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	00020 Temperature, air(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00035 Wind speed(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00036 Wind direction(Med.)
	00045 Precipitation(Sum)

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Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

383159104540701 SULLIVAN PARK METEOROLOGICAL STATION AT FORT CARSON, CO

LOCATION - Lat 38°31'59", long 104°54'07" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.33, T.17 S., R.67 W., El Paso County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020002, on Fort Carson Military Reservation, 0.4 mi east of Military Route 11, 1.0 mi north of Military Route 8, 1.1 mi northeast of Camp Red Devil, and 9 mi northeast of Penrose.

CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1999 to November 2013, May 2014 to current year.

INSTRUMENTATION - Weighing-plate rain gage with satellite telemetry, air-temperature probe, and a combination wind speed/direction sensor. Elevation of gage is 6,010 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Dec. 1, 2021, tipping-bucket rain gage at site.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

Maximum daily precipitation, 5.44 inches, Aug. 3, 2013.

Maximum instantaneous air temperature, 39.4 deg C, July 25, 2023. Minimum instantaneous air temperature, -29.2 deg C, Feb. 15, 2021.

REMARKS - Unless otherwise noted, records are not rated and periods of missing record are not estimated. Water year 2014; estimated daily precipitation are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2015; records during the period Nov. 21 to Apr. 1, and estimated daily precipitation, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2016; records during the period Dec. 18 to May 26, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2017; records during the period Nov. 26 to June 6, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2018; records during the period Dec. 11 to May 14, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2019; records during the period Nov. 20 to June 11, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2020; precipitation records during the period Nov. 19 to June 24, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2021; precipitation records during the period Nov. 17 to June 15, are less accurate than the rest of the published records.