USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
385010104422901 EAST FORK SAND CREEK METEOROLOGICAL STATION BELOW PLATTE AVENUE AT COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
LOCATION - Lat 38°50'10.4", long 104°42'29.1" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.18, T.14 S., R.65 W., El Paso County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, 0.2 mi south of East Platte Avenue bridge over East Fork Sand Creek, 0.3 mi west of Peterson Blvd, and 6.3 mi east of courthouse in Colorado Springs.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 2011 to current year (seasonal records only).
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket rain gage with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 6,247 ft above NAVD of 1988, from topographic map.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily precipitation, 3.63 inches, Sept. 14, 2011.