Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS
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CXUS55 KREV 300911
CLMTVL
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
829 AM PST FRI MAR 03 2023
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...THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY
2023...
*** DUE TO COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES FROM FEBRUARY 1-15, SOME OF THE
HUMIDITY, WIND AND WEATHER CONDITIONS DATA BELOW WAS UNABLE TO BE
FULLY RESTORED WITH SOME OF THE DATA USING ESTIMATES. THIS REPORT
ONLY INCLUDES THE DAYS WHEN WEATHER DATA WAS AVAILABLE. ***
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY 2023 AT THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE
AIRPORT WAS 25.3 DEGREES, WHICH IS 6.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY WAS 53 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON
THE 13TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS -4 DEGREES,
WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 16TH.
FOR FEBRUARY 2023, 5.26 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WERE RECORDED AT THE
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT. THIS IS 1.51 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE
MONTH. ** DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS PRODUCING MANY ERRORS WITH
EXCESSIVE PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION TOTALS ON THE 27TH, THE
PRECIPITATION AMOUNT FOR THIS DATE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. **
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR FEBRUARY 2023 WAS 6.3 MPH. THE PEAK WIND
GUST FOR THE MONTH WAS 45 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 3RD AND 28TH.
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1968 TO 2023
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 65 02/13/2015
LOW -29 02/07/1989
HIGHEST 53 02/13 62 -9
LOWEST -4 02/16 -29 25
AVG. MAXIMUM 38.6 43.4 -4.8
AVG. MINIMUM 12.0 19.3 -7.3
MEAN 25.3 31.3 -6.0
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0
DAYS MAX <= 32 7 3.0 4.0
DAYS MIN <= 32 28 26.7 1.3
DAYS MIN <= 0 1 1.0 0.0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 12.68 2017
MINIMUM 0.07 2020
TOTALS 5.26
DAILY AVG. 0.19 0.13 0.06
DAYS >= .01 11 8.7 2.3
DAYS >= .10 9 5.8 3.2
DAYS >= .50 3 1.9 1.1
DAYS >= 1.00 2 0.9 1.1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL MM
STORM TOTAL MM
(MM/DD(HH))
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1103 942 161
SINCE 7/1 5178 5113 65
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 33/180 DATE 02/03
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/170 DATE 02/03
45/180 02/27
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1
LIGHT RAIN 1 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 7 SNOW 9
LIGHT SNOW 13 SLEET 0
FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 7
HAZE 6
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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