ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07094500 ARKANSAS RIVER AT PARKDALE, CO-Continued

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1967 to June 1984, November 1986 to March 1996, April 1996 to current year (seasonal records only). For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=07094500

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.--

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: November 1986 to September 1993.

WATER TEMPERATURE: November 1986 to September 1993, April 1996 to current year (seasonal records only).

INSTRUMENTATION.--Water-temperature probe with satellite telemetry.

REMARKS.--Daily water-temperature records are good. Reported values may not be representative of the stream when flows are less than about 250 ft3/s.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD.--

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum (occurred during period of seasonal record), 26.4°C, July 12, 2002; minimum, 0.0°C, on many days.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--

WATER TEMPERATURE (seasonal only): Maximum, 23.1°C, Aug. 3; minimum 4.6°C, Apr. 8.

MISCELLANEOUS FIELD MEASUREMENTS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003

Date	Time	Instan- taneous dis- charge, cfs (00061)	Specif. conduc- tance, wat unf uS/cm 25 degC (00095)		Date	Time	Instan- taneous dis- charge, cfs (00061)	Specif. conduc- tance, wat unf uS/cm 25 degC (00095)
OCT					JUN
04...	1340	283	269		03...	1300	3,510	110
MAR					AUG
12...	1800	228	300		28...	1330	480	256
MAY					SEP
02...	1345	264	250		24...	1600	340	256
29...	1945	2,870	120

