Station Overview Station Location
Station Number CO-SA-2 Latitude 37.9802
Station Name Crestone 1.2 SSE Longitude -105.689
County Saguache Elevation (ft) 8085



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 1.02 2.45 28 2.45 28 0.00 0 0 8 1 11.1 5 5
Nov 11 0.66 0.33 28 0.33 28 0.00 0 0 5 5 4.3 7 4
Dec 11 0.51 0.61 31 0.61 31 0.00 0 0 8 8 10.3 9 29
Jan 12 0.56 0.14 30 0.14 30 0.00 0 0 4 3 2.1 4 30
Feb 12 0.51 0.41 29 0.41 29 0.00 0 0 8 8 8.5 9 27
March 12 1.00 0.03 29 0.03 29 0.00 0 0 3 3 0.5 3 0
April 12 1.26 1.12 23 1.12 23 0.00 0 0 6 3 8.1 5 4
May 12 1.07 1.11 31 1.11 31 0.00 0 0 4 2 0.7 2 1
June 12 1.00 0.21 28 0.21 28 0.00 0 0 2 2 0.0 0 0
July 12 1.96 2.14 29 2.14 29 0.00 0 0 15 4 0.0 0 0
Aug 12 1.89 1.33 30 1.33 30 0.00 0 0 13 5 0.0 0 0
Sept 12 1.23 1.51 29 1.51 29 0.00 0 0 8 3 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 12.67" 11.39" 345 days 11.39" 345 0.00" 0 days 0 84 days 47 days 45.6" 44 days 100 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 0.00
10/2/2011 0.00
10/3/2011 0.00
10/4/2011 0.06
10/5/2011 0.38
10/6/2011 T
10/7/2011 0.05
10/8/2011 1.30
10/9/2011 0.12
10/10/2011 0.04
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 0.00
10/18/2011
10/19/2011 0.00
10/20/2011 0.00
10/21/2011 0.00
10/22/2011
10/23/2011
10/24/2011 0.00
10/25/2011 0.00
10/26/2011 0.29
10/27/2011 0.21
10/28/2011 0.00
10/29/2011 0.00
10/30/2011 0.00
10/31/2011 0.00
11/1/2011 0.00
11/2/2011 0.06
11/3/2011 T
11/4/2011 0.00
11/5/2011 0.00
11/6/2011 0.20
11/7/2011 0.00
11/8/2011 T
11/9/2011 T
11/10/2011 0.00
11/11/2011
11/12/2011 0.00
11/13/2011 0.00
11/14/2011 0.01
11/15/2011 0.00
11/16/2011 T
11/17/2011 0.00
11/18/2011 0.00
11/19/2011 0.00
11/20/2011 0.00
11/21/2011 0.00
11/22/2011 0.01
11/23/2011 0.00
11/24/2011 0.00
11/25/2011 0.05
11/26/2011 T
11/27/2011
11/28/2011 0.00
11/29/2011 0.00
11/30/2011 0.00
12/1/2011 0.00
12/2/2011 T
12/3/2011 0.16
12/4/2011 0.26
12/5/2011 0.06
12/6/2011 0.01
12/7/2011 0.00
12/8/2011 0.00
12/9/2011 0.00
12/10/2011 0.00
12/11/2011 T
12/12/2011 T
12/13/2011 0.01
12/14/2011 0.09
12/15/2011 T
12/16/2011 0.00
12/17/2011 T
12/18/2011 0.00
12/19/2011 T
12/20/2011 T
12/21/2011 T
12/22/2011 0.01
12/23/2011 0.01
12/24/2011 0.00
12/25/2011 0.00
12/26/2011 0.00
12/27/2011 0.00
12/28/2011 0.00
12/29/2011 0.00
12/30/2011 0.00
12/31/2011 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2012 0.00
1/2/2012 0.00
1/3/2012 0.00
1/4/2012 0.00
1/5/2012 0.00
1/6/2012 0.00
1/7/2012 0.00
1/8/2012 0.02
1/9/2012 0.00
1/10/2012 0.00
1/11/2012
1/12/2012 0.00
1/13/2012 0.00
1/14/2012 0.00
1/15/2012 0.00
1/16/2012 0.00
1/17/2012 T
1/18/2012 0.00
1/19/2012 0.00
1/20/2012 0.00
1/21/2012 0.00
1/22/2012 0.04
1/23/2012 0.00
1/24/2012 0.01
1/25/2012 T
1/26/2012 0.00
1/27/2012 0.07
1/28/2012 T
1/29/2012 0.00
1/30/2012 0.00
1/31/2012 0.00
2/1/2012 0.00
2/2/2012 0.01
2/3/2012 0.13
2/4/2012 T
2/5/2012 0.00
2/6/2012 0.06
2/7/2012 0.04
2/8/2012 T
2/9/2012 0.01
2/10/2012 0.01
2/11/2012 0.00
2/12/2012 T
2/13/2012 0.12
2/14/2012 T
2/15/2012 0.00
2/16/2012 T
2/17/2012 0.00
