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<br />ber 1977, they were below normal for 15
<br />months of the 17 months through March 1978.
<br />At Steamboat Springs, flows were below nor-
<br />mal for 17 of the 18 months from October
<br />1976 through Marcil 1978, the exception being
<br />February 1978.
<br />The flow of the Colorado River near Cisco,
<br />Utah, near the Colorado-Utah State line, when
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<br />adjusted for changes in upstream storage, set
<br />record low monthly means for March through
<br />July 1977. Records began in 1911. Record low
<br />unadjusted daily discharges for the month
<br />occurred in March, April, Ilnd June.
<br />The average flows of several streams in
<br />Colorado during May 1977 were well below the
<br />previous record lows for May which were set in
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