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• annual precipitation of approximately 24 inches. <br />During winter, Steamboat Springs receives the most <br />precipitation while summer is the driest season. Wintez <br />precipitation is approximately twice that recorded at Hayden, <br />shoving the effect of nearby mountains on local anovfall. December <br />and January are the months with the highest normal precipitation <br />figures, 2.46 and 2.97, inches, respectively, August is the driest <br />month, with normal rainfall of 1.13 inches. <br />Snowfall. Steamboat Springs averages 163.6 inches of snowfall <br />per year, based on 56 years of data. An average of more than 30 <br />inches of snowfall occurs in Steamboat Springs during the months of <br />December, January and February. In Hayden, an average of 96.7 <br />inches of snow falls annually. The highest averages in Hayden occur <br />is December and January with 22.6 and 21.3 inches, respectively. <br />The difference in snowfall between Steamboat Springs and Hayden is <br />again eaemplary of the orographic effects on precipitation. <br />Temperature. Temperature data from Steamboat Springs and <br />Hayden are presented in Table 8, Temperature Summary, Means, 1951- <br />1970; Table 9, Temperature Summary, Eatremes, 1951-1970; and Table <br />10, Temperature Summary Eatremes, 1971-1978. Based on data <br />collected by the IInited States Department of Commerce, the mean <br />annual temperature at Steamboat Springs is 38.7°F with recorded <br />• eatremea of 96°F and -50°F. Mean monthly temperatures range from <br />15.4 °F in January to 82.8°F in July; and mean daily minima range <br />2.04-60 <br />