2/18/2012 0.00
2/19/2012 0.00
2/20/2012 T
2/21/2012 T
2/22/2012 0.00
2/23/2012 0.00
2/24/2012 T
2/25/2012 0.00
2/26/2012 0.00
2/27/2012 0.00
2/28/2012 0.00
2/29/2012 0.03
3/1/2012 0.00
3/2/2012 T
3/3/2012 T
3/4/2012 0.00
3/5/2012 0.00
3/6/2012 0.00
3/7/2012 0.00
3/8/2012 0.00
3/9/2012 0.00
3/10/2012 0.00
3/11/2012 0.01
3/12/2012 0.01
3/13/2012 0.00
3/14/2012 0.00
3/15/2012 0.00
3/16/2012 0.00
3/17/2012 0.00
3/18/2012 0.00
3/19/2012 T
3/20/2012 0.01
3/21/2012 0.00
3/22/2012 0.00
3/23/2012 0.00
3/24/2012 0.00
3/25/2012 0.00
3/26/2012 0.00
3/27/2012 0.00
3/28/2012 0.00
3/29/2012 0.00
3/30/2012
3/31/2012
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2012
4/2/2012
4/3/2012 0.11
4/4/2012 0.07
4/5/2012
4/6/2012 0.00
4/7/2012
4/8/2012 0.00
4/9/2012 0.00
4/10/2012 0.00
4/11/2012
4/12/2012 0.10
4/13/2012 0.00
4/14/2012 0.00
4/15/2012 0.15
4/16/2012 0.04
4/17/2012
4/18/2012
4/19/2012 0.00
4/20/2012 T
4/21/2012 0.00
4/22/2012 0.00
4/23/2012 0.00
4/24/2012 0.00
4/25/2012 0.00
4/26/2012 0.00
4/27/2012 0.65
4/28/2012 0.00
4/29/2012 T
4/30/2012 T
5/1/2012 0.00
5/2/2012 0.00
5/3/2012 0.00
5/4/2012 0.00
5/5/2012 0.00
5/6/2012 0.00
5/7/2012 T
5/8/2012 0.56
5/9/2012 0.00
5/10/2012 0.00
5/11/2012 0.00
5/12/2012 0.48
5/13/2012 T
5/14/2012 0.04
5/15/2012 0.00
5/16/2012 0.00
5/17/2012 0.00
5/18/2012 0.00
5/19/2012 0.00
5/20/2012 0.03
5/21/2012 0.00
5/22/2012 0.00
5/23/2012 0.00
5/24/2012 0.00
5/25/2012 0.00
5/26/2012 0.00
5/27/2012 0.00
5/28/2012 0.00
5/29/2012 0.00
5/30/2012 0.00
5/31/2012 0.00
6/1/2012 0.00
6/2/2012 0.00
6/3/2012 0.00
6/4/2012 T
6/5/2012 0.06
6/6/2012 0.00
6/7/2012 0.00
6/8/2012 0.00
6/9/2012
6/10/2012 0.00
6/11/2012 0.00
6/12/2012 0.00
6/13/2012 0.00
6/14/2012 0.00
6/15/2012 0.00
6/16/2012 0.00
6/17/2012 0.00
6/18/2012 0.00
6/19/2012 0.00
6/20/2012 0.00
6/21/2012 0.00
6/22/2012 0.00
6/23/2012 0.00
6/24/2012 0.00
6/25/2012 0.00
6/26/2012 0.00
6/27/2012 0.00
6/28/2012 0.15
6/29/2012 T
6/30/2012
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2012 0.00
7/2/2012 0.00
7/3/2012 0.00
7/4/2012 0.00
7/5/2012 0.05
7/6/2012 T
7/7/2012 0.32
7/8/2012 0.17
7/9/2012 0.00
7/10/2012 0.07
7/11/2012 0.00
7/12/2012 0.19
7/13/2012 0.04
7/14/2012 0.22
7/15/2012 T
7/16/2012
7/17/2012
7/18/2012 0.43
7/19/2012 T
7/20/2012 0.00
7/21/2012 0.04
7/22/2012 T
7/23/2012 0.12
7/24/2012 0.37
7/25/2012 0.00
7/26/2012 0.07
7/27/2012 0.01
7/28/2012 0.02
7/29/2012 0.00
7/30/2012 0.00
7/31/2012 0.02
8/1/2012 T
8/2/2012 0.00
8/3/2012 T
8/4/2012 0.00
8/5/2012 0.00
8/6/2012 0.00
8/7/2012 0.29
8/8/2012 0.01
8/9/2012 0.00
8/10/2012 0.02
8/11/2012 0.04
8/12/2012 0.00
8/13/2012 0.15
8/14/2012 0.35
8/15/2012 0.00
8/16/2012 0.00
8/17/2012 0.00
8/18/2012
8/19/2012 T
8/20/2012 0.00
8/21/2012 0.08
8/22/2012 0.00
8/23/2012 T
8/24/2012 0.15
8/25/2012 0.02
8/26/2012 0.16
8/27/2012 0.00
8/28/2012 0.01
8/29/2012 0.02
8/30/2012 0.03
8/31/2012 T
9/1/2012 0.00
9/2/2012 0.00
9/3/2012 0.02
9/4/2012 T
9/5/2012 0.00
9/6/2012 0.00
9/7/2012 T
9/8/2012 0.00
9/9/2012 0.01
9/10/2012 0.00
9/11/2012 0.00
9/12/2012 0.05
9/13/2012 0.93
9/14/2012 0.00
