FT CARSON BUTTS AAF, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(053002) FORT CARSON
From Year=1981 To Year=2003
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 0.30 1.05 1987 0.00 1986 0.61 14/1984 2 1 0 0 3.6 16.3 1987
February 0.22 1.33 1987 0.00 1991 0.43 26/1987 2 1 0 0 3.4 10.7 1987
March 0.85 2.03 1992 0.04 1981 1.30 16/1987 5 2 0 0 4.8 14.5 1998
April 1.11 4.62 1999 0.05 1996 2.37 30/1999 5 3 1 0 2.4 13.7 1998
May 1.82 3.97 1990 0.50 1993 2.96 10/1994 7 4 1 0 0.3 5.2 1990
June 1.64 3.97 1982 0.00 1985 2.13 10/1997 8 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1981
July 3.20 7.49 1996 0.79 1987 3.02 10/1996 8 5 2 1 0.0 0.0 1982
August 3.07 6.59 1981 0.11 2002 2.65 18/2000 10 6 2 1 0.0 0.0 1981
September 1.04 2.65 1997 0.02 1992 1.62 23/1997 5 2 1 0 0.1 0.7 1984
October 0.37 1.40 1990 0.00 1995 0.91 05/1994 3 1 0 0 1.6 25.3 1984
November 0.38 1.50 1991 0.00 1981 0.69 01/1986 3 1 0 0 3.8 32.4 1991
December 0.27 0.89 2000 0.00 1995 0.76 11/2000 3 1 0 0 3.4 9.5 1989
Annual 14.26 18.46 1982 14.61 1983 3.02 19960710 60 30 8 3 23.4 61.1 1984
Winter 0.78 2.70 1987 0.14 2003 0.76 20001211 7 3 0 0 10.4 30.3 1987
Spring 3.78 7.02 1985 2.46 2000 2.96 19940510 18 9 2 1 7.5 28.2 1998
Summer 7.91 12.85 1996 4.13 1988 3.02 19960710 26 14 5 2 0.0 0.0 1982
Fall 1.79 3.32 1990 0.83 2002 1.62 19970923 10 5 1 0 5.5 26.5 1984
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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