BITTER LAKES WL REFUGE, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(290992) BITTER LAKES WL REFUGE
From Year=1950 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 0.39 2.15 1968 0.00 1951 0.95 21/1968 2 1 0 0 2.0 19.0 1982
February 0.44 1.96 1997 0.00 1954 1.43 05/1988 2 1 0 0 2.0 16.0 1988
March 0.45 2.68 2001 0.00 1954 2.04 08/2001 3 1 0 0 0.4 3.0 1968
April 0.51 4.33 2004 0.00 1956 3.15 04/2004 2 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1951
May 1.06 7.71 1992 0.00 1996 3.14 22/1992 4 2 1 0 0.0 0.0 1951
June 1.52 5.96 1978 0.00 1954 3.98 29/2004 4 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1951
July 2.07 7.75 1991 0.03 1963 3.90 10/1999 6 3 1 1 0.0 0.0 1951
August 2.06 7.19 1977 0.03 1973 2.80 12/1977 7 4 1 1 0.0 0.0 1951
September 1.69 5.68 1974 0.00 1951 4.11 26/1955 6 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1951
October 1.28 5.61 1983 0.00 1952 3.93 07/1954 4 3 1 0 0.1 4.0 1976
November 0.57 2.79 2004 0.00 1954 1.24 16/1991 3 1 0 0 0.6 11.8 1976
December 0.49 2.53 1991 0.00 1950 0.97 06/1969 3 1 0 0 1.9 19.5 1997
Annual 12.54 23.72 1986 3.11 1956 4.11 19550926 45 26 7 3 7.0 28.5 1982
Winter 1.32 4.81 1968 0.02 1959 1.43 19880205 7 4 1 0 5.9 29.0 1988
Spring 2.02 8.67 1992 0.13 1996 3.15 20040404 8 5 1 0 0.4 3.0 1968
Summer 5.65 13.70 1984 1.04 1964 3.98 20040629 17 10 3 1 0.0 0.0 1951
Fall 3.54 10.02 1974 0.48 1959 4.11 19550926 13 7 2 1 0.7 15.8 1976
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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