Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
292 CXUS55 KREV 010908 CLMTVL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 208 AM PDT SUN SEP 01 2024 ................................... ...THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST 2024 AT THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT WAS 59.4 DEGREES, WHICH IS 1.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST WAS 87 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 1ST. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 29 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 25TH. FOR AUGUST 2024, 0.61 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WERE RECORDED AT THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AIRPORT. THIS IS 0.25 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR AUGUST 2024 WAS 5.1 MPH. THE PEAK WIND GUST FOR THE MONTH WAS 44 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 23RD. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1968 TO 2024 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 87 08/01 96 -9 LOWEST 29 08/25 24 5 AVG. MAXIMUM 77.8 79.7 -1.9 AVG. MINIMUM 40.9 41.0 -0.1 MEAN 59.4 60.4 -1.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.3 -0.3 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 3 1.9 1.1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 1.69 2014 MINIMUM T 2021 TOTALS 0.61 0.36 0.25 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.01 0.01 DAYS >= .01 3 1.5 1.5 DAYS >= .10 1 0.7 0.3 DAYS >= .50 1 0.3 0.7 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.60 08/02 TO 08/03 STORM TOTAL 0.59 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 176 153 23 SINCE 7/1 223 282 -59 COOLING TOTAL 12 8 4 SINCE 1/1 82 28 54 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/180 DATE 08/24 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/180 DATE 08/23 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 48 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 1 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. $$