Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
190 CXUS55 KREV 011014 CLATVL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 140 AM PST FRI JAN 01 2021 ................................... ...THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2020... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR 2020 AT THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT WAS 45.6 DEGREES WHICH IS 1.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR 2020 WAS 92 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 4TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR WAS -1 DEGREE WHICH OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 9TH. FOR 2020, 10.01 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WERE RECORDED AT THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT. THIS IS 10.37 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR 2020 WAS 5.1 MPH. THE PEAK WIND GUST FOR THE YEAR WAS 57 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON NOVEMBER 17TH. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1968 TO 2020 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 99 07/22/1988 LOW -29 02/07/1989 12/09/1972 HIGHEST 92 09/04 LOWEST -1 11/09 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.7 59.8 1.9 AVG. MINIMUM 29.6 28.0 1.6 MEAN 45.6 43.9 1.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 4 2.2 1.8 DAYS MAX <= 32 6 9.1 -3.1 DAYS MIN <= 32 223 226.8 -3.8 DAYS MIN <= 0 1 5.7 -4.7 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTALS 10.01 DAILY AVG. 0.03 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 7060 7731 -671 SINCE 7/1 2770 3185 -415 COOLING TOTAL 70 31 39 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 45/190 DATE 11/17 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 57/190 DATE 11/17 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 21 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 13 LIGHT RAIN 49 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 14 SNOW 23 LIGHT SNOW 52 SLEET 0 FOG 74 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 23 HAZE 66 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$