GREAT SAND DUNES NAT, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(053541) GREAT SAND DUNES N M
From Year=1950 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 0.42 1.91 2005 0.01 1971 0.85 30/2005 4 1 0 0 6.7 17.5 1963
February 0.36 1.41 1989 0.01 1970 0.70 20/1989 4 1 0 0 5.2 25.1 1989
March 0.75 2.64 2003 0.05 1966 1.30 04/1992 5 3 0 0 8.2 32.2 2003
April 0.92 3.82 2004 0.00 1963 1.41 03/2004 5 3 0 0 6.1 25.3 2009
May 1.07 3.83 1957 0.00 2004 1.95 18/1955 7 3 0 0 1.3 17.5 1999
June 0.82 4.32 1969 0.03 2011 1.14 30/1995 6 2 0 0 0.0 1.5 2001
July 1.85 5.01 1968 0.08 1951 2.80 28/2007 11 5 1 0 0.0 0.0 1951
August 1.99 5.14 1993 0.25 1985 1.45 06/1954 12 6 1 0 0.0 0.0 1951
September 1.21 3.87 1965 0.00 1953 2.10 29/1985 7 3 1 0 0.1 2.3 1971
October 0.87 2.57 1998 0.00 1952 1.22 20/1990 5 3 0 0 2.8 27.7 1969
November 0.47 2.19 1997 0.00 1967 1.18 28/1997 4 2 0 0 4.6 24.7 1997
December 0.38 1.34 2007 0.00 1970 0.80 15/1988 4 1 0 0 5.9 18.0 1961
Annual 11.12 20.14 1997 5.85 1951 2.80 20070728 75 34 4 1 41.0 78.0 1997
Winter 1.17 3.09 1989 0.06 1981 0.85 20050130 13 4 0 0 17.8 44.8 1989
Spring 2.74 6.44 1957 0.56 1966 1.95 19550518 18 9 1 0 15.7 36.6 1998
Summer 4.66 8.99 1969 1.28 1980 2.80 20070728 28 14 2 0 0.0 1.5 2001
Fall 2.55 6.58 1997 0.24 1966 2.10 19850929 16 7 1 0 7.5 32.0 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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