GUNNISON RIVER BASIN

381001107412300 DRY CREEK METEOROLOGICAL STATION NEAR RIDGWAY, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°10'01", long 107°41'23", in SE14NE14 sec.12, T.45 N, R.8 W., Ouray County, Hydrologic Unit 14020006, 3.7 mi east of Ridgway.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1994 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=381001107412300

GAGE.--Weighing-bucket rain gage with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 7,360 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Daily record for air temperature is good. Daily record for precipitation is good.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

AIR TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 33.2°C, July 13, 2002; minimum recorded, -26.9°C, Dec. 18, 1996.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily, 1.8 inches, Oct. 3, 1996.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--

AIR TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 32.6°C, July 11, 12, 13, 18; minimum, -21.6°C, Feb. 7.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily, 1.8 inches, Sept. 9.

Temperature, air, degrees Celsius 

WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003

DAY	MAX	MIN	MEAN	MAX	MIN	MEAN	MAX	MIN	MEAN	MAX	MIN	MEAN
	OCTOBER			NOVEMBER			DECEMBER			JANUARY
1	16.5	2.1	9.3	11.7	-1.0	4.6	6.4	-5.7	-0.5	5.7	-14.1	-5.0
2	12.8	4.6	8.3	9.5	-3.8	3.4	7.4	-8.6	-1.8	4.2	-16.6	-7.6
3	4.6	0.0	2.2	2.8	-9.8	-3.7	6.4	-6.4	-1.0	8.5	-11.3	-2.9
4	11.7	-2.1	4.8	4.9	-6.0	-0.5	6.7	-9.0	-2.3	10.2	-7.1	0.2
5	15.0	1.4	7.2	9.5	-8.6	-1.1	6.4	-6.4	-0.9	3.9	-7.5	-2.0
6	16.9	-1.0	7.1	13.9	-6.4	1.8	6.7	-8.6	-2.3	9.9	-7.9	-1.1
7	19.3	0.0	8.7	15.8	-4.9	4.6	7.1	-8.3	-2.1	11.3	-10.9	-2.6
8	18.1	0.4	8.6	9.5	2.5	4.6	7.1	-9.0	-3.7	13.5	-9.4	-1.6
9	18.9	-0.3	8.7	10.6	-1.4	3.5	9.2	-10.5	-2.7	4.6	-8.6	-1.7
10	20.1	-1.4	9.9	1.4	-8.6	-3.0	7.8	-10.5	-3.5	4.6	-3.8	0.1
11	18.9	4.6	12.2	3.2	-6.0	-2.0	4.2	-12.1	-5.3	3.5	-2.8	-0.8
12	15.0	-1.4	6.8	7.4	-10.9	-2.8	4.6	-6.0	-2.2	5.3	-6.8	-2.3
13	17.7	-3.8	6.5	7.8	-6.0	-0.2	10.2	-8.6	-1.1	9.2	-10.1	-2.5
14	17.3	-0.7	7.2	4.9	-2.8	-0.1	9.5	-9.8	-0.6	12.8	-7.9	0.0
15	18.9	-3.8	6.5	2.1	-12.5	-4.0	9.9	-3.8	3.9	1.8	-9.8	-3.1
16	17.3	-2.8	6.4	7.8	-14.1	-4.6	10.2	-4.6	1.7	4.6	-13.7	-5.5
17	19.3	-3.1	7.4	12.4	-6.8	1.0	2.1	-4.9	-1.9	4.6	-9.8	-3.0
18	15.4	-2.1	6.7	8.8	-7.1	-0.9	0.0	-7.5	-5.0	7.1	-12.1	-4.5
19	16.9	-2.8	6.4	8.5	-6.8	-0.1	-0.7	-14.5	-8.0	11.3	-9.8	-1.5
20	16.5	-3.1	6.2	9.9	-6.8	0.3	3.5	-12.1	-4.9	10.6	-7.5	0.3
21	15.4	-2.4	6.6	14.3	-4.9	2.5	1.8	-12.9	-7.1	10.2	-6.8	0.4
22	13.9	0.7	6.3	17.7	-3.8	4.2	0.7	-15.3	-8.8	10.6	-7.5	-0.3
23	9.5	1.8	4.4	13.9	-2.8	3.8	0.4	-16.6	-9.0	10.6	-4.9	1.2
24	8.1	0.7	2.7	9.2	-2.8	2.8	2.1	-11.3	-6.9	9.2	-4.2	1.2
25	10.6	-3.5	3.4	1.8	-3.5	-2.0	-1.7	-16.2	-9.3	5.7	-4.9	0.7
26	8.5	-2.8	1.7	3.9	-10.1	-4.1	0.7	-16.2	-9.6	11.0	-9.0	-0.9
27	7.1	-1.4	1.9	7.8	-10.9	-3.9	5.7	-13.3	-6.0	13.9	-5.7	3.0
28	7.4	-1.0	2.5	11.0	-10.1	-2.1	11.7	-12.1	-2.1	8.5	-4.2	2.4
