USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
385349104501401 DOUGLAS CREEK METEOROLOGICAL STATION ABOVE NORTH CHESTNUT STREET AT COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
LOCATION - Lat 38°53'49.1", long 104°50'13.7" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.24, T.13 S., R.67 W., El Paso County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, at Colorado Springs Fire Station 9, 50 ft north of Garden of the Gods Road, 375 ft west of North Chestnut Street, 0.8 mi northwest of Douglas Creek mouth, and 4.6 mi northwest of courthouse in Colorado Springs.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 2011 to current year (seasonal records only).
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket rain gage with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 6,240 ft above NAVD of 1988, from topographic map.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily precipitation, 3.58 inches, Sept. 12, 2013.