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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1037 PM PST WED JAN 2 2013

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...THE TONOPAH AIRPORT NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2012...

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             104   07/18/1960
 LOW              -15   01/24/1962
                        01/23/1962
HIGHEST           101   07/11       100       1       99  07/03
LOWEST              4   01/17         0       4       -4  01/05
AVG. MAXIMUM     68.9              67.0     1.9     66.2
AVG. MINIMUM     39.4              37.3     2.1     36.3
MEAN             54.1              52.2     1.9     51.2
DAYS MAX >= 90     63              49.6    13.4       55
DAYS MAX <= 32      1               5.6    -4.6        7
DAYS MIN <= 32    145             147.2    -2.2      165
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               1.2    -1.2        1

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         9.64   1983
 MINIMUM         2.53   1986
TOTALS           6.04              5.24    0.80     3.15
DAILY AVG.       0.02              0.01    0.01        T
DAYS >= .01        37              38.5    -1.5       34
DAYS >= .10        18              16.3     1.7       10
DAYS >= .50         4               1.3     2.7        0
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.2    -0.2        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.83   10/11 TO 10/11              0.49

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    4873              5461    -588     5512
 SINCE 7/1       1932              2245    -313     2103
COOLING TOTAL    1004               783     221      768
 SINCE 1/1       1004               783     221      768
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    47/330    DATE  03/06
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    62/160    DATE  08/29

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     37

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             MM     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                7     RAIN                       9
LIGHT RAIN               40     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       7
LIGHT SNOW               23     SLEET                      0
FOG                      23     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2
HAZE                     12

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

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...WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD AT TONOPAH AIRPORT...
...14TH WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD AT TONOPAH AIRPORT...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT TONOPAH AIRPORT DURING 2012 WAS 54.1
DEGREES...WHICH IS 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE THE 1981-2010 CLIMATOLOGICAL
NORMAL OF 52.2 DEGREES. THIS MAKE 2012 THE WARMEST YEAR ON
RECORD...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 53.7 DEGREES PREVIOUSLY SET
IN 1996 AND 2003. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 6.04 INCHES...WHICH
IS 0.80 INCHES ABOVE THE 1981-2010 CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL OF 5.24
INCHES. THIS MAKES 2012 THE 14TH WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD.

JUNE 2012 WAS THE DRIEST ON RECORD...WITH NO PRECIPITATION
RECORDED. THIS TIED SEVERAL PREVIOUS YEARS.
AUGUST 2012 WAS THE WARMEST ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
OF 76.2 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE RECORD OF 75.7 DEGREES FROM 1971.
SEPTEMBER 2012 WAS THE WARMEST ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 68.7 DEGREES. THIS TIED 2009.

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