USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
385240104444801 PENROSE METEOROLOGICAL STATION AT PENROSE ELEMENTARY AT COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
LOCATION - Lat 38°52'40", long 104°44'48" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.35, T.13 S., R.66 W., El Paso County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, at Penrose Elementary School, 470 ft southeast of Nonchalant Circle, 0.6 mi southeast of intersection of North Academy Boulevard and North Carefree Circle, and 5.3 mi northeast of courthouse in Colorado Springs.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 2011 to current year (seasonal records only).
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket rain gage with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 6,403 ft above NAVD of 1988, from topographic map.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily precipitation, 3.27 inches, Sept. 14, 2011.