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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
214 PM PST THU DEC 12 2019

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...THE TONOPAH AIRPORT NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
9/1/2019 TO 11/30/2019...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2019

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              96   09/01/2019
                        09/02/2017
                        09/02/1959
 LOW                3   11/30/2019
HIGHEST            96R  09/01        91       5       93  09/08
LOWEST              3R  11/30        13     -10       18  11/10
AVG. MAXIMUM     67.0              67.6    -0.6     69.1
AVG. MINIMUM     36.3              37.3    -1.0     38.7
MEAN             51.6              52.5    -0.9     53.9
DAYS MAX >= 90      4               2.1     1.9        4
DAYS MAX <= 32      4               0.4     3.6        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     39              29.3     9.7       26
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         3.38   2015
 MINIMUM            T   1955
TOTALS           1.04              1.16   -0.12     0.73
DAILY AVG.       0.01              0.01    0.00        T
DAYS >= .01         6               7.4    -1.4        6
DAYS >= .10         4               3.5     0.5        2
DAYS >= .50         0               0.3    -0.3        0
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.1    -0.1        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.45   MM                          0.42

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1292              1211      81     1073
 SINCE 7/1       1292              1217      75     1073
COOLING TOTAL      92                70      22       88
 SINCE 1/1        854               783      71     1171
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    45/340    DATE  10/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    68/210    DATE  09/15

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     33

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              2     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                8     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       2
LIGHT SNOW                5     SLEET                      0
FOG                       6     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2
HAZE                     13

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

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...19TH COLDEST METEOROLOGICAL FALL ON RECORD IN TONOPAH...
...32ND DRIEST METEOROLOGICAL FALL ON RECORD IN TONOPAH...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN TONOPAH DURING METEOROLOGICAL
FALL (SEP-NOV) 2019 WAS 51.6 DEGREES...WHICH IS 0.9 DEGREES ABOVE
THE 1981-2010 CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL 52.5 DEGREES. THIS MAKES
METEOROLOGICAL FALL 2019 THE 19TH COLDEST ON RECORD.
THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 1.04 INCHES...WHICH IS 0.12 INCHES
BELOW OR 90 PERCENT OF THE 1981-2010 CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL
OF 1.16 INCHES. THIS MAKES FALL 2019 THE 32ND DRIEST ON RECORD.

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