DENVER STAPLETON, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(052220) DENVER WSFO AP
From Year=1948 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 0.50 1.33 1962 0.00 2003 0.92 08/1962 6 1 0 0 7.3 24.3 1992
February 0.57 1.66 1960 0.01 1970 1.01 19/1953 6 2 0 0 7.2 18.3 1960
March 1.21 4.81 2003 0.00 2012 3.10 19/2003 8 4 0 0 11.9 35.2 2003
April 1.76 5.35 1999 0.03 1963 3.25 13/1967 9 4 1 0 8.1 25.5 1957
May 2.40 7.31 1957 0.06 1974 3.27 06/1973 10 5 1 1 1.6 13.7 1950
June 1.67 4.69 1967 0.03 2006 3.16 11/1970 8 4 1 0 0.0 0.8 1951
July 2.03 6.99 1998 0.15 2008 3.83 19/1997 9 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1949
August 1.70 5.85 1979 0.06 1960 3.81 19/2004 9 4 1 0 0.0 1.3 1951
September 1.13 4.67 1961 0.01 1956 1.44 28/1973 6 3 1 0 1.4 17.2 1971
October 1.01 4.17 1969 0.05 1962 1.58 18/1960 5 3 1 0 4.1 31.2 1969
November 0.80 2.67 1991 0.01 1949 0.95 20/1979 6 3 0 0 8.5 29.6 1991
December 0.58 2.84 1973 0.00 2002 2.00 24/1982 5 2 0 0 7.8 30.8 1973
Annual 15.37 23.84 1997 7.51 1954 3.83 19970719 87 38 7 2 58.0 112.0 1959
Winter 1.64 4.69 1974 0.43 1970 2.00 19821224 17 5 0 0 22.4 50.8 2007
Spring 5.38 12.53 1957 1.97 1954 3.27 19730506 27 13 3 1 21.6 49.4 1983
Summer 5.40 12.78 1997 1.52 1959 3.83 19970719 26 12 3 1 0.0 2.1 1951
Fall 2.94 6.46 1969 0.63 2003 1.58 19601018 17 8 1 0 14.0 36.9 1991
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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