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PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)

                                          STATION:   RENO TAHOE AIRPORT NV
                                          MONTH:     SEPTEMBER
                                          YEAR:      2010
                                          LATITUDE:   39 30 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 119 47 W

  TEMPERATURE IN F:       :PCPN:    SNOW:  WIND      :SUNSHINE: SKY     :PK WND
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1   2   3   4   5  6A  6B    7    8   9   10  11  12  13   14  15   16   17  18
                                     12Z  AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD  WTR  SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX    SPD DR
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 1  87  49  68   1   0   3 0.00  0.0    0  3.0 13  20   M    M   M        17 290
 2  93  54  74   8   0   9 0.00  0.0    0  3.9 15 290   M    M   M        22 280
 3  96  57  77  11   0  12 0.00  0.0    0  6.0 22 290   M    M   M 8      29 290
 4  91  52  72   6   0   7 0.00  0.0    0  7.8 23 280   M    M   M        32 290
 5  85  51  68   2   0   3 0.00  0.0    0  6.8 22  10   M    M   M        25  10
 6  82  48  65   0   0   0 0.00  0.0    0  4.4 14  50   M    M   M        18  70
 7  87  48  68   3   0   3 0.00  0.0    0  7.9 29 210   M    M   M        37 210
 8  71  50  61  -4   4   0 0.00  0.0    0 13.6 37 190   M    M   M        43 190
 9  71  46  59  -5   6   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.3 16 280   M    M   M        21 280
10  77  44  61  -3   4   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.4 10  90   M    M   M        17 270
11  85  46  66   2   0   1 0.00  0.0    0  3.1 20 320   M    M   M        23 320
12  86  50  68   4   0   3 0.00  0.0    0  4.5 20 290   M    M   M        25 270
13  82  52  67   4   0   2 0.00  0.0    0  4.8 18 310   M    M   M        24 300
14  83  49  66   3   0   1 0.00  0.0    0  4.3 18 330   M    M   M        25 250
15  85  49  67   4   0   2 0.00  0.0    0  5.6 26 280   M    M   M        33 280
16  87  47  67   5   0   2 0.00  0.0    0  3.5 21 300   M    M   M 8      26 270
17  86  49  68   6   0   3 0.00  0.0    0  4.5 23 280   M    M   M 8      35 280
18  89  48  69   7   0   4 0.00  0.0    0  4.1 21 200   M    M   M        23 270
19  80  51  66   5   0   1 0.00  0.0    0  9.1 30 200   M    M   M        39 190
20  78  45  62   1   3   0 0.00  0.0    0  2.9 15 330   M    M   M        18 340
21  80  45  63   2   2   0 0.00  0.0    0  8.0 25 270   M    M   M        31 270
22  77  53  65   5   0   0 0.00  0.0    0  7.9 20 270   M    M   M        23 260
23  82  43  63   3   2   0 0.00  0.0    0  3.2 16 330   M    M   M        23 330
24  88  45  67   7   0   2 0.00  0.0    0  2.0  8 100   M    M   M        13 270
25  91  47  69   9   0   4 0.00  0.0    0  1.9 12 300   M    M   M        18 300
26  92  50  71  12   0   6 0.00  0.0    0  2.3 13 340   M    M   M        14 310
27  94  48  71  12   0   6 0.00  0.0    0  1.4  8 280   M    M   M        18 250
28  95  49  72  14   0   7 0.00  0.0    0  3.0 17 320   M    M   M        22 320
29  96  54  75  17   0  10 0.00  0.0    0  1.5  9  90   M    M   M        15 280
30  96  53  75  17   0  10 0.00  0.0    0  1.8 13 150   M    M   M        17 240
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SM 2572 1472        21 101  0.00     0.0 143.5          M        M
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AV 85.7 49.1                               4.8 FASTST   M    M   0    MAX(MPH)
                                 MISC ---->  # 37 190               # 43  190
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NOTES:
# LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES

COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2

                                          STATION:  RENO TAHOE AIRPORT NV
                                          MONTH:    SEPTEMBER
                                          YEAR:     2010
                                          LATITUDE:   39 30 N
                                          LONGITUDE: 119 47 W

[TEMPERATURE DATA]      [PRECIPITATION DATA]       SYMBOLS USED IN COLUMN 16

AVERAGE MONTHLY: 67.4   TOTAL FOR MONTH:   0.00    1 = FOG OR MIST
DPTR FM NORMAL:   5.0   DPTR FM NORMAL:   -0.45    2 = FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY
HIGHEST:    96 ON 30,29 GRTST 24HR  0.00 ON 30-30      TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
LOWEST:     43 ON 23                               3 = THUNDER
                        SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL    4 = ICE PELLETS
                        TOTAL MONTH:   0.0 INCH    5 = HAIL
                        GRTST 24HR     0.0         6 = FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
                        GRTST DEPTH:   0           7 = DUSTSTORM OR SANDSTORM:
                                                       VSBY 1/2 MILE OR LESS
                                                   8 = SMOKE OR HAZE
[NO. OF DAYS WITH]      [WEATHER - DAYS WITH]      9 = BLOWING SNOW
                                                   X = TORNADO
MAX 32 OR BELOW:   0    0.01 INCH OR MORE:   0
MAX 90 OR ABOVE:   9    0.10 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN 32 OR BELOW:   0    0.50 INCH OR MORE:   0
MIN  0 OR BELOW:   0    1.00 INCH OR MORE:   0

[HDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.    21    CLEAR  (SCALE 0-3)   0
DPTR FM NORMAL  -109    PTCLDY (SCALE 4-7)   0
TOTAL FM JUL 1    39    CLOUDY (SCALE 8-10)  0
DPTR FM NORMAL  -125

[CDD (BASE 65) ]
TOTAL THIS MO.   101
DPTR FM NORMAL    60    [PRESSURE DATA]
TOTAL FM JAN 1   904    HIGHEST SLP M ON M
DPTR FM NORMAL   412    LOWEST  SLP 29.56 ON 21

[REMARKS]

THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AT THE RENO-TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS WARM AND
DRY. THE MAIN STORY LINE FOR THE MONTH WAS RECORD BREAKING HEAT THE LAST WEEK
OF THE MONTH. RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE EITHER TIED OR BROKEN THE LAST FOUR
DAYS OF THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 85.7 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.0
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 49.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS
6.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR SEPTEMBER WAS
67.4 DEGREES WHICH WAS 5.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...MAKING SEPTEMBER 2010 THE
5TH WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD.

THERE WAS 0.00 INCH(ES) OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
THIS WAS THE 22ND TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED DURING THE PERIOD OF RECORD.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR SEPTEMBER WAS 4.8 MPH WITH A PEAK WIND GUST OF
43 MPH OCCURRING FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 8TH.

THE AVERAGE RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SEPTEMBER WAS 32 PERCENT.

#FINAL-09-10#