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Water-Year Summary for Site 375546107412000

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00045 Precipitation(Sum)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
375546107412000 IRONTON METEOROLOGICAL STATION NEAR OURAY, CO
LOCATION - Lat 37°55'46", long 107°41'20" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Ouray County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 14020006, 0.8 mi southwest of Ironton, 1.2 mi north of Red Mountain No. 2, and 6.5 mi southwest of Ouray.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1992 to October 2005. May 2006 to September 2015, October 2017 to current year (seasonal records only).
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket rain gage with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 10,020 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - (seasonal only) Maximum daily precipitation, 1.24 inches, July 17, 2022.
REMARKS - Gage operated seasonally, April through September. Unpublished air-temperature and precipitation data for water years 1992 and 1993 are available in Water Science Center office.