2008 observations

T, trace, is any amount of precipitation less than 0.01 inch or snowfall less than 0.1 inch.

2008 daily observations

Buena Vista, Colorado

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January

February

March

Day	High	Low	Mean	Precip	Snow
1	25	-14	5.5
2	39	-08	15.5
3	40	07	23.5
4	45	25	35.0
5	35	30	32.5	0.07	1.2
6	39	28	33.5	0.14	2.2
7	30	18	24.0	0.19	2.6
8	34	-03	15.5
9	33	15	24.0	T	T
10	33	0	16.5
11	32	13	22.5	T	T
12	34	-01	16.5
13	31	-06	12.5
14	35	-01	17.0
15	40	01	20.5
16	14	03	8.5	T	0.1
17	22	-07	7.5
18	24	-08	8.0
19	32	-08	12.0
20	37	02	19.5
21	30	-03	13.5
22	30	-01	14.5
23	35	09	22.0
24	36	01	18.5
25	35	04	19.5	0.01	0.2
26	40	09	24.5
27	40	03	21.5	0.01	0.2
28	36	09	22.5	0.17	2.7
29	25	06	15.5	T	T
30	30	07	18.5	T	T
31	28	-02	13.0
Month	32.9	4.1	18.5	0.59	9.2
Norm	39.7	10.6	25.2	0.31	4.6

Day	High	Low	Mean	Precip	Snow
1	30	04	17.0	T	T
2	30	06	18.0	T	T
3	27	07	17.0	0.05	0.6
4	37	10	23.5	0.02	0.4
5	27	13	20.0	0.10	1.8
6	32	01	16.5
7	33	06	19.5	0.05	1.0
8	29	17	23.0	0.05	1.0
9	44	17	30.5
10	45	09	27.0
11	41	26	33.5
12	38	22	30.0
13	49	14	31.5
14	30	20	25.0	0.06	3.3
15	43	02	22.5	T	0.2
16	43	07	25.0
17	30	17	23.5
18	40	16	28.0
19	46	10	28.0
20	43	15	29.0
21	40	17	28.5	0.01	0.2
22	42	13	27.5
23	43	22	32.5	T	T
24	39	22	30.5	0.08	1.3
25	39	24	31.5	T	T
26	41	09	25.0
27	53	10	31.5
28	52	18	35.0
29	55	17	35.0
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Month	39.3	13.5	26.4	0.42	9.8
Norm	43.3	14.3	28.8	0.45	5.4

Day	High	Low	Mean	Precip	Snow
1	54	20	37.0
2	29	26	27.5	0.09	1.8
3	39	03	21.0
4	39	10	24.5	T	T
5	32	07	19.5	0.01	0.1
6	28	03	15.5
7	42	07	24.5
8	39	24	31.5	0.01	0.3
9	40	20	30.0	0.04	1.6
10	43	18	30.5
11	53	14	33.5
12	53	30	35.5
13	42	18	30.0	0.06	1.0
14	40	20	30.0	0.16	2.5
15	39	03	21.0
16	38	10	24.0	0.06	1.0
17	39	14	26.5	0.18	2.8
18	41	19	30.0
19	52	13	32.5
20	54	17	45.5	0.02	0.9
21	48	19	33.5
22	47	21	34.0
23	50	11	30.5
24	56	24	40.0
25	58	32	45.0
26	59	26	42.5
27	54	37	45.5	T	T
28	57	23	40.0
29	56	24	40.0
30	55	31	43.0	0.04	0.2
31	41	29	31.9	T	0.1
Month	45.7	18.5	32.1	0.67	12.3
Norm	48.5	20.2	34.3	0.74	7.3

February was not a record setting month, even though is was windy and cold. Meterological winter, DJF, was the snowiest (52.7") and coldest (22.0 degrees) on record. During that three month period there were 68 days with below normal temperatures and 85 days with at least one inch of snow on the ground. Historical data of snow cover is sketchy, but it looks as though the 85 day period is a record.

January was the 2nd coldest. Coldest was January 1948 with avg temp of 17.7

Jan 17 Pre-dawn wind chills 30-45 degrees below zero!

