Annual Summary 2000 -- Pueblo, CO

...2000 WEATHER SUMMARY...

JAN...NEW YEARS DAY HAD A HIGH OF 63 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS ALMOST 4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. SNOWFALL WAS
NEAR NORMAL...WITH 5.5 INCHES (6.0 INCHES IS NORMAL).
FEB...IT WAS ANOTHER WARM AND DRY MONTH WITH THE TEMPERATURE 5.6
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND LITTLE PRECIPITATION OR SNOW.
MAR...WARM TEMPERATURES CONTINUE AS THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 1.7
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. ALMOST 3 INCHES OF LIQUID PRECIPITATION
FELL (OVER 2 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)...AND 8.2 INCHES OF SNOW
FELL. THE FIRST THUNDERSTORM OF THE SEASON OCCURRED ON
THE 7TH.
APR...THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOVE NORMAL AND THE RAINFALL AND SNOWFALL
WERE BELOW NORMAL.
MAY...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...BUT
PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL.
JUN...NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURE WAS EXPERIENCED...BUT IT WAS A DRY
MONTH.
JUL...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS NEAR NORMAL...BUT MORE RAIN THAN
NORMAL OCCURRED (3.03 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.94 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL). ON THE 11TH THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTED TO 61 MPH. THE
HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR WAS ON THE 20TH...WHEN HAIL LARGER THAN
GOLF BALLS CAUSED AN ESTIMATED $20 MILLION DAMAGE TO
CROPS...BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES.
AUG...IT WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 2.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL....BUT ONLY 0.92 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL...WHICH IS OVER 1 INCH BELOW NORMAL.
SEP...IT WAS ALMOST A NORMAL MONTH CONCERNING TEMPERATURE...BUT
BELOW NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION.
OCT...THE TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW NORMAL...BUT PRECIPITATION WAS
NEARLY AN INCH ABOVE NORMAL. ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW FELL.
NOV...IT WAS THE FOURTH COLDEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD WITH THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 8.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. ONLY .08 INCHES
OF PRECIPITATION FELL...TYING NOVEMBER 1950 FOR THE 7TH DRIEST
NOVEMBER ON RECORD.
DEC...FROM THE 10TH TO THE 14TH THE TEMPERATURE NEVER ROSE
ABOVE THE FREEZING POINT (98 HOURS IN A ROW). LIQUID
PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL WERE JUST ABOUT HALF OF NORMAL FOR
THE MONTH.

2000 STATISTICS
AVG AVG MEAN DEP FM PCPN SNOW HTG DEG. COL.DEG
MAX MIN NORMAL DAYS DAYS
JAN 51.4 15.8 33.6 + 3.8 .34 5.5 965 0
FEB 59.6 21.8 40.7 + 5.6 .04 T 696 0
MAR 57.8 29.1 43.4 + 1.7 2.94 8.2 660 0
APR 72.0 33.4 52.7 + 0.9 1.21 0.4 362 0
MAY 83.2 43.0 63.1 + 2.0 .85 0 126 77
JUN 89.0 53.6 71.3 + 0.3 .93 0 7 205
JUL 95.0 60.5 77.8 + 0.7 3.03 0 0 404
AUG 94.5 59.2 76.9 + 2.6 .92 0 0 373
SEP 84.0 46.8 65.4 - 0.4 .36 T 114 132
OCT 67.3 36.7 52.0 - 1.6 1.50 T 401 8
NOV 47.3 32.0 32.0 - 8.5 .08 1.8 977 0
DEC 45.0 11.4 28.2 - 2.9 .21 2.4 1136 0

MEAN

AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR 70.5 NORMAL 68.6
AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR 36.9 NORMAL 36.8
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR 53.7 NORMAL 52.7
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 103 DEGREES ON JULY 6TH.
LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS -1 DEGREE ON DECEMBER 11TH.

DAYS WITH MAX 90 OR HIGHER 90 NORMAL 65
DAYS WITH MAX 32 OR LOWER 12 NORMAL 18
DAYS WITH MIN 32 OR LOWER 164 NORMAL 156
DAYS WITH MIN ZERO OR LOWER 4 NORMAL 10

...PRECIPITATION...

TOTAL 12.41 INCHES. NORMAL 11.19 INCHES
MOST IN 24 HOURS WAS 1.96 INCHES ON JULY 11TH - 12TH.
DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION 59 NORMAL 69
DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS 36 NORMAL 44
DAYS WITH HAIL 3

SNOWFALL TOTAL FOR THE YEAR 18.3 INCHES NORMAL 31.8 INCHES
MOST SNOW IN 24 HOURS WAS 4.3 INCHES ON MARCH 31ST.
GREATEST SNOW DEPTH WAS 3.0 INCHES ON JANUARY 29TH.

...WIND...

AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 MPH NORMAL 8.3 MPH

DAYS WITH HEAVY FOG 7 NORMAL 10
HEATING DEGREE DAYS 5444 NORMAL 5413
COOLING DEGREE DAYS 1199 NORMAL 973
HIGHEST PRESSURE FOR THE YEAR 30.63 ON 7 OCTOBER
LOWEST PRESSURE FOR THE YEAR 29.20 ON 11 MAY