD AT RENO.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 5.6 MPH.  THE HIGHEST GUST
WAS 66 MPH FROM THE SOUTH WHICH OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 14TH.


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