902 CXUS55 KREV 011004 CLMRNO RNOCLMRNO TTAA00 KREV 011000 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 158 AM PST MON DEC 1 2008 HIGH PRESSURE SURFACE AND ALOFT RULED MUCH OF NOVEMBER WITH DAILY AFTERNOON TEMPERAURES BEING 3.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WHILE NIGHTTIME LOWS WERE ABOVE NORMAL BY 7.1 DEGREES. THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERAURE WAS 46.3 DEGREES AND THAT WAS 5.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 4TH WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD. ON THE 18TH... THE RENO AIRPORT TIED A HIGH RECORD OF 70 DEGREES. THIS FELL SHORT OF THE ALL TIME HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF 77 DEGREES. A FEW WEATHER SYSTEMS HELPED A BIT IN CAUSING SOME PRECIPTATION IN THE AREA ON THE 1ST AND TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH. THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER HAD 0.92 OF PRECIPITATION WITH A TRACE OF SNOW AT THE RENO AIRPORT. THIS GAVE THE MONTH 0.12 ABOVE NORMAL. OTHER REPORTING SITES ABOVE THE VALLEY FLOOR OF RENO RECEIVED FROM A TRACE TO 1 INCH OF SNOW IN NOVEMBER AROUND THE FOOTHILLS. RC ................................... ...THE RENO TAHOE AIRPORT NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 77 11/01/2005 11/05/1980 11/01/1960 LOW 1 11/17/1958 HIGHEST 70 11/18 77 -7 11/17 LOWEST 26 11/24 1 25 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.1 55.3 3.8 AVG. MINIMUM 33.5 26.4 7.1 MEAN 46.3 40.9 5.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.3 -0.3 DAYS MIN <= 32 15 24.1 -9.1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.65 1892 MINIMUM 0.00 1959 TOTALS 0.92 0.80 0.12 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.03 0.00 DAYS >= .01 6 5.0 1.0 DAYS >= .10 3 2.3 0.7 DAYS >= .50 0 0.3 -0.3 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.43 11/01 TO 11/02 STORM TOTAL MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 16.5 5 0 -26215 24 HR TOTAL MM TOTALS T 3.1 -3.1 LIQUID EQUIV MM 0.30 MM SINCE 7/1 1.0 3.7 -2.7 LIQUID 7/1 0.10 DAYS >= TRACE 1 1.8 -0.8 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.8 -0.8 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL T 11/04 TO 11/04 STORM TOTAL MM (MM/DD(HH)) MM DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 557 732 -175 SINCE 7/1 902 1312 -410 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 1132 493 639 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 08/23/1973 LATEST 06/27/1974 EARLIEST 10/03 LATEST 05/21 ................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/190 DATE 11/01 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/190 DATE 11/01 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 58 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 7 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0 FOG 4 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$