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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO, NV
434 PM PDT THU NOV 02 2023

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...THE TONOPAH AIRPORT NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             89   10/01/2020
                       10/08/1996
                       10/04/1980
 LOW              10   10/30/2019
HIGHEST           80   10/18         81      -1       81  10/07
                       10/19
                                                          10/08
LOWEST            23   10/30         25      -2       22  10/24
AVG. MAXIMUM    67.8               68.4    -0.6     72.0
AVG. MINIMUM    38.7               38.5     0.2     39.0
MEAN            53.3               53.5    -0.2     55.5
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     5                5.9    -0.9        8
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        2.96   2015
 MINIMUM        0.00   2020
TOTALS          0.40               0.38    0.02        T
DAILY AVG.      0.01               0.01   -0.00        T
DAYS >= .01        2                2.0     0.0        0
DAYS >= .10        1                0.9     0.1        0
DAYS >= .50        0                0.2    -0.2        0
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.22   09/30 TO 10/01                  T


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    357                362      -5      287
 SINCE 7/1       442                432      10       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  4      -4        0
 SINCE 1/1       755                894    -139       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    31/310    DATE  10/28
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    48/330    DATE  10/11

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     45

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

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

&&

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...A RECORD MAX TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES WAS SET ON OCTOBER 20TH...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN TONOPAH DURING OCTOBER 2023 WAS 53.3
DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.2 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 53.5 DEGREES. THE
TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 0.4 INCHES, WHICH IS 0.2 INCHES ABOVE THE
NORMAL OF 0.38 INCHES AND 105 PERCENT OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE
PERIOD OF RECORD FOR THE TONOPAH AIRPORT BEGAN IN 1954 AND THE
CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL IS FROM 1991-2020.

$$
LM