Annual Summary 1997 -- Colorado Springs, CO

...COLORADO SPRINGS 1997 WEATHER...

JAN..THE YEAR STARTS OFF WITH SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES
AND PRECIPITATION..BUT SNOWFALL NEAR 3 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
FEB..THE TREND CONTINUES WITH TEMPERATURES..PRECIPITATION AND
SNOWFALL ALL BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
MAR..NORMALLY OUR SNOWIEST MONTH, THIS YEAR ONLY 2.4 INCHES OF
SNOW V/S 12.1 NORMAL. WARMER ALSO WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE 3.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
APR..A COMPLETE REVERSAL FROM MARCH AS THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMP-
ERATURE DROPS TO ALMOST 7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. APRIL HAS
JUST BECOME THE SNOWIEST MONTH WITH 12.3 INCHES OF SNOW V/S
THE NORMAL 4.5 INCHES. PRECIPITATION ALMOST 4 TIMES THE
NORMAL OF.94 INCHES AS WE RECEIVE 3.30 INCHES.
MAY..COOL MONTHLY TEMPERATURES AGAIN WITH THE AVERAGE 1.6 DEGREES
BELOW NAORMAL. PRECIPITATION ALMOST 1 INCH UNDER NORMAL AND
"WHAT SNOW" AS WE GET ONLY A TRACE..NORMAL IS 2.5 INCHES.
JUN..AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO BE COOL WITH THE
AVERAGE 0.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. 5.44 INCHS OF MOISTURE
IS ALMOST DOUBLE THE NORMAL OF 2.25.
JUL..NORMALLY OUR WARMEST MONTH..THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
IS 0.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. PRECIPITATION TOTALS 4.63 FOR
THE MONTH..NORMAL IS 2.90.
AUG..STILL ON THE COOL SIDE WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
1.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. RAINFALL OF 4.70 INCHES EXCEEDS
THE NORMAL OF 3.02 INCHES.
SEP..AFTER 5 MONTHS..THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WINDS UP
1.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. 1.78 INCHES OF RAIN IS STILL
ABOVE NORMAL..1.33 INCHES.
OCT..THE COOL TREND CONTINUES ANEW WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE 1.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. PRECIPITATION OF
.98 IS JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. WATCH OUT FOR THE SNOW
THOUGH AS A WHOPPING 19.9 INCHES OF SNOW FALLS IN THE CITY..
NORMAL SNOWFALL IS 2.8 INCHES.
NOV..THE MONTHS AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS 4.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
IN SPITE OF EL NINO..ONLY .22 INCHES OF MOISTURE (.47 IS
NORMAL) AND 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW V/S 5.3 NORMALLY.
DEC..A MILD AND DRY DECEMBER WITH SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL.

AVG HI AVG LOW AVG HIGH LOW DEGREE DAYS RAIN SNOW
1997 TEMP TEMP TEMP DATE DATE COOL HEAT
JAN 39.1 15.1 27.1 73/2ND -13/12TH 0 1167 .25 9.3
FEB 41.7 18.7 30.2 64/17TH 8/23RD 0 967 .18 3.4
MAR 56.6 24.8 40.7 73/20TH 7/5TH 0 747 .34 2.4
APR 51.6 27.4 39.5 75/19TH 7/12TH 0 758 3.29 12.3
MAY 66.3 41.2 53.8 80/17TH 28/3RD 0 341 1.21 T
JUN 76.9 51.7 64.3 91/31ST 47/16TH 55 70 5.44 0
JUL 85.4 55.5 70.5 95/15TH 47/6TH 182 6 4.63 0
AUG 78.4 55.7 67.1 88/28TH 50/12TH 101 28 4.70 0
SEP 74.5 49.8 62.2 86/18TH 39/28TH 33 111 1.78 0
OCT 62.2 34.8 48.5 80/2ND 15/25TH 0 505 .98 19.9
NOV 45.2 21.8 33.5 68/7TH 0/15TH 0 937 .22 3.5
DEC 41.9 19.1 30.5 63/15TH 10/28TH 0 1060 .10 1.8

AVG 60.0 34.6 47.3 TOTALS 371 6697 23.12 52.6
NORML 61.6 35.4

TEMPERATURES..HIGHEST 95 ON JULY 15TH
LOWEST -13 ON JAN. 12TH

LAST FREEZE DATE...APRIL 12TH
FIRST FREEZE DATE..OCT. 12TH 183 FREEZE FREE DAYS

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: NORMAL
HIGH TEMPERATURE 90 DEG. OR HIGHER.. 7 19
HIGH TEMPERATURE 32 DEG. OR LOWER...32 30

LOW TEMPERATURE 32 DEG. OR LOWER....173 160
LOW TEMPERATURE 0 DEG. OR LOWER.... 8 8

DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS...68 DAYS WITH HAIL..0
DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION...10

PEAK WIND GUST..SOUTHWEST 63 MPH ON OCTOBER 11TH