Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
253 CXUS55 KREV 010952 CLARNO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 140 AM PST FRI JAN 01 2021 ................................... ...THE RENO-TAHOE INTL AIRPORT NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2020... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR 2020 AT THE RENO-TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 55.7 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR 2020 WAS 102 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON AUGUST 15TH AND SEPTEMBER 4TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS 14 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 4TH. FOR 2020, 2.72 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED AT THE RENO- TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS IS 4.68 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE YEAR WAS 16.6 INCHES, WHICH IS 5.2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR 2020 WAS 5.9 MPH. THE PEAK WIND GUST FOR THE YEAR WAS 78 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON NOVEMBER 17TH. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 108 07/05/2007 07/11/2002 07/10/2002 LOW -19 01/08/1890 HIGHEST 102 08/15 09/04 LOWEST 14 02/04 AVG. MAXIMUM 70.6 67.6 3.0 AVG. MINIMUM 40.8 40.0 0.8 MEAN 55.7 53.8 1.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 81 53.9 27.1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 4.5 -4.5 DAYS MIN <= 32 131 111.6 19.4 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.5 -0.5 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 13.73 2017 MINIMUM 1.55 1945 TOTALS 2.72 7.40 -4.68 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.02 -0.01 DAYS >= .01 37 52.3 -15.3 DAYS >= .10 11 20.3 -9.3 DAYS >= .50 0 2.9 -2.9 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 16.6 21.8 -5.2 SINCE 7/1 4.6 8.4 -3.8 DAYS >= TRACE 25 16.3 8.7 DAYS >= 1.0 6 6.2 -0.2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 4 03/17 11/08 24 HR TOTAL 4.5 11/07 TO 11/08 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 4477 4926 -449 SINCE 7/1 1820 2027 -207 COOLING TOTAL 1176 838 338 FREEZE DATES EARLIEST 10/25 LATEST 04/14 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 52/170 DATE 11/17 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 78/170 DATE 11/17 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 16 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 47 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 6 LIGHT SNOW 23 SLEET 0 FOG 23 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 35 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$