CARLSBAD CAVERN CITY AP, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(291475) CARLSBAD FAA AIRPORT
From Year=1942 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 0.34 1.63 1958 0.00 1954 0.93 21/1968 3 1 0 0 1.4 6.7 1997
February 0.40 1.91 1997 0.00 1943 1.20 12/1997 3 1 0 0 1.6 15.2 1956
March 0.40 2.63 2007 0.00 1954 2.32 23/2007 3 1 0 0 0.6 6.0 1989
April 0.46 4.01 2004 0.00 1960 2.16 03/2004 3 1 0 0 0.3 11.7 1983
May 1.19 5.33 1992 0.00 2002 3.94 22/1987 4 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1949
June 1.20 8.98 1986 0.00 1971 3.74 23/1986 4 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1949
July 1.80 5.90 2009 0.00 1966 2.90 20/1988 6 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1948
August 1.90 8.02 1966 0.06 1961 3.21 10/1984 7 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1948
September 2.30 9.23 1974 0.00 1956 3.33 20/1988 6 3 1 1 0.0 0.0 1948
October 1.06 3.99 1969 0.00 1952 2.81 03/1950 4 2 1 0 0.0 1.0 1976
November 0.51 4.52 2004 0.00 1942 1.53 15/2004 3 1 0 0 0.7 8.3 1976
December 0.48 3.60 1991 0.00 1950 1.03 13/1987 3 1 0 0 1.8 15.5 1997
Annual 12.04 25.48 1986 3.58 2011 3.94 19870522 49 25 7 2 6.4 27.4 1997
Winter 1.22 6.02 1992 0.00 2011 1.20 19970212 9 4 0 0 4.8 20.7 1987
Spring 2.05 6.50 2007 0.00 2011 3.94 19870522 10 5 1 0 0.9 11.7 1983
Summer 4.90 12.28 1986 0.68 2011 3.74 19860623 17 9 3 1 0.0 0.0 1949
Fall 3.87 13.43 1978 0.17 1956 3.33 19880920 13 7 2 1 0.7 9.3 1976
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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