Annual Summary 1997 -- Alamosa, CO

...ALAMOSA 1997 WEATHER...

JAN..THE YEAR STARTS OFF WARM AND WET WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE 1.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL..PRECIPITATION OF .33
INCHES IS ABOVE NORMAL BUT 3.6 INCHES OF SNOW IS BELOW
NORMAL (4.5 INCHES).
FEB..REALLY A WET MONTH AS 14.6 INCHES OF SNOW IS RECORDED..
NORMAL IS 4.6 INCHES. PRECIPITATION OF 1.04 INCHES IS WELL
ABOVE NORMAL OF .29 INCHES.
MAR..DRY AND WARM AROUND THE VALLEY WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE 2.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. ONLY .04 PRECIPITATION
THIS MONTH (NORMAL IS .45) AND ONLY 2.3 INCHES OF SNOW WHICH
IS WAY BELOW THE NORM OF 7.0 INCHES.
APR..TEMPERATURES FALL WITH THE MONTHLY AVERAGE 3.3 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL. DRY WITH ONLY .17 PRECIPITATION (.49 NORMAL) AND
ONLY 2.0 INCHES OF SNOW..NORMAL IS 4.0 INCHES.
MAY..TEMPERATURES RUN JUST ABOUT NORMAL FOR A DRY MONTH WITH ONLY
.51 INCHES OF MOISTURE..NORMAL IS .64. SNOWFALL BELOW THE
NORM TOO..NO SNOW AT ALL THIS MONTH..NORMAL IS 1.8 INCHES.
JUN..TEMPERATURES JUST ABOUT NORMAL FOR ANOTHER MONTH. A LITTLE
WET THOUGH WITH .79 PRECIPITATION...NORMAL IS .67.
JUL..COOL AS THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE DROPS TO 2.3 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL. ONLY .92 INCHES OF MOISTURE IS BELOW THE 1.19
NORMALLY RECEIVED.
AUG..MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AGAIN BACK TO ALMOST NORMAL.
MOISTURE ONLY TOTALS .92 INCHES V/S NORMAL OF 1.12 IN SPITE
OF HAVING THUNDERSTORMS ON 21 DAYS OF THE MONTH. (NORMAL IS
11 DAYS.)
SEP..WARM AIR RETURNS AND BRINGS THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
3.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. LOTS OF MOISTURE AS 1.69 INCHES IS
RECORDED THIS MONTH V/S A NORMAL OF .89. THUNDERSTORMS ON
12 DAYS THIS MONTH..NORMAL IS 5.
OCT..AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE IS 1.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL..
PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH ALSO BELOW NORMAL.
NOV..COOL WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE 2.4 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL. PRECIPITATION OF .54 IS .11 ABOVE NORMAL AND 5.6
5.6 INCHES OF SNOW IS ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 4.5 INCHES.
DEC..COLD AND DRY WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...
PRECIPITATION...AND SNOWFALL.

AVG HI AVG LOW AVG HIGH LOW DEGREE DAYS RAIN SNOW
1997 TEMP TEMP TEMP DATE DATE COOL HEAT
JAN 32.4 -0.5 16.0 56/3RD -22/7TH 0 1512 .33 3.6
FEB 38.0 6.6 22.3 51/18TH -10/22ND 0 1186 1.04 14.6
MAR 54.0 15.8 34.9 72/21ST -7/1ST 0 924 .04 2.3
APR 54.3 21.3 37.8 67/20TH 5/12TH 0 811 .32 2.0
MAY 67.8 33.3 50.6 81/31ST 17/3RD 0 441 .51 0
JUN 77.3 40.9 59.1 85/22ND 35/11TH 0 169 .79 0
JUL 81.0 44.1 62.6 88/15TH 30/2ND 5 74 .91 0
AUG 78.7 46.6 62.7 84/29TH 39/15TH 17 80 .92 0
SEP 74.2 41.5 57.9 82/2ND 33/24TH 0 209 1.69 0
OCT 61.0 24.0 42.5 77/5TH 6/26TH 0 691 .43 1.3
NOV 42.9 12.1 27.5 61/4TH -5/30TH 0 1119 .54 5.6
DEC 24.4 -7.1 8.6 34/30TH -23/26TH 0 1738 .19 4.1

AVG 57.2 23.2 40.2 TOTALS 22 8954 7.71 33.5
NORML 58.8 23.4 41.1

TEMPERATURES..HIGHEST 88 ON JULY 15TH
LOWEST -22 ON JAN. 7TH

LAST FREEZE DATE...MAY 27TH
FIRST FREEZE DATE..OCT. 4TH 130 FREEZE FREE DAYS

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: NORMAL
HIGH TEMPERATURE 90 DEG. OR HIGHER.. 0 1
HIGH TEMPERATURE 32 DEG. OR LOWER...60 36

LOW TEMPERATURE 32 DEG. OR LOWER....216 227
LOW TEMPERATURE 0 DEG. OR LOWER.... 56 50

DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS...77 DAYS WITH HAIL..1
DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION...76

PEAK WIND GUST..SOUTHWEST 55 MPH ON APRIL 5TH