USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
373823103465601 UPPER BENT CANYON METEOROLOGICAL STATION NEAR DELHI, CO
LOCATION - Lat 37°38'20", long 103°46'55" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.03, T.28 S., R.57 W., Las Animas County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020010, on Pinon Canyon Manuever Site approximately 80 ft north of Military Supply Road 1A, 1.2 mi above Stage Canyon, 6.7 mi west of Rourke Road, 12.9 mi east of Delhi, and 27 mi south of La Junta.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Precipitation: July 1983 to September 1998, published as Bent Canyon Rain Gage above Stage Canyon near Delhi, October 1998, May 1999 to November 2013, May 2014 to November 2020 (discontinued). Air Temperature: July 2012 to March 2021 (discontinued). Site was part of a hydrologic study 1983-92, data published elsewhere.
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket rain gage and air temperature sensor with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 4,860 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
Maximum daily precipitation, 3.44 inches, June 11, 2015.
Maximum instantaneous air temperature, 40.2 deg C, June 27, 2018. Minimum instantaneous air temperature, -28.2 deg C, Feb. 15, 2021.