DINOSAUR NATL MONUMENT, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(052286) DINOSAUR NATL MONUMENT
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 0.64 1.80 1993 0.00 2001 0.81 21/2000 6 2 0 0 9.2 27.3 1993
February 0.56 1.36 1980 0.00 2002 0.68 26/1969 5 2 0 0 6.6 22.9 1989
March 0.88 3.36 1979 0.03 2003 1.33 28/1993 6 3 0 0 5.9 26.9 1976
April 1.17 3.44 1999 0.18 1982 1.20 20/2001 7 4 1 0 3.5 16.6 1974
May 1.30 3.70 1992 0.00 1969 1.03 27/1992 8 4 1 0 0.7 7.7 1975
June 1.06 4.34 1969 0.02 1980 1.35 17/1998 6 3 1 0 0.2 8.0 1974
July 1.01 2.45 1985 0.05 1994 1.07 30/1998 6 3 0 0 0.0 0.0 1965
August 0.89 3.26 1968 0.00 1985 1.98 02/1968 6 3 0 0 0.0 0.0 1965
September 1.24 3.34 1997 0.01 1979 1.54 19/1997 7 3 1 0 0.2 10.0 1965
October 1.46 4.33 1981 0.00 1988 1.61 04/1998 6 4 1 0 1.6 13.0 1971
November 0.80 2.58 1983 0.00 1976 0.83 08/1983 5 3 0 0 4.7 24.0 1983
December 0.62 1.93 1966 0.06 1976 0.72 27/1984 5 2 0 0 8.3 28.7 1972
Annual 11.64 17.05 1983 5.94 1989 1.98 19680802 73 35 5 1 41.1 91.7 1975
Winter 1.83 3.76 1993 0.37 2006 0.81 20000121 16 7 0 0 24.2 57.3 1969
Spring 3.35 5.80 1993 0.95 1989 1.33 19930328 20 10 1 0 10.0 37.3 1975
Summer 2.96 6.27 1969 0.48 1971 1.98 19680802 18 8 1 0 0.2 8.0 1974
Fall 3.50 6.61 2004 1.01 1999 1.61 19981004 18 10 2 0 6.6 24.0 1983
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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