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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO, NV
255 AM PDT WED JUN 02 2021

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...THE TONOPAH AIRPORT NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
3/1/2021 TO 5/31/2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2021

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   05/28/2003
 LOW               4   03/02/1971
HIGHEST           89   05/31         88       1       93  05/29
                                                          05/28
LOWEST            16   03/01         18      -2       20  03/27
AVG. MAXIMUM    66.4               65.3     1.1     65.5
AVG. MINIMUM    35.3               36.6    -1.3     37.4
MEAN            50.9               50.9    -0.0     51.4
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                1.2    -1.2        3
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS MIN <= 32    37               33.9     3.1       33
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        4.12   1978
 MINIMUM        0.05   1959
TOTALS          0.59               1.32   -0.73     1.12
DAILY AVG.      0.01               0.01   -0.00     0.01
DAYS >= .01        7               11.2    -4.2       14
DAYS >= .10        1                4.5    -3.5        4
DAYS >= .50        0                0.3    -0.3        0
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.43                                0.34


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1312               1323     -11     1279
 SINCE 7/1      5008               5225    -217     5142
COOLING TOTAL     29                 31      -2       58
 SINCE 1/1        29                 31      -2       58
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    43/330    DATE  05/17
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    54/320    DATE  05/17

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     32

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              2     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       0
LIGHT RAIN                7     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       3
LIGHT SNOW                3     SLEET                      0
FOG                       4     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
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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...DRIER THAN NORMAL METEORLOGICAL SPRING IN TONOPAH...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN TONOPAH DURING METEOROLOGICAL SPRING (MAR-
MAY) 2021 WAS 50.9 DEGREES...WHICH IS 0.0 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL
50.9 DEGREES. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 0.59 INCHES...WHICH IS
0.73 INCHES BELOW OR 45 PERCENT OF THE 1991-2020 CLIMATOLOGICAL
NORMAL OF 1.32 INCHES.
THE PERIOD OF RECORD FOR THE TONOPAH AIRPORT BEGAN IN 1954.

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