29	4.2	-4.2	-1.6	12.4	-6.8	0.2	4.9	-4.6	-0.5	7.4	-7.9	-0.8
30	8.5	-6.4	1.6	11.7	-7.1	0.2	1.4	-12.5	-4.9	8.8	-6.4	2.0
31	12.8	2.1	6.5	---	---	---	4.9	-12.5	-3.5	11.7	-3.5	3.1
MONTH	20.1	-6.4	5.9	17.7	-14.1	0.1	11.7	-16.6	-3.6	13.9	-16.6	-1.1
	FEBRUARY			MARCH			APRIL			MAY
1	15.4	-0.7	6.4	1.8	-10.9	-4.8	17.7	0.7	9.8	12.4	-4.9	5.7
2	10.2	-4.2	3.5	6.4	-15.7	-5.6	13.5	3.5	9.1	16.5	0.4	9.4
3	1.1	-11.3	-5.4	6.7	-12.9	-3.2	4.9	-1.7	2.4	16.5	7.4	12.5
4	1.4	-11.7	-5.2	1.4	-3.1	-1.4	7.1	-8.3	0.6	10.6	1.4	5.5
5	-4.9	-11.3	-8.2	0.7	-7.5	-3.6	7.1	-4.6	1.5	10.6	-0.3	5.3
6	-2.8	-16.2	-10.3	7.1	-7.5	0.1	2.5	-4.6	-1.2	12.8	-1.0	6.0
7	-1.7	-21.6	-12.6	9.2	-3.8	2.5	4.6	-5.3	-1.0	13.9	-0.7	8.4
8	1.8	-18.3	-8.9	11.7	-5.3	3.5	13.1	-8.6	1.8	11.0	1.1	6.4
9	-4.9	-14.5	-8.0	11.0	-3.1	3.7	18.5	-3.8	7.4	12.4	-1.4	5.2
10	4.2	-15.3	-5.7	11.7	-2.4	4.3	19.3	-1.0	9.5	8.8	-5.7	2.1
11	6.0	-11.7	-3.0	13.5	-3.8	4.3	19.7	-0.7	9.8	17.7	-5.3	7.5
12	11.0	-7.5	0.8	13.5	-1.0	5.7	18.1	-0.7	9.8	20.9	0.0	11.4
13	7.4	1.1	3.6	17.7	-2.4	6.7	20.5	0.4	10.9	19.7	4.9	12.4
14	3.5	-1.4	1.1	14.6	0.7	6.9	18.1	2.1	10.9	20.1	6.4	13.7
15	4.6	-4.9	-0.6	13.9	-2.1	6.7	12.1	2.1	5.1	15.8	4.6	9.2
16	8.1	-5.3	1.4	9.2	-1.4	3.9	15.0	0.4	6.7	22.5	4.2	13.5
17	8.8	-4.2	0.9	5.7	-2.1	1.0	14.3	0.0	7.7	23.8	4.9	16.1
18	3.2	-5.7	-2.4	2.5	-3.5	-1.1	8.5	-0.7	3.4	18.5	5.3	12.7
19	6.0	-10.1	-2.9	3.5	-4.2	-1.2	8.5	-2.4	1.9	17.7	2.1	10.2
20	6.7	-10.1	-2.2	7.4	-7.9	-0.2	15.0	-5.3	4.8	19.3	2.8	11.5
21	5.3	-7.1	-1.6	6.0	-2.8	1.0	15.4	0.7	8.4	22.5	2.5	13.6
22	3.2	-7.5	-3.0	11.3	-5.7	2.5	11.3	0.0	5.7	25.1	3.5	15.4
23	1.4	-10.5	-3.7	14.6	-2.1	6.4	4.9	-3.5	1.1	25.1	5.7	16.5
24	5.3	-3.1	0.4	10.2	-0.7	3.7	15.0	2.5	8.0	25.5	8.5	17.3
25	2.8	-4.2	-0.4	11.7	-1.0	3.4	18.9	2.5	10.5	21.3	6.0	13.9
26	2.5	-7.9	-3.7	12.8	-2.1	6.3	17.3	3.9	11.2	26.0	4.9	16.2
27	2.1	-7.5	-3.1	1.1	-6.8	-3.0	18.9	2.1	10.6	27.3	7.1	18.4
28	1.8	-6.0	-3.3	1.4	-7.5	-4.1	16.9	1.8	11.2	29.2	7.8	19.0
29	---	---	---	3.5	-11.7	-3.5	15.0	3.2	9.9	28.2	11.0	19.4
30	---	---	---	10.6	-8.3	1.5	12.1	1.4	7.6	26.4	11.0	18.3
31	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	26.0	11.7	17.2
MONTH	15.4	-21.6	-2.7	---	---	---	20.5	-8.6	6.5	29.2	-5.7	11.9
	JUNE			JULY			AUGUST			SEPTEMBER
1	22.9	8.8	15.1	29.2	9.5	21.7	29.2	12.1	19.7	26.4	5.7	16.5
2	24.2	6.0	16.5	29.2	7.4	20.4	26.9	13.9	19.1	26.0	8.8	17.8
3	24.2	3.2	15.4	30.1	8.5	20.9	24.6	13.9	18.2	24.2	11.0	15.9
4	22.9	3.9	15.1	31.6	8.5	21.1	28.2	9.2	19.3	24.2	9.2	15.8
5	20.1	5.3	13.1	30.1	9.2	20.7	30.1	10.2	20.8	24.2	9.2	13.8
6	22.1	1.1	13.4	27.8	11.0	19.8	29.2	9.9	19.7	19.3	7.4	12.0
7	20.1	5.3	13.1	29.7	9.2	20.7	27.3	13.5	19.0	17.7	7.4	12.3
8	24.2	2.1	15.0	31.1	9.5	21.5	29.2	12.4	20.6	22.9	5.3	14.7
9	22.5	8.5	15.7	30.6	10.2	21.2	30.1	11.7	21.5	15.0	5.7	10.6
10	24.2	7.4	16.9	31.1	7.4	20.5	29.7	12.4	21.5	13.1	3.9	8.0
11	23.8	6.4	16.4	32.6	9.9	22.3	31.1	12.4	20.8	15.4	1.4	7.5
12	---	---	---	32.6	9.5	22.2	28.7	13.1	21.5	21.3	1.8	11.1
