PERMFILE100154

• Permit No: M2001069
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 10/19/2001
• Doc Name: PRELIMINARY ADEQUACY REVIEW LETTER
• From: ASPHALT CONSTRUCTORS
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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2000 CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT FOR ALAMOSA CO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
790 AM MST WED JAN 03 2001
...2000 WEATHER SUMMARY...
JAN...THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 24.2 DEGREES...WHICH WAS
9.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS THE FIFTH WARMEST JANUARY
ON RECORD. PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL...ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL
THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH TOTALED 3 INCHES AT ALAMOSA AND 5
INCHES AT MONTE VISTA.
FEB...IT WAS ANOTHER WARM MONTH...WITH THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 6.9
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION ONLY OCCURRED
ON ONE DAY. IT WAS THE EIGHTH WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD AND
THE SECOND DRIEST SINCE 1932.
MAR...THE TEMPERATURE AND WATER EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION WERE ABOVE
NORMAL...BUT SNOWFALL WAS BELOW NORMAL. A WINTER STORM AT
THE END OF THE MONTH BROUGHT 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE
ALAMOSA AREA...AND 16 INCHES OF SNOW AROUND MONTE VISTA.
APR...THE TEMPERATURE AND WATER EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION WERE AGAIN
ABOVE NORMAL...BUT ONLY 2/lOTHS OF AN INCH OF SNOW
FELL...COMPARED TO A NORMAL OF 4 INCHES. STRONG WINDS ON THE
18TH SPREAD A WILD FIRE OVER APPROXIMATELY 5000 ACRES NEAR THE
GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL MONUMENT.
MAY...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 3.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORNAL...BUT
PRECIPITATION REMAINED WELL BELOW NORMAL.
JUN...THE WARM DRY TREND CONTINUED. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
WAS 1.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...AND PRECIPITATION WAS 0.13
INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
JUL...IT WAS A MONTH FEATURING NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES...BUT VERY
DRY CON DITIONS...WITH ONLY ABOUT 1/3 OF AN INCH OF RAIN.
AUG...THE TEMPERATURE WAS 2.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...WITH
PRECIPITATION JUST A BIT BELOW NORMAL.
SEP...THE WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL PATTERN CONTINUED.
OCT...THE TEMPERATURE WAS NORMAL FOR THE MONTH...AND A CONSIDERABLE
AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION FELL...1.26 INCHES...COMPARED TO A
NORMAL 0.70 INCHES.
NOV...A COLD WEATHER PATTERN SETTLED IN...WITH THE TEMPERATURE MORE
THAN 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. IT WAS THE SIXTH COLDEST
NOVEMBER ON RECORD. PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW NORMAL.
DEC...THE TEMPERATURE REBOUNDED TO AVERAGE 9.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
IT WAS ANOTHER DRY MONTH WITH 25 PERCENT OF THE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION.
2000 STATISTICS
AVG AVG MEAN DE P FM PCPN SNOW HTG DEG. COOLG.DEG
MAX MIN NO RMAL DAYS DAYS
JAN 92.9 5.9 29.2 + 9.5 0.23 3.5 1257 0
FEB 98.3 10.3 29.3 + 6.9 0.02 0.2 1026 0
MAR 51.1 16.0 33.5 + 1.2 0.52 6.3 968 0
APR 63.5 25.5 99.5 + 3.9 0.60 0.2 607 0
MAY 79.1 33.6 53.9 + 3.5 0.10 0 337 0
JUN 60.2 90.9 60.6 + 1.2 0.59 0 124 0
JUL 89.7 99.9. 69.8 - 0.1 0.37 0 25 27
AUG 82.2 96.9 69.6 + 2.2 1.02 0 33 27
SEP 76.7 36.2 56.5 + 1.7 0.23 0 299 0
OCT 60.7 26.2 93.5 0.0 1.26 0 660 0
NOV 40.9 8.2 29.6 - 5.3 0.05 0.5 1206 0