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<br />Year Avondale Nepesta Dam Junta Animas Annotation for floods of record below Pueblo Dam I
<br />1969 13,300 5,900 9,130 13,400 3,740 I
<br />1970 4,800 5,080 7,250 2,090 1,240
<br />1971 2,950 2,540 2,000 4,070 1,960
<br />1972 15,000 11,900 10,000 9,110 4,130 I
<br />1973 6,700 6,550 4,850 3,840 No data
<br />1974 2,920 2,870 2,080 1,230 612
<br />1975 6,030 8,310 6,050 4,460 2,760 I
<br />1976 6,810 8,880 7,400 7,790 3,900
<br />1977 6,150 4,250 3,410 8,300 4,300
<br />1978 15,400 12,900 23,300 14,800 6,150 I
<br />1979 5,020 5,080 4,940 2,770 3,120
<br />1980 10,200 9,740 6,940 8,420 6,610
<br />1981 3,790 10,400 8,910 6,690 2,900 I
<br />1982 9,320 10,100 12,700 10,000 5,310
<br />1983 6,820 6,890 6,460 6,690 5,850 I
<br />1984 10,200 13,600 7,920 18,000 7,150
<br />1985 7,000 9,790 5,150 9,230 3,660
<br />1986 5,710 6,300 6,330 3,840 2,450 I
<br />1987 6,420 5,600 6,410 7,200 6,240
<br />1988 3,270 3,290 2,230 1,440 522
<br />1989 3,260 3,380 2,680 2,960 1,790 I
<br />1990 4,970 4,270 8,100 11,200 2,060
<br />1991 3,940 2,680 5,780 2,960 1,300
<br />1992 3,160 2,210 3,460 1,180 930 I
<br />1993 5,350 3,770 4,010 1,990 1,700
<br />1994 10,600 7,750 9,040 4,540 2,940
<br />1995 6,700 6,000 9,970 6,710 6,390 I
<br />1996 11,600 4,430 7,040 2,380 2,320
<br />1997 8,150 5,840 6,030 6,130 5,350 I
<br />1998 3,990 3,550 3,930 5,170 3,980
<br />1999 20,900 25,000 26,000 30,000 32,900 ; Major flood event north and west of JMD.
<br />2.2 CLIMATE I
<br />The climate in the Otero/Bent County area is characterized as semi-arid continental with I
<br />low and variable precipitation, low humidity, and wide daily and seasonal temperature ranges
<br />(Berry 1971:1-2; 1972:77-79; USACE 1983a:4/3-4/S). Weather patterns generally are governed I
<br />by dry air from the southwest; however, winter stomls emanate from the northwest, and moist air
<br />from the Gulf of Mexico frequently influences weather during spring, summer, and fall. High
<br />winds occur in the spring. I
<br />During December through February, nighttime temperatures are usually below 32 of while
<br />daytime temperatures generally are above freezing. In June through August, the daily maximum I
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