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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
505 PM PST WED JAN 01 2025

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...THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2024...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR 2024 AT THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT WAS
45.0 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE
FOR 2024 WAS 92 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON JULY 7TH. THE LOWEST
TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS -3 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON JANUARY 8TH.

FOR 2024, 15.29 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WERE RECORDED AT THE SOUTH
LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT. THIS IS 5.17 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR 2024 WAS 5.4 MPH. THE PEAK WIND GUST FOR
THE YEAR WAS 66 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON NOVEMBER 22ND.


CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1968 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             99   07/22/1988
 LOW             -29   02/07/1989
                       12/09/1972
HIGHEST           92   07/07
LOWEST            -3   01/08
AVG. MAXIMUM    59.7               59.2     0.5
AVG. MINIMUM    30.3               29.1     1.2
MEAN            45.0               44.2     0.8
DAYS MAX >= 90     7                1.1     5.9
DAYS MAX <= 32     8               12.2    -4.2
DAYS MIN <= 32   213              222.4    -9.4
DAYS MIN <= 0      2                5.1    -3.1

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       26.63   2023
 MINIMUM       10.01   2020
TOTALS         15.29              20.46   -5.17
DAILY AVG.      0.04               0.06   -0.02
DAYS >= .01       86               75.1    10.9
DAYS >= .10       46               40.4     5.6
DAYS >= .50        8               11.2    -3.2
DAYS >= 1.00       1                3.7    -2.7

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS            MM
SINCE 7/1         MM
DAYS >= TRACE     MM
DAYS >= 1.0       MM
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH       MM
 24 HR TOTAL      MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   7293               7599    -306
 SINCE 7/1      2908               3103    -195
COOLING TOTAL     82                 29      53
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              5.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    43/180    DATE  11/22
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    66/180    DATE  11/22


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             12     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                6     RAIN                      23
LIGHT RAIN               68     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW               20     SNOW                      34
LIGHT SNOW               76     SLEET                      0
FOG                     101     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     34
HAZE                     37

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

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