ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

PRECIPITATION DATA AT SITES ON PINON CANYON MANEUVER SITE-Continued

373315103493101 UPPER RED ROCK CANYON METEOROLOGICAL STATION NEAR HOUGHTON, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 37°33'12", long 103°49'30", in NE14 NE14 sec.6, T.29 S., R.57 W., Las Animas County, Hydrologic Unit 11020010, on Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site approximatly 100 ft west of unnumbered Military Supply Road, 0.4 mi south of Military Supply Road 1, 12.2 mi southeast of Houghton, and 33 mi southwest of La Junta.

PRECIPITATION RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1983 to September 1998, published as Red Rock Canyon Rain Gage at Red Rock Road. October 1998, September 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=373315103493101

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, 2.75 inches, July 19, 1993.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum daily precipitation, 1.19 inches, June 17.

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	0.07	0.00	0.17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00
2	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.09	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00
3	0.03	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.13
4	0.00	0.03	0.21	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.01
5	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.32	0.00	0.70	0.00	0.07	0.00
6	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.64
7	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.05	0.00	0.04	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.23
8	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.00
9	0.00	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.13
10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03	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	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.00	0.00
13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.30	0.00	0.00	0.13
14	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.01
15	0.00	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.84	0.26	0.00	0.09	0.00	0.00
16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
17	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.23	0.00	0.00	1.19	0.00	0.00	0.00
18	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.16	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.04	0.00
19	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.00	0.05	0.84	0.58	0.01	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.00
20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.05
21	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
22	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
23	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
24	0.01	0.00	0.14	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.28	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	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.00
26	0.24	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
27	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
28	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.16	0.00	0.00	0.27	0.00	0.00
29	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.19	0.00	0.05	0.00
30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	---	0.00	0.00	0.15	0.00	0.00	0.36	0.00
31	0.00	---	0.00	0.00	---	0.00	---	0.02	---	0.00	0.00	---
TOTAL	0.42	0.35	0.42	0.29	0.21	1.63	2.03	0.73	2.56	0.40	0.74	1.34
MAX	0.24	0.13	0.21	0.17	0.06	0.84	0.84	0.28	1.19	0.27	0.36	0.64
WTR YR 2003   TOTAL 11.12  MAX 1.19