MESA VERDE NATL PARK, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(055531) MESA VERDE NATL PARK
From Year=1948 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 1.84 5.53 1957 0.00 1972 1.31 17/1978 8 5 1 0 20.0 64.4 1949
February 1.51 4.54 1993 0.00 1972 1.48 28/1997 7 4 1 0 15.0 38.6 1960
March 1.67 4.57 1995 0.03 1997 2.20 06/1995 8 5 1 0 14.3 46.5 1964
April 1.27 3.91 1986 0.00 1989 1.70 03/1986 6 3 1 0 5.6 21.8 1957
May 1.06 4.75 1992 0.00 1959 1.15 13/1965 6 3 1 0 0.7 12.5 1978
June 0.60 2.80 1949 0.00 1974 2.05 18/1949 4 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 1949
July 1.73 5.90 1969 0.00 1993 1.92 26/1957 9 5 1 0 0.0 0.3 1950
August 2.00 4.76 1955 0.09 1950 2.01 25/1982 10 5 1 0 0.0 0.0 1948
September 1.51 4.29 1970 0.00 1953 2.20 10/2003 7 4 1 0 0.0 1.6 1965
October 1.70 7.42 1972 0.00 1950 1.54 09/1961 6 4 1 0 1.6 15.2 1965
November 1.43 4.56 1986 0.00 1976 1.62 09/1998 6 4 1 0 7.8 26.5 1985
December 1.51 4.97 1966 0.01 1989 1.53 06/1966 7 4 1 0 15.3 52.2 1967
Annual 17.83 30.81 1957 9.46 1950 2.20 19950306 84 47 10 2 80.2 156.3 1949
Winter 4.86 12.14 1993 1.19 1981 1.53 19661206 22 13 3 0 50.2 123.9 1949
Spring 4.00 8.23 1957 0.90 1972 2.20 19950306 20 11 2 0 20.6 64.1 1975
Summer 4.33 9.40 1969 0.74 1962 2.05 19490618 23 11 2 0 0.0 0.3 1950
Fall 4.64 10.40 1986 0.62 1999 2.20 20030910 19 11 3 1 9.4 30.6 1991
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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