April

May

June

Day	High	Low	Mean	Precip	Snow
1	52	16	34.0
2	58	18	38.0
3	48	28	38.0	T	T
4	57	22	39.5
5	54	25	39.5
6	48	26	37.0	T	T
7	46	29	37.5	0.04	0.7
8	53	18	35.5
9	49	25	37.9	0.01	0.1
10	42	27	34.5
11	38	21	29.5
12	48	16	32.0
13	62	27	44.5
14	65	26	45.5
15	68	30	49.0
16	55	34	44.5	0.10	3.0
17	43	20	31.5	T	T
18	59	24	41.4
19	68	25	46.5
20	62	32	47.0
21	60	24	42.0
22	65	22	43.5
23	69	26	47.5	T	T
24	61	34	47.5
25	49	24	36.5
26	47	25	36.0
27	57	23	40.0
28	65	23	44.0
29	71	26	48.5
30	68	48	58.0
-	-	-	-	-	-
Monthly	56.2	25.5	40.9	0.15	3.8
Norm	54.9	25.6	40.3	1.04	6.3

Day	High	Low	Mean	Precip	Snow
1	43	20	36.5	0.01	0.1
2	45	26	35.5
3	59	20	39.5
4	66	22	44.0
5	72	33	52.5
6	69	35	52.0	T
7	67	33	50.0	T
8	67	39	53.0	0.11
9	65	28	51.5	T
10	52	34	43.0	0.12
11	68	22	45.0
12	68	43	55.5
13	43	32	37.5	0.65	4.4
14	59	27	43.0
15	54	33	43.5	0.01	0.1
16	65	32	43.5
17	70	33	51.5
18	73	41	57.0
19	76	36	56.0
20	80	42	61.0
21	77	43	60.0
22	58	42	59.0	T
23	55	35	45.0	T
24	61	32	46.5
25	71	32	51.5
26	73	43	58.0	0.02
27	70	34	52.0
28	75	44	59.5
29	71	37	54.0
30	74	36	55.0
31	79	38	58.5
Monthly	65.3	34.1	49.7	0.92	4.6
Norm	64.8	33.8	49.5	1.17	2.1

Day	High	Low	Mean	Precip	Snow
1	82	42	62.0
2	82	42	62.0
3	75	40	57.5
4	68	38	53.0
5	60	43	51.5	T
6	75	42	58.5
7	80	41	60.5
8	63	39	51.0
9	71	33	52.0
10	81	36	58.5
11	65	48	56.5
12	62	31	46.5
13	75	34	54.5
14	81	39	60.0
15	84	43	63.5
16	86	48	67.0
17	83	45	64.0
18	85	45	65.0
19	82	50	66.0
20	82	43	62.5
21	83	42	62.5
22	83	46	64.5
23	79	45	62.0	0.05
24	83	42	62.5	0.07
25	88	43	65.5	0.02
26	84	44	64.0
27	85	46	65.5
28	87	49	68.0	T
29	83	54	68.5	0.16
30	85	45	65.0	T
31	-	-	-	-	-
Monthly	78.7	42.6	60.7	0.30	0
Norm	75.7	41.4	58.6	0.94	T

July

August

September

Day	High	Low	Mean	Precip	Snow
1	82	45	63.5	T
2	84	50	67.0	T
3	86	44	65.0	0.02
4	89	46	67.5
5	87	52	69.5	T
6	81	52	66.5	0.01
7	77	54	65.5	0.18
8	80	44	62.0	T
9	83	46	64.5
10	88	48	68.0
11	88	49	68.0
12	81	51	68.5
13	87	43	65.0
14	86	51	68.5	T
15	87	50	68.5
16	90	50	70.0	T
17	84	53	68.5	0.15
18	84	48	66.0
19	90	47	68.5	T
20	90	50	70.0
21	93	53	73.0
22	89	53	71.0
23	84	53	68.5	0.11
24	87	52	69.5	T
25	89	49	69.0	T
26	81	54	67.5	T
27	85	47	66.0	T
28	85	58	71.5	0.54
29	82	47	64.5
30	86	47	66.5
31	91	47	69.0
Monthly	85.7	49.5	67.6	1.02	0
Norm	80.6	46.7	63.7	1.58	0.0

Day	High	Low	Mean	Precip	Snow
1	92	53	72.5
2	87	51	69.0	T
3	86	51	68.5	0.02
4	85	47	66.0	T
5	84	52	68.0	0.52
6	78	51	64.5	0.01
7	71	53	62.0	1.71
8	78	53	65.5	0.02
9	78	53	65.5	0.06
10	73	48	60.5
11	79	45	62.0
12	84	46	65.0
13	82	45	63.5
14	79	48	63.5
15	65	50	57.5	0.07
16	62	45	53.5	0.33
17	60	47	53.5	0.31
18	70	39	54.5	T
19	81	40	60.5	T
20	81	41	61.0
21	84	42	63.0
22	88	47	67.5
23	83	52	67.5	T
24	80	48	64.0	0.08
25	78	46	62.0
26	80	47	63.5
27	85	46	63.5
28	85	46	65.5
29	84	43	63.5
30	83	44	63.5
31	76	44	60.0	0.23
Monthly	79.4	47.2	63.3	3.36	0.0
Norm	78.0	45.9	61.9	1.79	0.0

