CANYONLANDS THE NEEDLE, UTAH

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(421168) CANYONLANDS THE NEEDLE
From Year=1965 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 0.52 1.56 1980 0.00 1972 0.76 18/1980 4 2 0 0 3.6 19.8 1979
February 0.41 1.34 2003 0.00 1968 0.78 08/1966 4 2 0 0 2.1 13.0 1986
March 0.74 2.59 1985 0.01 1972 1.10 29/1985 6 3 0 0 2.7 24.0 1985
April 0.73 2.69 2004 0.00 1967 0.83 24/1988 5 2 0 0 0.5 9.5 1975
May 0.60 2.61 1995 0.00 1970 1.30 28/1996 5 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 1966
June 0.39 2.03 1969 0.00 1971 0.72 17/1969 3 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1966
July 0.86 2.27 1981 0.05 1994 0.98 24/1977 5 3 0 0 0.0 0.0 1965
August 1.06 3.03 1968 0.00 1985 1.10 08/1968 6 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1965
September 0.89 2.42 2002 0.00 1992 1.56 17/1999 6 3 0 0 0.0 0.0 1965
October 1.06 4.43 1972 0.01 1999 1.12 11/1986 5 3 1 0 0.2 3.0 1986
November 0.67 1.58 1987 0.00 1993 0.87 09/1998 4 2 0 0 1.3 12.2 1979
December 0.54 1.59 1966 0.00 1970 0.86 27/1966 4 2 0 0 3.5 13.0 1966
Annual 8.49 11.19 1969 4.25 1989 1.56 19990917 56 26 3 0 13.9 39.3 1975
Winter 1.47 3.03 1980 0.34 1971 0.86 19661227 12 6 0 0 9.2 24.5 1987
Spring 2.07 5.90 1995 0.36 1972 1.30 19960528 15 7 1 0 3.2 24.0 1985
Summer 2.31 5.54 1984 0.23 1978 1.10 19680808 14 7 1 0 0.0 0.0 1966
Fall 2.63 5.82 1972 0.26 1989 1.56 19990917 15 7 1 0 1.5 12.2 1979
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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