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<br />5loF. The coolest mean temperature registered at the Weather Station in the <br />Colorado National Monument, located at an elevation of 5,280, is 27.80],' in the <br />the month of January with the warmest mean temperature recorded as 70.7op in <br />July. The precipitation normals from the Paradox Weather Station shows Paradox <br />to receive 11. 62 inches annual average with August having the high monthly <br />average with 1.65 inches of precipitation, and June the 10\1est with 0.64 inches <br />of precipitation. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The average precipitation during the growing months of April through September <br />is 6.08 inches. The limited precipitation received during the growing senson <br />makes dry land grain production impossible and limits all crop proouction to <br />the land that is irrigated, Even though the Weather Bureau at Paradox has not <br />recorded the temperatures the Soil Conservation Service has estimated that the <br />growing season is from April 15 to September 25, or approximately 140 days. The <br />crop that is the most suscepti.ble to freezing grown in the project lands is corn. <br />Corn is normally planted in the first week in May and matures in 100 days without <br />being affected by frost or freezing conditions. <br /> <br />The table below lists the average monthly precipitation in inches for the years <br />1941 through 1970 as determined by the Weather Bureau records. <br /> <br />TABLE I <br /> <br />Average monthly precipitation from 1941 to 1970 in inches <br /> <br />Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. <br /> <br />0.94 0.82 0.72 0.90 0.79 0.64 1.15 1.65 0.95 <br /> <br />1.26 0.84 0.96 <br /> <br />The Paradox Valley is relatively free of damaging climatological factors such <br />as wind and hail. This is not to say the crops have not been damaged by wind <br />and hail, but the damage has not been widespread and hAS been at A. minimum. <br />Grain crops are sometimes knocked down by wind and hail to the point where a <br />good harvest cannot be obtained by conventioI1.1.1 combine methods. A late or <br />early frost "ill damage the corn crop as corn is very susceptible to freezing. <br />Climatological factors do not jeopardize the crop production of the Paradox <br />Valley. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1-2 <br />