ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

PRECIPITATION DATA AT SITES ON FORT CARSON MILITARY RESERVATION-Continued

384053104492001 ROD AND GUN METEOROLOGICAL STATION AT FORT CARSON, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°40'53", long 104°49'20", in SE14SW14 sec.6, T.16 S., R.66 W., El Paso County, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, on Fort Carson Military Reservation, 0.4 mi north of Military Route 4, 1.2 mi east of State Highway 115, and 9.1 mi south of Colorado Springs.

PRECIPITATION RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1999 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=384053104492001

GAGE.--Tipping-bucket rain gage with radio telemetry and electronic data logger. Elevation of gage is 6,120 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records during November through February may be less accurate than the rest of the published records. Daily precipitation estimated using method based on NOAA Technical Memo NWS HYDRO 14, 1972.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum daily precipitation, 2.97 inches, Aug. 4, 1999.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum daily precipitation, 1.59 inches, May 24.

Precipitation, total, inches 

WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003

DAILY SUM VALUES

DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP
1	0.16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.14	0.00	0.00	0.00
2	0.03	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.35	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.06
3	0.02	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.12
4	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.67	0.00	0.00	0.00
5	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	0.08	0.00	0.19	0.00	0.00	0.00
6	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.16	0.06	0.01	0.00	0.03	0.31
7	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09	0.00	0.00	0.02
8	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.00
9	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00
10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.30	0.00	0.00	0.00
11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.22	0.00
12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00
13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.14	0.00	0.00	0.10
14	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	0.15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.57	0.00	0.00	0.00
15	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.35	0.29	0.00	0.22	0.00	0.00
16	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
17	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.66	0.00	0.00	0.15	0.00	0.00	0.00
18	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.16	0.00
19	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	0.41	0.01	0.22	0.11	0.28	0.12	0.00	0.00
20	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.08	0.04	0.06	0.00	0.00
21	0.00	0.02	0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.09	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
22	0.03	0.00	0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
23	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.58	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.00
24	0.09	0.00	0.03	e0.00	0.00	0.58	0.14	1.59	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
25	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.77	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00
26	0.39	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.01	0.30	0.11	0.00
27	0.53	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00
28	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.09	0.09	0.00
29	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.51	0.00	0.00
30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	---	0.00	0.00	0.15	0.00	0.00	0.81	0.00
31	0.00	---	0.00	0.00	---	0.00	---	0.05	---	0.00	0.72	---
TOTAL	1.28	0.14	0.04	0.02	0.80	1.96	1.08	3.89	2.79	1.32	2.40	0.61
MAX	0.53	0.06	0.03	0.01	0.41	0.66	0.35	1.59	0.67	0.51	0.81	0.31
WTR YR 2003   TOTAL 16.33  MAX 1.59

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