Temperature, water, degrees Celsius 

WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003

DAY	MAX	MIN	MEAN	MAX	MIN	MEAN	MAX	MIN	MEAN	MAX	MIN	MEAN
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MONTH	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	FEBRUARY			MARCH			APRIL			MAY
1	---	---	---	---	---	---	13.8	7.9	10.8	15.8	11.3	13.2
2	---	---	---	---	---	---	13.7	8.5	10.9	16.2	11.2	13.4
3	---	---	---	---	---	---	12.2	8.3	9.8	17.5	12.2	14.4
4	---	---	---	---	---	---	10.8	6.8	8.7	15.3	11.6	13.1
5	---	---	---	---	---	---	8.3	6.2	7.5	15.6	10.4	12.9
6	---	---	---	---	---	---	10.2	7.0	8.4	15.6	10.7	12.9
7	---	---	---	---	---	---	9.0	6.4	7.5	15.6	12.0	13.6
8	---	---	---	---	---	---	11.0	4.6	7.8	15.5	11.1	13.1
9	---	---	---	---	---	---	12.8	6.2	9.6	15.5	10.9	13.2
10	---	---	---	---	---	---	14.7	8.5	11.5	13.1	10.3	11.8
11	---	---	---	---	---	---	14.3	10.0	12.2	15.7	10.0	12.8
12	---	---	---	---	---	---	13.6	10.1	11.8	17.2	11.3	14.3
13	---	---	---	---	---	---	14.9	9.1	12.2	17.1	12.8	14.9
14	---	---	---	---	---	---	13.5	11.1	12.5	16.5	12.6	15.1
15	---	---	---	---	---	---	13.1	10.2	11.9	17.9	14.4	15.5
16	---	---	---	---	---	---	13.7	8.0	10.9	18.3	12.7	15.7
17	---	---	---	---	---	---	13.4	9.2	11.6	18.8	15.3	17.1
18	---	---	---	---	---	---	14.6	9.5	12.1	18.2	15.1	16.7
19	---	---	---	---	---	---	11.8	9.7	10.5	15.5	13.5	14.4
20	---	---	---	---	---	---	12.9	8.6	10.7	13.5	10.5	11.7
21	---	---	---	---	---	---	13.8	10.5	11.6	15.4	9.5	12.5
22	---	---	---	---	---	---	14.8	10.5	12.4	18.0	13.0	15.5
23	---	---	---	---	---	---	12.4	8.0	10.8	18.0	14.9	16.7
24	---	---	---	---	---	---	12.6	6.8	9.2	17.5	14.6	16.3
25	---	---	---	---	---	---	14.8	8.3	11.6	16.6	14.5	15.7
26	---	---	---	---	---	---	16.6	11.1	13.8	15.3	12.8	14.1
27	---	---	---	---	---	---	16.0	11.9	13.7	15.7	13.4	14.5
28	---	---	---	---	---	---	16.1	11.6	13.8	16.5	13.9	15.3
29	---	---	---	---	---	---	16.9	12.5	14.5	16.0	14.4	15.2
30	---	---	---	---	---	---	16.1	12.1	14.0	15.4	13.7	14.5
31	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	14.4	13.0	13.6
MONTH	---	---	---	---	---	---	16.9	4.6	11.1	18.8	9.5	14.3
	JUNE			JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER
1	14.0	12.1	13.1	20.3	17.0	18.7	19.4	17.3	18.6	21.3	17.4	19.2
2	15.0	11.8	13.4	20.8	17.3	19.1	21.4	17.6	19.4	21.6	17.5	19.3
3	15.5	12.9	14.1	21.4	17.6	19.5	23.1	19.0	20.7	19.2	16.8	18.0
4	15.6	13.6	14.6	20.9	17.5	19.4	22.3	18.9	20.6	19.9	15.1	17.5
5	14.4	12.6	13.1	20.3	17.9	19.3	22.6	18.9	20.7	19.7	16.7	18.2
6	14.6	11.5	13.0	20.0	17.7	18.8	22.1	18.7	20.4	19.6	17.3	18.3
7	13.8	11.7	12.7	20.0	16.1	18.1	21.0	18.6	19.9	18.4	16.8	17.3
8	16.2	12.3	14.2	21.8	16.8	19.1	21.7	18.8	20.1	18.4	15.1	16.9
9	16.5	14.4	15.5	21.4	18.0	19.7	22.0	19.2	20.6	17.5	15.3	16.3
10	15.8	14.0	15.0	22.5	18.1	20.1	20.9	18.4	19.9	16.0	13.5	14.7
11	16.8	13.5	15.2	20.6	18.1	19.6	21.6	18.1	19.6	14.3	11.5	13.1
12	17.0	14.3	15.7	20.5	18.3	19.3	22.5	18.3	20.3	15.9	11.6	13.9
13	16.2	14.1	14.7	20.5	17.9	19.2	22.8	18.6	20.5	15.2	11.0	12.9
14	15.6	12.7	14.3	20.9	18.1	19.5	21.9	18.1	19.9	14.4	9.7	12.1
15	17.5	14.4	15.9	21.0	17.7	19.2	21.9	17.9	19.8	15.2	11.7	13.6
16	16.9	15.0	15.8	21.0	17.4	19.0	22.1	17.9	19.3	15.8	12.3	14.3
17	16.0	13.4	14.8	22.0	17.5	19.7	22.0	17.7	19.4	16.9	13.6	15.2
18	15.5	13.0	14.4	22.9	18.5	20.6	19.7	17.4	18.4	14.9	12.4	13.7
19	16.5	13.6	15.1	22.9	19.5	21.1	20.6	16.2	18.4	14.8	11.3	13.2
20	16.1	13.7	15.0	21.3	19.0	19.9	22.1	17.8	20.0	14.6	11.5	13.3
21	16.8	13.4	15.1	21.2	17.9	19.6	22.3	18.5	20.1	15.4	11.9	13.8
22	17.9	14.0	16.0	21.9	18.3	20.0	20.7	17.2	18.9	15.3	12.0	13.8
23	17.8	14.3	16.3	20.0	18.1	19.2	20.9	17.5	19.1	16.0	12.4	14.3
24	18.1	14.7	16.4	22.6	17.9	20.1	22.7	17.4	19.8	15.5	12.1	14.1
25	18.0	14.6	16.4	22.6	19.3	21.2	20.6	18.6	19.1	16.1	12.3	14.3
26	18.6	15.5	17.0	22.2	19.0	20.6	20.0	17.7	18.9	16.2	12.4	14.5
27	19.0	16.2	17.7	20.8	18.6	19.5	20.3	17.1	18.7	16.3	12.7	14.5
28	19.9	16.8	18.3	19.7	17.8	18.9	19.5	17.8	18.8	15.7	12.1	13.8
29	18.8	16.2	17.8	20.8	17.6	19.0	20.0	16.1	17.9	15.4	11.2	13.3
30	20.1	17.0	18.5	21.5	18.2	19.8	18.0	17.0	17.4	15.1	11.7	13.3
31	---	---	---	20.2	18.3	19.3	18.5	16.0	17.3	---	---	---
MONTH	20.1	11.5	15.3	22.9	16.1	19.6	23.1	16.0	19.4	21.6	9.7	15.0