PORTALES, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(297008) PORTALES
From Year=1905 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 0.43 3.01 1987 0.00 1912 1.90 18/1987 2 1 0 0 2.1 9.9 2007
February 0.39 1.46 1905 0.00 1925 1.45 25/1912 3 1 0 0 2.3 12.9 1905
March 0.69 3.17 2007 0.00 1925 1.94 23/1919 3 2 0 0 1.0 10.5 2005
April 0.86 6.67 1915 0.00 1921 2.75 16/1915 3 2 1 0 0.2 2.2 1997
May 1.92 12.67 1914 0.00 2002 3.64 19/1914 6 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1905
June 2.33 7.55 1913 0.00 1917 5.00 12/1913 6 4 2 1 0.0 0.5 1951
July 2.66 12.17 1950 0.00 2003 4.36 23/1948 7 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1905
August 2.82 11.25 1954 0.07 1983 5.15 12/1952 8 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1905
September 2.01 7.66 1941 0.00 1953 2.88 15/1963 6 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1906
October 1.45 6.42 1998 0.00 1917 4.37 05/1919 4 3 1 0 0.2 4.0 1976
November 0.59 3.54 1978 0.00 1921 2.86 04/1978 3 1 0 0 0.7 9.0 1980
December 0.62 3.77 1911 0.00 1917 2.41 19/1911 3 2 0 0 2.9 22.0 1997
Annual 16.78 44.10 1941 7.50 1917 5.15 19520812 54 33 11 4 9.4 34.2 1978
Winter 1.44 5.48 1987 0.00 1934 2.41 19111219 8 4 1 0 7.3 24.9 1998
Spring 3.47 16.66 1941 0.03 2011 3.64 19140519 12 7 2 1 1.2 10.5 2005
Summer 7.81 16.25 1960 1.73 1947 5.15 19520812 21 14 5 2 0.0 0.5 1951
Fall 4.05 13.19 1941 0.50 1917 4.37 19191005 13 8 3 1 0.9 12.5 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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