RIFLE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(057031) RIFLE
From Year=1910 To Year=2007
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 0.86 2.75 1957 0.00 1919 1.30 27/1978 7 3 0 0 11.0 36.7 1988
February 0.77 2.45 1996 0.05 1972 1.05 21/1996 7 3 0 0 7.6 35.6 1989
March 0.94 3.04 1985 0.09 1915 0.92 20/1912 7 3 0 0 3.7 25.0 1985
April 1.01 3.29 1999 0.08 1982 1.10 03/1934 7 3 0 0 0.8 9.0 1945
May 1.00 3.22 1979 0.00 1936 1.41 20/1916 6 3 0 0 0.0 0.0 1912
June 0.73 3.71 1984 0.00 1916 1.98 07/1984 4 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 1912
July 1.03 2.63 1989 0.02 1960 1.40 29/1989 6 3 0 0 0.0 0.0 1912
August 1.14 4.18 1957 0.10 1975 2.15 09/1930 7 4 0 0 0.0 0.0 1912
September 1.14 3.30 1986 0.00 1956 1.76 12/1988 6 4 0 0 0.0 0.0 1911
October 1.19 3.63 1969 0.00 1934 1.36 04/1914 6 3 1 0 0.5 5.5 1972
November 0.88 3.59 1985 0.00 1976 1.21 26/1919 6 3 0 0 3.7 28.0 1985
December 0.93 4.06 1951 0.02 1976 1.42 06/1966 7 3 0 0 11.1 50.9 1983
Annual 11.61 21.76 1985 6.90 1960 2.15 19300809 76 38 4 0 38.5 104.1 1985
Winter 2.56 5.84 1979 0.54 1931 1.42 19661206 20 9 1 0 29.8 77.0 1979
Spring 2.95 7.19 1985 0.70 1936 1.41 19160520 21 10 1 0 4.5 25.0 1985
Summer 2.89 8.20 1984 0.51 1962 2.15 19300809 18 9 1 0 0.0 0.0 1912
Fall 3.21 8.28 1985 0.59 1952 1.76 19880912 18 10 1 0 4.3 28.0 1985
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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