Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
968 CXUS55 KREV 011805 CLMTVL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 1105 AM PDT SAT JUN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2024... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MAY 2024 AT THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT WAS 47.8 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR MAY WAS 75 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 16TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 20 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 5TH. FOR MAY 2024, 0.57 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WERE RECORDED AT THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT. THIS IS 0.75 INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR MAY 2024 WAS 5.0 MPH. THE PEAK WIND GUST FOR THE MONTH WAS 63 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 4TH. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1968 TO 2024 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 75 05/16 84 -9 LOWEST 20 05/05 7 13 AVG. MAXIMUM 63.9 62.1 1.8 AVG. MINIMUM 31.7 33.2 -1.5 MEAN 47.8 47.6 0.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 16 14.9 1.1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.04 2005 MINIMUM 0.03 2001 TOTALS 0.57 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.04 -0.02 DAYS >= .01 2 7.4 -5.4 DAYS >= .10 1 3.7 -2.7 DAYS >= .50 1 0.5 0.5 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.50 05/04 TO 05/04 STORM TOTAL 0.50 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 524 538 -14 SINCE 7/1 7121 7298 -177 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/190 DATE 05/04 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 63/180 DATE 05/04 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 55 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 2 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$