ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(292848) ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM
From Year=1908 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 0.36 1.83 1941 0.00 1909 0.92 22/1980 2 1 0 0 0.8 8.3 1949
February 0.37 2.12 1948 0.00 1910 1.05 16/1937 2 1 0 0 0.3 3.5 1960
March 0.34 1.72 1911 0.00 1917 1.12 22/2000 2 1 0 0 0.3 5.0 1909
April 0.31 2.66 1931 0.00 1909 1.43 16/2010 2 1 0 0 0.0 2.0 1983
May 0.39 2.78 1992 0.00 1909 2.00 01/1916 2 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1910
June 0.58 2.87 1914 0.00 1915 1.68 29/1978 3 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1910
July 1.73 6.38 2008 0.01 2005 3.90 09/2008 8 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1910
August 2.01 6.11 1942 0.14 1938 2.05 16/1942 8 5 1 0 0.0 0.0 1909
September 1.36 4.20 1975 0.00 1955 2.64 15/1979 6 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1909
October 0.86 4.17 1972 0.00 1915 2.28 17/1985 4 2 0 0 0.1 7.5 1976
November 0.46 2.93 1978 0.00 1909 1.68 02/1986 2 1 0 0 0.4 19.0 1961
December 0.61 4.70 1991 0.00 1910 1.42 06/1912 3 2 0 0 1.3 21.0 1960
Annual 9.38 16.94 1986 3.77 1922 3.90 20080709 44 24 5 1 3.2 24.5 1960
Winter 1.34 5.77 1992 0.02 2009 1.42 19121206 7 4 1 0 2.3 28.5 1913
Spring 1.04 3.98 1916 0.00 1960 2.00 19160501 6 3 0 0 0.4 5.0 1915
Summer 4.33 10.42 1999 1.15 1924 3.90 20080709 19 10 2 1 0.0 0.0 1910
Fall 2.68 6.40 1986 0.09 1956 2.64 19790915 12 7 1 0 0.5 19.0 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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