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<br />u <br />• <br /> <br />,ollo•~inc is s brief discussion <br />o° the te^~,cerature and orecici- <br />tstion ~?a*.a ^or the eastern <br />high plains Dart of the Ares, <br />precipitation - arecipitation <br />at T,ong:nont and Boulder is <br />shot~n grgphicall•- (:iF.1F} <br />Averaae annual orecicitation at <br />Long^;ont is 12,03 inches; and <br />at ?olil?er, it is i°,'? inches, <br />Relati•re !;~~miait-• is shout 10 <br />to 3" ~erc?nt in sumrte^, an <br />about 40 tc ~0 percent in winter, <br />Ordinsril-, earl- mornfnE humi^:- <br />it•- rances from ~.~ to `;0 oer- <br />cent in the su•nmer, and ..^ron ;0 <br />to 70 percent in the •.: inter. <br />?eriods of drought are :re- <br />quent, particulsrl•• in t!•ie <br />eastern part of t`~e :4r ea, <br />?hese periods usual l'' occur in <br />-'s11 and winte^, In su:•~er, <br />tnunaerstorn acti'~it•- oricin- <br />atinr, in or near ti:e mountains <br />is freSuent and at times se:•ere, <br />but in general, *.Y:e storms are <br />less se•rere than in t e east- <br />ern part of the Area, <br />Temperature - '•lir.ter temoer- <br />vtures are modi`ied b•j the <br />"requent occurence of warm <br />'o~nslope winds :rom the asst, <br />at *,ongmont in shout 1 •: ear in <br />2, the lowest temperature is <br />lower than t0o~', below zero; <br />at Boulder in about 1 --ear in <br />~, the lowest temperature is <br />about zero. Ths average temp- <br />erature in Lon¢znont is 27°; <br />snd in Boul:'.er it is 32,7°, <br />u.a..t <br />3 <br />_: <br />s <br />loubor <br />s <br />p . _ Y <br />~ = ai i s , ~ i .~ ~ a d <br />/t/usa t/~A~erye nantkl~ ~reeitdtatlM N Ieo~at s1 <br />BonWer, Cebrala <br />In ;ongcnont summer temperature reaches 100° about 1 vest <br />in 2; and in T'oulder, about 1 veer in 3. The average <br />Jul-% temperature at Boulder is 73,5°, but at I,on ~nont <br />it is onlo 71.5°. These temperatures are accompanied l~v <br />low humidity and thereL'ora, are more comfortable than <br />might be expected, Also, high daytime temperatures ar+~ <br />followed be cool e•renings snd br nights usuall? below ti0o, <br />r _ "-[I .~..1. ate. ~~ -..~.r - - ~• ~...Y-~~...~~ ~ _. .~.. - ~o'w'~~._•--'1..~.. ~,Y l...•. - <br />