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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO, NV
502 PM PST FRI FEB 02 2024

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...THE TONOPAH AIRPORT NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             67   01/30/2018
                       01/18/1971
                       02/19/1981
 LOW             -15   01/24/1962
                       01/23/1962
HIGHEST           64   01/29         57       7       50  01/27
LOWEST            10   01/12          5       5       11  01/31
AVG. MAXIMUM    45.6               45.8    -0.2     39.9
AVG. MINIMUM    23.5               22.0     1.5     23.9
MEAN            34.6               33.9     0.7     31.9
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     3                2.2     0.8        3
DAYS MIN <= 32    27               29.6    -2.6       29
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.4    -0.4        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        2.25   1995
 MINIMUM        0.00   2022
TOTALS          0.70               0.45    0.25     0.80
DAILY AVG.      0.02               0.01    0.01     0.03
DAYS >= .01        6                4.0     2.0        7
DAYS >= .10        1                1.4    -0.4        2
DAYS >= .50        1                0.1     0.9        0
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.54   01/22 TO 01/22               0.35


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    936                964     -28     1019
 SINCE 7/1      2914               3122    -208       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    35/300    DATE  01/03
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    49/300    DATE  01/03

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     66

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                4     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW                7     SLEET                      0
FOG                       6     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.
&&

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...JANUARY 2024 IN TONOPAH WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL...

...A RECORD DAILY RAINFALL OF 0.35 INCHES WAS SET ON JANUARY 22ND...
...A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 62 DEGREES WAS SET ON JANUARY 28TH...
...A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 64 DEGREES WAS SET ON JANUARY 29TH...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN TONOPAH DURING JANUARY 2024 WAS 34.6
DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.7 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL. THE TOTAL
PRECIPITATION WAS 0.70 INCHES, WHICH IS 0.25 INCHES ABOVE THE
NORMAL AND 156 PERCENT OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE PERIOD OF
RECORD FOR THE TONOPAH AIRPORT BEGAN IN 1954 AND THE CLIMATOLOGICAL
NORMAL IS FROM 1991-2020.

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