ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

PRECIPITATION DATA AT SITES ON PINON CANYON MANEUVER SITE-Continued

373004104032001 BURSON WELL METEOROLOGICAL STATION NEAR THATCHER, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 37°30'04", long 104°03'20", in SW14SW14 sec.19, T.29 S., R.59 W., Las Animas County, Hydrologic Unit 11020010, on Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site 0.3 mi south of Military Supply Road 1, 4.2 mi southeast of Thatcher, and 33 mi northeast of Trinidad.

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=373004104032001

GAGE.--Tipping-bucket rain gage with radio telemetry and electronic data logger. Elevation of gage is 5,630 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records during November through February, June 2 to July 1, and estimated daily precipitation are 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, 2.31 inches, Aug. 8, 2003.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum daily precipitation, 2.31 inches, Aug. 8.

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	0.03	0.04	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00
2	0.01	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
3	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.26
4	0.00	e0.00	0.16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.00	0.57	0.00
5	0.00	e0.00	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.62	0.00	0.09	0.00
6	0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.42
7	0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.03
8	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.31	0.00
9	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07
10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.01
11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.17	0.00	0.00	0.09
14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01
15	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.26	0.04	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.00
16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09	0.00	0.00	0.17	0.00	0.00	0.00
18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.00
19	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.00	0.07	0.17	0.35	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00
20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
21	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
22	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
23	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
24	0.02	0.00	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.00	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
25	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.00	0.00
26	0.29	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
27	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.28	0.00	0.00
28	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.64	0.00	0.00
29	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.88	0.00	0.20	0.00
30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.99	0.00
31	0.01	---	0.00	0.00	---	0.00	---	0.28	---	0.00	0.00	---
TOTAL	0.46	0.10	0.46	0.08	0.29	1.10	0.64	0.49	2.02	1.00	4.19	0.89
MAX	0.29	0.04	0.16	0.06	0.08	0.50	0.35	0.28	0.88	0.64	2.31	0.42
WTR YR 2003   TOTAL 11.72  MAX 2.31

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