Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS55 KREV 011825 CCA CLATVL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 126 AM PST SAT JAN 01 2022 ................................... ...THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2021... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR 2021 AT THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT WAS 45.5 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR 2021 WAS 93 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON JULY 10TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS -3 DEGREE WHICH OCCURRED ON JANUARY 26TH AND DECEMBER 17TH. FOR 2021, 21.82 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WERE RECORDED AT THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT. THIS IS 2.86 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR 2021 WAS 5.4 MPH. THE PEAK WIND GUST FOR THE YEAR WAS 51 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON MARCH 6TH. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1968 TO 2021 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 99 07/22/1988 LOW -29 02/07/1989 12/09/1972 HIGHEST 93 07/10 LOWEST -3 01/26 12/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 60.8 59.2 1.6 AVG. MINIMUM 30.2 29.1 1.1 MEAN 45.5 44.2 1.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 11 1.1 9.9 DAYS MAX <= 32 13 12.2 0.8 DAYS MIN <= 32 222 222.4 -0.4 DAYS MIN <= 0 4 5.1 -1.1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 21.82 DAILY AVG. 0.06 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS MM SINCE 7/1 MM DAYS >= TRACE MM DAYS >= 1.0 MM GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 7077 7599 -522 SINCE 7/1 2944 3103 -159 COOLING TOTAL 142 29 113 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/190 DATE 03/06 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/190 DATE 03/06 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 18 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 6 RAIN 14 LIGHT RAIN 57 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 21 SNOW 37 LIGHT SNOW 60 SLEET 0 FOG 80 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 34 HAZE 119 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$