Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS55 KREV 012101 CLMTVL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 201 PM PDT FRI SEP 01 2023 ................................... ...THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2023... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST 2023 AT THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT WAS 60.6 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST WAS 86 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 13TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 34 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 31ST. FOR AUGUST 2023, 1.07 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WERE RECORDED AT THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT. THIS IS 0.71 INCH ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR AUGUST 2023 WAS 3.9 MPH. THE PEAK WIND GUST FOR THE MONTH WAS 42 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 31ST. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1968 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 96 08/09/1981 08/08/1981 LOW 24 08/24/1973 HIGHEST 86 08/13 96 -10 LOWEST 34 08/31 24 10 AVG. MAXIMUM 77.5 79.7 -2.2 AVG. MINIMUM 43.7 41.0 2.7 MEAN 60.6 60.4 0.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.3 -0.3 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 1.9 -1.9 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 1.69 2014 MINIMUM T 2021 TOTALS 1.07 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.01 0.02 DAYS >= .01 11 1.5 9.5 DAYS >= .10 5 0.7 4.3 DAYS >= .50 0 0.3 -0.3 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.59 08/20 TO 08/21 STORM TOTAL 0.43 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 135 153 -18 SINCE 7/1 191 282 -91 COOLING TOTAL 6 8 -2 SINCE 1/1 49 28 21 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/180 DATE 08/24 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 42/180 DATE 08/31 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 58 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 8 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 5 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. $$