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

...................................

...THE PUEBLO CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2017...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2017

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             109   07/13/2003
 LOW              -31   02/01/1951

HIGHEST           103   07/19
LOWEST            -15   01/07

AVG. MAXIMUM     71.0              68.7     2.3
AVG. MINIMUM     38.3              35.3     3.0

MEAN             54.6              52.0     2.6

DAYS MAX >= 90     65
DAYS MAX <= 32     13
DAYS MIN <= 32    140
DAYS MIN <= 0       3

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        23.09   1957
 MINIMUM         3.94   2002

TOTALS          15.99             12.57    3.42

DAILY AVG.       0.04              0.03    0.01

DAYS >= .01        69
DAYS >= .10        39
DAYS >= .50         6
DAYS >= 1.00        3

GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.55   05/10 TO 05/11

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 MAXIMUM         72.4   1990
 MINIMUM          6.9   1977

 24 HR TOTAL     16.8   04/29/1990 TO 04/30/1990
                        04/01/1957 TO 04/02/1957

TOTALS           25.8              31.8    -6.0
SINCE 7/1         2.0              11.5    -9.5

SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0
DAYS >= TRACE      21              21.7    -0.7
DAYS >= 1.0         6               9.7    -3.7

GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         8   04/29
 24 HR TOTAL      8.4   04/28 TO 04/29

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    4693              5639    -946
 SINCE 7/1       2007              2363    -356
COOLING TOTAL    1027               897     130
 SINCE 1/1       1027               897     130

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     09/09/2001
 LATEST       06/02/1919
EARLIEST                        10/09
LATEST                          05/02
.................................................

WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.9
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION   0/010
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    59/010    DATE  03/24
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    75/360    DATE  03/24

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.20
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR          277
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             57
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         31

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     52

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             45     MIXED PRECIP               2
HEAVY RAIN               14     RAIN                      31
LIGHT RAIN              102     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       1
HEAVY SNOW                2     SNOW                       5
LIGHT SNOW               22     SLEET                      0
FOG                      75     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     12
HAZE                     30

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.