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<br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />EXHIBIT K 9°S <br />CLIMATE <br />The source of the following information is the Elbert County <br />Land Use and Planning Office. <br />Elbert County is generally warm in the summer with <br />frequent hot days. In the winter, periods of very cold <br />weather are caused by Arctic air moving in from the north <br />or northeast. Most of the precipitation falls as rain <br />during the warmmer part of the year, with the heaviest <br />amounts in the late spring and early summer. <br />Wind movements are strong throughout the greater <br />part of the year, with the highest average windspeed of 12 <br />miles per hour in April. Along with the winds, come <br />hailstorms which cause severe damage to crops in the <br />county. Rainstorms are frequently torrential, and <br />considerable damage is caused by flash floods and erosion <br />resulting from runoff. <br />Loss of moisture by evaporation is high, and on <br />' the eastern portion of the county, the loss of moisture <br />due to wind velocity is slightly higher because the <br />location is more exposed. <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />Prevailing winds are southerly, with northeasterly <br />winds being more common during the months of December <br />through April. In the summer, the average daily maximum <br />temperature is 83.8 degrees with an average of 95 growing <br />days per year. <br />The average seasonal snowfall is 60 to 70 inches, <br />with the total annual precipitation, 10 to 13 inches <br />falling during the period of April through September. <br />The lowest temperature on record is -39 degrees <br />and occurred at Elbert Colorado on January 12, 1963. The <br />highest temperature on record is 103 degrees and was <br />recorded on June 23, 1954. <br />The long-term distribution of precipitation does <br />not create favorable growing conditions for Elbert County. <br />CSU DEPARTMENT OF ATMMOSPHERIC SCIENCE OPINION <br /> <br />1 <br />1 <br />The area normally receives approximately 16 inches of <br />moisture per year. Generally this precipitation occurs as snowfall <br />between the months of November and April. The greatest precipitation <br />event of record occured June 18, 1965. On that day 4 inches of rain <br />fell in a 24 hour period. The Precipitation Frequency Atlas of the <br />Western United States indicates that this event was very nearly a <br />100 year, 24-hour storm event. The 100 year, 24-hour and 6-hour <br /> <br />