9/15/2012 0.00
9/16/2012 0.00
9/17/2012 0.00
9/18/2012 T
9/19/2012 0.00
9/20/2012 0.00
9/21/2012 0.00
9/22/2012 0.00
9/23/2012 0.00
9/24/2012 0.00
9/25/2012 0.15
9/26/2012 0.05
9/27/2012 0.14
9/28/2012 0.00
9/29/2012
9/30/2012 0.16



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/2/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/3/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/4/2011 9:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
10/5/2011 9:00 AM 0.38 M M M M
10/6/2011 9:00 AM T M M M M
10/7/2011 9:00 AM 0.05 0.2 M T M Rain on Thursday from around 2 to 3m PM, then all snow from around 445PM till midnight. Also blowing dust in early afternoon on Thursday with top gust at 48 MPH. Friday AM low was 24.6°.
10/8/2011 9:00 AM 1.30 8.6 M 8.0 M Heavy snow, started around 2:15 PM Friday mixing with rain at times. temp didn't fall below freezing till around 10PM Friday, then it started to stick. Snowed an inch in the last hour.
10/9/2011 9:00 AM 0.12 1.2 M 5.5 M Snowed all morning on Saturday and ended at noon. Snowing again this morning.
10/10/2011 9:00 AM 0.04 0.4 M 2.5 M
10/11/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M
10/12/2011 8:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
10/13/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
10/14/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/15/2011 8:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/16/2011 5:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/17/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/19/2011 8:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/20/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/21/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/25/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/26/2011 9:00 AM 0.29 T M M M
10/27/2011 9:00 AM 0.21 0.7 M 0.5 M Snow started up again on Wednesday around 12:30pm and the snow stopped around 8:30PM.
10/28/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
10/29/2011 8:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
10/30/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
10/31/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/1/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/2/2011 8:30 AM 0.06 0.6 M 0.5 M
11/3/2011 9:00 AM T 0.1 M T M
11/4/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
11/5/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
11/6/2011 9:00 AM 0.20 2.7 M 3.0 M Snow started to fall around 9am Saturday, ended around 3PM, then atared up again around 7PM and came down for ano9ther 3 hours or so. Had thunder-snow around 11AM, along with blowing snow most of the day; top wind gust was 35 MPH.
11/7/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M
11/8/2011 8:00 AM T 0.1 M T M
11/9/2011 9:00 AM T 0.1 M T M
11/10/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M AM low temp was 8F.
11/12/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
11/13/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Top wind gust was 37 MPH.
