Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
910 CXUS55 KREV 011131 CLMTVL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 331 AM PST MON JAN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER 2023 AT THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT WAS 33.7 DEGREES, WHICH IS 3.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER WAS 54 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 5TH, 27TH, AND THE 29TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 8 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 8TH. FOR DECEMBER 2023, 1.60 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WERE RECORDED AT THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT. THIS IS 1.89 INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR DECEMBER 2023 WAS 3.7 MPH. THE PEAK WIND GUST FOR THE MONTH WAS 56 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 64 12/01/2008 LOW -29 12/09/1972 HIGHEST 54 12/05 63 -9 12/27 12/29 LOWEST 8 12/08 -29 37 AVG. MAXIMUM 45.7 42.8 2.9 AVG. MINIMUM 21.7 18.0 3.7 MEAN 33.7 30.4 3.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 3.2 -3.2 DAYS MIN <= 32 31 28.5 2.5 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.9 -1.9 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 13.83 2005 MINIMUM T 2011 TOTALS 1.60 DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.11 -0.06 DAYS >= .01 6 10.8 -4.8 DAYS >= .10 3 5.9 -2.9 DAYS >= .50 3 2.1 0.9 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.9 -0.9 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.67 12/18 TO 12/19 STORM TOTAL 0.54 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 962 1072 -110 SINCE 7/1 2895 3103 -208 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 49 28 21 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.7 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/190 DATE 12/06 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/190 DATE 12/06 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$