Annual Summary 1998 -- Pueblo, CO

...1998 IN PUEBLO...

JAN..THE YEAR STARTS OFF MILD AND DRY. AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE..
PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL ARE ALL BELOW NORMAL.
FEB..AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE NEAR NORMAL BUT DRY AGAIN WITH BOTH
PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL BELOW NORMAL.
MAR..A WET MONTH WITH 1.94 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION AND 12.5 INCHES OF
SNOW..BOTH ALMOST DOUBLE THE NORMAL AMOUNT FOR THE MONTH. AVERAGE
MONTHLY TEMPERATURE HOWEVER IS 4.1 DEG. BELOW NORMAL.
APR..COOL AND WET THIS MONTH. PRECIPITATION IS 1 INCH ABOVE NORMAL
WHILE SNOWFALL IS ALMOST 2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE 4.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
MAY..NO SNOW AND ALMOST A NORMAL MONTH. AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
IS JUST BARELY ABOVE NORMAL.
JUN..COOL AND DRY. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 66.6 DEGREES
IS 4.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL..PRECIPITATION ALSO BELOW NORMAL.
JUL..COOL AND WET WITH MONTHLY TEMPERATURES 2.1 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THUNDERSTORMS ON 15 DAYS..NORMAL 12.
AUG..AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AGAIN BELOW NORMAL. PRECIPITATION
ALSO BELOW NORMAL.
SEP..WARM WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE 4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
BUT BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
OCT..NORMAL TEMPERATURES THIS MONTH BUT PRECIPITATION IS 1.03 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL.
NOV..ANOTHER MONTH WITH TEMPERATURES 3.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND
PRECIPITATION JUST ABOVE NORMAL.
DEC..AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES 1.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. SNOWFALL
OF 8.1 INCHES IS WELL ABOVE THE NORMAL 5.9 INCHES.

... 1998 STATISTICS ...

AVG AVG MEAN DEP. FM PCPN SNOW HTG DEG COOL DEG.
HI LOW NORMAL DAYS DAYS
JAN 48.4 14.3 31.4 PLUS 1.6 .10 1.0 1035 0
FEB 48.6 20.4 34.5 MINUS 0.6 .17 .6 848 0
MAR 54.1 21.0 37.6 MINUS 4.1 1.94 12.5 844 0
APR 63.1 32.0 47.5 MINUS 4.3 1.88 1.3 517 0
MAY 80.1 42.4 61.3 PLUS 0.2 1.04 0 126 19
JUN 86.0 47.2 66.6 MINUS 4.4 .68 0 61 117
JUL 91.9 58.1 75.0 MINUS 2.1 2.12 0 0 318
AUG 89.1 55.7 72.4 MINUS 1.9 .93 0 0 237
SEP 88.9 50.6 69.8 PLUS 4.0 .41 0 4 155
OCT 70.1 37.5 53.8 PLUS 0.2 1.60 0 339 0
NOV 60.5 28.1 44.3 PLUS 3.8 .46 T 613 0
DEC 46.6 12.0 29.3 MINUS 1.8 .33 8.1 1099 0

AVG. 69.0 34.9 52.0 TOTALS 11.00 23.5 4387 846

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE..104 ON JULY 20th
LOWEST TEMPERATURE..-17 ON DECEMBER 24th

9 NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
11 TIED RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
7 NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES

DAYS WITH MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE 66 NORMAL 65
DAYS WITH MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW 6 NORMAL 18
DAYS WITH MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW 132 NORMAL 156
DAYS WITH MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW 5 NORMAL 18

PRECIPITATION..11.00 INCHES NORMAL 11.19
MOST IN 24 HOURS..1.31 INCHES 17-18 MARCH
SNOW...23.5 INCHES
MOST IN 24 HOURS..11.1 INCHES ON 18th MARCH

HEATING DEGREE DAYS..4387 NORMAL..5413
COOLING DEGREE DAYS.. 846 NORMAL.. 973

HIGHEST PRESSURE..30.80 ON DECEMBER 21st
LOWEST PRESSURE..29.08 ON FEBRUARY 25th

LAST FREEZING DATE..APRIL 30th
FIRST FREEZING DATE..OCTOBER 5th
DAYS BETWEEN.........158

AVERAGE DAILY WIND SPEED...7.6 MPH NORMAL..8.4 MPH
PEAK WIND GUST.............57 MPH FROM THE WEST ON JULY 19th