Station Overview Station Location
Station Number CO-CF-34 Latitude 38.8115
Station Name Buena Vista 6.9 WSW Longitude -106.2662
County Chaffee Elevation (ft) 9239



Month 30 Yr Avg by PRISM Total Prcp Sum Days Covered By All Observations Daily Prcp Sum Daily Observation Count Multiday Prcp Sum Days Covered by Multiday Observations Multiday Observation Count Days With Prcp Days With Trace Total Snowfall Days With Snowfall Days With Snow On Ground
Oct 11 1.42 0.61 22 0.61 22 0.00 0 0 6 0 0.0 0 0
Nov 11 1.38 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Dec 11 1.27 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jan 12 0.93 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Feb 12 1.24 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
March 12 1.52 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
April 12 1.61 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
May 12 1.49 1.38 9 1.38 9 0.00 0 0 4 0 0.0 0 0
June 12 1.18 0.64 4 0.64 4 0.00 0 0 4 0 0.0 0 0
July 12 2.20 4.89 19 4.89 19 0.00 0 0 17 2 0.0 0 0
Aug 12 2.32 2.43 15 2.43 15 0.00 0 0 14 1 0.0 0 0
Sept 12 1.51 1.38 9 1.38 9 0.00 0 0 9 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 18.07" 11.33" 79 days 11.33" 79 0.00" 0 days 0 54 days 3 days 0.0" 0 days 0 days



Days in Water Year Cell Color Key
        Daily Observation with Prcp         Missing Day
        Multiday Observation         Daily/Multiday Observation Conflict

