GENERAL33200

• Permit No: M1974092
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 4/10/1979
• Doc Name: LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL DORN READY MIX CORP FN 74-92
• From: MLR
• To: STEVE HART
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

EXHIBIT K -CLIMATE
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The climate of Morgan County is determined mainly by its location
in the central part of a large continent and its position in
relation to the Rocky Mountains to the West. Because the county is
separated from major sources of moisture by great distances and
mountain ranges, its climate is characterized by low humidity,
low average precipitation and abundant sunshine.
Col d. spells occur in the County ]vhen outbreaks of
cold polar air from Canada interrupt the general easterly flow of
air. These cold spells normally do not last long, because strong
westerly winds bring milder weather.
Temperatures and precipitation for Morgan County are surrunarized
in tables below. Except for snow cover, the data in table are based
on averages of weather records at Fort I4organ in Morgan County.
Data on snow cover are from records at Akron about 30 miles
East of Fort Morgan.
Extremes of 109° in summer and 40° in winter, have been recorded
at Fort Morgan, but these extremes are not representative
of the temperatures likely to occur.
Morgan County is semiarid; its average annual
precipitation is about 13 inches. As in much of the high plains,
a large percentage of annual percipitation falls during growing season
Fort Morgan, on the average, about 80 percent of the annual
precipitation, or about 10.5 inches, falls in April through September,
and more than 40 percent in April, May and June, when rainfall is
most needed.
Table was prepared by Joe Berry, State Climatologist, U. S.
Weather Bureau.

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