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CXUS55 KLKN 031540
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO, NV
740 AM PST FRI DEC 03 2021

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...THE TONOPAH AIRPORT NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
9/1/2021 TO 11/30/2021...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2021

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           96   09/08         91       5       MM
LOWEST            17   11/25         13       4       MM
AVG. MAXIMUM    70.5               68.3     2.2       MM
AVG. MINIMUM    39.5               38.5     1.0       MM
MEAN            55.0               53.4     1.6       MM
DAYS MAX >= 90     7                2.7     4.3       MM
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.6    -0.6       MM
DAYS MIN <= 32    19               29.8   -10.8       MM
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0       MM

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        3.38   2015
 MINIMUM           T   1955
TOTALS          0.65               1.11   -0.46       MM
DAILY AVG.         T               0.01   -0.01       MM
DAYS >= .01        2                6.3    -4.3       MM
DAYS >= .10        1                2.9    -1.9       MM
DAYS >= .50        1                0.4     0.6       MM
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.1    -0.1       MM
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.63   10/25 TO 10/25                 MM


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1018               1148    -130       MM
 SINCE 7/1      1021               1152    -131       MM
COOLING TOTAL    127                 90      37       MM
 SINCE 1/1      1239                894     345       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    40/180    DATE  10/25
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    49/180    DATE  09/10

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     34

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                4     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                1     SLEET                      0
FOG                       2     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
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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...WARMER THAN NORMAL METEORLOGICAL FALL IN TONOPAH...
...5TH (TIED) WARMEST METEORLOGICAL FALL ON RECORD FOR TONOPAH...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN TONOPAH DURING METEOROLOGICAL FALL (SEP-
NOV) 2021 WAS 55 DEGREES, WHICH IS 1.6 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL
53.4 DEGREES, MAKING METEORLOGICAL FALL 2021 5TH (TIED) WARMEST ON
RECORD. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 0.65 INCHES, WHICH IS 0.46
INCHES BELOW OR 59 PERCENT OF THE 1991-2020 CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL OF
1.11 INCHES. THE PERIOD OF RECORD FOR THE TONOPAH AIRPORT BEGAN IN
1954.

$$
LM