Crestone, Colorado Climatological Summary, 2010

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MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR CRESTONE, CO

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2010

MONTH

MEAN
TEMP

HIGH TEMP

DATE

LOW TEMP

DATE

HEATING DEGREE DAYS

COOLING DEGREE DAYS

TOTAL PRECIP

WIND SPEED AVG

WIND GUST HIGH

DATE

DOM
WIND DIR

Jan

22.0°

43.4°

1/14

-3.6°

1/8

1339

0.51

1/22

Feb

22.0°

40.4°

2/19

-3.6°

2/2

1207

0.97

2/20

March*

30.9°

57.4°

3/18

11.2°

3/12

646

1.33

3/14

TOTALS

24.1°

57.4°

3/18

-3.6°

1/8 & 2/2

3192

2.81

3/14

*Up until March 19.
Temperatures recorded in degrees Fahrenheit. Wind Speed recorded in MPH. Precipitation recorded in inches. Heating/Cooling degree base: 65.0°

Crestone Weather Notes For 2010:

Nine straight days of freezing fog recorded between January 27 and February 4, with the last five days of January socked in most of the morning and evening hours and in some locations, all day long.

Record low temperature set for the day on February 23 at -3.6° (-4°), old record of -2° was set in 1996.

The .97 inches of precipitation recorded in February was the third most ever for the month, and the 15.3 inches of snow was the fourth highest snow total ever recorded for February.

The 9.5 inches of snow that fell on March 8 was a recod snowfall for that day.

Windy day on March 14, with a top wind gusts of 44 MPH recorded, the strongest gust of wind here since May 2008, causes minor damage around town. Some reports of 50 MPH plus wind gusts came in from the Grants.

A cold front hits at 10:25 am on March 19, with the temperature dropping from 34° to 21° in about 30 minutes. A mini snowstorm with blowing snow at noon caused near whiteout conditions for about an hour.

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