EL RITO, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(292820) EL RITO
From Year=1927 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 0.70 2.13 2005 0.00 1928 1.09 01/1974 5 2 0 0 7.4 21.1 1949
February 0.60 2.39 1948 0.00 1954 1.06 06/1989 5 2 0 0 6.1 31.5 1948
March 0.78 2.43 1941 0.00 1933 0.95 04/1946 5 3 0 0 4.8 22.0 1994
April 0.79 4.00 2011 0.00 1954 2.00 07/2011 4 2 0 0 1.4 17.0 1977
May 1.00 2.88 1929 0.00 1996 2.00 01/2011 6 3 0 0 0.0 0.0 1929
June 0.79 3.07 1966 0.00 1929 1.26 23/2002 5 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 1928
July 1.63 3.82 1969 0.20 1987 1.81 12/2008 10 5 1 0 0.0 0.0 1928
August 2.06 6.85 1967 0.20 1950 2.88 18/1929 11 6 1 0 0.0 0.0 1928
September 1.35 3.70 1934 0.00 1956 1.83 13/2011 7 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1928
October 1.08 4.33 1972 0.00 1927 1.48 14/1947 5 3 1 0 0.8 12.0 1986
November 0.70 2.88 1978 0.00 1932 1.21 07/1977 4 2 0 0 2.7 25.0 1975
December 0.65 2.68 2007 0.00 1963 0.91 13/1937 4 2 0 0 5.9 29.6 1983
Annual 12.13 21.90 1941 4.95 1956 2.88 19290818 70 36 5 1 29.1 59.7 1983
Winter 1.96 5.33 2008 0.30 1946 1.09 19740101 14 7 1 0 19.4 57.1 1993
Spring 2.57 7.20 2011 0.33 1996 2.00 20110407 15 7 1 0 6.2 25.8 1994
Summer 4.47 10.74 1967 0.71 2012 2.88 19290818 26 13 2 0 0.0 0.0 1928
Fall 3.14 6.76 1972 0.27 1956 1.83 20110913 15 9 2 0 3.4 25.0 1975
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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