Day	High	Low	Mean	Precip	Snow
1	77	48	62.5
2	70	45	57.5
3	74	39	56.5
4	75	34	54.5
5	72	36	54.0
6	76	35	55.5
7	79	38	58.5
8	78	41	59.5
9	72	37	54.5	0.04
10	69	36	52.5
11	68	37	52.5	0.06
12	65	39	52.0	0.09
13	73	36	54.5
14	75	37	56.0
15	75	36	55.5
16	78	37	57.5
17	80	40	60.0	T
18	71	39	55.0	T
19	70	36	53.0	T
20	73	36	54.5	0.01
21	71	41	56.0	T
22	74	38	56.0
23	72	32	52.0
24	76	37	56.5
25	80	33	56.5
26	79	39	59.0
27	72	41	56.5
28	77	38	57.5
29	75	41	58.0
30	78	37	57.5
31	-	-	-	-	-
Monthly	74.1	38.0	56.1	0.20	0.0
Norm	71.6	38.5	55.0	1.07	0.8

Aug 7 Monsoon moisture flow brought 1.71 inches of rain to the airport. There was a pre-dawn event and an afternnon event. Areas north of town got up to an inch more.

Aug 16 First snow on the high peaks. Also,wettest and coldest day and lowest high for BV

Sep 4 Light frost
Sep 23 First 32 of season

October

November

December

Day	High	Low	Mean	Precip	Snow
1	77	40	58.5
2	71	35	53.0
3	68	34	51.0	0.02
4	59	38	48.5	T
5	63	38	50.5	T
6	57	39	48.0
7	71	25	48.0
8	74	29	51.5
9	72	28	50.0
10	69	34	51.5
11	57	34	45.5	0.79
12	57	37	47.0
13	49	21	35.0
14	52	22	37.0	T	T
15	61	20	40.5
16	64	23	43.5
17	71	28	49.5
18	72	30	51.0
19	67	33	50.0
20	58	29	43.5	0.09
21	57	27	42.0	0.07	0.9
22	35	20	27.5	T	T
23	50	20	35.0
24	59	28	43.5
25	68	31	49.5
26	65	35	50.0
27	69	18	43.5
28	69	22	45.5
29	70	24	47.0
30	68	26	47.0
31	70	25	47.5
Monthly	63.5	28.8	46.2	0.97	0.9
Norm	61.0	28.0	44.5	0.83	3.3

Day	High	Low	Mean	Precip	Snow
1	68	26	47.0
2	66	29	47.5
3	62	32	47.0
4	58	29	43.5	0.03	0.4
5	36	24	30.0	T	T
6	34	18	26.0
7	49	12	26.0
8	56	26	41.0
9	50	18	34.0
10	48	21	34.5
11	48	19	33.5	T	T
12	48	24	36.0
13	59	26	42.5
14	41	30	35.5
15	55	23	39.0
16	61	22	41.5
17	63	30	46.5
18	65	25	45.0
19	61	19	40.0
20	32	15	23.5
21	55	13	34.0
22	58	14	36.0
23	53	26	39.5
24	56	13	34.5
25	49	15	32.0
26	55	16	35.5
27	35	24	29.5	0.03	0.8
28	45	19	32.0	T	T
29	41	22	31.5
30	41	26	33.5
31	-	-	-	-	-
Monthly	51.6	21.9	36.7	0.06	1.1
Norm	47.9	18.7	33.3	0.66	6.2

Day	High	Low	Mean	Precip	Snow
1	50	32	41.0
2	57	35	46.0
3	44	26	35.0
4	32	13	22.5	T	T
5	40	25	32.5
6	51	10	30.5
7	57	18	37.5
8	41	32	36.5	0.13	1.3
9	31	03	17.0
10	44	18	31.0
11	47	11	29.0
12	42	13	27.5	0.01	0.2
13	42	28	35.0	0.04	0.9
14	24	20	22.0	0.05	1.0
15	27	-09	9.0	0.04	0.5
16	29	14	21.5	0.14	2.2
17	34	15	24.5
18	33	15	24.0	0.15	1.8
19	34	02	18.0
20	25	14	19.5
21	37	13	25.0
22	33	09	21.0	0.02	0.4
23	29	14	21.5	T	0.1
24	28	08	18.0
25	34	00	17.0	0.02	0.5
26	28	15	21.5	0.02	0.6
27	28	02	15.0
28	43	02	22.5
29	49	09	29.0
30	47	16	31.5
31	49	06	27.5
Monthly	38.4	13.8	26.1	0.62	9.5
Norm	39.5	11.0	25.2	0.37	4.8

Oct 7 - First reading in the 20s
Oct 14 - First snow. Light overnight flurries.
October 27 - First low in the teens