RIO GRANDE RSVR, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Temperature

Station:(057050) RIO GRANDE RESERVOIR
From Year=1977 To Year=2012
Monthly Averages Daily Extremes Monthly Extremes Max. Temp. Min. Temp.
Max. Min. Mean High Date Low Date Highest
Mean
Year Lowest
Mean
Year >=
90 F
<=
32 F
<=
32 F
<=
0 F
F F F F dd/yyyy
or
yyyymmdd
F dd/yyyy
or
yyyymmdd
F - F - # Days # Days # Days # Days
January 34.0 -6.9 13.5 53 20/2000 -42 02/1979 19.4 2003 6.3 1979 0.0 12.8 30.8 23.8
February 36.4 -4.0 16.2 56 21/1995 -46 12/1980 23.4 1995 8.7 1980 0.0 8.7 27.9 18.5
March 41.8 5.7 23.8 64 18/2007 -31 04/1979 31.3 1999 15.8 1980 0.0 4.1 30.9 10.1
April 48.3 16.6 32.4 71 23/2012 -28 02/1979 40.6 2002 22.7 1983 0.0 1.6 29.9 1.8
May 58.4 26.7 42.5 82 31/2002 2 11/1979 47.6 2009 34.7 1980 0.0 0.1 26.9 0.0
June 69.1 33.3 51.2 86 18/1989 14 10/1979 57.1 2002 45.7 1979 0.0 0.0 11.5 0.0
July 74.6 39.6 57.1 90 01/2009 24 03/1980 60.8 2005 52.8 1980 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.0
August 72.1 38.4 55.3 87 22/2009 19 21/1980 58.8 1995 49.0 1980 0.0 0.0 3.5 0.0
September 66.2 32.0 49.1 84 29/2010 10 30/1984 53.1 2010 44.5 1985 0.0 0.0 15.8 0.0
October 56.4 23.2 39.8 84 01/2010 -3 31/1979 45.5 2003 29.1 1984 0.0 0.5 29.7 0.1
November 42.4 9.6 25.8 66 01/1999 -24 30/2004 34.2 1999 17.4 1992 0.0 4.8 29.8 6.3
December 34.1 -3.0 15.5 60 24/2005 -46 08/1978 24.3 1980 7.7 1978 0.0 12.3 30.8 19.8
Annual 52.8 17.6 35.2 90 20090701 -46 19781208 37.4 1989 31.6 1984 0.0 44.9 269.6 80.3
Winter 34.8 -4.6 15.1 60 20051224 -46 19781208 20.9 1981 8.4 1979 0.0 33.8 89.4 62.0
Spring 49.5 16.3 32.9 82 20020531 -31 19790304 38.3 1989 24.6 1980 0.0 5.8 87.7 11.9
Summer 72.0 37.1 54.5 90 20090701 14 19790610 58.3 2002 49.7 1980 0.0 0.0 17.1 0.0
Fall 55.0 21.6 38.2 84 20100929 -24 20041130 43.0 2005 33.6 1984 0.0 5.2 75.3 6.4
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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