Pictures from around western Colorado and eastern Utah
Monthly Cooperative Observer Precipitation
Water Year 2005
(Oct 04 - Sep 05)
- Precipitation in inches
-- Click on Station Name for Climate Statistics

Western Colorado

Station Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Altenbern 3.32 1.67 1.06 3.46 2.08 1.90 1.29 1.41 3.10 0.33 M M
Arboles 1W M 1.12 0.62 2.69 3.38 1.53 1.42 0.29 0.21 0.24 M M
Aspen 1SW 1.60 3.30 0.62 3.89 1.98 1.67 2.48 1.29 1.76 1.84 M M
Bedrock 1N 3.07 1.34 1.26 1.74 1.91 1.59 0.74 M M M M M
Bonham Rsvr 6.61 4.50 0.95 10.2 3.90 4.15 2.95 2.80 2.06 0.81 M M
Brown's Park 8NW 2.53 0.59 0.69 1.16 0.37 0.38 1.09 1.55 0.98 0.19 M M
Cedaredge 3E 2.14 1.10 0.20 0.91 1.71 1.02 0.79 0.27 1.33 0.63 M M
Cimarron 0.75 1.70 0.11 0.46 0.46 0.71 0.21 0.14 0.60 T M M
Cochetopa Creek 0.89 0.61 0.30 0.71 0.56 0.52 0.86 0.33 0.68 0.15 M M
Collbran 2SW 1.83 1.88 0.31 2.19 0.96 1.24 1.20 1.21 4.75 0.67 M M
Colorado Nat'l Mon 1.16 2.08 0.56 2.10 1.02 1.13 0.29 0.33 2.44 0.79 M M
Cortez 1.24 1.29 0.47 2.19 1.98 0.82 0.96 0.65 M 0.70 M M
Craig 4SW 1.37 1.50 0.11 1.40 1.24 1.67 1.68 1.51 3.63 0.71 M M
Crested Butte 1.48 3.85 1.57 4.95 2.35 2.05 1.35 1.72 1.19 0.68 M M
Delta 3E 1.04 0.99 0.65 0.46 1.02 0.29 0.20 0.35 1.36 0.45 M M
Dinosaur Nat'l Mon 2.67 1.69 0.33 1.05 0.71 0.47 0.98 1.97 1.94 0.11 M M
Dolores 1.97 2.47 1.61 M M M M M M M M M
Dove Creek M M M 4.12 3.26 2.07 1.37 0.53 0.40 0.84 M M
Durango 1.33 2.21 1.87 5.73 2.25 1.28 1.92 1.18 0.31 0.33 M M
Fort Lewis 1.42 1.92 0.95 3.31 2.20 0.94 1.79 0.63 0.10 1.21 M M
Fruita 1W 0.81 1.99 0.39 2.02 1.13 0.92 0.61 0.28 1.42 0.65 M M
Gateway 1SE 1.36 1.52 1.04 0.66 2.09 0.76 0.75 1.76 0.92 M M
Glade Park 17W 1.87 2.94 0.73 3.16 1.21 2.23 0.74 0.81 2.73 0.25 M M
Glenwood Springs 1.28 1.30 1.12 1.82 0.98 1.21 1.54 1.07 2.17 0.80 M M
Grand Jct Airport 1.08 1.86 0.21 1.66 0.78 0.65 0.66 0.11 1.59 0.60 M M
Grand Jct 6ESE 0.69 2.20 0.32 1.07 0.47 0.58 0.63 0.20 1.89 1.07 M M
Gunnison 3SW 1.03 1.06 0.61 1.73 1.08 0.36 0.52 0.55 0.73 0.65 M M
Hamilton 2.08 1.52 0.23 1.43 1.38 2.70 2.54 1.21 3.35 M M M
Hayden 1.98 1.90 0.48 1.85 1.47 1.83 2.42 1.50 3.54 0.28 M M
Ignacio 8E 0.79 1.22 0.76 2.90 3.40 0.68 1.43 0.45 0.49 0.42 M M
Lake City 1.48 0.93 0.82 1.20 0.27 0.52 0.69 0.27 0.70 0.54 M M
Lemon Dam 2.88 3.46 2.50 9.16 4.21 2.52 2.66 0.62 0.73 1.15 M M
Mancos 1.62 1.06 0.83 2.94 2.57 1.39 2.26 1.01 0.65 1.20 M M
Massadona 3E 2.55 1.58 0.60. 2.50 1.52 1.36 1.23 1.37 3.17 0.58 M M
Maybell 1.44 0.92 0.37 1.75 1.73 0.60 1.49 1.24 2.42 0.13 M M
Meeker 3W 1.30 1.84 0.14 1.70 1.12 2.12 1.35 1.52 3.00 M M M
Meredith 1.11 1.94 0.53 2.64 1.13 1.31 1.86 1.13 1.51 0.69 M M
Mesa 6S 3.35 2.86 1.35 M M M M M M M M M
Mesa Verde NP 1.78 1.57 0.92 4.47 3.39 1.56 1.93 1.06 0.38 0.80 M M
Montrose 1.14 1.77 0.37 0.50 0.42 0.50 0.49 0.17 0.81 0.55 M M
Norwood 1.74 2.24 0.52 0.36 1.28 1.06 0.57 0.73 1.72 1.52 M M
Ouray 2.71 4.02 1.64 2.67 1.74 2.22 2.75 1.12 2.24 1.10 M M
Pagosa Spgs 4W 1.66 1.41 1.62 4.84 2.80 1.51 1.75 0.69 0.17 M M M
Palisade 1.05 2.14 0.45 1.76 0.56 1.29 0.67 0.57 2.34 0.49 M M
Paonia 1SW 1.37 1.72 1.26 2.05 1.38 1.93 1.37 1.22 1.64 0.40 M M
Placerville 3SE 1.12 1.87 0.48 0.86 1.11 1.03 1.42 0.84 1.04 1.67 M M
Pyramid 1.92 1.78 0.61 1.41 1.10 2.73 2.05 1.24 M M M M
Rangely 1E 1.53 1.58 0.24 1.06 0.93 0.57 0.48 1.26 2.66 0.66 M M
Ridgway 1.78 1.76 0.09 0.82 0.55 0.91 1.49 0.89 1.49 0.67 M M
Rio Grande Rsvr 2.81 2.63 1.67 3.97 0.82 1.01 1.74 0.30 0.73 0.46 M M
Shosone 1.85 1.82 1.31 2.47 1.51 2.15 2.25 2.25 2.91 0.59 M M
Silverton 2.43 2.24 1.44 5.92 M 2.24 3.31 0.84 M M M M
Steamboat Springs 2.08 2.69 1.69 2.14 2.05 1.99 3.37 2.57 5.60 1.63 M M
Steamboat Spgs 1SE 0.55 M M M M M M M M M M M
Taylor Park 1.22 1.43 0.74 2.97 0.81 0.25 1.28 1.19 1.85 1.16 M M
Telluride 4WNW 1.45 2.19 0.74 1.55 1.34 1.95 1.71 1.16 1.54 1.32 M M
Uravan 1.46 1.82 1.07 1.83 1.83 1.89 0.72 0.37 1.09 0.37 M M
Vail 2.90 1.99 1.85 2.29 2.14 1.49 2.24 1.01 3.05 M M M
Vallecito Dam 2.55 2.51 2.29 7.49 3.15 1.58 2.47 0.67 0.40 0.97 M M
Yampa 0.93 1.39 0.86 1.41 0.69 1.05 1.37 0.81 3.95 0.81 M M
Yellow Jacket 4NE 2.71 1.13 1.08 3.59 3.16 1.53 1.90 0.57 0.50 1.34 M M

