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CXUS55 KLKN 031540
CLSEKO

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

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

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2021

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            101   09/05/2020
 LOW             -16   11/29/1896
HIGHEST           97   09/08         92       5       MM
                       09/09
LOWEST            10   11/25          4       6       MM
AVG. MAXIMUM    67.3               65.1     2.2       MM
AVG. MINIMUM    32.9               30.6     2.3       MM
MEAN            50.1               47.9     2.2       MM
DAYS MAX >= 90     5                2.8     2.2       MM
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                2.0    -2.0       MM
DAYS MIN <= 32    29               55.3   -26.3       MM
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                1.1    -1.1       MM

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        5.73   1900
 MINIMUM        0.45   1933
TOTALS          2.74               2.21    0.53       MM
DAILY AVG.      0.03               0.02    0.01       MM
DAYS >= .01       17               15.5     1.5       MM
DAYS >= .10        7                6.8     0.2       MM
DAYS >= .50        1                0.8     0.2       MM
DAYS >= 1.00       1                0.0     1.0       MM

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          20.0   1930
TOTALS           1.2                4.6    -3.4       MM
DAYS >= 1.0        1                1.9    -0.9       MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1376               1590    -214       MM
COOLING TOTAL     39                 32       7       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              4.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    36/230    DATE  09/10
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    52/230    DATE  09/09

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     48

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              5     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       7
LIGHT RAIN               17     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW                2     SLEET                      0
FOG                      11     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2
HAZE                     15

-  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 METEOROLOGICAL FALL IN ELKO...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN ELKO DURING METEOROLOGICAL FALL (SEP-
NOV) 2021 WAS 50.1 DEGREES, WHICH IS 2.2 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL
47.9 DEGREES. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 2.74 INCHES, WHICH IS 0.53
INCHES ABOVE OR 124 PERCENT OF THE NORMAL OF 2.21 INCHES. THE TOTAL
SNOWFALL WAS 1.2 INCHES, WHICH IS 3.4 INCHES BELOW OR 26 PERCENT OF
THE 1991-2020 CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL. THE PERIOD OF RECORD FOR THE
ELKO AREA BEGAN IN 1888.

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LM