Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
879 CXUS55 KLKN 022334 CLMEKO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO, NV 434 PM PDT THU NOV 02 2023 ................................... ...THE ELKO AIRPORT NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023... 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 DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 92 10/01/2010 LOW 0 10/12/1891 HIGHEST 83 10/09 81 2 81 10/07 10/08 10/13 LOWEST 13 10/30 13 0 15 10/27 AVG. MAXIMUM 66.5 65.5 1.0 70.2 AVG. MINIMUM 32.1 29.4 2.7 29.3 MEAN 49.3 47.4 1.9 49.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 11 22.4 -11.4 19 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 2.90 1889 MINIMUM 0.00 1917 TOTALS 0.46 0.74 -0.28 0.29 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.02 -0.01 0.01 DAYS >= .01 6 5.1 0.9 2 DAYS >= .10 2 2.2 -0.2 1 DAYS >= .50 0 0.3 -0.3 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.20 10/25 TO 10/26 0.32 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 9.0 1920 TOTALS T 0.5 -0.5 0.3 SINCE 7/1 T 0.5 -0.5 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= TRACE 1 0.6 0.4 1 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.2 -0.2 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 24 HR TOTAL MM MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 479 544 -65 466 SINCE 7/1 610 754 -144 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 513 493 20 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/260 DATE 10/25 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/280 DATE 10/09 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 54 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 5 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 5 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 8 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ====================================================================== THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN ELKO DURING OCTOBER 2023 WAS 49.3 DEGREES, WHICH IS 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 47.4 DEGREES. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 0.46 INCHES, WHICH IS 0.28 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 0.74 INCHES AND 62 PERCENT OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE PERIOD OF RECORD FOR THE ELKO AREA BEGAN IN 1888 AND THE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL IS FROM 1991-2020. $$ LM