13	20.9	4.2	13.0	32.6	11.7	22.5	29.7	12.8	21.2	16.9	0.7	9.4
14	25.1	5.3	16.2	32.1	12.1	22.8	29.7	9.9	19.1	20.5	-1.7	8.5
15	28.2	5.7	18.3	31.1	16.1	23.2	21.7	12.1	16.2	22.9	1.4	12.2
16	25.1	8.1	17.0	29.7	13.9	22.0	21.3	10.2	14.3	22.9	6.0	16.1
17	23.3	9.2	16.6	31.1	12.8	20.8	21.3	11.3	15.6	21.7	3.9	15.3
18	22.5	7.4	15.7	32.6	12.1	22.8	23.8	11.0	17.6	16.1	-3.5	6.2
19	22.1	7.1	14.3	29.7	13.1	21.1	28.2	10.6	19.3	---	---	---
20	21.7	7.1	15.4	31.1	12.8	23.1	30.6	11.3	20.3	20.9	2.5	12.2
21	24.6	6.0	16.4	31.1	13.9	22.8	26.9	11.3	18.6	22.1	1.4	11.3
22	24.6	7.4	17.2	32.1	12.1	22.2	23.8	13.1	17.4	24.2	1.4	12.3
23	24.2	9.2	18.3	28.7	16.5	21.5	24.2	11.7	16.5	24.2	3.2	14.0
24	23.3	8.8	16.9	30.1	11.7	21.1	26.4	8.5	17.5	24.2	3.5	13.8
25	20.1	1.8	12.8	28.7	16.1	21.9	26.0	11.0	18.4	25.5	4.6	14.7
26	23.3	1.4	13.7	28.7	12.4	21.6	26.0	8.5	17.6	25.1	3.2	14.0
27	26.0	4.6	16.6	29.7	13.5	20.0	23.3	11.7	16.4	24.6	4.2	14.3
28	27.3	5.3	18.1	28.7	11.0	19.9	22.5	12.4	15.9	25.5	4.2	15.1
29	28.7	7.8	18.5	29.2	13.1	18.8	26.0	9.9	16.9	26.9	6.7	16.3
30	30.1	7.8	20.4	30.1	10.6	20.5	22.1	10.6	14.7	26.0	9.2	17.0
31	---	---	---	26.0	13.1	18.6	24.6	7.1	15.6	---	---	---
MONTH	---	---	---	32.6	7.4	21.3	31.1	7.1	18.4	---	---	---

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	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
3	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
8	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
9	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	1.8
10	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
11	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
12	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
13	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
14	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
15	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
16	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
17	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0
18	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
19	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
20	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
21	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
22	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
23	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
24	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
25	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
26	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
27	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.7	0.0
28	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
29	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	---	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
30	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	---	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
31	0.0	---	0.1	0.0	---	0.0	---	0.0	---	0.0	0.0	---
TOTAL	1.8	1.3	0.4	0.2	1.8	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	2.3	2.5
WTR YR 2003   TOTAL 12.9