11/14/2011 9:00 AM 0.01 T M T M
11/15/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
11/16/2011 9:00 AM T T M T M
11/17/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Morning low temp 11F
11/18/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/19/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/20/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/21/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/22/2011 9:00 AM 0.01 0.1 M T M
11/23/2011 8:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
11/24/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
11/25/2011 8:15 AM 0.05 0.6 M 1.0 M Light snow this morning
11/26/2011 9:00 AM T T M T M
11/28/2011 8:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
11/29/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/30/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/2/2011 8:00 AM T T M M M
12/3/2011 9:00 AM 0.16 1.8 M 2.0 M
12/4/2011 9:00 AM 0.26 5.5 M 7.5 M Been snowing for at least 29 straight hours now, be it mainly very light snow.
12/5/2011 8:30 AM 0.06 1.0 M 6.0 M Very light snow fell for about 43 straight hours, ending at 11:15pm Sunday night. Also had blowing snow Sunday night. Low temp this morning was 4F.
12/6/2011 9:00 AM 0.01 0.2 M 6.0 M -10F this morning with freezing fog. Hours snow fell were: Monday from 9am to 10am; 1030am till 11am; 1115pm till midnight. Tues: 1201am till at least 2am, and 7 till 8am this morning. .
12/7/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.0 M High temp Tuesday was 9F, this morning's low was -7F.
12/8/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.5 M Low temp this moening was -1F, high yesterday was 21F
12/9/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M This morning's low temp was zero, with freezing fog in the valley below.
12/10/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.5 M High temp Friday was 25F, this morning's low was zero F.
12/11/2011 8:40 AM T 0.1 M 4.5 M O.1" of snow came in the form of diamond dust/ice crystals. High temp Sat was 27F, low temp this morning was -1F.
12/12/2011 9:00 AM T T M 4.5 M
12/13/2011 8:20 AM 0.01 0.3 M 5.0 M Snowed Monday nite from about 10 pm till 1130pm, then this morning around 6am
12/14/2011 8:35 AM 0.09 1.0 M 6.0 M Snowed a few ties during the day on Tuesday, along with dense fog for almost the entire day. Also snowed this moring after 1 am and snowing again now.
12/15/2011 9:00 AM T T M 5.0 M
12/16/2011 8:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.0 M
12/17/2011 9:00 AM T T M 4.5 M Snow trace was in the form of ice crystals.
12/18/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.5 M
12/19/2011 8:15 AM T T M 4.5 M
12/20/2011 9:00 AM T T M 4.5 M Snowed very light, on and off for the entire day on Monday, and into early Tuesdaym morning.
12/21/2011 9:00 AM T T M 4.5 M Dense freezing fog and snow grains this morning.
12/22/2011 8:00 AM 0.01 0.3 M 5.0 M Blowing snow
12/23/2011 9:00 AM 0.01 0.1 M 5.0 M Morning low today was -6F.
12/24/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.0 M
12/25/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.0 M
12/26/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.0 M
12/27/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.0 M
12/28/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.5 M
12/29/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.5 M Yesterday's high was 31F, and with only 4 days with the temperature barely above freezing this month, we've seen almost no melting of the snowpack.
12/30/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.5 M
12/31/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.5 M
1/1/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.5 M
1/2/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.5 M
1/3/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
1/4/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
1/5/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
1/6/2012 7:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
1/7/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
1/8/2012 8:45 AM 0.02 0.4 M 4.5 M Light snow on and off from late afternoon saturday till this morning.
1/9/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
1/10/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
1/12/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M Morning low temp was -3.2F.
1/13/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
1/14/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
1/15/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
1/16/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
1/17/2012 9:00 AM T T M 4.0 M
1/18/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
1/19/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 M
1/20/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 M
1/21/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.5 M
1/22/2012 9:00 AM 0.04 0.6 M 3.0 M
1/23/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.5 M
1/24/2012 9:00 AM 0.01 0.1 M 2.5 M
1/25/2012 9:00 AM T T M 2.0 M
1/26/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M
1/27/2012 8:50 AM 0.07 1.0 M 3.0 M
1/28/2012 9:00 AM T T M 2.5 M
1/29/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M
1/30/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M
1/31/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.5 M
2/1/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.5 M
2/2/2012 5:20 AM 0.01 0.3 M 2.0 M
2/3/2012 8:15 AM 0.13 1.8 M 4.0 M
2/4/2012 9:00 AM T T M 3.5 M
2/5/2012 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M
2/6/2012 9:00 AM 0.06 1.5 M 4.5 M
2/7/2012 9:00 AM 0.04 1.3 M 5.0 M Snowfall was on and off during the moring hours for both Monday and this morning.
