CAPITAN, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(291440) CAPITAN
From Year=1909 To Year=2012
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 0.65 2.35 1936 0.00 1912 1.29 21/1926 4 2 0 0 6.7 26.0 1913
February 0.68 2.68 1987 0.00 1926 1.29 19/1987 4 2 0 0 6.2 30.3 1987
March 0.68 3.90 1926 0.00 1925 2.36 25/1941 4 2 0 0 3.4 15.9 1998
April 0.71 3.43 1915 0.00 1929 1.19 02/1977 3 2 0 0 1.2 14.0 1949
May 1.15 4.59 1937 0.00 1913 2.16 28/1937 4 3 1 0 0.2 5.0 1978
June 1.52 5.19 2000 0.00 1915 2.05 28/1920 6 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1910
July 3.17 7.15 2008 0.17 1947 2.67 06/1950 11 7 2 0 0.0 0.0 1909
August 2.99 6.73 1984 0.40 2009 2.01 13/1917 11 7 2 0 0.0 0.0 1910
September 2.36 10.71 1941 0.00 1951 4.81 28/1941 7 5 1 1 0.0 0.5 1913
October 1.00 4.22 1985 0.00 1913 1.50 01/1998 4 3 1 0 0.8 10.0 1976
November 0.53 3.24 1986 0.00 1909 1.33 03/1986 3 2 0 0 2.2 18.0 1961
December 0.76 3.12 1931 0.00 1917 1.10 10/1923 3 2 0 0 7.7 32.5 1923
Annual 16.20 30.74 1941 8.00 1963 4.81 19410928 63 40 10 2 28.4 80.8 1987
Winter 2.09 6.00 1987 0.16 2006 1.29 19260121 11 6 1 0 20.5 59.4 1987
Spring 2.54 7.72 1926 0.02 2011 2.36 19410325 11 7 1 0 4.8 16.4 1998
Summer 7.68 12.92 1984 2.72 1983 2.67 19500706 27 18 5 1 0.0 0.0 1910
Fall 3.88 13.41 1941 0.81 1951 4.81 19410928 14 9 2 1 3.0 18.0 1961
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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