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EXHIBIT K-Climate Information <br />The Delta-Montrose azea is characterized by low precipitation, low humidity, abundant sunshine <br />and a wide range in annual and daily temperatwes. Summers aze warm to hot in the valleys and much <br />cooler in the mountains. Winters aze cold in the mountains and the valleys aze usually colder than the <br />lower slopes of the adjacent mountains because of cold air drainage and inversion layers. Precipitation <br />occws yeaz round in the mountains with deep snow-pack accumulations during the winter. Precipitation in <br />valleys m summer falls as showers and thundershowers. Thunderstorms occw on about 60 days each yeaz, <br />and most occw in summer. <br />The primary air circulation in the area is from the west. Mountains surround the area and much of <br />the moisture from the west is lost in its' passage over them. In winter, cold polar air from the north and <br />northwest is sometimes trapped m the valleys for several days before being moved out of the azea by the <br />prevailing westerly winds. <br />The total average annual precipitation in [he Montrose area is 8 to 9 inches. Of this, <br />approximately 70 percent (6 inches) falls m April through September. The average seasonal snowfall is 29 <br />inches with an average of 2S days having at least 1 inch of snow on the ground. Winds, are warm and dry <br />and often melt and evaporate the snow. The prevailing wind is from the west northwest with an average <br />highest wind-speed of 15 miles per how in the spring. <br />In winter the average maximum [empera[we is 48 degrees F, and the average daily minimum <br />temperatwe is 19 degrees F. In summer the average daily temperatwe is 72 degrees F, and the average <br />daily maximum temperature is 80 degrees F. The average relative humidity in midafternoon is about 40 <br />percent and the average at dawn is about 60 percent. The sun shines 80 percent of the time possible dwing <br />the summer and 60 percent in winter The spring season is generally mild and there is little difficulty in <br />preparing seedbeds. Fall months are typically dry, mild and satisfactory for harvest. <br />