CORTEZ GOLD MINE, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(261975) CORTEZ GOLD MINE
From Year=1968 To Year=1979
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 0.69 1.27 1973 0.14 1972 0.60 08/1975 6 3 0 0 2.4 7.3 1969
February 0.91 1.99 1973 0.06 1970 0.92 14/1979 6 3 0 0 5.9 15.0 1978
March 0.94 2.99 1978 0.03 1976 0.80 24/1975 6 3 0 0 0.9 5.0 1973
April 1.16 2.70 1978 0.19 1977 1.00 08/1976 8 4 1 0 2.0 14.5 1975
May 0.91 2.61 1971 0.07 1974 1.44 21/1971 6 3 0 0 1.4 8.0 1975
June 0.90 2.54 1970 0.00 1974 0.56 08/1972 5 3 0 0 0.0 0.0 1969
July 0.55 1.25 1970 0.00 1972 0.72 09/1970 3 2 0 0 0.0 0.0 1969
August 0.44 1.62 1977 0.00 1969 0.76 18/1977 3 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1969
September 0.89 3.87 1976 0.00 1974 1.19 14/1976 4 2 1 0 0.0 0.0 1969
October 0.77 2.11 1975 0.00 1977 1.09 28/1974 5 3 0 0 0.3 2.0 1972
November 0.70 1.92 1970 0.13 1976 0.69 06/1970 6 2 0 0 1.7 9.0 1973
December 0.84 1.60 1969 0.00 1976 0.76 23/1969 6 3 0 0 3.7 12.1 1968
Annual 9.71 13.36 1978 5.75 1974 1.44 19710521 64 32 3 0 18.2 33.5 1973
Winter 2.45 4.28 1978 0.68 1977 0.92 19790214 18 8 1 0 11.9 33.9 1969
Spring 3.00 6.15 1978 1.02 1969 1.44 19710521 20 10 1 0 4.3 7.0 1973
Summer 1.89 4.25 1970 0.37 1978 0.76 19770818 12 7 0 0 0.0 0.0 1969
Fall 2.37 4.24 1976 0.69 1977 1.19 19760914 15 7 1 0 2.0 9.0 1973
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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