Annual Summary 1998 -- Colorado Springs, CO

...1998 IN COLORADO SPRINGS...

JAN..A MILD AND DRY START FOR THE YEAR. AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
WAS 3.3 DEG. ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE 5TH DRIEST JANUARY WITH
ONLY .03 PRECIPITATION. SNOWFALL OF .3 IN MADE THIS THE 3RD LEAST
SNOWIEST.
FEB..A MID-MONTH SNOW STORM DROPS 4.2 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS WAS WELL
BELOW THE MONTHS NORMAL OF 7.1 INCHES, BUT STILL NOT A STORM FOR
THE RECORD BOOKS. AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES JUST UNDER NORMAL.
MAR..A HUGE BATCH OF MOISTURE ARRIVED THIS MONTH WITH 2.42 INCHES OF
LIQUID MOISTURE (NEARLY 3 TIMES NORMAL) IS 3RD WETTEST MARCH. 17.5
INCHES OF SNOW THIS MONTH WAS 5.4 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL, AND
THE 6TH SNOWIEST MARCH. MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AVERAGE WAS 2.0 DEG.
BELOW NORMAL.
APR..AND MORE SNOW WITH A TOTAL OF 9.5 INCHES FOR THE MONTH..WELL ABOVE
NORMAL 4.5 INCHES FOR THE MONTH. AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES WAS
OVER 3.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. PEAK WIND GUST OF 56 MPH ON THE 12TH
IS THE 4TH HIGHEST FOR APRIL.
MAY..WARM AND DRY FOR A CHANGE. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF
58.9 IS 3.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND MAKES THIS THE 5TH WARMEST MAY
ON RECORD. NO SNOW THIS MONTH AND PRECIPITATION OF ONLY .72 V/S 2.15
NORMAL.
JUN..COOL AND DRY WITH BOTH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND
PRECIPITATION BELOW NORMAL.
JUL..WARM..WET AND THUNDERSTORMS ON 22 OF 31 DAYS. TEMPERATURES WERE
NORMAL FOR THE MONTH BUT THE 5.26 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION TIES WITH
1967 AS THE 5TH WETTEST AND IS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NORMAL OF 2.90.
AUG..COOL AND DRY CONDITIONS RETURN. BOTH PRECIPITATION AND THE
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WERE BELOW NORMAL. PEAK WIND GUST
OF 51 MPH ON THE 15TH TIES FOR 5TH WINDIEST WITH 1988,1994,1996.
SEP..WARM WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
WHICH TIES WITH 1963 FOR THE 2ND WARMEST MONTH. PRECIPITATION WAS
LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF NORMAL.
OCT..THE SEASONS FIRST SNOWFALL. HOWEVER TOTAL SNOW FOR THE MONTH OF
1.1 INCHES IS LESS THAN NORMAL BUT IS THE 9TH SNOWIEST OCTOBER.
PRECIPITATION IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL AND NORMAL TEMPERATURES WERE
NOTED THIS MONTH.
NOV..AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE IS 4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WHILE BOTH
PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL WERE BELOW NORMAL.
DEC..AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE..PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL ALL WERE
BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. ARCTIC AIR DROPPED TEMPERATURES BELOW
FREEZING (32DEG.) FOR 134 HOURS BEFORE RECOVERING ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
PEAK WIND GUST OF 56 MPH ON THE 28TH IS THE 3RD HIGHEST IN DECEMBER.

.. 1998 STATISTICS ..

AVG AVG MEAN DEP. FM PCPN SNOW HTG DEG COOL DEG.
HI LOW NORMAL DAYS DAYS
JAN 46.4 17.7 32.3 PLUS 3.3 .03 .3 1012 0
FEB 42.4 20.7 31.6 MINUS 0.4 .34 4.2 928 0
MAR 48.6 22.1 35.4 MINUS 1.9 2.42 17.5 911 0
APR 55.2 30.7 43.0 MINUS 3.4 1.38 9.5 653 0
MAY 73.2 44.5 58.9 PLUS 3.5 .72 0 207 23
JUN 78.6 49.0 63.8 MINUS 1.2 1.27 0 116 88
JUL 83.5 58.5 71.0 PLUS 0.2 5.26 0 3 194
AUG 80.1 55.1 67.6 MINUS 0.7 2.75 0 6 95
SEP 80.0 50.7 65.4 PLUS 5.0 .52 0 42 61
OCT 62.7 37.3 50.0 PLUS 0.1 .93 1.1 458 0
NOV 53.4 29.9 41.7 PLUS 3.9 .44 1.7 691 0
DEC 41.4 15.2 28.3 MINUS 1.5 .15 7.3 1129 0

AVG 64.0 37.8 52.9 16.21 41.6 6156 461

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE .. 96 ON JULY 6th
LOWEST TEMPERATURE .. -5 ON NOV 2nd

AVERAGE WIND SPEED .. 9.5 MPH NORMAL 10.1 MPH
PEAK WIND GUST .. NORTHWEST 70 MPH ON MARCH 3RD

PRECIPITATION .. 16.21 INCHES NORMAL 15.42 INCHES
MOST IN 24 HOURS 1.67 INCHES ON JULY 30TH

SNOW 41.6 INCHES NORMAL 42.7 INCHES
MOST IN 24 HOURS 15.3 INCHES ON MARCH 17TH 18TH

HEATING DEGREE DAYS .. 6156 NORMAL 6346
COOLING DEGREE DAYS .. 461 NORMAL 501

HIGHEST PRESSURE .. 30.74 ON DECEMBER 10TH
LOWEST PRESSURE .. 29.36 ON JANUARY 20TH