Annual Summary 1998 -- Alamosa, CO

...1998 IN ALAMOSA...

JAN..A WARM..DRY START TO THE YEAR WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE ALMOST 1 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL. SNOWFALL AND
PRECIPITATION BOTH BELOW NORMAL. THE TRACE OF PRECIPITATION
TIES WITH 1988 AND 1981 FOR DRIEST JANUARY. TRACE OF SNOW
TIES WITH 1981 AND 1935 FOR DRIEST JANUARY.
FEB..ANOTHER MONTH WITH AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE ABOVE
NORMAL. SNOWFALL ONLY TOTALLED 0.7 INCHES V/S NORMAL 4.6 INCHES.
PRECIPITATION OF .03 INCHE TIES WITH 1970 AND 1933 FOR 3rd
DRIEST FEBRUARY.
MAR..TEMPERATURES ABOUT NORMAL..PRECIPITATION JUST ABOVE NORMAL
AND SNOWFALL ALMOST 2 INCHES UNDER NORMAL.
APR..MOISTURE AT LAST WITH 8.6 INCHES OF SNOW..NORMAL 4.0.
TEMPERATURES AVERAGED ALL MOST 2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
MAY..DRY WITH ONLY .01 OF PRECIPITATION (NORMAL .64) AND NO
SNOW (NORMAL 1.8 INCHES). TIES 1975 FOR 2nd DRIEST MAY.
JUN..COOL AND DRY THIS MONTH. TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION
BOTH BELOW NORMAL.
JUL..AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE 1 DEGRE ABOVE NORMAL AND 1.33
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION--.33 ABOVE NORMAL.
AUG..CLOSE TO A NORMAL MONTH FOR THE REGION IN BOTH TEMPERATURE
AND PRECIPITATION.
SEP..WARM WITH AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE 3 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL AND NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
OCT..THE MONTHS TEMPERATURES AVERAGE BELOW NORMAL. PRECIPITATION
IS 1 INCH ABOVE NORMAL BUT SNOWFALL IS ONLY HALF OF NORMAL.
NOV..WARM AGAIN WITH TEMPERATURES THAT AVERAGE 4 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL BOTH BELOW NORMAL.
DEC..VERY WARM WITH AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE 6 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL BOTH WELL BELOW NORMAL.
PRECIPITATION OF .01 INCH TIES 1957 AS 2ND DRIEST AND TRACE OF
SNOW TIES 1996,1980 AND 1935 AS DRIEST DECEMBER.

... 1998 STATISTICS ...

AVG AVG MEAN DEP. FM PCPN SNOW HTG. DEG. COOL DEG.
HI LOW NORMAL DAYS DAYS
JAN..32.8 -2.0 15.4 PLUS 0.7 T T 1527 0
FEB..37.1 11.2 24.2 PLUS 1.8 .03 .7 1137 0
MAR..48.5 16.5 32.5 PLUS 0.2 .53 5.1 999 0
APR..55.5 23.5 39.5 MINUS 1.6 .67 8.6 795 0
MAY..71.4 30.5 51.0 PLUS 0.6 .01 0 431 0
JUN..77.8 38.6 58.2 MINUS 1.2 .27 0 212 14
JUL..81.8 49.6 65.7 PLUS 0.8 1.52 0 7 37
AUG..80.2 46.2 63.2 PLUS 0.8 1.03 0 58 9
SEP..76.6 39.1 57.9 PLUS 3.1 .86 0 208 0
OCT..59.6 26.1 42.8 MINUS 0.7 1.66 1.8 682 0
NOV..50.0 18.2 34.1 PLUS 4.2 .35 2.3 920 0
DEC..41.9 5.2 23.6 PLUS 6.1 .01 T

AVG. 59.4 25.2 42.3 TOTALS 6.93 18.5 6976 60

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE.. 92 ON JUNE 29th
LOWEST TEMPERATURE..-15 ON JANUARY 8th

7 NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
5 TIED RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
11 NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES
1 TIED RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE

DAYS WITH MAXIMUM OF 90 OR ABOVE 2 NORMAL 1
DAYS WITH MAXIMUM OF 32 OR BELOW 23 NORMAL 36
DAYS WITH MINIMUM OF 32 OR BELOW 207 NORMAL 227
DAYS WITH MINIMUM OF 0 OR BELOW 28 NORMAL 50

PRECIPITATION 6.93 INCHES NORMALL 7.57 INCHES
MOST IN 24 HOURS .78 INCH ON 25-26 OCTOBER
SNOW..18.5 INCHES NORMAL 37.4 INCHES
MOST IN 24 HOURS 5.0 INCHES 17-18 APRIL

AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.4 MPH NORMAL 6.7 MPH
PEAK WIND GUST SOUTH 62 MPH ON FEBRUARY 24th

HEATING DEGREE DAYS 6976 NORMAL 8749
COOLING DEGREE DAYS 60 62

HIGHEST PRESSURE 30.80 ON DECEMBER 13th
LOWEST PRESSURE 29.28 ON FEBRUARY 28th

LAST FREEZING DATE JUNE 18th
FIRST FREEZING DATE SEPTEMBER 22nd
NUMBER OF DAYS BETWEEN 96