CORTEZ, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(051886) CORTEZ
From Year=1911 To Year=2012
Precipitation Total Snowfall
Mean High Year Low Year 1 Day Max. >=
0.01 in.
>=
0.10 in.
>=
0.50 in.
>=
1.00 in.
Mean High Year
in. in. - in. - in. dd/yyyy
or
yyyymmdd
# Days # Days # Days # Days in. in. -
January 1.04 3.51 1957 0.00 1934 1.07 06/2008 6 4 0 0 9.7 34.3 1949
February 1.05 3.86 1915 0.00 1967 1.20 03/1916 6 3 0 0 7.5 41.0 1915
March 1.13 4.60 1995 0.00 1934 1.50 06/1995 7 4 0 0 5.4 32.0 1916
April 0.92 3.40 1957 0.00 1913 1.26 28/1952 5 3 0 0 1.8 16.0 1932
May 0.83 3.82 1957 0.00 1912 1.19 08/1957 5 3 0 0 0.1 2.0 1961
June 0.44 1.94 1949 0.00 1913 1.33 18/1949 3 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1913
July 1.24 4.06 1957 0.00 1993 1.53 19/1911 7 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1911
August 1.51 3.80 1957 0.11 1950 1.82 14/1955 8 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1914
September 1.38 4.72 1941 0.00 1953 2.56 10/2003 6 4 1 0 0.0 2.0 1913
October 1.45 6.56 1972 0.00 1950 2.00 03/1913 6 3 1 0 0.4 6.3 1949
November 0.91 2.78 1985 0.00 1932 1.62 16/1964 5 3 0 0 2.8 15.3 1931
December 1.06 3.60 1951 0.00 1930 1.17 11/1954 6 3 0 0 8.3 38.5 1967
Annual 12.95 26.34 1957 5.23 1989 2.56 20030910 71 38 6 1 36.0 77.4 2010
Winter 3.15 8.01 1915 0.40 2006 1.20 19160203 19 10 1 0 25.5 61.0 1914
Spring 2.88 8.33 1957 0.21 1913 1.50 19950306 17 9 1 0 7.3 27.8 1961
Summer 3.19 8.73 1957 0.40 1962 1.82 19550814 18 9 2 0 0.0 0.0 1914
Fall 3.74 10.49 1941 0.67 1967 2.56 20030910 17 10 2 0 3.2 15.3 1931
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
For monthly and annual means, thresholds, and sums:
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered
Seasons are climatological not calendar seasons
Winter = Dec., Jan., and Feb. Spring = Mar., Apr., and May
Summer = Jun., Jul., and Aug. Fall = Sep., Oct., and Nov.


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