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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1150 AM PDT THU JUN 4 2020

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...THE ELY AIRPORT NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON, FROM
3/1/2020 TO 5/31/2020...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2020

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
.............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              95   05/31/1910
 LOW              -13   03/03/1952
HIGHEST            91   05/29        82       9       76
LOWEST              4   03/27         3       1       10
AVG. MAXIMUM     60.7              58.6     2.1     54.8
AVG. MINIMUM     29.2              27.7     1.5     29.4
MEAN             45.0              43.2     1.8     42.1
DAYS MAX >= 90      1               0.1     0.9        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      1               0.8     0.2        1
DAYS MIN <= 32     61              64.0    -3.0       64
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.3    -0.3        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         8.69   2019
 MINIMUM         0.50   1910
TOTALS           3.09              2.98    0.11     8.69
DAILY AVG.       0.03              0.03    0.00     0.09
DAYS >= .01        20              22.8    -2.8       37
DAYS >= .10         9               9.6    -0.6       25
DAYS >= .50         2               0.9     1.1        4
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.0     0.0        0

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           50.0   1964
TOTALS           23.1              15.8     7.3     24.4
DAYS >= 1.0         6               5.4     0.6        8
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         9   03/26                          5

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1833              2010    -177     2091
COOLING TOTAL      15                 1      14        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    47/170    DATE  05/30
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    66/170    DATE  05/30

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     51

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              6     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       7
LIGHT RAIN               22     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                2     SNOW                       5
LIGHT SNOW               12     SLEET                      1
FOG                      18     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      7
HAZE                      1

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

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...ELY WARMER AND SNOWIER THAN NORMAL FOR METEOROLOGICAL SPRING
2020...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN ELY DURING METEOROLOGICAL SPRING (MAR-
MAY) 2020 WAS 45.0 DEGREES...WHICH IS 1.8 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL
43.2 DEGREES. THIS MAKES 2020 THE 11TH WARMEST METEOROLOGICAL SPRING
ON RECORD FOR ELY. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 3.09 INCHES...WHICH
IS 0.11 INCHES ABOVE OR 104 PERCENT OF THE NORMAL OF 2.98 INCHES.
THE TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 23.1 INCHES... WHICH IS 7.3 INCHES ABOVE OR
146 PERCENT OF THE 1981-2010 CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL OF 15.8 INCHES.

MAY 2020 IN ELY WAS THE 5TH WARMEST AND 10TH DRIEST ON RECORD.
MARCH AND APRIL 2020 WERE WETTER THAN NORMAL IN ELY.

THE PERIOD OF RECORD FOR THE ELY AREA BEGAN IN 1893 AND THE
CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL IS FROM 1981-2010.

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