FLOOD00098

• County: Eagle
• Community: Vail, Eagle County
• Stream Name: Gore Creek
• Title: Floodplain Information Report
• Date: 6/1/1975
• Prepared For: Eagle County
• Prepared By: HYDRO-TRIAD, LTD.
• Contract/PO #: &&
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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TABLE 1. AVERAGE ~IONTlILY TE~1FERATUr-.ES AT 20CO-FOOT INTERVALS WITHIN TIlE AIR
MASS WHICH HOVES ACF;OSS TIlE GORE RA."GE, BASED ON THREE-YEAR SA:-IPLE OF RADIC60NDE
DATA FROM RELEASES AT GRr'\ND JUNCTION, COLORADO, WITH SUFERIHrOSED AVERAGE SURFACE
~'EHPE RATURES AT BERTHOUD PASS AND CLIMAX 2~'W FOR THE MONTHS OF JULY, AUGUST, AND
SErTE~IBER. (oF.)

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Elevation

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Hay June July Aug. Sept Oct. Nov. Dec.

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14,000'

8

8

7 12

23

33

36

35

32

22

13

13

BEW,
FREEZING

ABOVE FREEZING
PRHlARILY DAYTHIF. HOURS

BE La>I
FREEZING

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12,000'

14

15

15

21

33

43

46

45

41

28

19

19

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/Berthoud Pass 11,314'
'Climax 2M, 11,300'

51

50

42

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10,000'

20

22

23

34

43

52

55

54

50

36

25

24

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The daily range between minimum and maximum at these two stations is
. 220. 0
approxl.ro.ately The minimum temperature would be 11 cooler in tho

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early morning hours. The maximum would be 110 warmer in tl1.e early after-

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noon hours than the average values shown. By contrast, the daily range

of temperature at Fraser, located in the valley to the north of Bcrthoud

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Pass and nearly 3000 feet lower, is approximately 400. Early morning

temperatures are colder at Fraser than at the top of Berthoud Pass.

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Conversely, the maximum temperiltures jn the valley are more than 100

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