Annual Summary 1999 -- Pueblo, CO

...1999 WEATHER SUMMARY...

JAN..AN ENJOYABLE MONTH WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
6.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. ONLY 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW...
WELL BELOW NORMAL, AND .11 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION, ALSO
BELOW NORMAL.
FEB..CONTINUED WARM WITH THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 5.2 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. DRY WITH ONLY .01 PRECIPITATION AND .3 INCH
OF SNOW. COLDEST DAY OF THE YEAR WHEN THE TEMPERATURE FALLS
TO 1 ABOVE ZERO.
MAR..ANOTHER WARM MONTH WITH TEMPERATURES 3.O ABOVE NORMAL. BOTH
PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL BELOW NORMAL FOR THE 3RD MONTH
IN A ROW.
APR..CHANGES GALORE THIS MONTH. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
FALLS TO 4.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. 5.30 INCHES OF RAIN V/S
NORMAL OF .88, AND SNOWFALL OF 7.6 INCHES V/S NORMAL 3.1.
HEAVY RAIN AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND FIRST PART OF MAY
CAUSES NUMEROUS FLOODING PROBLEMS AROUND THE CITY AND COUNTY.
THE MONTH ENDS UP THE 3RD WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD.
MAY..RAIN CONTINUES DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE MONTH WITH 1.84
INCHES, ABOVE NORMAL OF 1.25 INCHES AND TEMPERATURES 1.5
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
JUN..A MILD AND DRY MONTH FOR A CHANGE WITH BOTH TEMPERATURES AND
PRECIPITATION BELOW NORMAL.
JUL..WARMEST DAY OF THE YEAR WAS 104 DEGREES ON THE 2ND. AVERAGE
MONTHLY TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL BUT PRECIPITATION BELOW
NORMAL.
AUG..AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE 1 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL WITH
RAINFALL OF 2.98 INCHES, ALMOST 1 INCHE ABOVE NORMAL.
SEP..STILL SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRY AS TEMPERATURES ARE 3.1 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL AND RAINFALL 1/3 OF THE NORMAL OF .90 INCHES.
OCT..ANOTHER MONTH OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES, BUT PRECIPITATION
AND SNOWFALL SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.
NOV..INDIAN SUMMER OR AN ENJOYABLE MONTH WITH TEMPERATURES 4.1
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. BOTH PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL WELL
BELOW NORMAL.
DEC..WARM AND DRY WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE ABOVE
NORMAL, BUT BOTH PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL BELOW NORMAL.
WITH ONLY .4 INCHES OF SNOW, THIS TIES 1904 AND 1918 AS
FIFTH LEAST SNOWIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD.

1999 STATISTICS
Avg Avg Mean Dep fm Pcpn Snow Htg Deg. Col.Deg
Max Min Normal Days Days
JAN 52.9 19.6 36.3 +6.5 .11 1.5 884 0
FEB 62.5 18.1 40.3 +5.2 .01 0.3 684 0
MAR 63.0 26.3 44.7 +3.0 .56 4.8 620 0
APR 62.3 33.3 47.8 -4.0 5.30 7.6 513 0
MAY 75.8 43.4 59.6 -1.5 1.84 T 180 19
JUN 86.6 50.2 68.4 -2.6 .19 0 26 136
JUL 93.7 60.7 77.2 +0.1 1.86 0 0 385
AUG 89.3 57.8 73.6 -0.7 2.98 0 0 275
SEP 78.6 46.8 62.7 -3.1 .31 0 140 79
OCT 73.2 31.2 52.2 -1.4 .62 2.0 390 0
NOV 66.8 22.3 44.6 +4.1 .02 T 606 0
DEC 52.7 14.0 33.4 +2.3 .05 .4 973 0

MEAN 73.2 37.2 TOTALS 13.85 16.6 5016 894
NORML68.6 36.8 NORMAL 11.19 31.8 5413 973

AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR 73.2 NORMAL 68.6
AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR 37.2 NORMAL 36.8
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE YEAR 55.2 NORMAL 52.7
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS 104 on July 2ND
LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 1 on February 12th

DAYS WITH MAX 90 OR HIGHER 68 NORMAL 65
DAYS WITH MAX 32 OR LOWER 2 NORMAL 18
DAYS WITH MIN 32 OR LOWER 185 NORMAL 156
DAYS WITH MIN ZERO OR LOWER 0 NORMAL 10

...PRECIPITATION...
TOTAL 13.85 INCHES NORMAL 11.19
MOST IN 24 HOURS WAS 2.04 INCHES ON 29-30th APRIL
DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION 69 NORMAL 69
DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS 36 NORMAL 31
DAYS WITH HAIL NONE
SNOWFALL TOTAL FOR THE YEAR 16.6 INCHES NORMAL 31.8
MOST SNOW IN 24 HOURS WAS 5.9 INCHES ON APRIL 2ND
GREATEST SNOW DEPTH WAS 5.0 INCHES ON APRIL 3rd

...WIND...

AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.9 MPH NORMAL 8.3 MPH
PEAK WIND GUST WEST 55 MPH ON FEBRUARY 17TH

DAYS WITH HEAVY FOG 9 NORMAL 10
HEATING DEGREE DAYS 5016 NORMAL 5413
COOLING DEGREE DAYS 894 NORMAL 973

HIGHEST PRESSURE FOR THE YEAR 30.72 on DECEMBER 24TH
LOWEST PRESSURE FOR THE YEAR 29.15 on MAY 3RD