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<br />June 30, 1554 <br />TO WHOM IT MAY CONCEkN: <br />Subject: Climatic C:onditirns <br />Zellitti F'it <br />La Flata County, Cc~lc~rado <br />I have lived, farmed and ranthed in this area all of my life. <br />Annual precipitation averages between 14 and 18 inches. Of <br />this apprar.imately v0 percent is snow. We usualy experience <br />thunderstorms in late July, August and September. A dry <br />spell from May to early July is the norm. June is usually <br />the driest month of the year. Typically there are wide <br />deviations in moisture from year to year. <br />Active grr_,wth ..f the major native plants usually starts in <br />April and continues through most Gf June. Some plants' <br />growth, however, ends in late May. Many plants experience <br />more growth if there is enough late summer rain to support <br />them. <br />We generally have a frost-free growing season of approxi- <br />mately lc_10 to 130 days. Average annual temperatures range <br />from '30 degrees to -lv degrees. Higher and lower tempera- <br />tures are sometimes recorded. <br />Sincerely, <br />-.lc~~ <br />Anthony 7 itti <br />