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CLMELY
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
908 PM PST SUN NOV 1 2009
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..THE ELY NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2009
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2009
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 85 10/09/1996
LOW -3 10/31/1991
10/30/1971
HIGHEST 73 10/17 78 -5 79
LOWEST 12 10/29 12 0 7
AVG. MAXIMUM 56.7 63.0 -6.3 65.1
AVG. MINIMUM 23.7 27.8 -4.1 26.8
MEAN 40.2 45.4 -5.2 45.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0
DAYS MAX <= 32 1 0.2 0.8 1
DAYS MIN <= 32 28 23.4 4.6
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.1 -0.1 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 3.67 1981
MINIMUM 0.00 1952
1893
TOTALS 1.44 1.00 0.44 0.16
DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.03 0.02 0.01
DAYS >= .01 7 5.5 1.5 2
DAYS >= .10 2 0
DAYS >= .50 1 0
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.98 10/19 TO 10/20
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 15.0 1899
TOTALS 5.5 2.7 2.8 1.5
DAYS >= TRACE 4
DAYS >= 1.0 3
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 3 10/28
24 HR TOTAL 2.3 10/04 TO 10/04 1.5
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 761 605 156 584
SINCE 7/1 1098 937 161 825
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 120 196 -76 268
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/140 DATE 10/14
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/130 DATE 10/13
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 57
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2
LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1
LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0
FOG 5 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
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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..3RD COLDEST...14TH WETTEST
AND 16TH SNOWEIST OCTOBER ON
RECORD AT ELY...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT ELY DURING OCTOBER 2009 WAS 40.2
DEGREES...WHICH IS 5.2 DEGREES BELOW THE 1971-2000
CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL OF 45.4 DEGREES. THIS PLACES OCTOBER
2009 AS THE 3RD COLDEST ON RECORD...WITH RECORDS DATING BACK
TO 1893. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION AT ELY WAS 1.44 INCHES...
WHICH IS 0.44 INCHES ABOVE THE 1971-2000 CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL
OF 1.00 INCH. THIS PLACES OCTOBER 2009 AS THE 14TH WETTEST ON
RECORD. THE TOTAL SNOWFALL AT ELY WAS 5.5 INCHES...WHICH IS
2.8 INCHES ABOVE THE 1971-2000 CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMAL OF 2.7
INCHES. THIS PLACES OCTOBER 2009 AS THE 16TH SNOWIEST ON
RECORD.
SEVERAL DAILY RECORDS WERE SET AT ELY DURING OCTOBER 2009. A
RECORD LOW OF 14 DEGREES WAS TIED ON OCTOBER 1ST. A RECORD
SNOWFALL OF 2.3 INCHES WAS SET ON OCTOBER 4TH. A RECORD LOW
OF 13 DEGREES WAS TIED ON OCTOBER 5TH. A RECORD LOW OF 16
DEGREES WAS TIED ON OCTOBER 6TH. FINALLY, A RECORD RAINFALL
OF 0.94 INCHES WAS SET ON OCTOBER 19TH.
RCM
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