GUNNISON 3 SW, COLORADO

NCDC 1971-2000 Monthly Normals

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Monthly
Mean Max. Temperature (F) 25.3 30.9 42.4 53.8 64.7 75.2 79.8 77.8 70.9 60.3 42.7 29.3 54.4
Highest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 39.3 42.3 51.7 62.4 70.7 81.4 83.8 81.0 76.4 65.4 50.7 43.3 83.8
Year Highest Occurred 1981 1977 1999 1992 1996 1990 1989 1995 1979 1991 1999 1980 1989
Lowest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 6.9 15.9 30.4 43.4 58.6 70.9 75.6 74.5 66.0 50.4 32.9 18.2 6.9
Year Lowest Occurred 1984 1974 1984 1984 1995 1984 1992 1999 1986 1984 1992 1978 1984
Mean Temperature (F) 9.6 15.2 28.2 37.7 47.3 55.7 61.1 59.3 51.6 41.0 26.7 13.6 37.3
Highest Mean Temperature (F) 20.5 25.2 36.3 43.8 51.1 59.3 64.3 62.9 56.6 44.7 31.0 26.7 64.3
Year Highest Occurred 1981 1995 1990 1989 1996 1988 1998 1994 1990 1988 1981 1980 1998
Lowest Mean Temperature (F) -6.1 -1.3 18.8 30.4 43.7 51.6 58.1 55.1 47.8 36.2 19.6 2.8 -6.1
Year Lowest Occurred 1984 1974 1984 1984 1975 1975 1992 1976 1975 1976 2000 1978 1984
Mean Min. Temperature (F) -6.1 -0.5 13.9 21.6 29.8 36.1 42.3 40.8 32.2 21.6 10.6 -2.1 20.0
Highest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 5.1 13.2 21.5 27.6 32.6 41.0 48.1 45.8 38.1 31.1 16.3 10.1 48.1
Year Highest Occurred 1980 1986 1990 1990 1997 1988 1998 1994 1997 1972 1996 1980 1998
Lowest Mean Min. Temperature (F) -19.1 -18.6 3.6 16.5 26.3 31.5 38.6 34.0 25.8 11.3 2.2 -13.9 -19.1
Year Lowest Occurred 1984 1974 1976 1975 1975 1975 1979 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1984
Mean Precipitation (in.) 0.77 0.60 0.54 0.63 0.82 0.60 1.24 1.70 0.99 0.73 0.57 0.76 9.95
Highest Precipitation (in.) 2.38 1.21 1.86 2.29 1.64 1.52 3.25 3.61 2.35 2.10 1.58 3.10 3.61
Year Highest Occurred 1979 1989 1995 1996 1995 1995 1981 1971 1990 1998 1983 1997 1971
Lowest Precipitation (in.) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.06 0.02 0.15 0.14 0.02 0.09 0.01 0.00 0.00
Year Lowest Occurred 1991 1972 1977 1979 1974 1980 1979 1985 1978 1992 1989 1990 1991
Heating Degree Days (F) 1718. 1396. 1143. 819. 551. 283. 135. 187. 404. 746. 1150. 1595. 10127.
Cooling Degree Days (F) 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 3. 12. 11. 0. 0. 0. 0. 26.

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