Annual Summary 2017 -- Alamosa

January of 2017 started off cool and wet across south central and southeast Colorado with several bouts of a moist Pacific
jet stream bringing abundant snowfall to the Continental Divide and high mountain valleys, along with periods of high winds
to areas along the lee slopes of the Rampart Range and the Wet and Sangre de Cristo Mountains.  February and most of March 
were very warm and dry, especially across Eastern Colorado, with the end of March and April bringing abundant late season 
snowfall to portions of the Southeast Mountains and Plains. May of 2017 started out where April ended, generally cool and 
wet across most of south central and southeast Colorado, with several more strong and slow moving storm systems moving
across the state through out the rest of May. June of 2017 and the first half of July were very warm and dry across south 
central and southeast Colorado, with the Summer Monsoon bringing abundant precipitation and cooler temperatures to the area
 for the last half of July through the first half of August. The last half of August and the first half of September were 
generally warm and dry, with a substantial weather pattern change bringing cool and wet weather to south central and 
southeast Colorado through the end of September. October and especially November were very warm and generally
dry across south central and southeast Colorado, with December of 2017 another generally warm and dry month
across region.

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO
625 AM MST MON JAN 1 2018

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...THE ALAMOSA CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2017...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1932 TO 2017

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            90   06/21
                        06/20
LOWEST            -36   01/07

AVG. MAXIMUM     62.5              59.2     3.3
AVG. MINIMUM     26.9              23.9     3.0

MEAN             44.7              41.6     3.1

DAYS MAX >= 90      2
DAYS MAX <= 32     16
DAYS MIN <= 32    213
DAYS MIN <= 0      25

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        11.55   1969
 MINIMUM         3.40   1956

TOTALS          10.69              7.31    3.38

DAILY AVG.       0.03              0.02    0.01
DAYS >= .01        75
DAYS >= .10        29
DAYS >= .50         3
DAYS >= 1.00        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.08   07/09 TO 07/09

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 MAXIMUM         69.1   1973
 MINIMUM          6.4   1934
 24 HR TOTAL     15.8   12/13/1967 TO 12/13/1967

TOTALS           32.4              27.6     4.8
SINCE 7/1         1.7              10.3    -8.6

SNOWDEPTH AVG.      1
DAYS >= TRACE      40              22.9    17.1
DAYS >= 1.0        11               9.3     1.7

GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        12   01/06
 24 HR TOTAL     10.0   01/05 TO 01/06

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    7377              8594   -1217
 SINCE 7/1       2985              3637    -652
COOLING TOTAL      76                52      24
 SINCE 1/1         76                51      25

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     08/09/2009
 LATEST       07/02/1990

EARLIEST                        09/08
LATEST                          06/08
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.4
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION   3/205
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    45/280    DATE  06/22
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    59/280    DATE  06/30

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.20
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR          296
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             55
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         14

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     57

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM             36     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN               11     RAIN                      24
LIGHT RAIN              103     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       1
HEAVY SNOW                2     SNOW                      10
LIGHT SNOW               37     SLEET                      0
FOG                      79     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     21
HAZE                     33

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.