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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
336 PM PDT SAT JUN 1 2013

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...THE ELY NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
3/1/2013 TO 5/31/2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              95   05/31/1910
 LOW              -13   03/03/1952
HIGHEST            85   05/13        82       3       86
LOWEST             11   03/24         3       8        6
AVG. MAXIMUM     60.8              58.6     2.2     63.5
AVG. MINIMUM     28.5              27.7     0.8     29.2
MEAN             44.6              43.2     1.4     46.3
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.8    -0.8        2
DAYS MIN <= 32     69              64.0     5.0       56
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.3    -0.3        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         6.80   1896
 MINIMUM         0.50   1910
TOTALS           1.66              2.98   -1.32     1.95
DAILY AVG.       0.02              0.03   -0.01     0.02
DAYS >= .01        19              22.8    -3.8       13
DAYS >= .10         5               9.6    -4.6        7
DAYS >= .50         0               0.9    -0.9        0
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.0     0.0        0

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           50.0   1964
TOTALS            9.6              15.8    -6.2     11.8
DAYS >= 1.0         4               5.4    -1.4        5
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         3   04/16                          7

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1854              2010    -156     1692
COOLING TOTAL       0                 1      -1        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    44/190    DATE  03/31
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    62/230    DATE  05/04

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     48

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       4
LIGHT RAIN               22     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       1
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       2
LIGHT SNOW               11     SLEET                      0
FOG                      15     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2
HAZE                      8

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

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...16TH WARMEST SPRING ON RECORD IN ELY...
...12TH DRIEST SPRING ON RECORD IN ELY...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN ELY DURING METEOROLOGICAL SPRING
(MARCH, APRIL AND MAY) 2013 WAS 44.6 DEGREES...WHICH IS 1.4
DEGREES ABOVE THE 1981-2010 CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL OF 43.2
DEGREES. THIS MAKES SPRING 2013 THE 16TH WARMEST ON RECORD.
THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 1.66 INCHES...WHICH IS 1.32 INCHES
BELOW THE 1981-2010 CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL OF 2.98 INCHES. THIS
MAKES SPRING 2013 THE 12TH DRIEST ON RECORD. THE TOTAL
SNOWFALL WAS 9.6 INCHES...WHICH IS 6.2 INCHES BELOW THE
1981-2010 CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL OF 15.8 INCHES. THIS VALUE IS
UNREMARKABLE WHEN COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS.

NO MONTHLY RECORDS WERE SET IN ELY DURING SPRING 2013.

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