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ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

PRECIPITATION DATA AT SITES ON FORT CARSON MILITARY RESERVATION-Continued

384339104461201 RANGE ONE METEOROLOGICAL STATION AT FORT CARSON, CO

LOCATION.--Lat 38°43'39", long 104°46'12", in NE14SW14 sec.22, T.15 S., R.66 W., El Paso County, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, on Fort Carson Military Reservation, 0.1 mi southeast of intersection of Military Route 5 and Specker Ave., 1.5 mi southwest of Interstate 25, and 7.9 mi south of Colorado Springs.

PRECIPITATION RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1999 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=384339104461201

GAGE.--Tipping-bucket rain gage with radio telemetry and electronic data logger. Elevation of gage is 5,770 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

REMARKS.--Records during Nov. 1 to Jan. 13 and estimated daily precipitation may be 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, 1.51 inches, May 30, 2001.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum daily precipitation, 0.70 inch (estimated), Mar. 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

0.17

0.01

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.01

e0.00

0.00

0.16

0.00

0.00

0.00

2

0.01

0.05

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.30

e0.00

0.09

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.03

3

0.02

0.01

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.00

e0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.05

0.19

4

0.00

0.00

0.01

0.00

e0.00

e0.00

e0.00

0.00

0.56

0.00

0.00

0.00

5

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

e0.02

e0.01

e0.07

0.00

0.29

0.00

0.00

0.00

6

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.00

e0.14

0.03

0.15

0.00

0.00

0.41

7

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

e0.10

e0.00

e0.01

0.00

0.07

0.00

0.00

0.00

8

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.00

e0.01

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

9

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.00

e0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

10

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.00

e0.00

0.15

0.07

0.00

0.00

0.00

11

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.01

e0.00

e0.00

e0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.38

0.00

12

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.00

e0.00

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.00

0.00

13

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

e0.00

0.00

e0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.09

14

0.00

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.15

0.00

e0.00

0.00

0.31

0.00

0.00

0.00

15

0.00

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.00

0.00

e0.31

0.36

0.00

0.06

0.00

0.00

16

0.00

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.00

0.00

e0.00

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.00

17

0.00

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.00

e0.70

e0.00

0.00

0.40

0.00

0.00

0.00

18

0.00

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.00

e0.31

e0.00

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.13

0.00

19

0.00

0.00

0.01

e0.00

e0.38

e0.02

e0.29

0.10

0.40

0.28

0.00

0.00

20

0.00

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.00

e0.00

e0.01

0.01

0.04

0.04

0.00

0.00

21

0.00

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.00

e0.10

e0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

22

0.05

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.00

e0.00

0.10

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

23

0.00

0.00

0.03

e0.00

e0.00

e0.00

0.12

0.25

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

24

0.04

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.00

e0.52

0.08

0.22

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

25

0.00

0.02

0.01

e0.00

e0.00

e0.00

0.00

0.24

0.13

0.00

0.05

0.00

26

0.40

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.01

e0.00

0.00

0.30

0.01

0.15

0.08

0.00

27

0.43

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.02

e0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.00

28

0.00

0.00

0.00

e0.00

e0.11

e0.00

0.00

0.00

0.13

0.30

0.07

0.00

29

0.01

0.00

0.00

e0.00

---

e0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.25

0.00

0.00

30

0.00

0.00

0.00

e0.00

---

e0.00

0.00

0.07

0.00

0.00

0.61

0.00

31

0.00

---

0.00

e0.00

---

e0.00

---

0.02

---

0.00

0.23

---

TOTAL

1.13

0.09

0.06

0.01

0.79

1.97

1.14

1.84

2.77

1.10

1.60

0.72

MAX

0.43

0.05

0.03

0.01

0.38

0.70

0.31

0.36

0.56

0.30

0.61

0.41

WTR YR 2003   TOTAL 13.22  MAX 0.70

e Estimated.


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