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CXUS55 KLKN 031953
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1147 AM PST THU DEC 3 2020

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...THE TONOPAH AIRPORT NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
9/1/2020 TO 11/30/2020...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2020

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              99   09/05/2020
                        09/04/2020
                        09/04/2020
 LOW                3   11/30/2019
HIGHEST            99R  09/05        91       8       96  09/01
                        09/04
LOWEST             14   11/09        13       1        3  11/30
AVG. MAXIMUM     72.9              67.6     5.3     67.0
AVG. MINIMUM     38.5              37.3     1.2     36.3
MEAN             55.7              52.5     3.2     51.6
DAYS MAX >= 90      6               2.1     3.9        4
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.4    -0.4        4
DAYS MIN <= 32     30              29.3     0.7       39
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         3.38   2015
 MINIMUM            T   1955
TOTALS           0.13              1.16   -1.03     1.04
DAILY AVG.       0.00              0.01   -0.01     0.01
DAYS >= .01         1               7.4    -6.4        6
DAYS >= .10         1               3.5    -2.5        4
DAYS >= .50         0               0.3    -0.3        0
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.1    -0.1        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.13   MM                          0.45

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     966              1211    -245     1292
 SINCE 7/1        966              1217    -251     1292
COOLING TOTAL     144                70      74       92
 SINCE 1/1       1111               783     328      854
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    41/330    DATE  10/25
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    53/320    DATE  10/25

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     26

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       0
LIGHT RAIN                1     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW                2     SLEET                      0
FOG                       2     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                     13

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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...4TH WARMEST METEOROLOGICAL FALL IN TONOPAH...
...7TH DRIEST METEORLOGICAL FALL IN TONOPAH...

SEPTEMBER 2020 WAS THE WARMEST AND DRIEST ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 68.7 DEGREES AND TOTAL PECIPITATION OF ZERO INCHES.

OCTOBER 2020 WAS THE 5TH WARMEST AND DRIEST ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 57.2 DEGREES AND TOTAL PECIPITATION OF ZERO INCHES.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN TONOPAH DURING METEOROLOGICAL FALL (SEP-
NOV) 2020 WAS 55.7 DEGREES...WHICH IS 2.2 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL
52.5 DEGREES. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 0.13 INCHES...WHICH IS
1.03 INCHES BELOW OR 11 PERCENT OF THE NORMAL OF 1.16 INCHES.
THE PERIOD OF RECORD FOR THE TONOPAH AIRPORT BEGAN IN 1954

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