The Impacts of Weather

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The Impacts of Weather

• Nolan J. Doesken
• Colorado Climate Center
• Colorado State University
• Presented at Ogallala Symposium, Wray, Colorado,
• February 23, 2004
• Prepared by Odie Bliss

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Ogallala Aquifer
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Average annual precipitation
COLORADO, KANSAS AND NEBRASKA
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Colorado Average Annual Precipition
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Wray, Colorado, temperatures
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Monthly Pan Evaporation
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Average Summer (June-August) Temperatures
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Nebraska Mean Annual Temperature (1895 2003)
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Monthly Average Precipitation for selected
stations in the Ogallala Aquifer
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Average Summer (June-August) Precipitation
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Climate Divisions
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
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Annual Precipitation Totals by Division
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Annual Precipitation Totals by Division
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Holyoke, CO, Precipitation Deficit
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WY 1999
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WY2000
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WY2001
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WY2002
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WY2003
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Water Year 2004 (Oct 2003 - Jan 2004)
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Drought Monitor map
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TemperatureMarch May 2004
From the Colorado Prediction Center http//www.cpc
.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/multi_season/1
3_seasonal_outlooks/color/churchill.html
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PrecipitationMarch May 2004
From the Colorado Prediction Center http//www.cpc
.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/multi_season/1
3_seasonal_outlooks/color/churchill.html
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TemperatureJune August 2004
From the Colorado Prediction Center http//www.cpc
.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/multi_season/1
3_seasonal_outlooks/color/churchill.html
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PrecipitationJune August 2004
From the Colorado Prediction Center http//www.cpc
.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/multi_season/1
3_seasonal_outlooks/color/churchill.html
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CoAgMetWeather Data for Agriculture

• Automated weather stations with daily and hourly
  readings of
• Temperature
• Humidity
• Wind
• Precipitation
• Solar energy
• Evapotranspiration

http//www.coagmet.com
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CoCo RaHSCommunity Collaborative Rain and Hail
StudyYOU CAN HELP!
http//www.cocorahs.org
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Colorado Climate Magazine

• Good bedtime reading about the climate of
  Colorado -- recent and historic
• 15/year subscription pays printing and mailing
  costs

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Colorado Climate CenterColorado State University

• Data and Power Point Presentations available for
  downloading
• http//ccc.atmos.colostate.edu
• click on Drought
• then click on Presentations