BLUE MESA LAKE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(050797) BLUE MESA LAKE
From Year=1967 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 0.88 2.64 1974 0.00 2002 1.03 25/1969 7 3 0 0 13.7 39.8 1974
February 0.70 2.32 1993 0.00 1972 0.63 20/1993 6 3 0 0 12.1 47.3 1993
March 0.47 1.68 1995 0.01 2004 1.11 04/1992 5 2 0 0 5.9 22.4 1975
April 0.44 1.54 1995 0.00 1979 0.67 19/1990 5 1 0 0 2.9 13.0 1971
May 0.50 2.26 1995 0.00 1974 0.65 26/1973 5 2 0 0 0.4 4.0 1995
June 0.59 2.43 1969 0.00 1998 0.96 09/1997 5 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 1968
July 1.13 3.32 1977 0.00 2001 1.50 22/1977 9 3 0 0 0.0 0.0 1968
August 1.36 3.10 1999 0.24 1996 1.40 07/1987 10 4 0 0 0.0 0.0 1968
September 0.99 2.41 2003 0.00 1979 1.20 10/2003 7 3 0 0 0.1 2.0 1971
October 0.94 5.11 1969 0.00 2000 1.88 13/2004 6 3 1 0 1.6 28.2 1969
November 0.67 2.05 1986 0.00 1989 0.78 08/2002 6 2 0 0 5.5 22.5 1975
December 0.77 3.29 1983 0.01 1998 1.02 27/1981 7 3 0 0 12.3 69.3 1983
Annual 9.43 19.16 1969 4.77 2000 1.88 20041013 78 30 3 0 54.4 103.7 1983
Winter 2.34 5.16 1982 0.63 1977 1.03 19690125 20 8 1 0 38.0 94.3 1984
Spring 1.41 5.48 1995 0.25 2002 1.11 19920304 15 5 0 0 9.2 33.1 1995
Summer 3.08 7.18 1969 0.90 2000 1.50 19770722 24 9 1 0 0.0 0.0 1968
Fall 2.60 6.72 1969 0.48 2000 1.88 20041013 19 8 1 0 7.2 28.2 1969
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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