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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
372721103595601 CIG PIPELINE SOUTH METEOROLOGICAL STATION NEAR SIMPSON, CO
LOCATION - Lat 37°27'21", long 103°59'56" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.03, T.30 S., R.59 W., Las Animas County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020010, on Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site approximately 100 ft south of gas pipeline, 0.8 mi southwest of Taylor Arroyo, 3.4 mi northwest of Rock Crossing, 10 mi southeast of Simpson, and 36 mi northeast of Trinidad.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Precipitation: July 1983 to September 1998, published as Taylor Arroyo Rain Gage at Pipeline near Simpson, October 1998, May 1999 to November 2013, May 2014 to November 2020 (discontinued). Air Temperature: July 2012 to November 2020 (discontinued). Site was part of a hydrologic study 1983-92, data published elsewhere.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket rain gage with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 5,220 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
Maximum daily precipitation, 4.59 inches, July 27, 1998.
Maximum instantaneous air temperature, 41.7 deg C, Aug. 24, 2020. Minimum instantaneous air temperature, -27.3 deg C, Dec. 18, 2016.
REMARKS - Unless otherwise noted, records are not rated, and periods of missing record are not estimated. Water year 2014; records during the period Nov. 1 to Feb. 28, and estimated daily precipitation, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2015; records during the period Dec. 10 to May 13, and estimated daily precipitation, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2016; records during the period Dec. 10 to Mar. 21, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2017; records during the period Nov. 21 to May 17, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2018; records during the period Dec. 1 to May 25, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2019; records during the period Nov. 28 to June 14, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2020; records during the period Nov. 7 to June 18, are less accurate than the rest of the published records. Water year 2021; unless otherwise noted, records are not rated, and periods of missing record are not estimated.
