January of 2017 started off cool and wet across south central and southeast Colorado with several bouts of a moist Pacific
jet stream bringing abundant snowfall to the Continental Divide and high mountain valleys, along with periods of high winds
to areas along the lee slopes of the Rampart Range and the Wet and Sangre de Cristo Mountains. February and most of March
were very warm and dry, especially across Eastern Colorado, with the end of March and April bringing abundant late season
snowfall to portions of the Southeast Mountains and Plains. May of 2017 started out where April ended, generally cool and
wet across most of south central and southeast Colorado, with several more strong and slow moving storm systems moving
across the state through out the rest of May. June of 2017 and the first half of July were very warm and dry across south
central and southeast Colorado, with the Summer Monsoon bringing abundant precipitation and cooler temperatures to the area
for the last half of July through the first half of August. The last half of August and the first half of September were
generally warm and dry, with a substantial weather pattern change bringing cool and wet weather to south central and
southeast Colorado through the end of September. October and especially November were very warm and generally
dry across south central and southeast Colorado, with December of 2017 another generally warm and dry month
across region.
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO
625 AM MST MON JAN 1 2018
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...THE ALAMOSA CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2017...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1932 TO 2017
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 96 07/05/1989
LOW -50 01/28/1948
HIGHEST 90 06/21
06/20
LOWEST -36 01/07
AVG. MAXIMUM 62.5 59.2 3.3
AVG. MINIMUM 26.9 23.9 3.0
MEAN 44.7 41.6 3.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 2
DAYS MAX <= 32 16
DAYS MIN <= 32 213
DAYS MIN <= 0 25
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 11.55 1969
MINIMUM 3.40 1956
TOTALS 10.69 7.31 3.38
DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.02 0.01
DAYS >= .01 75
DAYS >= .10 29
DAYS >= .50 3
DAYS >= 1.00 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.08 07/09 TO 07/09
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
MAXIMUM 69.1 1973
MINIMUM 6.4 1934
24 HR TOTAL 15.8 12/13/1967 TO 12/13/1967
TOTALS 32.4 27.6 4.8
SINCE 7/1 1.7 10.3 -8.6
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1
DAYS >= TRACE 40 22.9 17.1
DAYS >= 1.0 11 9.3 1.7
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 12 01/06
24 HR TOTAL 10.0 01/05 TO 01/06
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 7377 8594 -1217
SINCE 7/1 2985 3637 -652
COOLING TOTAL 76 52 24
SINCE 1/1 76 51 25
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 08/09/2009
LATEST 07/02/1990
EARLIEST 09/08
LATEST 06/08
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/205
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 45/280 DATE 06/22
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 59/280 DATE 06/30
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.20
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 296
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 55
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 14
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 57
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 36 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 11 RAIN 24
LIGHT RAIN 103 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1
HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 10
LIGHT SNOW 37 SLEET 0
FOG 79 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 21
HAZE 33
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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