Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS55 KREV 010849 CLMRNO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 149 AM PDT THU JUN 01 2023 ................................... ...THE RENO-TAHOE INTL AIRPORT NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2023... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MAY 2023 AT THE RENO-TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 60.6 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR MAY WAS 90 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 19TH AND 20TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 33 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 3RD. FOR MAY 2023, 2.44 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WERE RECORDED AT THE RENO-TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS IS 1.89 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. TOTAL SNOWFALL RECORDED FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.5 INCHES, WHICH IS 0.4 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR MAY 2023 WAS 7.2 MPH. THE PEAK WIND GUST FOR THE MONTH WAS 51 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 14TH. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 05/31/1910 LOW 16 05/10/1896 HIGHEST 90 05/19 96 -6 05/20 LOWEST 33 05/03 18 15 AVG. MAXIMUM 74.3 74.1 0.2 AVG. MINIMUM 46.9 46.6 0.3 MEAN 60.6 60.3 0.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 1.5 0.5 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.7 -0.7 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.89 1963 MINIMUM 0.00 1884 TOTALS 2.44 0.55 1.89 DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.02 0.06 DAYS >= .01 11 4.4 6.6 DAYS >= .10 6 1.8 4.2 DAYS >= .50 1 0.2 0.8 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.84 05/02 TO 05/03 STORM TOTAL 0.68 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 14.1 5 24 HR TOTAL MM TOTALS 0.5 0.1 0.4 LIQUID EQUIV 0.10 0.00 0.10 SINCE 7/1 50.2 20.9 29.3 LIQUID 7/1 5.02 DAYS >= TRACE 2 0.2 1.8 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH T 05/03 24 HR TOTAL 0.5 05/03 TO 05/03 STORM TOTAL 0.5 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 172 187 -15 SINCE 7/1 5146 4622 524 COOLING TOTAL 42 43 -1 SINCE 1/1 48 45 3 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 08/23/1973 LATEST 06/27/1974 EARLIEST 10/23 LATEST 05/11 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/230 DATE 05/08 36/180 05/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/200 DATE 05/14 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 46 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 12 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 3 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$