A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO
812 AM MST THU JAN 1 2009
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...THE COLORADO SPRINGS CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2008...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2008
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 101 06/07/1874
LOW -27 02/01/1951
12/09/1919
HIGHEST 99 08/01
LOWEST -8 12/15
AVG. MAXIMUM 63.1 61.8 1.3
AVG. MINIMUM 35.1 33.7 1.4
MEAN 49.2 47.8 1.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 31
DAYS MAX <= 32 20
DAYS MIN <= 32 177
DAYS MIN <= 0 6
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 27.58 1999
MINIMUM 6.07 1939
TOTALS 12.97 17.40 -4.43
DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.05 -0.01
DAYS >= .01 73
DAYS >= .10 25
DAYS >= .50 5
DAYS >= 1.00 2
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 4.97 09/11 TO 09/12
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 89.4 1957
24 HR TOTAL 22.0 01/15/1987 TO 01/15/1987
SNOW DEPTH 20 10/26/1997
TOTALS 30.6 51.4 -20.8
SINCE 7/1 5.2 16.6 -11.4
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0
DAYS >= TRACE 50 31.4 18.6
DAYS >= 1.0 12 13.1 -1.1
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 3 03/16
24 HR TOTAL 4.1 03/16 TO 03/17
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 6271 6480 -209
SINCE 7/1 2377 2642 -265
COOLING TOTAL 558 404 154
SINCE 1/1 558 404 154
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 09/03/1961
LATEST 06/03/1951
EARLIEST 10/08
LATEST 05/09
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 1/039
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 46/320 DATE 12/02
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 59/360 DATE 12/30
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 273
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 67
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 26
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 50
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 32 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 11 RAIN 13
LIGHT RAIN 89 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 7 SNOW 14
LIGHT SNOW 53 SLEET 0
FOG 104 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 35
HAZE 147
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
Graphical Temperature and Precipitation Comparison of 2008