MESA VERDE NP, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(055531) MESA VERDE NATL PARK
From Year=1922 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 1.77 5.53 1957 0.00 1972 1.78 06/2008 7 5 1 0 19.6 64.4 1949
February 1.66 4.54 1993 0.00 1972 1.87 09/1932 7 5 1 0 16.3 50.9 1936
March 1.72 6.66 1938 0.00 1934 2.20 06/1995 8 5 1 0 13.8 46.5 1964
April 1.30 7.31 1926 0.00 1989 1.72 01/1926 6 4 1 0 5.3 25.0 1926
May 1.07 4.75 1992 0.00 1959 1.15 10/1922 6 3 1 0 0.6 12.5 1978
June 0.60 3.89 1927 0.00 1924 2.05 18/1949 4 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 1924
July 1.73 5.90 1969 0.00 1993 1.92 26/1957 9 5 1 0 0.0 0.3 1950
August 2.03 5.16 1929 0.09 1950 3.30 03/1924 10 5 1 0 0.0 0.0 1924
September 1.63 4.66 1941 0.00 1953 2.20 10/2003 7 4 1 0 0.1 6.1 1936
October 1.59 7.42 1972 0.00 1950 2.15 13/1941 6 4 1 0 1.3 15.2 1965
November 1.29 4.56 1986 0.00 1932 1.62 09/1998 5 3 1 0 6.9 26.5 1985
December 1.62 4.97 1966 0.00 1930 1.60 12/1931 7 4 1 0 16.2 52.2 1940
Annual 18.00 30.81 1957 9.46 1950 3.30 19240803 81 48 10 2 80.2 156.3 1949
Winter 5.05 12.14 1993 1.19 1981 1.87 19320209 21 14 3 1 52.1 123.9 1949
Spring 4.09 11.02 1926 0.90 1972 2.20 19950306 19 12 2 0 19.7 64.1 1975
Summer 4.35 9.40 1969 0.74 1962 3.30 19240803 22 11 2 1 0.0 0.3 1950
Fall 4.51 10.40 1986 0.62 1999 2.20 20030910 18 11 3 1 8.3 30.6 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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