ROCKY FORD 2 SE, COLORADO

NCDC 1961-1990 Monthly Normals

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Mean Max. Temperature (F) 46.0 52.2 60.6 70.8 79.0 89.4 93.8 91.1 83.7 73.4 57.7 47.4 70.4
Highest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 60.1 61.2 71.7 78.4 85.0 94.6 97.8 95.7 89.5 79.5 64.1 57.0 72.6
Year Highest Occurred 1986 1976 1989 1981 1966 1990 1980 1983 1983 1963 1965 1980 1989
Lowest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 31.6 39.6 48.5 62.7 73.7 83.6 88.7 87.7 78.8 61.3 45.0 32.6 67.5
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1978 1965 1983 1983 1982 1990 1981 1973 1969 1972 1983 1985
Mean Temperature (F) 29.3 35.3 43.0 53.1 62.1 72.0 76.8 74.2 66.1 54.4 40.6 31.2 53.2
Highest Mean Temperature (F) 40.1 42.2 50.1 58.9 66.5 76.1 80.4 78.2 70.1 60.9 45.7 39.3 55.2
Year Highest Occurred 1986 1976 1989 1981 1989 1981 1966 1983 1983 1963 1988 1980 1981
Lowest Mean Temperature (F) 17.7 27.6 33.1 47.1 58.7 68.1 73.9 71.7 61.6 47.2 31.9 20.3 51.6
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1978 1969 1973 1983 1969 1990 1965 1965 1969 1972 1983 1961
Mean Min. Temperature (F) 12.5 18.3 25.4 35.3 45.2 54.4 59.8 57.1 48.5 35.3 23.5 14.9 35.9
Highest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 20.0 23.4 30.3 39.3 50.7 58.2 63.5 60.9 53.4 42.2 28.2 21.6 37.8
Year Highest Occurred 1986 1987 1974 1981 1977 1988 1966 1982 1990 1963 1988 1980 1986
Lowest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 2.2 11.9 16.8 30.4 40.8 51.1 56.7 54.3 44.2 30.9 18.5 8.0 33.6
Year Lowest Occurred 1963 1982 1969 1968 1968 1969 1961 1967 1965 1980 1975 1983 1968
Mean Precipitation (in.) 0.24 0.29 0.67 0.95 1.61 1.35 2.04 1.42 0.97 0.64 0.41 0.28 10.87
Highest Precipitation (in.) 0.85 1.04 2.01 2.99 3.67 5.74 5.26 4.66 3.11 1.85 1.88 0.87 18.49
Year Highest Occurred 1985 1987 1973 1983 1987 1965 1971 1977 1966 1969 1972 1979 1965
Lowest Precipitation (in.) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.06 0.59 0.16 0.05 0.01 0.00 0.00 6.14
Year Lowest Occurred 1977 1970 1977 1963 1966 1971 1980 1962 1983 1975 1966 1976 1964
Heating Degree Days (F) 1107. 832. 682. 363. 125. 7. 0. 0. 60. 333. 732. 1048. 5289.
Cooling Degree Days (F) 0. 0. 0. 6. 36. 217. 366. 285. 93. 0. 0. 0. 1003.

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