STATION: TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES MUNI ARPT (KTCS), NM
CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY. Period of Record: Oct 1996 to Dec 2008
Summaries based on unedited daily ASOS data. Errors may be present.
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TEMPERATURE (F) | Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec | Year
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Avg Max Temp | 55.8 59.6 67.2 75.2 85.5 93.1 92.7 89.6 85.1 74.5 63.0 53.5 | 74.6
Avg Min Temp | 29.7 32.5 38.7 45.1 55.9 63.5 67.1 65.4 59.1 48.1 36.6 28.2 | 47.5
Avg Temperature | 42.7 46.1 52.9 60.1 70.7 78.3 79.9 77.5 72.1 61.3 49.8 40.9 | 61.0
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Extremes: | |
Extreme Max Temp| 80 79 85 93 101 105 105 102 97 94 80 74 | 105
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Date of Ext-Day | 19 19 20 23 22 28 01 09 06 07 01 02 |
-Year| 1997 1999 2004 2002 2005 1998 1999 2003 2000 1998 2003 2008 |
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Extreme Min Temp| 9 14 15 28 40 47 56 55 45 25 18 14 | 9
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Date of Ext-Day | 08 01 03 05 05 11 05 31 25 22 30 18 |
-Year| 1997 2002 2002 1999 2001 1998 2002 2000 2000 1996 2006 1996 |
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Heating Degree Days | 691 535 376 169 17 0 0 0 6 155 456 748 | 3153
Cooling Degree Days | 0 0 2 23 193 398 461 388 220 41 0 0 | 1726
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Max Temp >= 90 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 8.3 22.1 23.4 17.4 7.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 | 79.7
Max Temp >= 75 | 0.3 0.6 6.9 17.8 29.2 29.8 30.9 30.9 28.1 16.7 2.6 0.0 | 193.7
Max Temp <= 32 | 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 | 0.3
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Min Temp <= 32 | 21.7 14.5 6.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 8.1 23.1 | 75.4
Min Temp <= 20 | 2.0 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 3.7 | 7.2
Min Temp <= 0 | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.0
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Avg Dew Point Temp | 19.5 18.6 19.9 21.2 28.4 36.5 51.1 53.2 45.6 34.9 24.6 18.4 | 31.0
Avg Wet Bulb Temp | 33.4 35.2 39.2 43.3 50.3 56.1 62.2 62.4 57.1 47.9 38.2 31.8 | 46.4
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Avg Sea Level Pres | 30.05 29.99 29.95 29.89 29.82 29.83 29.85 29.88 29.88 29.95 30.03 30.07 | 29.93
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WEATHER | Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec | Year
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Thunderstorms | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.0
Heavy Fog | 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.6 | 3.5
Fog | 2.4 2.1 1.7 0.9 1.0 0.8 2.5 2.8 2.0 2.9 1.9 2.5 | 23.5
Hail | 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 | 0.0
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PRECIPITATION (In) | Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec | Year
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Average Monthly | 0.32 0.29 0.33 0.27 0.49 0.37 1.77 1.90 1.39 1.05 0.38 0.29 | 8.86
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Maximum Daily | 0.97 1.04 0.82 0.70 1.25 0.78 1.16 1.66 1.82 1.48 0.60 0.63 | 1.82
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Date of Ext-Day | 17 20 22 10 12 29 21 02 21 09 13 10 |
-Year| 2006 2003 2000 2004 2001 2004 1999 2007 1997 2006 2003 2007 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
>= 0.01 | 2.2 2.7 2.5 2.1 2.2 3.8 9.4 9.9 6.5 5.4 2.7 2.5 | 52.0
>= 0.10 | 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.3 1.2 5.0 4.3 2.8 2.6 1.0 0.9 | 22.4
>= 0.25 | 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.4 2.4 2.6 1.4 1.3 0.5 0.5 | 11.3
>= 0.50 | 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.1 | 4.8
>= 1.00 | 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 | 1.0
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WIND (MPH) | Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec | Year
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Daily Avg Wind Speed| 7.3 8.5 9.5 10.5 9.9 9.3 7.5 7.0 7.2 7.7 7.3 7.1 | 8.2
Daily Avg Max 2-Min | 17.7 20.8 22.7 25.6 24.5 24.8 23.1 20.7 19.2 18.9 17.4 17.7 | 21.1
Daily Avg Peak Gust | 21.8 26.0 28.4 32.5 31.5 31.9 29.1 26.1 24.3 23.9 21.6 22.2 | 26.6
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Maximum Daily Avg | 22.4 18.9 21.9 24.9 19.7 18.3 16.3 12.6 13.8 18.6 23.7 21.5 | 24.9
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Maximum 2-Minute Avg| 39 51 41 47 46 43 48 45 36 43 45 39 | 51
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Date of Max 2min-Day| 21 24 20 09 21 04 16 12 01 25 27 21 |
-Year| 1999 1998 2000 1999 2008 1999 1998 2005 2007 1996 2005 2007 |
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Maximum Peak Gust | 51 67 54 58 59 62 59 59 45 54 51 64 | 67
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Date of Max Gust-Day| 28 24 16 17 21 16 05 12 14 13 27 08 |
-Year| 2008 1998 2008 2004 2008 2000 2003 2005 1998 2004 2005 2007 |
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Avg Number of Days: | |
Peak Gust >=30 | 5.8 9.8 13.0 17.4 18.8 17.1 13.5 8.5 6.6 7.1 5.2 6.4 | 129.1
Peak Gust >=40 | 1.3 1.9 3.9 6.0 4.7 5.2 2.7 1.8 0.7 1.3 1.4 1.9 | 32.7
Peak Gust >=50 | 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 | 3.7
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Max 2-Minute >=30| 2.3 3.3 5.4 9.2 5.8 6.6 4.0 2.7 1.3 2.2 1.7 0.0 | 44.6
Max 2-Minute >=40| 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 | 2.7
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Observations of WEATHER may me innacurate due to early ASOS inconsistancies. Average days
with Thunderstorms may be low due to early mis-detection.
Heavy Fog = Visibility less than or equal to 1/4 mile.
Fog = Visibility greater than 1/4 mile or less than 7 miles.
Peak Gust = Maximum 5-second average.
Snowfall data not observed at ASOS stations.
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