EL RITO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(292820) EL RITO
From Year=1933 To Year=2006
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 0.73 2.13 2005 0.00 2003 1.09 01/1974 5 2 0 0 7.8 21.1 1949
February 0.61 2.39 1948 0.00 1954 1.06 06/1989 5 2 0 0 6.3 31.5 1948
March 0.80 2.43 1941 0.00 1933 0.95 04/1946 5 3 0 0 4.9 22.0 1994
April 0.78 3.79 2004 0.00 1954 1.47 08/2004 5 2 0 0 1.5 17.0 1977
May 0.94 2.75 1941 0.00 1996 1.33 17/1952 6 3 0 0 0.0 0.0 1948
June 0.83 3.07 1966 0.00 1951 1.26 23/2002 5 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 1948
July 1.63 3.82 1969 0.20 1987 1.58 24/1994 10 5 1 0 0.0 0.0 1948
August 2.13 6.85 1967 0.20 1950 2.55 05/1999 11 6 1 0 0.0 0.0 1948
September 1.34 3.70 1934 0.00 1956 1.80 10/2003 7 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1948
October 1.11 4.33 1972 0.00 1952 1.48 14/1947 5 3 1 0 0.7 12.0 1986
November 0.75 2.88 1978 0.00 1942 1.21 07/1977 4 2 0 0 2.7 25.0 1975
December 0.59 2.18 1940 0.00 1963 0.91 13/1937 4 2 0 0 5.4 29.6 1983
Annual 12.23 21.90 1941 4.95 1956 2.55 19990805 73 36 5 1 29.4 59.7 1983
Winter 1.93 4.89 1941 0.30 1946 1.09 19740101 14 7 1 0 19.5 57.1 1993
Spring 2.51 6.23 1941 0.33 1996 1.47 20040408 16 8 1 0 6.4 25.8 1994
Summer 4.58 10.74 1967 1.45 1962 2.55 19990805 27 13 2 0 0.0 0.0 1948
Fall 3.21 6.76 1972 0.27 1956 1.80 20030910 16 9 2 0 3.5 25.0 1975
Table updated on Jul 28, 2006
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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