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Exhibit Page 36 <br />EXHIBIT K -CLIMATE INFORMATION <br />DOLORES AREA, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: <br />SUMMARY: Average annual precipitation is 18-19 inches of which approximately 50% <br />falls during the growing season. Optimum growing season for native plants is from April <br />to September. The frost-free period varies from 75 to 100 days. Temperature ranges <br />from -20's to +90's F. Much of the precipitation falls as snow and winters are generally <br />closed. Summers are warm or hot, winters cold. Precipitation is extremely variable <br />from year to year. Only available information is from areas several hundred feet lower <br />and in the Dolores River Valley and may be misleading about the high mesa climate of <br />the site. - <br />1. Source(s) of Information: US Bureau of Reclamation, Dolores Project; <br />Montezuma County Economic Development; The Weather Channel; USDA Natural <br />Resources Conservation Service <br />2. <br />Annual Precipitation: <br />Table K-1. Dolores <br />Table <br />Normal 13.21 in <br />Maximum - 1965 21.14 in <br />Minimum - 1989 5.23 in <br />Cortez, Colorado 1961-1990 <br />3. Temperature: <br />Mean Annual 48.5 °F <br />Daily Maximum - 07/13/1971 101 °F <br />Daily Minimum - 02/08/1933 -31 °F <br />Cortez, Colorado 1929-1996 <br />Growing Season days <br />Elevation of irrigable area ft <br />No further information available for Dolores. Variability shown by information for Cortez <br />(25 miles SW of site) <br />