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CXUS55 KLKN 051425
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO, NV
625 AM PST SAT MAR 05 2022

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...THE WINNEMUCCA AIRPORT NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
12/1/2021 TO 2/28/2022...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1877 TO 2022

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             74   02/28/1986
                       02/19/1981
 LOW             -37   12/22/1990
HIGHEST           65   02/13         65       0       61
                       02/14
                       02/28
LOWEST            -3   01/01         -9       6        6
                       01/02
AVG. MAXIMUM    46.4               45.4     1.0     45.8
AVG. MINIMUM    18.3               21.0    -2.7     21.6
MEAN            32.4               33.2    -0.8     33.6
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    11                9.9     1.1        1
DAYS MIN <= 32    83               81.1     1.9       81
DAYS MIN <= 0      3                4.2    -1.2        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        7.84   1890
 MINIMUM        0.51   1977
TOTALS          2.56               2.69   -0.13     3.08
DAILY AVG.         T               0.03   -0.03     0.03
DAYS >= .01       15               24.3    -9.3       26
DAYS >= .10        9                9.6    -0.6       12
DAYS >= .50        1                0.5     0.5        1
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.0     0.0        0

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          68.0   1890
TOTALS          31.1               14.0    17.1     12.6
DAYS >= 1.0        9                4.8     4.2        6
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH       10R  12/30                           3

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   2919               2872      47     2805
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    41/230    DATE  01/03
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    61/230    DATE  01/03

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     63

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                8     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                3     SNOW                       6
LIGHT SNOW               16     SLEET                      0
FOG                      19     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      7
HAZE                      7

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

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...COOLER THAN NORMAL METEOROLOGICAL WINTER IN WINNEMUCCA...
...DRIER THAN NORMAL METEORLOGICAL WINTER IN WINNEMUCCA...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN WINNEMUCCA DURING METEOROLOGICAL WINTER
(DEC 2021-FEB 2022) 2022 WAS 32.4 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.8 DEGREES BELOW THE
NORMAL 33.2 DEGREES. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 2.56 INCHES, WHICH IS 0.13
INCHES BELOW OR 95 PERCENT OF THE NORMAL OF 2.69 INCHES. THE TOTAL
SNOWFALL WAS JUST 31.1 INCHES, WHICH IS 17.1 INCHES ABOVE THE 1991-2020
CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL OF 14 INCHES. THE PERIOD OF RECORD FOR THE
WINNEMUCCA AREA BEGAN IN 1877.

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