BASALT, COLORADO

Average Temperature

Years on Record: 45

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		38.5		18.1		20.5		27.1		36.1		45.8		53.6		60.6		58.7		51.5		41.4		28.5		19.8

Average High Temperature

Years on Record: 45

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		55.5		33.6		36.5		41.6		50.8		62.8		73.2		80.9		78.4		70.7		59.6		43.1		34.7

Average Low Temperature

Years on Record: 45

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		21.4		2.6		4.5		12.5		21.2		28.8		34		40.4		39		32.2		23.3		13.9		4.8

Highest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 45

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		98		57		59		65		75		85		91		98		93		90		86		68		59

Lowest Recorded Temperature

Years on Record: 45

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		-38		-29		-38		-30		-7		11		15		24		23		12		-5		-21		-32

Average Number of Days Above 90F/32C

Years on Record: 45

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		2.5		---		---		---		---		---		0.1		1.6		0.7		0.1		---		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 80F/26C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		40.1		---		---		---		---		0.3		6.2		17.6		13		3.1		---		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 70F/21C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		106.2		---		---		---		0.8		6.8		20.7		28.9		28.1		17.4		3.6		---		---

Average Number of Days Above 60F/15C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		157.8		---		---		0.5		5.9		19.2		28.1		30.8		30.9		26.4		14.3		1.6		---

Average Number of Days Above 50F/10C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		204.4		0.6		1.3		5.4		16.1		26.7		29.8		31		31		29.1		24.5		8.1		0.8

Average Number of Days Above 40F/4C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		266.2		7		9.1		19.6		24.5		30.1		30		31		31		29.9		28.8		18.1		7.3

Average Number of Days Below 70F/21C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		365		31		28		31		30		31		30		31		31		30		31		30		31

Average Number of Days Below 60F/15C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		365		31		28		31		30		31		30		31		31		30		31		30		31

Average Number of Days Below 50F/10C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		362.9		31		28		31		30		31		29.9		29.8		30.2		29.9		31		30		31

Average Number of Days Below 40F/4C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		320.9		31		28		31		30		30.3		24.7		13.3		15.2		26		30.5		30		31

Average Number of Days Below 32F/0C

Years on Record: 45

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		261.1		30.6		27.9		30.7		28.9		22.7		11.5		2.1		3.6		15.2		27.8		29.4		30.8

Average Number of Days Below 20F/-6C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		142.8		29.8		25.5		21.8		9.5		1.6		0.1		---		---		0.8		6.3		19.5		28

Average Number of Days Below 10F/-12C

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		77.1		22.8		17.4		7.7		1.4		0.1		---		---		---		---		0.7		7.5		19.5

Average Number of Days Below 0F/-17C

Years on Record: 45

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		39.9		13.2		9.9		3.7		0.2		---		---		---		---		---		0.1		2.7		10.1

Average Precipitation

Years on Record: 45

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		16.1		1.2		1		1.2		1.2		1.3		1.3		1.6		1.7		1.6		1.4		1.2		1.2

Average Number of Days With Precipitation

Years on Record: 45

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		99		9		8		9		8		8		7		9		11		9		6		7		8

Most Reported Precipitation in a Month

Years on Record: 45

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		5		3.5		3.1		3.7		2.6		4.3		3.7		2.9		3.6		3.6		3.9		4.2		5

Least Reported Precipitation in a Month

Years on Record: 45

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		---		0.1		0.2		0.1		0.4		---		---		0.2		0.4		---		0.1		---		0.1

Most Precipitation Reported in a Day

Years on Record: 45

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		2.1		0.9		1.6		1.3		0.8		1.2		2.1		1.2		1		1.3		1		1.4		1.7

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 0.1in/2.5mm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		50.2		3.4		3.5		4		4.4		4.2		3.6		4.7		6.3		4.8		4.4		3.6		3.3

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 0.2in/5mm

Years on Record: 45

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		52		4		4		4		5		4		4		5		6		4		4		4		4

Avg. # of Days w/Precip. Above 0.4in/10mm

Years on Record: 45

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		6		---		---		---		---		1		1		1		1		1		1		---		---

Avg. No. of Days w/Precip. Above 0.5in/13mm

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		5.2		0.1		0.1		0.3		0.4		0.6		0.4		0.5		0.4		0.8		0.8		0.5		0.3

Average Snowfall

Years on Record: 45

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		90.2		18.9		17.7		13.8		7.5		1.3		0.1		---		---		---		1.5		10.7		18.7

Average Snow Cover

Years on Record: 36

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in.		6		18		23		21		6		---		---		---		---		---		---		1		8

Most Snow Reported in a Month

Years on Record: 45

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
in		68.5		68.5		47		46.3		28.7		16.1		3		---		---		0.9		9		42.8		52.3

Heating Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		9523		1443		1235		1135		858		597		325		146		187		398		725		1077		1398

Cooling Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		18		---		---		---		---		---		1		11		5		---		---		---		---

Growing Degree Days

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Days		916		---		---		---		1		28		155		331		286		105		9		---		---

Average Length of Day

Years on Record: 30

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
Hours		12.7		10.3		11.2		12.5		13.8		14.9		15.4		15.1		14.1		12.9		11.6		10.5		9.9

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.6		2.5		3.4		4.6		5.4		6.3		7.1		6.7		5.8		5		3.9		2.6		2.3

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		1.4		0.7		1		1.4		1.9		2.1		2.1		2.1		1.9		1.5		1		0.8		0.6

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		5.4		4.6		5		5.7		5.5		5.8		6.2		5.9		5.6		5.7		5.5		4.4		4.4

Average Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		6		5.1		5.5		6		5.8		6.5		7.7		6.9		6.1		6.3		6		4.8		4.9

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.6		2.5		3.4		4.6		5.4		6.3		7.1		6.7		5.8		5		3.9		2.6		2.3

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		1.6		0.8		1.1		1.5		2		2.4		2.4		2.3		2.1		1.7		1.3		0.9		0.7

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		6.1		5.1		5.6		6.5		6.2		6.3		6.9		6.7		6.5		6.3		6.8		5.5		5.1

Maximum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		7.4		5.8		6.4		7.4		7.2		7.6		9.5		8.8		7.9		7.4		8.1		6.5		5.9

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Global

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.1		2.3		3		4		4.8		5.3		6.2		6.2		5.1		4.4		3.1		2.3		2.1

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Diffuse

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		1.2		0.6		0.8		1.2		1.7		2		1.8		1.8		1.7		1.3		0.7		0.6		0.5

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Reflected

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.6		4.1		4.2		4.8		4.8		4.9		5.4		5.5		5		4.9		4		3.6		3.8

Minimum Daily Solar Radiation - Direct

Years on Record: 22

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
kWh/m2		4.6		4.3		4.3		4.7		4.5		4.6		5.8		6		4.8		4.9		3.9		3.6		4.1