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 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
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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.
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