ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM, NEW MEXICO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(292848) ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM
From Year=1917 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 0.37 1.83 1941 0.00 1923 0.92 22/1980 3 1 0 0 0.8 8.3 1949
February 0.37 2.12 1948 0.00 1926 1.05 16/1937 2 1 0 0 0.2 3.5 1960
March 0.31 1.72 1919 0.00 1917 1.12 22/2000 2 1 0 0 0.2 5.0 1962
April 0.25 2.66 1931 0.00 1918 1.41 24/1946 2 1 0 0 0.0 2.0 1983
May 0.38 2.78 1992 0.00 1923 1.28 11/1949 2 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1948
June 0.58 2.41 1967 0.00 1922 1.68 29/1978 3 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1948
July 1.57 5.73 1999 0.01 2005 2.22 01/1981 8 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1948
August 2.04 6.11 1942 0.14 1938 2.05 16/1942 8 5 1 0 0.0 0.0 1948
September 1.38 4.20 1975 0.00 1955 2.64 15/1979 6 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1948
October 0.88 4.17 1972 0.00 1917 2.28 17/1985 4 2 0 0 0.1 7.5 1976
November 0.48 2.93 1978 0.00 1917 1.68 02/1986 2 1 0 0 0.5 19.0 1961
December 0.59 4.70 1991 0.00 1920 1.28 01/1962 3 2 0 0 1.0 21.0 1960
Annual 9.20 16.94 1986 3.77 1922 2.64 19790915 44 23 5 1 2.8 24.5 1960
Winter 1.33 5.77 1992 0.03 1930 1.28 19621201 8 4 1 0 2.0 21.0 1961
Spring 0.95 3.50 1992 0.00 1960 1.41 19460424 6 3 0 0 0.2 5.0 1962
Summer 4.19 10.42 1999 1.15 1924 2.22 19810701 19 10 2 1 0.0 0.0 1948
Fall 2.73 6.40 1986 0.09 1956 2.64 19790915 12 7 1 0 0.6 19.0 1961
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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