OURAY, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(056203) OURAY
From Year=1893 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 1.77 6.85 1895 0.35 1954 2.40 16/1895 10 6 1 0 24.4 57.6 1979
February 1.75 3.90 1987 0.33 1972 1.10 22/1968 10 6 1 0 23.2 50.0 1960
March 2.28 4.91 1984 0.52 1966 1.75 14/1944 11 7 1 0 25.9 51.6 1984
April 2.11 4.88 1990 0.41 1954 1.62 19/1990 10 6 1 0 14.4 60.5 1945
May 1.76 4.38 1995 0.04 1974 2.10 14/1982 9 5 1 0 3.2 16.6 1999
June 1.15 4.23 1969 0.00 1980 1.36 24/1969 7 3 0 0 0.3 5.1 1979
July 2.13 4.95 1981 0.39 1993 1.56 19/1893 12 7 1 0 0.0 0.0 1944
August 2.33 5.28 1982 0.28 1960 1.23 24/1982 15 8 1 0 0.0 0.0 1944
September 1.95 4.84 1985 0.10 1979 2.21 10/2003 10 6 1 0 0.3 7.2 1996
October 2.14 6.01 1969 0.04 1952 2.03 03/1996 8 5 1 0 5.7 35.7 1970
November 2.03 5.13 1986 0.21 1989 1.33 12/1978 8 6 1 0 20.6 47.0 1895
December 1.65 4.21 1983 0.44 1979 1.20 07/1966 9 5 1 0 22.2 71.5 1973
Annual 23.05 33.66 1984 14.62 1956 2.40 18950116 119 69 10 1 140.1 215.2 1975
Winter 5.16 13.01 1895 2.00 1981 2.40 18950116 29 17 2 0 69.8 141.6 1974
Spring 6.15 11.74 1995 2.60 2002 2.10 19820514 31 18 3 0 43.6 97.0 1945
Summer 5.61 9.12 1947 1.75 1960 1.56 18930719 34 18 2 0 0.3 5.1 1979
Fall 6.12 12.31 1970 1.70 1999 2.21 20030910 26 17 3 1 26.5 66.5 1970
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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