Day of Year Daily Prcp Multiday Prcp
10/1/2011 0.06
10/2/2011 0.00
10/3/2011 0.00
10/4/2011 0.00
10/5/2011 0.04
10/6/2011 0.15
10/7/2011 0.03
10/8/2011 0.00
10/9/2011 0.11
10/10/2011 0.00
10/11/2011 0.00
10/12/2011 0.00
10/13/2011 0.00
10/14/2011 0.00
10/15/2011 0.00
10/16/2011 0.00
10/17/2011
10/18/2011 0.22
10/19/2011 0.00
10/20/2011 0.00
10/21/2011 0.00
10/22/2011 0.00
10/23/2011 0.00
10/24/2011
10/25/2011
10/26/2011
10/27/2011
10/28/2011
10/29/2011
10/30/2011
10/31/2011
11/1/2011
11/2/2011
11/3/2011
11/4/2011
11/5/2011
11/6/2011
11/7/2011
11/8/2011
11/9/2011
11/10/2011
11/11/2011
11/12/2011
11/13/2011
11/14/2011
11/15/2011
11/16/2011
11/17/2011
11/18/2011
11/19/2011
11/20/2011
11/21/2011
11/22/2011
11/23/2011
11/24/2011
11/25/2011
11/26/2011
11/27/2011
11/28/2011
11/29/2011
11/30/2011
12/1/2011
12/2/2011
12/3/2011
12/4/2011
12/5/2011
12/6/2011
12/7/2011
12/8/2011
12/9/2011
12/10/2011
12/11/2011
12/12/2011
12/13/2011
12/14/2011
12/15/2011
12/16/2011
12/17/2011
12/18/2011
12/19/2011
12/20/2011
12/21/2011
12/22/2011
12/23/2011
12/24/2011
12/25/2011
12/26/2011
12/27/2011
12/28/2011
12/29/2011
12/30/2011
12/31/2011
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2012
1/2/2012
1/3/2012
1/4/2012
1/5/2012
1/6/2012
1/7/2012
1/8/2012
1/9/2012
1/10/2012
1/11/2012
1/12/2012
1/13/2012
1/14/2012
1/15/2012
1/16/2012
1/17/2012
1/18/2012
1/19/2012
1/20/2012
1/21/2012
1/22/2012
1/23/2012
1/24/2012
1/25/2012
1/26/2012
1/27/2012
1/28/2012
1/29/2012
1/30/2012
1/31/2012
2/1/2012
2/2/2012
2/3/2012
2/4/2012
2/5/2012
2/6/2012
2/7/2012
2/8/2012
2/9/2012
2/10/2012
2/11/2012
2/12/2012
2/13/2012
2/14/2012
2/15/2012
2/16/2012
2/17/2012
2/18/2012
2/19/2012
2/20/2012
2/21/2012
2/22/2012
2/23/2012
2/24/2012
2/25/2012
2/26/2012
2/27/2012
2/28/2012
2/29/2012
3/1/2012
3/2/2012
3/3/2012
3/4/2012
3/5/2012
3/6/2012
3/7/2012
3/8/2012
3/9/2012
3/10/2012
3/11/2012
3/12/2012
3/13/2012
3/14/2012
3/15/2012
3/16/2012
3/17/2012
3/18/2012
3/19/2012
3/20/2012
3/21/2012
3/22/2012
3/23/2012
3/24/2012
3/25/2012
3/26/2012
3/27/2012
3/28/2012
3/29/2012
3/30/2012
3/31/2012
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2012
4/2/2012
4/3/2012
4/4/2012
4/5/2012
4/6/2012
4/7/2012
4/8/2012
4/9/2012
4/10/2012
4/11/2012
4/12/2012
4/13/2012
4/14/2012
4/15/2012
4/16/2012
4/17/2012
4/18/2012
4/19/2012
4/20/2012
4/21/2012
4/22/2012
4/23/2012
4/24/2012
4/25/2012
4/26/2012
4/27/2012
4/28/2012
4/29/2012
4/30/2012 0.00
5/1/2012 0.00
5/2/2012
5/3/2012
5/4/2012
5/5/2012
5/6/2012
5/7/2012
5/8/2012 0.50
5/9/2012
5/10/2012
5/11/2012 0.00
5/12/2012 0.60
5/13/2012
5/14/2012 0.17
5/15/2012
5/16/2012
5/17/2012 0.11
5/18/2012
5/19/2012 0.00
5/20/2012
5/21/2012
5/22/2012 0.00
5/23/2012
5/24/2012 0.00
5/25/2012
5/26/2012
5/27/2012
5/28/2012
5/29/2012
5/30/2012
5/31/2012
6/1/2012
6/2/2012
6/3/2012
6/4/2012
6/5/2012 0.15
6/6/2012
6/7/2012
6/8/2012
6/9/2012
6/10/2012
6/11/2012
6/12/2012
6/13/2012
6/14/2012
6/15/2012
6/16/2012
6/17/2012
6/18/2012
6/19/2012
6/20/2012
6/21/2012
6/22/2012
6/23/2012
6/24/2012
6/25/2012
6/26/2012
6/27/2012 0.05
6/28/2012 0.08
6/29/2012 0.36
6/30/2012
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2012
7/2/2012
7/3/2012
7/4/2012 0.14
7/5/2012 0.17
7/6/2012 0.60
7/7/2012 0.16
7/8/2012
7/9/2012 0.34
7/10/2012 1.10
7/11/2012
7/12/2012 0.02
7/13/2012
7/14/2012 0.05
7/15/2012 0.37
7/16/2012 0.10
7/17/2012 T
7/18/2012 T
7/19/2012 0.09
7/20/2012
7/21/2012
7/22/2012 0.02
7/23/2012
7/24/2012 0.11
7/25/2012
7/26/2012
7/27/2012 0.05
7/28/2012 0.03
7/29/2012 0.56
7/30/2012
7/31/2012 0.98
8/1/2012 0.05
8/2/2012 0.32
8/3/2012 0.34
8/4/2012
8/5/2012
8/6/2012
8/7/2012 0.09
8/8/2012
8/9/2012
8/10/2012 0.08
8/11/2012 0.22
8/12/2012 0.02
8/13/2012 T
8/14/2012
8/15/2012 0.02
8/16/2012
8/17/2012 0.02
8/18/2012
8/19/2012
8/20/2012
8/21/2012 0.30
8/22/2012
8/23/2012
8/24/2012 0.51
8/25/2012
8/26/2012
8/27/2012
8/28/2012 0.03
8/29/2012 0.11
8/30/2012
8/31/2012 0.32
9/1/2012 0.05
9/2/2012 0.02
9/3/2012 0.06
9/4/2012
9/5/2012
9/6/2012
9/7/2012
9/8/2012
9/9/2012
9/10/2012
9/11/2012
9/12/2012 0.53
9/13/2012 0.16
9/14/2012
9/15/2012
9/16/2012
9/17/2012
9/18/2012 0.07
9/19/2012
9/20/2012
9/21/2012
9/22/2012
9/23/2012
9/24/2012
9/25/2012 0.25
9/26/2012 0.17
9/27/2012 0.07
9/28/2012
9/29/2012
9/30/2012



