ABSTRACT-Precipitation and temperature data since elevation are also shown. Annual precipitation total3 records began in southwestern Colorado are analyzed on were low about 1860, 1900, 1930-35 and 1950-55. Mean a seasonal basis. Interstation correlations for recent years annual temperatures appear to have fallen from about indicate that the region responds fairly uniformly to sea- 1867 to about 1930 when the trend reversed. Overall, the sonal variations in precipitation, but this was not true climate of southwestern Colorado in the 1860s appears to earlier this century when precipitation variability was have been warmer and at least as dry aa current normals. higher. Changes in the dependence of precipitation on 1.
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