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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
100 PM PDT WED MAY 1 2013

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...THE TONOPAH AIRPORT NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 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              88   04/30/1981
 LOW                9   04/02/1958
HIGHEST            83   04/29        79       4       86  04/22
                        04/28
LOWEST             21   04/18        23      -2       24  04/07
AVG. MAXIMUM     67.3              64.4     2.9     66.7
AVG. MINIMUM     36.8              34.6     2.2     37.2
MEAN             52.1              49.5     2.6     52.0
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      7              10.7    -3.7       13
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         2.13   1988
 MINIMUM         0.00   2008
                        1997
                        1993
TOTALS           0.15              0.42   -0.27     0.19
DAILY AVG.       0.01              0.01    0.00     0.01
DAYS >= .01         1               3.5    -2.5        3
DAYS >= .10         1               1.4    -0.4        1
DAYS >= .50         0               0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.15   04/04 TO 04/04              0.14

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     381               466     -85      390
 SINCE 7/1       4741              5193    -452     4868
COOLING TOTAL       1                 1       0        6
 SINCE 1/1          1                 1       0        6
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              12.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    44/020    DATE  04/08
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    54/010    DATE  04/09

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     29

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

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

&&

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...11TH WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD AT TONOPAH AIRPORT...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT TONOPAH AIRPORT DURING APRIL 2013 WAS
52.1 DEGREES...WHICH IS 2.6 DEGREES ABOVE THE 1981-2010
CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL OF 49.5 DEGREES. THIS MAKES APRIL 2013 THE
11TH WARMEST ON RECORD. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 0.15
INCHES...WHICH IS 0.27 INCHES BELOW THE 1981-2010 CLIMATOLOGICAL
NORMAL OF 0.42 INCHES. THIS VALUE IS UNREMARKABLE WHEN COMPARED
TO PREVIOUS YEARS.

A DAILY RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 21 DEGREES WAS SET ON APRIL 18TH.

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