2/8/2012 9:00 AM T T M 4.5 M
2/9/2012 8:40 AM 0.01 0.2 M 3.5 M
2/10/2012 9:00 AM 0.01 0.3 M 3.5 M Snowed from around 10am to 11:00 am and then again from 6:00 PM till 7PM on Thursday.
2/11/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M
2/12/2012 7:15 AM T T M 3.0 M
2/13/2012 9:00 AM 0.12 2.6 M 6.0 M Snowed on and off for most of Sunday into early this morning.
2/14/2012 6:00 AM T T M 4.0 M
2/15/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M
2/16/2012 5:00 AM T T M 3.0 M
2/17/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.5 M
2/18/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.5 M
2/19/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M
2/20/2012 9:00 AM T 0.1 M 2.0 M
2/21/2012 9:00 AM T T M 2.0 M
2/22/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.5 M
2/23/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.5 M
2/24/2012 8:15 AM T T M 1.5 M
2/25/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M
2/26/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M
2/27/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 M
2/28/2012 5:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
2/29/2012 9:00 AM 0.03 0.4 M T M Snowed on and off at different times during the day on Tuesday, along with a mini-dust storm in the mid-afternoon.
3/1/2012 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
3/2/2012 8:30 AM T T M T M
3/3/2012 8:10 AM T T M T M Morning low temp was 0.7°F.
3/4/2012 7:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
3/5/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
3/6/2012 8:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
3/7/2012 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
3/8/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
3/9/2012 8:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
3/10/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
3/11/2012 6:05 AM 0.01 T M T M Snow pellets fell at 3PM Saturday with the temperature at 50F, then .01" of more snow pellets fell around 6PM with temps in the mid 40s.
3/12/2012 9:00 AM 0.01 0.2 M T M
3/13/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
3/14/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
3/15/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
3/16/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
3/17/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Record high temp on Friday of 66F. The last of the left-over snow on the ground is gone, for the most part. Still a small patch on the north side of my house, but other than that, it's all bare ground.
3/18/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/19/2012 9:00 AM T 0.1 M 0.0 M Very windy entire day on Sunday, with a dust storm that lasted the entire afternoon, w/ the visibility down to a few hundred feet at times.
3/20/2012 4:30 AM 0.01 0.2 M T M
3/21/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/22/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/23/2012 8:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/24/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/25/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Record high temps (68F and 69F) and 7% afternoon humidity for the last two days.
3/26/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M For the third day in a row, another record high was set on Sunday, at 69F.
3/27/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Blowing dust the entire afternoon on Monday.
3/28/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Record high temp of 67F on Tuesday.
3/29/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/3/2012 9:00 AM 0.11 1.8 M 2.0 M
4/4/2012 7:30 AM 0.07 1.3 M 1.0 M Snowed the entire morning on Tuesday, and up to after 2PM in the afternoon. Then it snowed from midnight till around 3AM this morning.
4/6/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/8/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/9/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/10/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/12/2012 9:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Two thunderstorms hit town on Wednesday. One at 1 PM with little rain (0.01"), and the second, with hail, at 9:20PM (0.09"). This was the first rain of the year along with the first thunderstorms and hail events of the year, too.
4/13/2012 5:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/14/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/15/2012 6:35 AM 0.15 1.7 M 2.0 M Snowed several times during the day and evening on Saturday, with a heavy thunder-snow-storm around 5PM with snow grains, with temps above freezing. More snow fell after 2am Sunday morning and it snowed up to around 5am this morning, when most of the snow stuck to the ground.
4/16/2012 9:00 AM 0.04 0.2 M M M Snowed on Sunday from 7am to 10am, 1PM to 2PM and then again from 7PM tp 8 PM.
4/19/2012 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/20/2012 9:00 AM T T M M M Snow pellets fell for about 3 minutes around 340 PM Thursday with the temp at 57ºF. I've never seen it snow at such warm temps before.
4/21/2012 8:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/22/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/23/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/24/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M While I was in downtown Crestone Monday, around 2 PM, it rained for about 20 minutes, around .02" I would guess. But it didn't rain in the Baca where the weather station is, it's gague was bone dry when I got back home an hour later.
