...1997 PUEBLO WEATHER...
 
1997 WAS A RELATIVELY COOL YEAR FOR PUEBLO...WITH ONLY MARCH AND SEPTEMBER
REPORTING ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.  THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR
WAS 50.2 DEGREES...WHICH IS 2.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.  SPRING MARKED THE
BEGINNING OF A WET YEAR FOR PUEBLO...HELPING THE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION REACH
AN AMOUNT 3 INCHES ABOVE THE 30 YEAR AVERAGE.  1997 WAS ALSO A SNOWY YEAR
FOR PUEBLO...WITH AN ANNUAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT NEARLY 14 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
 
                     ...1997 WEATHER SUMMARY...
 
.JANUARY...COOL AND DRY WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...PRECIPITATION AND
SNOWFALL. THE MONTH STARTED OFF WARM WITH A DAILY AND MONTHLY RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF 81 DEGREES ON THE 2ND...AND A DAILY RECORD HIGH ON THE 3RD.
HOWEVER...THE MONTH COOLED RAPIDLY AND THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF THE
YEAR...-11 DEGREES...WAS RECORDED ON THE 12TH.
.FEBRUARY...COOL AND WET WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL.
.MARCH...WARMER AND DRY WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL.
.APRIL...A COLD APRIL WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE 8 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL. WET WITH ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL...AND THE MOST
PRECIPITATION TO FALL IN 24 HOURS OVER THE ENTIRE YEAR WAS 1.27 INCHES ON
THE 23RD AND 24TH.
.MAY...COOL AND DRY WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION.  THE
START OF THE GROWING SEASON WAS MARKED WITH THE LAST FREEZE ON THE 3RD.
.JUNE...COOL AND WET WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION. WINDY WITH A PEAK GUST OF 59 MPH FROM THE NORTH ON THE 20TH.
.JULY...COOLER THAN USUAL AND DRY WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE OF THE YEAR WAS 102
DEGREES REPORTED ON THE 17TH. ALSO WINDY WITH A PEAK GUST OF 59 MPH FROM
THE SOUTHEAST ON THE 7TH.
.AUGUST...COOL AND WET WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE AVERAGE
PRECIPITATION.
.SEPTEMBER...AN AVERAGE SEPTEMBER WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
PRECIPITATION.
.OCTOBER...COLD AND WET WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL. THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON WAS MARKED WITH
THE FIRST FREEZE ON THE 18TH. THE GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL WAS 8.1 INCHES
ON THE 24TH AND 25TH...AND THE GREATEST SNOW DEPTH ON THE GROUND WAS 8
INCHES ON THE 25TH AND 26TH.
.NOVEMBER...COLD AND WET ONCE AGAIN WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL.
.DECEMBER...COLD AND SNOWY WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...NEAR NORMAL
PRECIPITATION...AND ABOVE NORMAL SNOWFALL.
 
     AVG   AVG   MEAN   DEP FM         PCPN   SNOW   HEAT DEG   COOL DEG
     MAX   MIN          NORMAL                       DAYS       DAYS
JAN  45.0  10.9  27.9   MINUS   1.9     .17    4.8     1139          0
FEB  48.0  15.4  31.7   MINUS   3.4     .42    6.3      925          0
MAR  64.3  21.8  43.1    PLUS   1.4     .26    3.2      672          0
APR  59.5  28.0  43.8   MINUS   8.0    2.29    7.3      633          0
MAY  75.5  40.8  58.2   MINUS   2.9     .53      0      211          7
JUN  86.2  52.8  69.5   MINUS   1.5    2.02      0       11        152
JUL  93.5  56.4  75.0   MINUS   2.1     .80      0        0        314
AUG  86.7  57.3  72.0   MINUS   2.3    4.13      0        3        229
SEP  81.8  51.2  66.5    PLUS    .7     .96      0       58        112
OCT  68.0  31.8  49.9   MINUS   3.7     .86    8.2      466          8
NOV  49.3  20.5  34.9   MINUS   5.6    1.53   10.6      898          0
DEC  40.9  18.0  29.5   MINUS   1.6     .38    5.2     1092          0
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MEAN 66.6  33.7  50.2         TOTALS  14.35   45.6     6108        822
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...TEMPERATURE...
 
AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR  66.6 ....  NORMAL 68.6 DEGREES
AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR  33.7 ....  NORMAL 36.8 DEGREES
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR  50.2 ............  NORMAL 52.5 DEGREES
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 102 ON THE 17TH OF JULY
LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 11 BELOW ZERO ON THE 12TH OF JANUARY
 
DAYS WITH MAX 90 OR HIGHER   57 ...................  NORMAL  65
DAYS WITH MAX 32 OR LOWER    23 ...................  NORMAL  18
DAYS WITH MIN 32 OR LOWER   181 ...................  NORMAL 156
DAYS WITH MIN ZERO OR LOWER   9 ...................  NORMAL  10
 
...PRECIPITATION...
 
TOTAL  14.35 INCHES ...............................  NORMAL 11.19 INCHES
ALL TIME ANNUAL AVERAGE DATING TO JUNE 27 1888 ....  11.81 INCHES
DAYS WITH MEASUREABLE PRECIPITATION  89 ...........  NORMAL 69
MOST IN 24 HOURS WAS 1.27 INCHES ON THE 23RD AND 24TH OF APRIL
 
DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS  42 .......................  NORMAL 40
DAYS WITH HAIL  2
 
SNOWFALL TOTAL FOR THE YEAR  45.6 INCHES ..........  NORMAL 31.8
DAYS OF ONE INCH OF SNOWFALL OR MORE  15 ..........  NORMAL 9
MOST SNOW IN 24 HOURS WAS 8.1 INCHES ON THE 24TH AND 25TH OF OCTOBER
GREATEST SNOW DEPTH WAS 8 INCHES ON THE 25TH AND 26TH OF OCTOBER
 
...WIND...
 
AVERAGE SPEED  6.9 MPH ............................  NORMAL 8.4 MPH
PEAK GUST  59 MPH FROM THE NORTH ON JUNE 20TH AND THE SOUTHEAST ON JULY 7TH
 
DAYS WITH HEAVY FOG  17 ...........................  NORMAL    9
HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE YEAR  6108 ............  NORMAL 5413
COOLING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE YEAR   822 ............  NORMAL  973
 
HIGHEST PRESSURE FOR THE YEAR 30.73 INCHES ON THE 24TH OF FEBRUARY
LOWEST PRESSURE FOR THE YEAR 29.09 INCHES ON THE 4TH OF APRIL
 
...RECORDS IN 1997...
 
16 NEW TEMPERATURE RECORDS SET               7 TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED
3 NEW PRECIPITATION RECORDS SET              4 NEW SNOWFALL RECORDS SET