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CXUS55 KLKN 031135
CLATPH

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO, NV
335 AM PST SUN JAN 03 2021

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...THE TONOPAH AIRPORT NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2020...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2021

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            104   07/28/2016
                       07/18/1960
                       07/18/1960
 LOW             -15   01/24/1962
                       01/23/1962
HIGHEST          103   08/17        100       3       98  08/04
                                                          07/22
LOWEST            10   12/04          0      10        3  11/30
AVG. MAXIMUM    69.9               67.0     2.9     65.9
AVG. MINIMUM    38.6               37.3     1.3     38.1
MEAN            54.3               52.2     2.1     52.0
DAYS MAX >= 90    78               49.6    28.4       55
DAYS MAX <= 32     1                5.6    -4.6       13
DAYS MIN <= 32   150              147.2     2.8      145
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                1.2    -1.2        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        9.64   1983
 MINIMUM        2.53   1986
TOTALS          1.96R              5.24   -3.28     7.44
DAILY AVG.         T               0.01   -0.01     0.02
DAYS >= .01       23               38.5   -15.5       50
DAYS >= .10        8               16.3    -8.3       21
DAYS >= .50        0                1.3    -1.3        5
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.2    -0.2        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.34                                0.81


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   4927               5461    -534     5469
 SINCE 7/1      1967               2247    -280     2232
COOLING TOTAL   1111                783     328      854
 SINCE 1/1      1111                783     328      854
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.0
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    61/320    DATE  02/02
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    76/320    DATE  02/02

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     33

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              3     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       8
LIGHT RAIN               23     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       2
LIGHT SNOW               19     SLEET                      0
FOG                      22     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                     27

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

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...5TH WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD IN TONOPAH...
...DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD IN TONOPAH...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN TONOPAH DURING 2020 WAS 54.3 DEGREES...WHICH
IS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 52.2 DEGREES. THIS MAKES 2020 THE
5TH WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 1.96
INCHES...WHICH IS 3.285 INCHES BELOW OR 140 PERCENT OF THE 1981-2010
CLIMATOLOGICALNORMAL OF 5.24 INCHES. THIS MAKES 2020 THE DRIEST YEAR
ON RECORD.

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