November Precipitation Report from NWS

November 2011 wasn’t as dry as the previous year, but still one of the driest months of the year.  Few counties in southeast Colorado registered precipitation levels above one inch for the month.  Year to Date precipitation levels were rarely above ten inches for the past eleven months. 

A sampling shows the latest levels in inches for areas of southeast Colorado for the past two Novembers. 

                                2010                       2011               Year to Date 

Eads                       0.07                        0.38                        11.39
Haswell                 0.14                        0.49                          9.79
Holly                       n/a                         0.37                          n/a
J. M. Dam              0.04                        0.67                        10.20
R. Ford                   0.13                        0.71                          n/a
La Junta                 0.13                        0.60                          7.24
Lamar                    0.00                        0.87                        11.93
Las Animas           0.06                        0.89                          7.72
Springfield            n/a                         1.21                          n/a
Walsh                   0.06                        1.08                          8.12
Trinidad               0.27                        1.06                           n/a