Annual Summary 2001 -- Alamosa, CO

...2001 WEATHER IN ALAMOSA...

JAN--NORMAL WAS THE WORD FOR TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION
DURING THE MONTH. SNOWFALL OF 5.5 INCHES FOR THE MONTH
WAS ABOVE NORMAL.
FEB--TEMPERATURES, AND MOISTURE WERE ABOVE NORMAL FOR
THE MONTH, WITH 6.6 INCHES OF SNOW. ON THE 7TH AND 8TH , A
STRONG WINTER STORM DROPPED 18 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW
AROUND CREEDE AND 22 INCHES AT WAGON WHEEL GAP.
MAR--CAME IN LIKE A LAMB WITH WINDS AROUND NORMAL. BOTH
TEMPERATURES AND LIQUID PRECIPITATION WERE ABOVE NORMAL
BUT ONLY 1.4 INCHES OF SNOW WAS WELL BELOW THE USUAL
7.0 INCHES EXPECTED
APR--WARM AND DRY WITH WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES BUT
BOTH LIQUID PRECIPITATION AND SNOW WERE WELL BELOW NORMAL.
MAY--A WARM AND WET MONTH IN THE VALLEY. TEMPERATURES AND
PRECIPITATION WERE ABOVE NORMAL, AND THE 6.4 INCHES OF
SNOW WAS WELL ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 1.8 INCHES.
JUN--TYPICAL JUNE WEATHER WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL
BUT DRY WITH ONLY .07 INCHES OF RAIN. JUNE ENDED THE SNOW
SEASON WITH A TOTAL OF 23.1 INCHES, WHICH IS 9.1 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL.
JUL--CONTINUED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH RAINFALL
OF 2.75 INCHES, WHICH WAS WELL ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 1.19
INCHES.
AUG--NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH AMPLE MOISTURE FOR LAWNS
AND GARDENS. 3.22 INCHES OF RAIN...NORMAL IS 1.12 INCHES.
SEP--WARM AND DRY WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ONLY .11
INCHES OF RAIN. NORMAL RAINFALL IS .89 INCHES.
OCT--WHILE TEMPERATURES WERE JUST ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE
MONTH, RAIN AND SNOW FALL WERE SCARCE AND WELL BELOW NORMAL.
NOV--ANOTHER MONTH OF NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH RAIN AND
SNOWFALL BELOW NORMAL.
DEC--WARM AND DRY AND NO WHITE CHRISTMAS. AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURES WERE 1.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WHILE ONLY
2.6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL. (NORMAL IS 7.1)

.. 2001 STATISTICS ..

AVG AVG MEAN DEP. FM PCPN SNOW HTG DEG COOL DEG.
HI LOW NORMAL DAYS DAYS
JAN 33.9 -4.3 14.8 Plus 0.1 0.36 5.5 1550 0
FEB 40.7 7.3 24.0 Plus 1.6 0.56 6.6 1138 0
MAR 48.7 19.6 34.2 Plus 1.9 1.02 1.4 946 0
APR 62.2 25.9 44.1 Plus 3.0 0.27 1.4 622 0
MAY 71.6 36.5 54.1 Plus 3.7 1.09 6.4 333 0
JUN 81.4 40.4 60.9 Plus 1.5 0.07 0 126 10
JUL 82.0 49.6 65.8 Plus 0.9 2.75 0 17 53
AUG 78.5 46.7 62.6 Plus 0.2 3.22 0 80 14
SEP 75.9 36.3 56.1 Plus 1.3 0.11 0 259 0
OCT 65.4 23.1 44.3 Plus 0.8 0.03 T 634 0
NOV 49.3 11.7 30.5 Plus 0.6 0.26 2.8 1025 0
DEC 36.3 1.6 19.0 Plus 1.5 0.13 2.6 1420 0

AVG-- 60.5 24.5 42.5 TOTALS 9.87 26.7 8150 77

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE .. 88 ON JUNE 30th, JULY 6,7th
LOWEST TEMPERATURE .. -21 ON JAN 18th, JAN 19th, Feb. 1st

RECORD TEMPERATURES .. DURING 2001...
5 New Record High Temperatures
2 New Record Low Temperatures
11 New High Minimum Temperatures
4 New Low Maximum Temperatures

AVERAGE WIND SPEED .. 6.8 MPH NORMAL 7.0
PEAK WIND GUST .. SOUTH 54 MPH ON APRIL 10TH
WEST 54 MPH ON APRIL 20TH
WEST 54 MPH ON JUNE 27TH

PRECIPITATION .. 9.87 Inches NORMAL 7.57 Inches
MOST IN 24 HOURS .89 ON AUG. 21 AND 22ND.

SNOW .. 26.7 Inches NORMAL 37.4 Inches.
MOST IN 24 HOURS 4.3 Inches ON MAY 3 AND 4TH.

HEATING DEGREE DAYS .. 8150 NORMAL 8749
COOLING DEGREE DAYS .. 77 NORMAL 62

HIGHEST PRESSURE .. 30.86 ON JAN. 3RD
LOWEST PRESSURE .. 29.28 ON APR. 11TH