...2000 WEATHER SUMMARY...

JAN...THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 24.2 DEGREES...WHICH WAS   
      9.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  THIS WAS THE FIFTH WARMEST JANUARY  
      ON RECORD.  PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL...ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL 
      THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH TOTALED 3 INCHES AT ALAMOSA AND 5   
      INCHES AT MONTE VISTA. 
FEB...IT WAS ANOTHER WARM MONTH...WITH THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 6.9   
      DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION ONLY OCCURRED  
      ON ONE DAY. IT WAS THE EIGHTH WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD AND   
      THE SECOND DRIEST SINCE 1932.  
MAR...THE TEMPERATURE AND WATER EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION WERE ABOVE  
      NORMAL...BUT SNOWFALL WAS BELOW NORMAL. A WINTER STORM AT      
      THE END OF THE MONTH BROUGHT 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE      
      ALAMOSA AREA...AND 16 INCHES OF SNOW AROUND MONTE VISTA. 
APR...THE TEMPERATURE AND WATER EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION WERE AGAIN  
      ABOVE NORMAL...BUT ONLY 2/10THS OF AN INCH OF SNOW             
      FELL...COMPARED TO A NORMAL OF 4 INCHES. STRONG WINDS ON THE   
      18TH SPREAD A WILD FIRE OVER APPROXIMATELY 5000 ACRES NEAR THE 
      GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL MONUMENT. 
MAY...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 3.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...BUT     
      PRECIPITATION REMAINED WELL BELOW NORMAL. 
JUN...THE WARM DRY TREND CONTINUED.  THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE         
      WAS 1.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...AND PRECIPITATION WAS 0.13      
      INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 
JUL...IT WAS A MONTH FEATURING NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES...BUT VERY   
      DRY CONDITIONS...WITH ONLY ABOUT 1/3 OF AN INCH OF RAIN. 
AUG...THE TEMPERATURE WAS 2.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...WITH            
      PRECIPITATION JUST A BIT BELOW NORMAL.  
SEP...THE WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL PATTERN CONTINUED. 
OCT...THE TEMPERATURE WAS NORMAL FOR THE MONTH...AND A CONSIDERABLE  
      AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION FELL...1.26 INCHES...COMPARED TO A     
      NORMAL 0.70 INCHES. 
NOV...A COLD WEATHER PATTERN SETTLED IN...WITH THE TEMPERATURE MORE  
      THAN 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.  IT WAS THE SIXTH COLDEST         
      NOVEMBER ON RECORD. PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL. 
DEC...THE TEMPERATURE REBOUNDED TO AVERAGE 4.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. 
      IT WAS ANOTHER DRY MONTH WITH 25 PERCENT OF THE NORMAL         
      PRECIPITATION.

 
                        2000   STATISTICS
      AVG    AVG   MEAN   DEP FM  PCPN  SNOW   HTG DEG.  COOLG.DEG
      MAX    MIN          NORMAL                DAYS       DAYS 
JAN   42.9   5.4   24.2   + 9.5   0.23   3.5    1257        0 
FEB   48.3  10.3   29.3   + 6.9   0.02   0.2    1026        0 
MAR   51.1  16.0   33.5   + 1.2   0.52   6.3     968        0 
APR   63.5  25.5   44.5   + 3.4   0.60   0.2     607        0 
MAY   74.1  33.6   53.9   + 3.5   0.10    0      337        0 
JUN   80.2  40.9   60.6   + 1.2   0.54    0      124        0 
JUL   84.7  44.9.  64.8   - 0.1   0.37    0       25       27 
AUG   82.2  46.9   64.6   + 2.2   1.02    0       33       27 
SEP   76.7  36.2   56.5   + 1.7   0.23    0      249        0 
OCT   60.7  26.2   43.5     0.0   1.26    0      660        0 
NOV   40.9   8.2   24.6   - 5.3   0.05   0.5    1206        0 
DEC   40.3   3.2   21.8   + 4.3   0.11   1.8    1333        0

AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR   62.1    NORMAL 58.8 
AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR   24.8    NORMAL 23.4 
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR           43.5    NORMAL 41.1 
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS   89 ON MAY 29TH...JULY 22ND...AUGUST 9TH.
LOWEST  TEMPERATURE WAS   -9 ON JANUARY 7TH AND DECEMBER 19TH.

DAYS WITH MAX 90 OR HIGHER      0        NORMAL    1
DAYS WITH MAX 32 OR LOWER      15        NORMAL   36  
DAYS WITH MIN 32 OR LOWER     220        NORMAL  227 
DAYS WITH MIN ZERO OR LOWER    27        NORMAL   50

...PRECIPITATION...

TOTAL   5.05 INCHES                      NORMAL    7.57 INCHES 
MOST IN 24 HOURS WAS  0.61 INCHES        ON OCTOBER 23-24 
DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION  62   NORMAL   70 
DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS             93   NORMAL   46 
DAYS WITH HAIL                       0

SNOWFALL TOTAL FOR THE YEAR  12.5 INCHES NORMAL   37.4  INCHES 
MOST SNOW IN 24 HOURS WAS     5.3 INCHES MARCH 30-31 
GREATEST SNOW DEPTH WAS         5 INCHES ON MARCH 31

...WIND...

AVERAGE WIND SPEED   7.5   MPH           NORMAL    6.9  MPH 
PEAK WIND GUST       67    MPH FROM THE WEST...SEPTEMBER 8TH

DAYS WITH DENSE FOG     22               NORMAL      20
HEATING DEGREE DAYS   7825               NORMAL    8749 
COOLING DEGREE DAYS     27               NORMAL      62 
HIGHEST PRESSURE FOR THE YEAR   30.80 ON JANUARY 14
LOWEST  PRESSURE FOR THE YEAR   29.36 ON MARCH   20