USGS Water-Year Summary for Site 373315103493101

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	00045 Precipitation(Sum)

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

373315103493101 UPPER RED ROCK CANYON METEOROLOGICAL STATION NEAR HOUGHTON, CO

LOCATION - Lat 37°33'12", long 103°49'30" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.06, T.29 S., R.57 W., Las Animas County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020010, on Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site approximatly 100 ft west of unnumbered Military Supply Road, 0.4 mi south of Military Supply Road 1, 12.2 mi southeast of Houghton, and 33 mi southwest of La Junta.

CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - Precipitation: August 1983 to September 1998, published as Red Rock Canyon Rain Gage at Red Rock Road, October 1998, September 1999 to November 2013, May 2014 to November 2020 (discontinued). Air Temperature: October 2012 to March 2021 (discontinued). Site was part of a hydrologic study 1983-92, data published elsewhere.

INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket rain gage and air temperature sensor with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 4,860 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

Maximum daily precipitation, 3.44 inches, Aug. 10, 2014.

Maximum instantaneous air temperature, 40.8 deg C, June 26, 2012. Minimum instantaneous air temperature, -32.2 deg C, Feb. 15, 2021.

REMARKS - Records are not rated, and periods of missing record are not estimated. Water year 2014; records during the period Oct. 1 to Feb. 28, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2015; records during the period Dec. 11 to May 22, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2016; records during the period Nov. 19 to Apr. 28, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2017; records during the period Nov. 22 to May 18, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2018; records during the period Nov. 29 to May 24, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2019; records during the period Nov. 15 to June 20, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2020; records during the period Nov. 6 to June 25, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2021; unless otherwise noted, records are not rated, and periods of missing record are not estimated.