ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

PRECIPITATION DATA AT SITES ON PINON CANYON MANEUVER SITE-Continued

372721103595601 CIG PIPELINE SOUTH METEOROLOGICAL STATION NEAR SIMPSON, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 37°27'21", long 103°59'56", in SE14SW14 sec.3, T.30 S., R.59 W., Las Animas County, Hydrologic Unit 11020010, on Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site approximately 100 ft south of gas pipeline, 0.8 mi southwest of Taylor Arroyo, 3.4 mi northwest of Rock Crossing, 10 mi southeast of Simpson, and 36 mi northeast of Trinidad.

PRECIPITATION RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1983 to September 1998, published as Taylor Arroyo Rain Gage at Pipeline near Simpson. October 1998, May 1999 to current year. Site was part of a hydrologic study 1983-92, data published elsewhere. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=372721103595601

GAGE.--Tipping-bucket rain gage with radio telemetry and electronic data logger. Elevation of gage is 5,220 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records during November through February 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, 4.59 inches, July 27, 1998.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum daily precipitation, 1.12 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	e0.00	0.02	0.00	0.11	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00
2	e0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	e0.07	e0.00	0.01	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.00
3	e0.01	0.00	0.02	0.00	e0.05	e0.02	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.21
4	e0.00	0.01	0.25	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.13	0.00	0.29	0.00
5	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	0.00	e0.09	0.00	0.62	0.00	0.11	0.00
6	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.42
7	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.03	0.04	e0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.01
8	e0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	e0.01	0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.12	0.00
9	e0.00	0.14	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	0.00	e0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09
10	e0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
11	e0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
12	e0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
13	e0.00	0.02	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.22	0.00	0.00	0.08
14	e0.00	0.02	0.00	e0.00	e0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
15	e0.00	0.02	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	0.00	e0.20	0.53	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
16	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
17	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.37	0.00	0.00	0.00
18	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	e0.03	0.03	e0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00
19	0.00	0.00	0.04	e0.00	e0.12	0.24	0.35	0.01	0.00	0.13	0.01	0.00
20	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
21	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
22	0.01	0.00	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
23	0.01	0.00	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
24	0.01	0.00	0.08	e0.00	e0.00	e0.02	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
25	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.00
26	0.42	0.00	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
27	0.18	0.00	0.00	e0.00	e0.00	e0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.00	0.00
28	0.01	0.00	0.00	e0.00	e0.03	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.00	0.00
29	0.05	0.00	0.00	e0.00	---	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.12	0.00	0.18	0.00
30	0.00	0.00	0.00	e0.00	---	e0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.29	0.00
31	0.01	---	0.00	e0.00	---	e0.00	---	0.09	---	0.00	0.00	---
TOTAL	0.72	0.23	0.39	0.11	0.30	0.80	0.65	0.70	1.59	0.34	2.01	0.81
MAX	0.42	0.14	0.25	0.11	0.12	0.24	0.35	0.53	0.62	0.13	1.12	0.42
WTR YR 2003   TOTAL 8.65  MAX 1.12

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