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MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR CRESTONE, CO

2005

MONTH MEAN
TEMP		 HIGH TEMP DATE LOW TEMP DATE HEATING DEGREE DAYS COOLING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL PRECIP WIND SPEED AVG WIND GUST HIGH DATE DOM
WIND DIR
Jan 25.6� 48.5� 1/10   -4.9� 1/14   1224    0 1.73 4 25 1/11 E
Feb 28.7� 49.2� 2/15    2.4� 2/4   1016    0 0.73 4 26 2/20 E
March 33.1� 62.3� 3/28    2.6� 3/16   1000    0 0.61 5 39 3/31 E
April 43.5� 71.7� 4/14   11.9� 4/1     642    0 2.55 6 37 4/8 E
May 54.9� 89.3� 5/21   22.7� 5/12     317    4 0.97 6 47 5/14 E
June 61.0� 93.4� 6/20   27.0� 6/11     142   21 0.31 6     51**   6/3** E
July 68.9� 96.6� 7/20   43.3� 7/4       14 135 1.20 5 42 7/14 E
August 62.9� 90.2� 8/2   38.2� 8/28       85   30 1.09 5 34 8/31 E
Sept 57.7� 82.5� 8/5   25.9� 9/15     217     0 1.05 5 45 9/12 E
October 44.6� 75.1� 10/2   16.9� 10/31     632     0 0.93 5 30 10/4 E
Nov 32.2� 62.0� 11/8    -3.3� 11/29     984     0 0.21 5 42 11/11 E
Dec 21.4� 49.7� 12/2  -17.7� 12/8    1338     0 0.31 4 36 12/29 E
                           
TOTALS 45.5� 96.6� 7/20   -17.7� 12/8    7611 181 11.69 5 51** 6/3** E

Temperatures recorded in degrees Fahrenheit. Wind Speed recorded in MPH. Precipitation recorded in inches. Heating/Cooling degree base:  65.0�
**Reading taken 4 miles away at the Crestone Charter School, as this station's anemometer was knocked out by lighting that day, reports from in town reported estimated gusts over 60 MPH.

 

2005 Crestone Weather Extremes:

Highest Temperature: 96.6� on July 20 (all time high temperature ever recorded in Crerstone)
Lowest Temperature: -17.7� on Decemnber 12 (-20� reported a few miles away in the Grants, on same day)
Most Precip (month): 2.55" in April
Least Precip (month): 0.21" in November
Most Snow (24 hours): 11.8" on January 12
Most Snow (one storm): 11.8" on January 12
Highest Wind Gust: 51 mph on June 3
Days with below zero temps: 14
Days with temps above 90� : 19

Unusual Crestone Weather Notes For 2005:

On January 12, 2.6" of snow accumulated between 8:15 and 9:15 am, another 2.2" from 9:15 till 10:15 am, and another 2.8" from 10:15 to 11:15 am, with a total of 11.8" of snow accumulation in a little bit more than 6 hours.

January, with 1.73" of precip,  was the wettest January ever recorded in Crestone, old record was 1.65" in 1988. Temperature wise, it was also one of the warmest January's here, too.

The brief mixture of rain and snow that fell on February 12, was the first time rain was ever recorded during the month of February in Crestone. This was the second time in two months for the winter of 2004-05 where such a record was set, as the rain that fell in Dec '04 was also a first for Crestone. January is now the only month of the year where rain has never been recorded in Crestone.

One quarter of an inch of hail was on the ground after a hail storm hit on March 20, and then again on March 23.

With only .61 of an inch of precip this March, nine out of the last ten March's have been below the norm for total precip for the month.

A funnel cloud was spotted and photographed (see photo page) directly over downtown Crestone on April 24, and then briefly hit the side of the mountain, so officially it was a tornado. With this storm also came 1/2 inch hail stones in Baca Chalet One, sleet in downtown Crestone, yet no precip at all out in the Grants.

On April 29 it snowed with the air temp at 52�F.

This April turned out to be the second wettest ever, with 2.55" of precip recorded.

Record high temperature readings were set on 4 consecutive days between May 20 & May 23, with readings of 89�, 89�, 88�, and 87�.

Sandstorm (see photo page) hits Crestone and the Northern San Luis Valley with damaging winds on June 3.

On July 20, Crestone set an all time record high temperature with a reading of 96.6� (rounded out to 97�), breaking the old high of 96�, which was reach only nine days earlier this year on July 11, and also on July 14, 2004, July 15, 2003  and May 31, 2002

This July was the fifth driest July ever on record and tied for the second warmest.

This August was the fifth driest August ever on record.

November was the sixth driest November ever on record. The 0.9" of total snow for the month was the third least amount of snow ever report in November. Seven of the last eight Novembers have had less than the average amount of snow that we should receive for the month.

With only .31" of total precip this December, out of the past 11 December's combined, only one (2001), had above normal precip recorded.

2005 marked the seventh year in a row for below average precip in Crestone, with only 11.69" of total precip recorded for the entire year.

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