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CXUS55 KVEF 031629
CLAIGM

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS, NV
829 AM PST THU JAN 3 2013

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...THE KINGMAN AZ CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1901 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             113   07/17/2005
 LOW                4   01/29/1979
HIGHEST           108   07/10        76      32      109  07/02
LOWEST             21   11/11        47     -26       13  02/03
                        01/14                             02/02
AVG. MAXIMUM     78.2              76.0     2.2     75.4
AVG. MINIMUM     48.4              48.4     0.0     47.0
MEAN             63.3              62.2     1.1     61.2
DAYS MAX >= 90    122             104.6    17.4      107
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.1    -0.1        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     69              59.0    10.0       75
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        18.93   1931
 MINIMUM         3.58   1947
TOTALS           7.69              8.39   -0.70     9.40
DAILY AVG.          T              0.02   -0.02     0.03
DAYS >= .01        39                40      -1       40
DAYS >= .10        24                22       2       25
DAYS >= .50         4                 4       0        6
DAYS >= 1.00        0                 0       0        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.16   02/12-02/13

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           15.0   1905
 24 HR TOTAL     10.0   12/11/1932 TO 12/12/1932
 SNOW DEPTH         7   01/14/1949
                        03/11/1922

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    2824              3103    -279     3344
 SINCE 7/1       1081              1249    -168     1335
COOLING TOTAL    2297              2095     202     2112
 SINCE 1/1       2297              2093     204     2112

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     10/22/1996
 LATEST       05/21/1975
EARLIEST                        11/14
LATEST                          04/04
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    49/240    DATE   01/21
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    60/240    DATE   01/21

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.10
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR          331
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             27
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          6

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     36

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              M     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN               11     RAIN                      19
LIGHT RAIN               56     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW               10     SLEET                      0
FOG                      21     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      8

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

&&

...A WARM YEAR FOR KINGMAN...

2012 WILL GO DOWN ON RECORD TIED WITH 1989 AS THE 4TH WARMEST ON
RECORD FOR KINGMAN WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 63.3 DEGREES. THE
WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD IN KINGMAN WAS BACK IN 1934 WHEN THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 64.4 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR
WAS 108 DEGREES ON JULY 10TH. THERE WERE 27 DAYS WITH A HIGH IN THE
TRIPLE DIGITS DURING 2012 WHICH WAS 5 DAYS ABOVE NORMAL. THE LOWEST
HIGH TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR WAS 41 DEGREES ON DECEMBER 19TH. THE
HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR WAS 78 DEGREES ON AUGUST 6TH.
THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR WAS 21 DEGREES ON JANUARY 14TH
AND NOVEMBER 11TH. 2012 MARKED THE FIRST YEAR SINCE 2004 THAT THE
LOW TEMPERATURE IN KINGMAN DID NOT DROP BELOW 20 DEGREES.

THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION OF 7.69 INCHES FOR 2012 RANKS AS THE 45TH
WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD. THERE WERE 61 DAYS WITH A TRACE OR MORE OF
PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...WHICH IS 3 ABOVE NORMAL. THE WETTEST
MONTH WAS JULY WHICH HAD A TOTAL OF 2.01 INCHES. THREE MONTHS HAD NO
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION AT ALL - MAY AND JUNE HAD NO PRECIPITATION
AND THE TOTAL FOR NOVEMBER WAS A TRACE. THE TOTAL FOR THE 2012
MONSOON SEASON FROM JUNE 15TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH WAS 3.82 INCHES
WHICH WAS 1.11 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. SNOW WAS OBSERVED ON 10 DAYS
DURING THE YEAR. ON MARCH 18TH BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF SNOW
FELL IN KINGMAN.

THE HIGHEST WIND GUST OF THE YEAR WAS 60 MPH WHICH OCCURRED ON
JANUARY 21ST WHEN A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSED THE AREA.

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