USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
385548104503201 FOOTHILLS METEOROLOGICAL STATION AT FOOTHILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
LOCATION - Lat 38°55'48.0", long 104°50'32.0" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.12, T.13 S., R.67 W., El Paso County, CO, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, 250 ft west of end of Blackhawk Drive, 430 ft southeast of Foothills Elementary School, and 7.0 mi north of courthouse in Colorado Springs.
CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 2011 to current year (seasonal records only).
INSTRUMENTATION - Tipping-bucket rain gage with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 6,492 ft above NAVD of 1988, from topographic map.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily precipitation, 3.47 inches, Sept. 12, 2013.