BITTER LAKES WR, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(290992) BITTER LAKES WL REFUGE
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 0.38 2.15 1968 0.00 1951 0.95 21/1968 2 1 0 0 2.0 19.0 1982
February 0.43 1.96 1997 0.00 1954 1.43 05/1988 3 1 0 0 1.9 16.0 1988
March 0.46 2.68 2001 0.00 1954 2.04 08/2001 3 1 0 0 0.4 3.0 1968
April 0.49 4.33 2004 0.00 1956 3.15 04/2004 2 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1951
May 1.10 7.71 1992 0.00 1996 3.14 22/1992 4 2 1 0 0.0 0.0 1951
June 1.52 5.96 1978 0.00 1954 3.98 29/2004 4 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1951
July 2.17 7.75 1991 0.03 1963 3.90 10/1999 6 4 1 1 0.0 0.0 1951
August 2.10 7.19 1977 0.03 1973 2.80 12/1977 7 4 1 1 0.0 0.0 1951
September 1.71 5.68 1974 0.00 1951 4.11 26/1955 6 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1951
October 1.27 5.61 1983 0.00 1952 3.93 07/1954 4 3 1 0 0.1 4.0 1976
November 0.54 2.79 2004 0.00 1954 1.24 16/1991 3 1 0 0 0.7 11.8 1976
December 0.51 2.53 1991 0.00 1950 0.97 06/1969 3 2 0 0 1.8 19.5 1997
Annual 12.67 23.85 2007 3.11 1956 4.11 19550926 47 26 7 3 7.0 28.5 1982
Winter 1.32 4.81 1968 0.02 1959 1.43 19880205 8 4 1 0 5.8 29.0 1988
Spring 2.05 8.67 1992 0.00 2011 3.15 20040404 9 5 1 0 0.4 3.0 1968
Summer 5.78 13.70 1984 1.04 1964 3.98 20040629 17 10 4 2 0.0 0.0 1951
Fall 3.51 10.02 1974 0.48 1959 4.11 19550926 13 7 2 1 0.8 15.8 1976
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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