Winter Returns Across the Northern Tier; Record Warmth for the Southwest

A large high pressure system will usher in cold air for this first day of March across the northern Plains, Great Lakes, Northeast and mid-Atlantic. Some wintry precipitation may evolve across the mid-Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic through Monday. Meanwhile, record warmth will spread across the Southwest, southern Plains through early this week. Read More >

CLIMATE REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO

344 PM MST SUN JAN 5 2014

...THE ALAMOSA CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010

CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1932 TO 2012

WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART

VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM

NORMAL

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TEMPERATURE (F)

RECORD

HIGH 96 07/05/1989

LOW -50 01/28/1948

HIGHEST 94 06/27

LOWEST -34 01/13 01/04

AVG. MAXIMUM 57.9 59.2 -1.3

AVG. MINIMUM 21.5 23.9 -2.4

MEAN 39.7 41.6 -1.9

DAYS MAX >= 90 4

DAYS MAX <= 32 65

DAYS MIN <= 32 239

DAYS MIN <= 0 69

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)

RECORD

MAXIMUM 11.55 1969

MINIMUM 3.40 1956

TOTALS 10.18 7.31 2.87

DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.02 0.01

DAYS >= .01 68

DAYS >= .10 27

DAYS >= .50 6

DAYS >= 1.00 1

GREATEST

24 HR. TOTAL 1.06 09/22 TO 09/22

SNOWFALL (INCHES)

RECORDS

TOTAL 69.1 1973

6.4 1934

24 HR TOTAL 15.8 12/13/1967 TO 12/13/1967

TOTALS 34.6 27.6 7.0

SINCE 7/1 25.6 10.3 15.3

SNOWDEPTH AVG. 1

DAYS >= TRACE 38 22.9 15.1

DAYS >= 1.0 8 9.3 -1.3

GREATEST

SNOW DEPTH 15 11/25

24 HR TOTAL 7.0 11/22 TO 11/22

DEGREE_DAYS

HEATING TOTAL 9232 8594 638

SINCE 7/1 3883 3637 246

COOLING TOTAL 113 52 61

SINCE 1/1 113 51 62

FREEZE DATES

RECORD

EARLIEST 08/09/2009

LATEST 07/02/1997

EARLIEST 09/24

LATEST 06/06

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WIND (MPH)

AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.5

RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 2/219

HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 44/210 DATE 12/04

HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 61/200 DATE 04/16

SKY COVER

POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM

AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.20

NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 274

NUMBER OF DAYS PC 76

NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 13

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 56

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH

THUNDERSTORM 48 MIXED PRECIP 1

HEAVY RAIN 11 RAIN 22

LIGHT RAIN 84 FREEZING RAIN 0

LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0

HEAVY SNOW 4 SNOW 12

LIGHT SNOW 38 SLEET 0

FOG 105 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 47

HAZE 58

- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.

R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.

MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.

T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

NOTE - TOTAL NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR/PC/CLOUDY 363 DUE TO ASOS OUTAGE

Graphical Temperature and Precipitation Comparison for 2013

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