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
10/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
10/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M BUT IT'S STILL MISTING LIGHTLY AT 7:50 A.M.
10/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
10/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M
10/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.22 M M M M
10/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M WE ARE CLOSING OUT THE RESORT AND WILL BE LEAVING SOME TIME THIS WEEK SO WHEN THE REPORTS STOP YOU WILL KNOW WHY....AND WE WILL START BACK UP IN THE SPRING WHEN WE GET BACK...
4/30/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M WE HAVE RETURNED TO RAINBOW LAKE RESORT FOR THE SEASON AND WILL START TO SUBMIT DATA AGAIN.
5/1/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/8/2012 7:00 AM 0.50 M M M M THE HEAVY, WET SNOW COVERED THE TOP OF THE GAUGE..BUT WE MEASURED THE SNOWFALL WITH A RULER AND IT WAS AT LEAST FIVE INCHES IN MOST PLACES AND SIX INCHES IN A FEW OTHER SPOTS BUT IT'S MELTING FAST!
5/11/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M WE WILL START HAVING GUESTS TODAY WHICH MEANS THAT I WILL BE, HOPEFULLY, MORE REGULAR IN REPORTING....IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT GET SOME MOISTURE IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS...KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED! AFTER LAST MONDAY'S SNOW, THE FIRE DANGER IN BUENA VISTA, CO WAS LOWERED FROM "HIGH" TO "MODERATE"...
5/12/2012 7:00 AM 0.60 M M M M WE RECEIVED .3 OF RAIN AT FIRST...TRANSITIONED INTO WET, HEAVY SNOW WHICH BLOCKED THE OPENING OF THE GAUGE BUT WE MEASURED THE SNOW ON THE PICKUP AND IT MEASURED 3 INCHES....
5/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.17 M M M M
5/17/2012 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M
5/19/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M a mere trace
5/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M JUST A TRACE OF SNOW FLURRIES...
6/5/2012 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M
6/27/2012 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M THE FIRST MOISTURE IN JUNE....
6/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M (entered based on observer comments. P.G.)
6/29/2012 7:00 AM 0.36 M M M M OUR SERVER WAS DOWN YESTERDAY AS WE WERE UPGRADING THE SYSTEM..ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27TH, WE RECEIVED .08 OF RAIN...
7/4/2012 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M
7/5/2012 7:00 AM 0.17 M M M M
7/6/2012 7:00 AM 0.60 M M M M around four o'clock yesterday, the storm cloud moved UP the pass[highly unusual] and dropped .6 of heavy rain/sleet/grapple on us which really ran the roads
7/7/2012 7:00 AM 0.16 M M M M VERY GENTLE DURING THE NIGHT....
7/9/2012 7:00 AM 0.34 M M M M
7/10/2012 7:00 AM 1.10 M M M M COULD NOT REPORT YESTERDAY MORNING...SORRY...WE HAD .34 OF VERY GENTLE RAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT YESTERDAY WE HAD SOFT HAIL AND A DELUGE....IN ONE HOUR'S TIME, WE RECEIVED 1.1" OF DRIVING RAIN THAT RAN THE ROADS EVEN MORE AND DEPOSITED THAT GRAVEL INTO THE LAKE...WHAT A MESS!!
7/12/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
7/14/2012 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
7/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.37 M M M M
7/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M
7/17/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M
7/18/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M
7/19/2012 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M WE ARE AT THE BUSIEST PART OF THE TOURIST SEASON AND MY TIME IS NOT MY OWN...SORRY...NOT SURE WHEN I LAST REPORTED BUT ON JULY 13TH, WE HAD .05 OF RAIN; ON JULY 14TH, WE HAD .37; ON JULY 15, .1; ON JULY 16, A TRACE; ON JULY 17,A TRACE....WILL TRY TO DO BETTER...
7/22/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
7/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M
7/27/2012 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
7/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
7/29/2012 7:00 AM 0.56 M M M M
7/31/2012 7:00 AM 0.98 M M M M STORMED DURING THE NIGHT....RAN THE ROADS--AGAIN....
8/1/2012 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
8/2/2012 7:00 AM 0.32 M M M M
8/3/2012 7:00 AM 0.34 M M M M
8/7/2012 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
8/10/2012 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M
8/11/2012 7:00 AM 0.22 M M M M
8/12/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
8/13/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M
8/15/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
8/17/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
8/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.30 M M M M SORRY...JUST RUNNING LATE TODAY...
8/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.51 M M M M
8/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
8/29/2012 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M
8/31/2012 7:00 AM 0.32 M M M M
9/1/2012 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
9/2/2012 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
9/3/2012 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
9/12/2012 7:00 AM 0.53 M M M M AND STILL RAINING LIGHTLY....SNOW ON MOUNT YALE
9/13/2012 7:00 AM 0.16 M M M M IT RAINED ON AND OFF ALMOST ALL DAY YESTERDAY WHICH ADDED UP TO A GRAND TOTAL OF .68 FROM TUESDAY EVENING AROUND 8:30 TO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 5:30!!!!
9/18/2012 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M
9/25/2012 7:00 AM 0.25 M M M M
9/26/2012 7:00 AM 0.17 M M M M
9/27/2012 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes



Observation Date Observation Time Notes Largest Stone Size Average Stone Size Smallest Stone Size Stone Consistency Duration Minutes Durration Accuracy Damage Timing More Rain than Hail Hail Started Largest Hail Started Angle of Impact Number of Stones on Pad Distance Between Stones on Pad Depth of Stones on Ground