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 COLORADO SPRINGS CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2017...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2017
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 101 06/21/2016
06/26/2012
06/26/2012
LOW -27 02/01/1951
12/09/1919
HIGHEST 95 09/03
06/21
LOWEST -7 01/06
AVG. MAXIMUM 65.7 62.2 3.5
AVG. MINIMUM 38.6 35.8 2.8
MEAN 52.1 49.0 3.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 26
DAYS MAX <= 32 14
DAYS MIN <= 32 140
DAYS MIN <= 0 3
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 27.58 1999
MINIMUM 6.07 1939
TOTALS 18.44 16.54 1.90
DAILY AVG. 0.05 0.05 0.00
DAYS >= .01 96
DAYS >= .10 43
DAYS >= .50 12
DAYS >= 1.00 4
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.75 07/26 TO 07/27
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
MAXIMUM 96.4 1957
MINIMUM 11.4 2012
24 HR TOTAL 22.0 01/15/1987 TO 01/15/1987
SNOW DEPTH 20 10/26/1997
TOTALS 21.3 37.7 -16.4
SINCE 7/1 2.5 13.5 -11.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0
DAYS >= TRACE 53 29.2 23.8
DAYS >= 1.0 5 11.6 -6.6
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 5 04/04
24 HR TOTAL 5.5 04/03 TO 04/04
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 5234 6292 -1058
SINCE 7/1 2138 2572 -434
COOLING TOTAL 639 455 184
SINCE 1/1 639 455 184
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 09/01/1911
LATEST 06/18/1912
EARLIEST 10/08
LATEST 05/09
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/034
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 64/260 DATE 01/09
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 80/270 DATE 01/09
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 73
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 226
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 66
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 51
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 61 MIXED PRECIP 1
HEAVY RAIN 20 RAIN 39
LIGHT RAIN 121 FREEZING RAIN 2
LT FREEZING RAIN 4 HAIL 9
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 8
LIGHT SNOW 43 SLEET 2
FOG 103 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 27
HAZE 44
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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