4/25/2012 8:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Record high temp of 75F.
4/26/2012 8:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A record high temp of 76F reached on Wednesday, the 4th day in a row one has been set.
4/27/2012 8:40 AM 0.65 3.1 M 2.5 M Rain and some hail on Thursday, up to 11:30pm, then heavy snow till around 2am.
4/28/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/29/2012 9:00 AM T M M M M
4/30/2012 9:00 AM T M M M M
5/1/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/2/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/3/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/4/2012 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/5/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/6/2012 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 4% humidity reading in the afternoon on Saturday.
5/7/2012 7:00 AM T M M M M
5/8/2012 8:10 AM 0.56 0.6 M 0.5 M Heavy rain, hail, and snow fell on Monday. All snow fell after 6PM. Dense fog this morning.
5/9/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/10/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/11/2012 8:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/12/2012 8:50 AM 0.48 M M M M
5/13/2012 9:00 AM T 0.1 M M M
5/14/2012 9:00 AM 0.04 T M M M
5/15/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/16/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/17/2012 8:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/18/2012 8:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/19/2012 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/20/2012 6:50 AM 0.03 M M M M
5/21/2012 7:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/22/2012 8:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/23/2012 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/24/2012 7:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/25/2012 8:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/26/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Very hazy this moring due to dust from the winds, and from smoke from the wildfires burning south of here.
5/27/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Very windy all day Saturday, with blowing dust, along with smoke from the NM wildfires, resulted in reducing the visibility to below one mile at times. Top wind gust was 51 MPH.
5/28/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/29/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/30/2012 8:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/31/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/1/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/2/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/3/2012 8:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/4/2012 9:00 AM T M M M M
6/5/2012 9:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
6/6/2012 8:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/7/2012 5:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/8/2012 8:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/10/2012 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Top wind gust Saturday afternoon was 36 MPH, with a humidity reading of 6%.
6/11/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/12/2012 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/13/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/14/2012 5:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/15/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/16/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/17/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Haze most of the day on Saturday.
6/18/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/19/2012 8:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M High temp Monday of 88F, highest temp so far this year. Very dry; humidity reading was down to 4% most of afternoon on Monday and never got out of the teens overnight. Smoke from wildfire burning west of here reached town around 5PM and stayed to around 8PM, dropping visibility down to around 2 miles. No significant precip since May 11.
6/20/2012 8:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M High temp Tuesday was 88F with a 4% humidity reading and lots of haze/smoke out in the valley, also haze this morning.
6/21/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/22/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/23/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Record high temp of 91F, and a record high low temp of 56F set on Friday. 17 days in a row with the hunmidity values below 10%.
6/24/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Haze for most of the day on Saturday, with the humidity value down to 4% in afternoon and a record high temp of 91F, also a record high low temp of 55F.
6/25/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Record high temp of 94F on Sunday, and also a record high low temp of 58F.
6/26/2012 7:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/27/2012 7:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Dry lighting around 8PM Tuesday night, but still no rain, and another day with humidity readings around 5%.
6/28/2012 9:00 AM 0.15 M M M M Wednesday saw a top wind gust of 33 MPH at 1230 PM, along with smoke and dust, which took the visibility down to less than a mile. Then a dry thunderstorm hit around 130 PM, and then finially our first significant rain in over 2 months fell when a second thunderstorm hit, from around 6 to 8 PM.
6/29/2012 7:50 AM T M M M M
7/1/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/2/2012 8:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/3/2012 8:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Dry thunderstorm at 2:15 PM on Monday.
7/4/2012 7:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/5/2012 9:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Dry thunderstorm around 2 PM.
7/6/2012 8:10 AM T M M M M
7/7/2012 9:00 AM 0.32 M M M M .27" of rain fell sometime around 2PM on Friday, the rest just after midnight this morning.
7/8/2012 9:00 AM 0.17 M M M M
7/9/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/10/2012 8:40 AM 0.07 M M M M
7/11/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Thunderstorm to the west of town around 6PM never made it here.
7/12/2012 9:00 AM 0.19 M M M M
7/13/2012 9:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
7/14/2012 7:10 AM 0.22 M M M M Hail and heavy rain in the afternoon for about an half hour.
7/15/2012 7:55 AM T M M M M
7/18/2012 7:30 AM 0.43 M M M M .43" of rain and mainly hail fell in less than a 25 minute period on Tuesday afternoon, while the sun was shinning the entire time. The tempersture also dropped from 82F to 55F in that same time period.
