Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS55 KREV 010849 CLMTVL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 149 AM PDT THU JUN 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MAY 2023 AT THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT WAS 47.5 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.1 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL WAS 76 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 19TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 26 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 9TH. FOR MAY 2023, 1.21 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WERE RECORDED AT THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT. THIS IS 0.11 INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR MAY 2023 WAS 5.2 MPH. THE PEAK WIND GUST FOR THE MONTH WAS 38 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 6TH. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1968 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 84 05/17/2008 05/28/2003 05/30/1986 LOW 7 05/18/1974 HIGHEST 76 05/19 84 -8 LOWEST 26 05/09 7 19 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.3 62.1 -0.8 AVG. MINIMUM 33.8 33.2 0.6 MEAN 47.5 47.6 -0.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 13 14.9 -1.9 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.04 2005 MINIMUM 0.03 2001 TOTALS 1.21 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.04 -0.00 DAYS >= .01 11 7.4 3.6 DAYS >= .10 6 3.7 2.3 DAYS >= .50 0 0.5 -0.5 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.46 05/29 TO 05/30 STORM TOTAL 0.28 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 533 538 -5 SINCE 7/1 7694 7298 396 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/170 DATE 05/01 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/180 DATE 05/08 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 64 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 4 LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$