...2000 WEATHER SUMMARY...
JAN...THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 24.2 DEGREES...WHICH WAS
9.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE FIFTH WARMEST JANUARY
ON RECORD. PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL...ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL
THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH TOTALED 3 INCHES AT ALAMOSA AND 5
INCHES AT MONTE VISTA.
FEB...IT WAS ANOTHER WARM MONTH...WITH THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 6.9
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION ONLY OCCURRED
ON ONE DAY. IT WAS THE EIGHTH WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD AND
THE SECOND DRIEST SINCE 1932.
MAR...THE TEMPERATURE AND WATER EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION WERE ABOVE
NORMAL...BUT SNOWFALL WAS BELOW NORMAL. A WINTER STORM AT
THE END OF THE MONTH BROUGHT 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE
ALAMOSA AREA...AND 16 INCHES OF SNOW AROUND MONTE VISTA.
APR...THE TEMPERATURE AND WATER EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION WERE AGAIN
ABOVE NORMAL...BUT ONLY 2/10THS OF AN INCH OF SNOW
FELL...COMPARED TO A NORMAL OF 4 INCHES. STRONG WINDS ON THE
18TH SPREAD A WILD FIRE OVER APPROXIMATELY 5000 ACRES NEAR THE
GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL MONUMENT.
MAY...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 3.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...BUT
PRECIPITATION REMAINED WELL BELOW NORMAL.
JUN...THE WARM DRY TREND CONTINUED. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 1.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...AND PRECIPITATION WAS 0.13
INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
JUL...IT WAS A MONTH FEATURING NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES...BUT VERY
DRY CONDITIONS...WITH ONLY ABOUT 1/3 OF AN INCH OF RAIN.
AUG...THE TEMPERATURE WAS 2.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...WITH
PRECIPITATION JUST A BIT BELOW NORMAL.
SEP...THE WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL PATTERN CONTINUED.
OCT...THE TEMPERATURE WAS NORMAL FOR THE MONTH...AND A CONSIDERABLE
AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION FELL...1.26 INCHES...COMPARED TO A
NORMAL 0.70 INCHES.
NOV...A COLD WEATHER PATTERN SETTLED IN...WITH THE TEMPERATURE MORE
THAN 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. IT WAS THE SIXTH COLDEST
NOVEMBER ON RECORD. PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL.
DEC...THE TEMPERATURE REBOUNDED TO AVERAGE 4.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
IT WAS ANOTHER DRY MONTH WITH 25 PERCENT OF THE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION.
2000 STATISTICS
AVG AVG MEAN DEP FM PCPN SNOW HTG DEG. COOLG.DEG
MAX MIN NORMAL DAYS DAYS
JAN 42.9 5.4 24.2 + 9.5 0.23 3.5 1257 0
FEB 48.3 10.3 29.3 + 6.9 0.02 0.2 1026 0
MAR 51.1 16.0 33.5 + 1.2 0.52 6.3 968 0
APR 63.5 25.5 44.5 + 3.4 0.60 0.2 607 0
MAY 74.1 33.6 53.9 + 3.5 0.10 0 337 0
JUN 80.2 40.9 60.6 + 1.2 0.54 0 124 0
JUL 84.7 44.9. 64.8 - 0.1 0.37 0 25 27
AUG 82.2 46.9 64.6 + 2.2 1.02 0 33 27
SEP 76.7 36.2 56.5 + 1.7 0.23 0 249 0
OCT 60.7 26.2 43.5 0.0 1.26 0 660 0
NOV 40.9 8.2 24.6 - 5.3 0.05 0.5 1206 0
DEC 40.3 3.2 21.8 + 4.3 0.11 1.8 1333 0
AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR 62.1 NORMAL 58.8
AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR 24.8 NORMAL 23.4
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR 43.5 NORMAL 41.1
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 89 ON MAY 29TH...JULY 22ND...AUGUST 9TH.
LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS -9 ON JANUARY 7TH AND DECEMBER 19TH.
DAYS WITH MAX 90 OR HIGHER 0 NORMAL 1
DAYS WITH MAX 32 OR LOWER 15 NORMAL 36
DAYS WITH MIN 32 OR LOWER 220 NORMAL 227
DAYS WITH MIN ZERO OR LOWER 27 NORMAL 50
...PRECIPITATION...
TOTAL 5.05 INCHES NORMAL 7.57 INCHES
MOST IN 24 HOURS WAS 0.61 INCHES ON OCTOBER 23-24
DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION 62 NORMAL 70
DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS 93 NORMAL 46
DAYS WITH HAIL 0
SNOWFALL TOTAL FOR THE YEAR 12.5 INCHES NORMAL 37.4 INCHES
MOST SNOW IN 24 HOURS WAS 5.3 INCHES MARCH 30-31
GREATEST SNOW DEPTH WAS 5 INCHES ON MARCH 31
...WIND...
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 MPH NORMAL 6.9 MPH
PEAK WIND GUST 67 MPH FROM THE WEST...SEPTEMBER 8TH
DAYS WITH DENSE FOG 22 NORMAL 20
HEATING DEGREE DAYS 7825 NORMAL 8749
COOLING DEGREE DAYS 27 NORMAL 62
HIGHEST PRESSURE FOR THE YEAR 30.80 ON JANUARY 14
LOWEST PRESSURE FOR THE YEAR 29.36 ON MARCH 20
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