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CXUS55 KLKN 030434
CLSEKO


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
834 PM PST FRI DEC 2 2011

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...THE ELKO NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
9/1/2011 TO 11/30/2011...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2011

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
.............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              99   09/03/1950
 LOW              -16   11/29/1896
HIGHEST            91   09/04        92      -1       94
LOWEST             12   11/09         4       8      -14
AVG. MAXIMUM     65.8              63.7     2.1     64.5
AVG. MINIMUM     31.0              29.7     1.3     31.1
MEAN             48.4              46.7     1.7     47.8
DAYS MAX >= 90      2               2.0     0.0        6
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               2.2    -2.2        7
DAYS MIN <= 32     49              52.2    -3.2       41
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.7    -0.7        6

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         5.73   1900
 MINIMUM         0.45   1933
TOTALS           1.36              2.43   -1.07     4.41
DAILY AVG.       0.01              0.03   -0.02     0.05
DAYS >= .01        12              17.3    -5.3       23
DAYS >= .10         4               7.8    -3.8       11
DAYS >= .50         0               1.0    -1.0        2
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.0     0.0        1

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           20.0   1930
TOTALS            3.0               5.7    -2.7     13.4
DAYS >= 1.0         1               2.2    -1.2        7

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1508              1686    -178     1558
COOLING TOTAL      17                21      -4       16
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              4.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    36/170    DATE  10/04
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    52/040    DATE  09/08

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     51

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN               10     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       3
LIGHT SNOW               10     SLEET                      0
FOG                      13     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                     15

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

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...A MILD AND DRY METEOROLOGICAL AUTUMN IN ELKO...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN ELKO DURING METEOROLOGICAL AUTUMN
(SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER) 2011 WAS 48.4
DEGREES...WHICH IS 1.7 DEGREES ABOVE THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF
46.7 DEGREES. THIS VALUE IS UNREMARKABLE COMPARED TO PREVIOUS
YEARS. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 1.36 INCHES...WHICH IS 1.07
INCHES BELOW THE 1981-2010 NORMAL OF 2.43 INCHES. THIS VALUE
IS ALSO UNREMARKABLE WHEN COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS. THE
TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 3.0 INCHES...WHICH IS 2.7 INCHES BELOW THE
1981-2010 NORMAL OF 5.7 INCHES. THIS VALUE IS ALSO
UNREMARKABLE WHEN COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS.

NO MONTHLY RECORDS WERE SET IN ELKO DURING METEOROLOGICAL
AUTUMN 2011.

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