Noaa.gov has just released it’s weather summary for Lake Tahoe for the month of January 2012. The full report is below along with report highlights. This report comes from South Lake Tahoe.

JANUARY SOUTH LAKE TAHOE WEATHER REPORT HIGHLIGHTS:

– Average temperature for January 2012 was above normal

– Average temperature 34.5 degrees

– Highest temperature = 60 F which happened on Jan. 5th

– Lowest temperature = 9 F which happened on Jan. 17th

– 5 Maximum daily temperature records were set

– 2 Maximum daily temperature records were tied

– Total precipitation was 3.88 inches of liquid, which was 1.21 inches above normal (remember all that rain?)

– 2.02 inches of that total 3.88 inches of liquid was recorded on the 20th

– Snowfall data not available

– Highest wind gust was 70 mph from the south and occurred on the 19th

Noaa.gov Full January Report:

…THE SOUTH LAKE TAHOE CA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2012… THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY 2012 AT SOUTH LAKE TAHOE WAS ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 34.5 DEGREES WHICH IS 5.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 60 DEGREES WHICH WAS RECORDED ON THE 5TH. THE COLDEST READING FOR JANUARY 2012 WAS 9 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 17TH. FIVE DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET AT SOUTH LAKE TAHOE…WITH THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED ON TWO OTHER DATES. JANUARY 2012 WAS THE FIRST MONTH WITH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION SINCE JUNE 2011. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR JANUARY WAS 3.88 INCHES WHICH IS 1.21 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. NEARLY HALF OF THIS AMOUNT… 2.02 INCHES…WAS RECORDED ON THE 20TH. UNFORTUNATELY… SNOWFALL DATA FOR SOUTH LAKE TAHOE IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 4.8 MPH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 70 MPH FROM THE SOUTH WHICH OCCURRED ON JANUARY 19TH. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1968 TO 2012