FLOOD06805

• County: Statewide
• Community: State of Colorado
• Stream Name: All
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Colorado Extreme Storm Precipitation Data Study
• Date: 5/1/1997
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: CSU
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

Table 1. Maximum observed one-hour precipitation totals (in hundredths ofan inch) by
month and year for the National Weather Service cooperative weather station at Ouray,
Colorado, 1947-1993.

Yea, Jon Fob Mar Anril Mav Jun Jul ,__ _= AUQ SeD Oct Nov o.c Annual
1947 - 25 12 12 26
26
1948 18 lD 27 15 - 1.7 9 20 -- 23 14 13 18 11 27
1949 19 lD 12 10 - "17 27 20 25 15 15 12 13 27
1950 14 21 14 0 0 1D ~~ -- 31 17 4 9 18 31
1951 11 9 15 17 - 9 9 15 1D 20 26 18 26
18 -
16 - ~ D 1D 12 52
1952 9 14 15 15 1 -- 36 10
1953 24 7 13 10 - 22 14 64 14 5 25 S 13 64
1954 3 13 11 4 - 32 18 ~ -- 8 27 15 16 14 32
1955 14 10 14 10 18 12 43 51 13 8 lD 6 51
1956 16 11 2 17 10 19 ~Z -- 15 4 14 10 12 19
1957 17 1D 7 18 - 2D 30 ~4 26 12 14 17 6 30
1958 9 17 9 6 - 29 5 -- 29 44 30 26 3 44
6 --
1959 9 14 5 19 - 11 6 10 36 1 10 26 13 36
1960 13 17 30 21 13 4 21 10 25 15 20 - 7 30
1961 8 4 13 14 6 16 58 -- 32 20 22 16 5 58
1962 1D 8 23 13 16 4 ~7 17 37 26 11 8 37
- 17 ~.:, -- 16 15 1D 26
1963 9 13 11 11 15 -?~ -- 18 15
1964 14 7 9 " 10 - 19 5 61 18 11 12 14 61
-I~ --
1965 17 28 13 lD - 19 17 34 33 18 16 16 19 34
1966 12 7 16 12 lD 18 -?~ -- 46 21 12 10 2D 46
1967 9 11 15 10 18 10 e;2 18 13 9 13 lD 62
1968 13 15 6 18 18 3 ~ -- 16 12 14 8 lD 39
1969 14 19 15 25 - 9 28 35 20 2D 10 10 3 35
1970 15 lD 7 13 8 26 13 35 29 13 11 1D 35
1971 6 5 7 13 12 10 25 28 27 9 12 - 6 28
19n 10 5 12 11 7 ~~ -- 10 18 18 12 12 18
1973 7 4 13 22 - 31 30 55 13 8 0 29 55
<30 --
1974 101 15 13 9 - 2 14 -iY 9 11 lD 18 9 18
1975 13 5 29 lD - 11 26 ~ 33 10 lD 4 2 33
1976 9 12 8 11 18 lD 26 -- 6 26
1977 6 12 - 13 14 32 30 47 24 33 15 47
""' -- 18 19 10 31
1978 lD 6 14 19 8 6 ~ -- 15 15 -
- 8 5 31
1979 13 4 13 17 31 11 1~ -- 21 4 21 -
1980 8 6 8 15 - 15 D ~.~ 12 10 15 11 7 15
1981 4 8 12 8 - 19 23 43 -- 52 66 10 13 11 66
1982 15 11 11 9 - 12 12 23 33 17 8 8 11 33
1983 12 7 11 9 15 28 ~~ -- 37 12 18 9 --" 18 37
- lD 10 23
1984 6 7 8 12 0 20 ~~ -- 15 16 23 -
1985 12 lD 8 14 19 6 18 8 23 13 11 11 23
1986 16 7 lD 12 11 108 26 27 27 25 26 6 108
1987 5 15 12 11 - 9 8 J,g 17 19 15 18 7 20
1988 10 5 24 10 14 24 15 -- 18 26 11 17 14 26
1989 7 9 12 8 11 5 ~ -- 14 15 14 4 8 30
- 20 1D - 10 40
1990 8 12 19 16 15 14 ~ -- 13 40
- lD 20 - lD 40
1991 lD lD 10 lD lD 10 30 40 lD
1992 20 10 10 20 20 10 60 20 lD 10 10 20 GO
1993 lD 2D 10 10 20 10 iD 20 lD lD 1D lD 20
- ~- -
1994 - - ---
1995 - ;~ ~-:
Max 24 28 30 25 - 32 108 66 30 33 29 108

Precipnation in 1/100 of an inch.

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