...1999 WEATHER SUMMARY...
JAN..A WARM, DRY START TO THE YEAR WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURES 4.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. SNOWFALL FOR
THE MONTH BELOW NORMAL. LOW OF 6 DEGREES ON THE 3RD IS
THE COLDEST DAY OF THE YEAR.
FEB...VERY WARM AND DRY WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
6.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. ONLY .3 INCH OF SNOW V/S NORMAL
OF 7.1 INCHES
MAR..CONTINUED WARM AND ALMOST DRY AS THE NORMAL MARCH
SNOW STORMS FAIL TO APPEAR. ONLY 2.7 INCHES OF SNOW V/S
OUR USUAL 12.1 INCHES.
APR...COOL AND WET! HEAVY RAINS THE LAST OF APRIL AND THE FIRST
OF MAY CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN MANY AREA. 7.50 INCHES
OF RAIN (Normal 1.19), AND 17.6 INCHES OF SNOW (NORMAL 4.5)
MAY...THE DELUGE CONTINUES WITH 3.57 INCHES OF RAIN (NORMAL 2.15)
BUT LESS SNOW ONLY .3 V/S THE NORMAL 2.5 INCHES. APRIL-MAY
FLOOD DAMAGE AROUND 16 MILLION DOLLARS IN COLORADO
SPRINGS ALONE. TOTAL RAINFALL AT THE END OF MAY IS 11.65
INCHES, MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NORMAL 4. 97 INCHES.
JUN...SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES, AND A CHANCE TO DRY
OUT AS RAINFALL TOTALS ONLY 1.36 INCHES.. NORMAL 2.25 INCHES.
JUL...NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND THE RAINS RETURN. THUNDER-
STORMS ON 19 DAYS DROP 4.70 INCHES OF RAIN..NORMAL 2.90.
AUG...SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, WITH 7.40 INCHES OF
WELL OVER NORMAL FOR THE MONTH THIS AUGUST IS NOW THE
2ND WETTEST AUGUST ON RECORD.
SEP...COOL AND DRY WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE 3
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL, AND LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF THE
NORMAL RAIN FOR THE MONTH
OCT...SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, RAINFALL AND SNOW
INDIAN SUMMER IS IN PLACE.
NOV...A MONTH OF CONTRASTS. AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE IS
7 DEGREES HIGHER THAN NORMAL. PRECIPITATION OF 1.01 INCH
WELL ABOVE NORMAL .47 INCHES. 10.6 INCHES OF SNOW IS JUST
DOUBLE THE MONTHLY NORMAL
DEC...WITH .20 PRECIPITATION, DECEMBER ENDS THE YEAR WITH A
TOTAL OF 27.58 INCHES, AND BECOMES THE WETTEST YEAR OF
THE 1900'S. THE OLD RECORD WAS 25.43 INCHES IN 1965.
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 3.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL,
BUT 2.3 INCHES OF SNOW IS WELL BELOW NORMAL OF 10.2 INCHES.
1999 STATISTICS
Avg Avg Mean Dep fm Pcpn Snow Htg Deg. Col.Deg
Max Min Normal Days DAYS
JAN 46.3 21.1 33.7 +4.9 .12 2.9 965 0
FEB 54.2 21.9 38.1 +6.1 .05 0.3 749 0
MAR 56.1 28.1 42.1 +4.8 .41 2.7 702 0
APR 53.3 31.1 42.2 -4.2 7.50 17.6 674 0
MAY 66.5 40.2 53.4 -2.0 3.57 0.3 357 0
JUN 76.2 49.5 62.9 -2.1 1.36 T 101 42
JUL 80.3 49.0 64.7 -0.2 4.70 0 0 196
AUG 80.8 56.6 68.7 +0.4 7.04 0 5 130
SEP 70.2 45.2 57.7 -2.7 .52 0.2 239 26
OCT 66.3 35.3 50.8 +0.9 1.10 3.0 434 0
NOV 60.0 29.7 44.9 +7.1 1.01 10.6 600 0
DEC 46.1 21.0 33.6 +3.8 .20 2.3 968 0
MEAN 64.6 41.9 TOTALS 27.58 50.0 2246 394
NORMAL 61.6 35.4 NORMAL 16.24 42.2 1929 419
AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR 64.6 NORMAL 61.6
AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR 41.9 NORMAL 35.4
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR 49.4 NORMAL 48.5
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 91 on July 1st
LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 6 on January 3rd
DAYS WITH MAX 90 OR HIGHER 1 NORMAL 1
DAYS WITH MAX 32 OR LOWER 8 NORMAL 12
DAYS WITH MIN 32 OR LOWER 134 NORMAL 164
DAYS WITH MIN ZERO OR LOWER 0 NORMAL 0
...PRECIPITATION...
TOTAL 27.58 INCHES NORMAL 16.24
MOST IN 24 HOURS WAS 4.11 INCHES ON AUGUST 4-5TH
DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION 87 NORMAL 98
DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS 64 NORMAL 57
DAYS WITH HAIL 9
SNOWFALL TOTAL FOR THE YEAR 50.0 INCHES NORMAL 42.2 INCHES
MOST SNOW IN 24 HOURS WAS 10.6 INCHES ON NOVEMBER 21-22ND
GREATEST SNOW DEPTH WAS 9 INCHES ON APRIL 3rd AND NOVEMBER 22ND
...WIND...
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9 MPH NORMAL 10.0 MPH
PEAK WIND GUST WEST 78 MPH ON FEBRUARY 3RD.
DAYS WITH HEAVY FOG 30 NORMAL 23
HEATING DEGREE DAYS 2246 NORMAL 1929
COOLING DEGREE DAYS 394 NORMAL 419
HIGHEST PRESSURE FOR THE YEAR 30.71 on 1 NOVEMBER
LOWEST PRESSURE FOR THE YEAR 29.18 on 3 MAY