Climatological Report (Seasonal)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
553 CXUS55 KLKN 041733 CLSTPH CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1014 AM PDT THU JUN 4 2020 ................................... ...THE TONOPAH AIRPORT NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM 3/1/2020 TO 5/31/2020... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 05/28/2003 LOW 4 03/02/1971 HIGHEST 93 05/29 88 5 82 04/25 05/28 LOWEST 20 03/27 18 2 20 03/14 AVG. MAXIMUM 65.5 65.2 0.3 62.7 AVG. MINIMUM 37.4 35.6 1.8 36.9 MEAN 51.4 50.4 1.0 49.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 3 1.2 1.8 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 33 33.1 -0.1 24 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.12 1978 MINIMUM 0.05 1959 TOTALS 1.12 1.52 -0.40 3.60 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.02 -0.01 0.04 DAYS >= .01 14 11.0 3.0 24 DAYS >= .10 4 4.7 -0.7 11 DAYS >= .50 0 0.4 -0.4 3 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.34 MM 0.56 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1279 1369 -90 1377 SINCE 7/1 5142 5411 -269 5229 COOLING TOTAL 58 27 31 1 SINCE 1/1 58 27 31 1 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/200 DATE 05/18 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/190 DATE 05/18 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 41 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 10 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ===================================================================== ...TONOPAH WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR METEORLOGICAL SPRING... ...TONOPAH UNOFFICIAL SNOWFALL RECORD ON MAY 20TH OF 8+ INCHES... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN TONOPAH DURING METEOROLOGICAL SPRING (MAR- MAY) 2020 WAS 51.4 DEGREES...WHICH IS 1.0 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL 50.4 DEGREES. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 1.12 INCHES... WHICH IS 0.40 INCHES BELOW OR 74 PERCENT OF THE NORMAL OF 1.52 INCHES. MAY 2020 IN TONOPAH WAS THE 9TH WARMEST ON RECORD. TONOPAH REPORTED A VERIFIED UNOFFICIAL SNOWFALL RECORD ON MAY 20TH 2020 OF 8+ INCHES. THE PERIOD OF RECORD FOR THE TONOPAH AIRPORT BEGAN IN 1954 AND THE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL IS FROM 1981-2010. $$ DTK