Eastern Utah

Station Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Aneth Plant 0.42 1.37 1.09 1.68 1.70 0.29 0.87 0.35 0.00 0.00 M M
Arches NP HQ 0.77 1.14 0.57 1.50 0.92 1.47 0.10 0.13 0.78 0.30 M M
Blanding 1.21 2.13 2.48 4.96 3.02 1.31 1.29 0.60 0.46 1.16 M M
Bluff 0.51 1.85 0.86 1.53 1.47 0.33 0.66 0.20 0.08 0.37 M M
Canyonlands (Neck) 1.46 1.99 0.32 0.79 0.30 0.59 0.45 0.37 1.03 0.29 M M
Canyonlands (Needles) 0.73 1.36 0.48 0.60 0.59 0.81 0.42 0.26 0.88 0.26 M M
Castle Valley 1.78 1.86 0.48 1.92 1.07 1.72 0.21 0.72 1.04 T M M
Cedar Point 2.05 1.98 1.73 4.05 4.05 1.60 1.45 0.34 0.71 0.90 M M
Dinosaur N.M. 3.16 1.26 0.45 1.41 0.85 0.84 0.85 1.19 1.18 0.07 M M
Flaming Gorge 2.23 0.15 0.07 0.19 0.41 0.87 2.14 1.01 1.63 0.11 M M
Fort Duchesne 2.38 0.80 0.21 0.27 0.33 0.55 0.43 0.54 1.82 0.00 M M
Hovenweep N.M. 1.25 1.12 1.02 1.62 1.75 1.04 0.90 0.66 0.63 1.41 M M
Jensen 2.72 1.18 0.28 1.47 0.90 0.75 0.59 0.95 0.50 0.01 M M
La Sal 1SW 1.66 1.65 0.92 2.17 1.35 1.88 0.49 0.16 0.53 0.22 M M
Maeser 9NW 5.71 1.81 0.82 2.65 0.88 1.67 1.44 1.72 0.83 1.05 M M
Manila 2.45 0.76 0.10 0.35 0.12 035 0.87 1.04 0.72 0.32 M M
Mexican Hat 0.22 1.34 0.70 1.60 2.07 0.38 0.44 0.13 0.45 0.64 M M
Moab 0.66 1.77 0.68 1.58 1.00 1.73 0.10 0.26 1.22 0.20 M M
Monticello 2.01 2.30 2.94 7.01 2.96 0.89 1.25 0.58 0.34 0.95 M M
Natural Bridges 1.95 3.26 0.66 3.09 1.33 1.09 0.92 0.23 0.48 1.35 M M
Ouray 4NE 1.79 0.80 0.18 0.90 0.32 0.29 0.61 0.48 0.73 T M M
Roosevelt 3.19 1.11 0.37 1.85 0.71 0.86 0.71 1.25 0.45 T M M
Vernal 2SW 4.19 1.44 0.25 2.02 0.56 1.39 1.18 1.58 0.85 0.07 M M
* Note: M = Missing Data
T =  Trace of Precipitation (<0.005")
** Climate data is provided by the Western Region Climate Center. In some instance, a Co-Op station is too new to have an established climate base. In those cases, a link is provided to a former, nearby climate station.

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