...2000 WEATHER SUMMARY...
JAN...THE TEMPERATURE AND SNOWFALL WERE ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH.
NEARLY 7 INCHES OF SNOW FELL FROM THE 26TH THROUGH THE 28TH.
FEB...THIS WAS A WARM AND DRY MONTH WITH THE TEMPERATURE 6.0 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL AND ONLY 2 INCHES OF SNOW (THE NORMAL IS 7.1")
ON THE 17TH A THUNDERSTORM WAS RECORDED WITH SNOW.
MAR...THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 1.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
SNOWFALL FOR MARCH NORMALLY IS 12 INCHES...AND THIS MONTH 12.6
INCHES WAS RECORDED.
APR...APRIL SHOWERS WERE SCARCE AS RAIN AND SNOWFALL WERE BOTH BELOW
NORMAL AND TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN. AT MID MONTH
STRONG WINDS BLEW DOWN A POWER LINE THAT STARTED A GRASS
FIRE ON FORT CARSON WHICH CONSUMED 800 ACRES OF TREES AND
BRUSH.
MAY...THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...BUT
PRECIPITATION WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL. AGAIN AT MID
MONTH...STRONG WINDS CAUSED POWER OUTAGES AND BLEW DOWN MANY
SIGNS AND TREES ACROSS THE CITY.
JUN...BOTH TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL WERE BELOW NORMAL. ON THE 19TH
WINDS AT THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY GUSTED TO 64 MPH.
JUL...THE TEMPERATURE WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL...BUT RAINFALL WAS
BELOW NORMAL AGAIN. ON THE 25TH...LIGHTNING STRUCK AND KILLED
A YOUNG MAN NEAR THE SUMMIT OF PIKES PEAK.
AUG...IT WAS WARM AND WET...WITH 5.82 INCHES OF RAIN LOGGED AT
THE AIRPORT (THE NORMAL IS 3.02 INCHES). A THUNDERSTORM
STARTED A WILDFIRE SOUTHEAST OF FOUNTAIN THAT BURNED 2500
ACRES.
SEP...THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED ALMOST 2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...BUT
LESS THAN 1/2 OF THE NORMAL RAINFALL OCCURRED. FROM THE 23RD
TO THE 24TH THE SEASONS FIRST SNOWFALL BROUGHT UP TO 4 INCHES
ACROSS PARTS OF THE CITY.
OCT...IT WAS A NEAR NORMAL MONTH FOR TEMPERATURE AND
PRECIPITATION. THE LAST THUNDERSTORM OF THE SEASON OCCURRED
ON THE 4TH.
NOV...IT WAS VERY COLD AND DRY. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 7.5
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...MAKING THIS THE 2ND COLDEST NOVEMBER ON
RECORD SINCE 1900.
DEC...TEMPERATURES NEVER ROSE ABOVE FREEZING FROM THE 10TH THROUGH
THE 14TH (99 HOURS IN A ROW). THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
WELL BELOW NORMAL. SNOWFALL WAS ALSO WELL BELOW NORMAL.
2000 STATISTICS
AVG AVG MEAN DEP FM PCPN SNOW HTG DEG. COL.DEG
MAX MIN NORMAL DAYS DAYS
JAN 45.1 19.1 32.1 + 3.3 .68 7.4 1010 0
FEB 51.1 24.9 38.0 + 6.0 .23 2.0 773 0
MAR 50.8 27.2 39.0 + 1.7 1.97 12.6 798 0
APR 63.8 33.8 48.8 + 2.4 .62 2.0 478 0
MAY 75.0 43.7 59.4 + 4.0 1.27 T 206 39
JUN 78.4 50.0 64.2 - 0.8 1.73 0 83 65
JUL 86.1 57.6. 71.9 + 1.1 2.72 0 0 220
AUG 85.3 57.4 71.4 + 3.1 5.82 0 2 208
SEP 76.5 47.4 62.0 + 1.6 .55 1.5 150 67
OCT 61.9 37.4 49.7 - 0.2 .86 1.5 473 5
NOV 42.2 18.4 30.3 - 7.5 .19 2.9 1033 0
DEC 41.3 14.7 28.0 - 1.8 .25 3.7 1137 0
AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR 63.1 NORMAL 61.6
AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR 36.0 NORMAL 35.4
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR 49.6 NORMAL 48.5
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 94 ON MAY 30TH
LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 1 ON JANUARY 30TH, DECEMBER 12TH AND 13TH
DAYS WITH MAX 90 OR HIGHER 24 NORMAL 19
DAYS WITH MAX 32 OR LOWER 23 NORMAL 30
DAYS WITH MIN 32 OR LOWER 162 NORMAL 160
DAYS WITH MIN ZERO OR LOWER 0 NORMAL 8
...PRECIPITATION...
TOTAL 16.89 INCHES NORMAL 16.24 INCHES
MOST IN 24 HOURS WAS 3.00 INCHES ON AUGUST 28-29
DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION 87 NORMAL 98
DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS 59 NORMAL 57
DAYS WITH HAIL 5
SNOWFALL TOTAL FOR THE YEAR 33.6 INCHES NORMAL 51.4 INCHES
MOST SNOW IN 24 HOURS WAS 7.5 INCHES ON MARCH 15-16
GREATEST SNOW DEPTH WAS 8 INCHES ON MARCH 16
...WIND...
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.6 MPH NORMAL 10.0 MPH
PEAK WIND GUST SOUTHWEST 60 MPH ON JULY 7TH
DAYS WITH HEAVY FOG 29 NORMAL 23
HEATING DEGREE DAYS 6143 NORMAL 6415
COOLING DEGREE DAYS 604 NORMAL 419
HIGHEST PRESSURE FOR THE YEAR 30.67 ON OCTOBER 7
LOWEST PRESSURE FOR THE YEAR 29.19 ON MAY 17
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