7/19/2012 8:30 AM T M M M M
7/20/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/21/2012 8:05 AM 0.04 M M M M
7/22/2012 9:00 AM T M M M M
7/23/2012 8:50 AM 0.12 M M M M A steady, light rain started to fall late Sunday afternoon with the humidity value only at 12%.
7/24/2012 8:40 AM 0.37 M M M M .27' of rain fell in about 45 minutes time in the mid afternoon, the rest fell in the early evening.
7/25/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/26/2012 8:20 AM 0.07 M M M M Rained from around 3 to 4 pm, and then from 10:20 pm till around 10:30 pm.
7/27/2012 8:40 AM 0.01 M M M M Heavy rain fell abut 1 to 2 miles west of here around 7PM.
7/28/2012 8:50 AM 0.02 M M M M
7/29/2012 8:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/30/2012 8:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/31/2012 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
8/1/2012 9:00 AM T M M M M
8/2/2012 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/3/2012 9:00 AM T M M M M
8/4/2012 8:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/5/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/6/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/7/2012 9:00 AM 0.29 M M M M
8/8/2012 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
8/9/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/10/2012 8:50 AM 0.02 M M M M
8/11/2012 8:40 AM 0.04 M M M M
8/12/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/13/2012 8:40 AM 0.15 M M M M
8/14/2012 8:45 AM 0.35 M M M M
8/15/2012 5:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/16/2012 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/17/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/19/2012 9:00 AM T M M M M
8/20/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/21/2012 8:20 AM 0.08 M M M M Fog this morning. Besides what is noted in precip report time given, it also rained on Monday for about 5 minutes, just after noon (.01").
8/22/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/23/2012 9:00 AM T M M M M
8/24/2012 8:05 AM 0.15 M M M M Rained on and off several times, first time on Thursday around noon (T), then around 4 to 5pm (.06"), around 7pm (T) and this morning from 5 to around 645am (.09").
8/25/2012 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
8/26/2012 9:00 AM 0.16 M M M M
8/27/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/28/2012 7:50 AM 0.01 M M M M
8/29/2012 7:35 AM 0.02 M M M M
8/30/2012 8:50 AM 0.03 M M M M
8/31/2012 7:40 AM T M M M M
9/1/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/2/2012 8:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/3/2012 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
9/4/2012 9:00 AM T M M M M
9/5/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/6/2012 4:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/7/2012 9:00 AM T M M M M
9/8/2012 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/9/2012 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
9/10/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/11/2012 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/12/2012 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
9/13/2012 9:00 AM 0.93 M M M M
9/14/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/15/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M First freeze of season occurred this morning, with low at 32F.
9/16/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/17/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/18/2012 9:00 AM T M M M M
9/19/2012 5:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/20/2012 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/21/2012 8:20 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/22/2012 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/23/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/24/2012 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/25/2012 9:00 AM 0.15 M M M M Rained from about 2 to 3pm on Monday (.04"), then rained again from about 4:15 am till 5:15am (.11"). Snow above 10,000 feeet.
9/26/2012 9:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
9/27/2012 9:00 AM 0.14 M M M M Hail at 6pm, .3" on ground after the storm ended.
9/28/2012 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/30/2012 8:30 AM 0.16 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
4/11/2012 9:25 PM 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size Rice Hard|White Ice 10 Continuous False After rain Same time as smaller hail
4/26/2012 5:45 PM 1/4" Pea Size Rice Rice Soft|Clear Ice 2 1min no damage Continuous False After rain After smaller hail 10-20
5/7/2012 9:12 AM 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size Hard|White Ice 4 no damage Continuous False Before rain Same time as smaller hail
7/13/2012 3:02 PM 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size Hard|White Ice 5 False After rain
7/16/2012 5:50 PM 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size Rice Hard|White Ice 7 Intermittent False After rain After smaller hail
7/17/2012 4:05 PM Sun shinned for almost the entire time the hail fell, got some video of it. 3/8" 1/4" Pea Size Rice Hard|White Ice 15 1min Continuous False After rain After smaller hail vertical
8/6/2012 4:21 PM 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size Rice Hard|White Ice 1 1min no damage Continuous False After rain
9/26/2012 6:35 PM 3/8" 1/4" Pea Size Rice Hard|White Ice no damage Continuous False After rain After smaller hail