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CLIMATE INFORMATION - EXHIBIT K <br />The average elevation of the site is 10,060 feet above sea level. The summers are mild with usually an <br />afternoon rain daily. The mild weather extends from about mid -May until the end of September. The <br />winters in the area are usually severe and very cold. Wind gusts can be extreme at any month of the <br />year. <br />The climate of northwestern Park County is semiarid with an average annual precipitation of 18 inches <br />estimated by the State Climatologist Office. Approximately70 percent of the annual precipitation occurs <br />as rain throughout the growing season. Some snow cover occurs but is usually light and drifted by wind. <br />The frost free period is approximately 80 days and occurs from June 10 to August 30. The climatology <br />data recorded at Leadville, Colorado, for the U.S. Department of Commerce indicated that the average <br />annual precipitation is approximately 16.4 inches and the annual mean temperature is 35.2 degrees <br />Fahrenheit. Leadville is not far from this site and sits at a similar elevation. There is weather data <br />available for Fairplay, but NOAA only has this data for the year 2010. It is included after the data for <br />Leadville. <br />Leadville Colorado Climate Data <br />Avg. Degrees <br />Avg. Rainfall <br />Fahrenheit <br />Inches <br />January <br />18.2 <br />1.52 <br />February <br />18.8 <br />1.33 <br />March <br />22.1 <br />1.3 5 <br />April <br />30.8 <br />1.48 <br />May <br />41.9 <br />1.11 <br />June <br />50.8 <br />.93 <br />July <br />56.8 <br />1.92 <br />August <br />54.5 <br />1.96 <br />September <br />48.1 <br />1.22 <br />October <br />38.6 <br />1.05 <br />November <br />26.3 <br />1.05 <br />December <br />19.2 <br />1.49 <br />Annual: <br />35.2 <br />16.4 <br />Sullivan Aggregate Pit March 2015 K -1 <br />