CARLSBAD CAVERNS, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(291480) CARLSBAD CAVERNS
From Year=1930 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 0.47 2.37 1949 0.00 1950 1.20 21/1968 3 1 0 0 1.2 13.3 1949
February 0.46 2.44 1987 0.00 1930 1.08 22/1973 3 1 0 0 1.1 11.5 1973
March 0.42 3.59 1941 0.00 1935 1.16 05/1937 3 1 0 0 0.6 9.5 1969
April 0.63 5.81 1954 0.00 1939 4.55 25/1954 3 1 0 0 0.1 3.0 1963
May 1.40 10.91 1941 0.00 1998 3.55 31/1965 5 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1948
June 1.74 16.93 1986 0.00 1998 8.41 24/1986 6 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1948
July 1.95 5.96 1943 0.00 1932 3.08 19/1943 7 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1948
August 2.33 11.71 1966 0.10 1943 4.67 23/1966 7 4 1 1 0.0 0.0 1948
September 2.92 12.37 1978 0.00 1930 5.63 26/1980 7 4 2 1 0.0 0.0 1948
October 1.42 5.12 1954 0.00 1952 3.56 07/1954 5 3 1 0 0.1 4.0 1976
November 0.53 4.50 2004 0.00 1932 1.12 27/1968 3 1 0 0 0.4 8.0 1976
December 0.50 2.15 1997 0.00 1950 0.94 11/1982 3 2 0 0 1.7 21.0 1987
Annual 14.79 43.23 1941 4.47 1951 8.41 19860624 55 30 8 3 5.2 25.3 1987
Winter 1.43 4.50 1932 0.08 1967 1.20 19680121 9 4 1 0 4.0 26.0 1988
Spring 2.45 16.28 1941 0.17 2000 4.55 19540425 10 6 1 0 0.7 9.5 1969
Summer 6.02 19.61 1986 1.36 1951 8.41 19860624 20 12 3 1 0.0 0.0 1948
Fall 4.88 15.52 1941 0.25 1956 5.63 19800926 15 8 3 1 0.5 12.0 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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