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<br /> Tablle 2 <br /> Precipitation Stations, Annual Average, Maximum, and Minimum <br /> Dolores River Basin, Colorado <br /> Basin Normal Annual Predpitati()in (BNAP) = 28.8 in (See Plate 4) <br />Name of Station Years of Observed Precipitation (in) Average <br />Elevation Record Maximum Minimum Annual <br />Recording Frequency (year) (year) Precipitation <br />Cortez' 22..8 4.7 12.8 <br />6153 ft 71 years 19!;7 1976 (1930-2001 ) <br />Daily <br />Dolores 29..8 6.6 18.5 <br />6940 ft 53 years <br />Daily 19.73 1977 (1949-2001) <br />Durango 30..8 7.1 18.8 <br />6600 ft 91 years 1941 1900 (1900-1991 ) <br />Hourly <br />Mancos' 26..2 9.2 16.4 <br />6990 ft 47 years 19i'3 1974 (1949-2001 ) <br />Daily <br />Mesa Verde National Park 25..9 5.6 17.9 <br />7115 ft 53 years 19~;7 1977 (1949-2001 ) <br />Hourly <br />Ouray 33..5 11.1 22.5 <br />7840 ft 53 years 19!14 1977 (1949-2001 ) <br />Hourly <br />Pleasant View' 21..2 5.5 12.0 <br />6860 ft 50 years 19i'3 1977 (1951-2002) <br />Hourly <br />Rico' 39,.1 5.6 26.0 <br />8800 ft 52 years 19116 1996 (1949-2001 ) <br />Daily <br />Silverton' 41..5 12.0 24.0 <br />9278 ft 91 years 19'11 1956 (1907-2001) <br />Hourly <br />Telluride' 40,.8 14.6 23.1 <br />8672 ft 93 years 19:18 1925 (1907-2001) <br />Hourly <br />'Stations have missinq years <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS) <br />provided by the National Climatic Data Cente:r (NCDC). <br /> <br />Table 3, a tabulation of station average monthly precipitation, shows that precipitation is fairly <br /> <br />evenly distributed throughout the year. Rain can occur from late spring through November with <br /> <br />an occasional thunderstorm in November or December; the thunderstorm season is generally from <br /> <br />mid July through the end of October. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />10 <br />