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Exhibit K • <br />EXHIBIT K -CLIMATE INFORMATION <br />PENROSE/CANON CITY AREA, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: <br />SUMMARY: Average annual precipitation is 11.86 inches of which 65% falls during the <br />growing season. Optimum growing season for native plants is from March to <br />September. The frost-free period varies from 130 to 150 days. Temperature ranges <br />from -20's to +90's F. Much of the precipitation falls as snow. Summers are warm or <br />hot, winters cold. <br />1. Source(s) of Information: Soil Survev of Fremont Countv, USDA <br />Weather Data, NOAH (web site), Canon City Chamber of Commerce (web site), <br />Western Regional Climate Center (web site), USCOMM-ESSA-DC-R5291 Isopluvial <br />Map series. <br />2. Quantitative data: <br />Data Item Quantit Units Remarks <br />Mean tem erature 54.2 de rees F <br />Average high <br />tem erature 61.4 degrees F <br />Average low <br />tem erature 45.8 degrees F <br />Annual precipitation 12.68 <br />11.86 inches/year Canon City <br />Penrose-Florence <br />Annual snowfall 37.8 inches/ ear <br />2- r, 24-hour storm 1.6 inches of reci itation inter olated <br />5- r, 24-hour storm 2.1 inches of reci itation inter olated <br />10- r, 24-hour storm 2.5 inches of reci itation inter olated <br />25- r, 24-hour storm 2.0 inches of reci itation inter olated <br />100- r, 24-hour storm 3.6 inches of reci itation inter olated <br />Growin season 209 da s/ ear <br />Frost-free season 164 da s/ ear <br />De th of freezin <12 inches <br />Annual average lake <br />eva oration 40 inches/year US NWS national map, <br />Canon Cit <br />De ree-da s 5,914 de ree-da s Canon Cit <br />Average annual <br />winds eed 12 miles per hour <br />Wind direction NNE revailin <br />Trans-Colorado Concrete October 99 <br />Application for Permit: Spotted Burro Pit Page 31 <br />