CXUS55 KREV 010856 CLMRNO CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 156 AM PDT MON APR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE RENO-TAHOE INTL AIRPORT NV CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 2024 AT THE RENO-TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 44.1 DEGREES, WHICH IS 2.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH WAS 73 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 19TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 26 DEGREES, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 2ND, 4TH, AND 8TH. FOR MARCH 2024, 2.20 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED AT THE RENO-TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS IS 1.40 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. 11.6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WERE REPORTED IN MARCH, WHICH IS 8.7 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR MARCH 2024 WAS 7.0 MPH. THE PEAK WIND GUST FOR THE MONTH WAS 55 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST ON THE 27TH. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 83 03/31/1966 LOW -3 03/29/1897 HIGHEST 73 03/19 83 -10 LOWEST 26 03/02 -2 28 03/04 03/08 AVG. MAXIMUM 55.0 59.2 -4.2 AVG. MINIMUM 33.3 34.0 -0.7 MEAN 44.1 46.6 -2.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 13 15.1 -2.1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.15 1907 MINIMUM 0.00 1887 TOTALS 2.20 0.80 1.40 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.03 0.04 DAYS >= .01 9 5.5 3.5 DAYS >= .10 5 2.3 2.7 DAYS >= .50 1 0.3 0.7 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.93 03/01 TO 03/02 STORM TOTAL 0.65 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 29.0 5 24 HR TOTAL 0.2 03/11/2021 TO 03/11/2021 TOTALS 11.6 2.9 8.7 LIQUID EQUIV 1.20 0.20 1.00 SINCE 7/1 28.3 20.4 7.9 LIQUID 7/1 2.83 DAYS >= TRACE 7 2.0 5.0 DAYS >= 1.0 2 0.8 1.2 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 7R 03/03 24 HR TOTAL MM STORM TOTAL 9.4 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 640 571 69 SINCE 7/1 3804 4028 -224 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 08/23/1973 LATEST 06/27/1974 EARLIEST 10/27 LATEST 04/19 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/130 DATE 03/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 55/150 DATE 03/27 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 54 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 8 SLEET 0 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$