ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

PRECIPITATION DATA AT SITES ON PINON CANYON MANEUVER SITE-Continued

373823103465601 UPPER BENT CANYON METEOROLOGICAL STATION NEAR DELHI, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 37°38'20", long 103°46'55", in SW14NW14 sec.3, T.28 S., R.57 W., Las Animas County, Hydrologic Unit 11020010, on Pinon Canyon Manuever Site approximately 80 ft north of Military Supply Road 1A, 1.2 mi above Stage Canyon, 6.7 mi west of Rourke Road, 12.9 mi east of Delhi, and 27 mi south of La Junta.

PRECIPITATION RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1983 to September 1998, published as Bent Canyon Rain Gage above Stage Canyon near Delhi. October 1998, May 1999 to current year. Site was part of a hydrologic study 1983-92, data published elsewhere. For a complete listing of data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=373823103465601

GAGE.--Tipping-bucket rain gage with radio telemetry and electronic data logger. Elevation of gage is 4,860 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records during November through February are less accurate than the rest of the published records.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum daily precipitation, 2.81 inches, May 24, 2003.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum daily precipitation, 2.81 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	0.00	0.10	0.00	0.15	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00
2	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.10	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
3	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.16	0.00	0.00	0.12
4	0.00	0.07	0.12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00
5	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.34	0.00	1.35	0.00	0.06	0.00
6	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.14	0.05	0.01	0.00	0.21	0.34
7	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01
8	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.00
9	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.08
10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.30	0.00	0.00	0.00
11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	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	0.51	0.00	0.00	0.18
14	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01
15	0.00	0.19	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.09	0.44	0.00	0.61	0.00	0.00
16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00
17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.12	0.00	0.00	1.27	0.00	0.00	0.00
18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.07	0.00
19	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.00	0.07	0.86	1.28	0.00	0.10	0.03	0.07	0.00
20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.34	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
21	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.22	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
22	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
23	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
24	0.02	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.22	0.05	2.81	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
25	0.01	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00
26	0.21	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
27	0.02	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.11	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00
28	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.00	0.07	0.00	0.01	0.37	0.00	0.00
29	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.59	0.00	0.03	0.00
30	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	---	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.27	0.00
31	0.00	---	0.00	0.00	---	0.00	---	0.00	---	0.00	0.00	---
TOTAL	0.37	0.44	0.39	0.32	0.31	2.11	3.24	3.40	4.39	1.04	0.79	0.74
MAX	0.21	0.19	0.12	0.15	0.10	0.86	1.28	2.81	1.35	0.61	0.27	0.34
WTR YR 2003   TOTAL 17.54  MAX 2.81