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Colo.Spgs.CO. Pikes Peak Chapter @ [email protected]

There will be no records or personal bests here in Colorado Springs,as this summer was the coolest on record for Colorado Springs, as temperatures for June, July and August averaged 64.8 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Rainfall in the city during the same period totaled 14.98 inches, making this summer the second-wettest on record. The wettest was 1965, when 16.85 inches fell.
Meteorologists attributed the respite from the heat and dust of recent summers to cool air pushed down from Canada and monsoonal flows that brought rain from the Pacific Ocean.We also have set records for the amounts of large damaging hail in one season.
This summer was cool enough to tie the June record low of 33 degrees and the August record low of 35 degrees, said Skip Evans, a meteorologist at the US Air Force Academy.
The summer was so rainy that more than 4 inches of rain fell in July, compared with a historical average of 2.4 inches, he said. Which in turn contributed to a stem split on my biggest pumpkin, which was not so big this season due to the worst weather I have seen since I have been growing..OH well time to till the patch and look forward to 2005 as being a better season....good luck to all at weigh-off time....James Kane

9/4/2004 2:12:43 AM

Colorado Hail, CO. Elev. 5,900 FT

All that precipitation and yet our crooked and corrupt city utilities STILL has the city on TWICE A WEEK WATER RESTRICTIONS!!!! That is no joke, folks!

9/4/2004 12:04:17 PM

No Place Special

wow!

9/7/2004 7:27:07 PM