Local weather

 

Weather in the Pike Trails area can vary significantly from the north to the south end of the ranch. Certainly, temperatures on still clear winter nights, can vary by 20º F or more. The purpose of this page is provide a place for those interested in the Pike Trails weather to come and see how we are fairing.

 

What's our weather been like?

 

Daily highs and lows for the past 7 days.

 

Feb. 6, morning low, 4 °F, light snow, high, 27 ºF, 6 mph gust, 1" snow
Feb. 5, low, -1 °F, high, 32 ºF, 18 mph gust
Feb. 4, low, 1 °F, high, 28 ºF, 17 mph gust
Feb. 3, low, 7 °F, high, 24 ºF, 17 mph gust, 1/2" snow
Feb. 2, low, 16 °F, high, 30 ºF, 17 mph gust
Feb. 1, low, 11 °F, high, 46 ºF, 20 mph gust
Jan. 31, low, 12 °F, high, 42 ºF, 14 mph gust
Jan. 30, low, 20 °F, high, 46 ºF, 24 mph gust

 

Are you wondering how this year's temperatures and moisture are comparing to previous years'? Temperatures can easily be compared by using a measure called degree-days. This is a unit used by designers of heating and cooling systems. Each heating day's degree-day value is found by averaging the daily high and low and subtracting the result from a fixed number, usually 65. For example, if the high temperature for the day was 58 ºF and the low was 30 ºF, the average would be 44. This subtracted from 65 would give 21 degree-days. The degree-days for the day would be 21 degree-days. The greater the degree-day value, the colder the day is. Adding the degree-days for the entire month is a way to then compare one month to another.

 

Below, I've shown the monthly heating degree-day, rain, and snow totals for 2010 and 2011 to date and the averages for the past seven years. Using the degree-day numbers, one can easily compare the "coldness" of one month to last year and the average from the past seven years. The numbers below apply to the SE corner of the ranch.

 

Monthly Degree-Day Values From 2004 to Present
	Average of past 8 years		Last year, 2011		This year, 2012
Jan.	1257.7		1281		1140
Feb.	1143.6		1227.5
March	1014.9		954.5
April	813.8		824.5
May	598.7		689.5
June	280.4		259
July	116.6		56
Aug.	185.4		84.5
Sept.	382		374.5
Oct.	692		706.5
Nov.	977.4		998
Dec.	1242.6		1294
Totals	8705.1		8749.5
Rain	8.04"		6.05"
Snow (Jan. through Dec.)	59.13"		66.875"		29.75"
Season Snow Fall					29.75"

 

Below is a table from The Weather Channel, www.weather.com, showing, among other interesting Guffey weather facts, the record highs and lows for each month. To see the daily statistics for any particular month, just click on the month in the left hand column.

 

Month	Avg. High	Avg. Low	Mean	Avg. Precip.	Record High	Record Low
Jan	31°F	-2°F	15°F	0.32 in.	61°F (1997)	-50°F (1962)
Feb	36°F	2°F	19°F	0.29 in.	60°F (1986)	-42°F (1989)
Mar	42°F	14°F	28°F	0.81 in.	68°F (1997)	-30°F (1965)
Apr	49°F	22°F	36°F	0.95 in.	73°F (1992)	-14°F (1973)
May	59°F	32°F	46°F	1.40 in.	78°F (1989)	10°F (1982)
Jun	70°F	40°F	55°F	1.32 in.	80°F (2000)	25°F (1970)
Jul	75°F	46°F	61°F	2.29 in.	88°F (1989)	32°F (1992)
Aug	73°F	45°F	59°F	2.50 in.	85°F (1995)	30°F (1992)
Sep	67°F	37°F	52°F	1.08 in.	83°F (1978)	8°F (1965)
Oct	57°F	26°F	41°F	0.74 in.	79°F (1980)	-2°F (1979)
Nov	42°F	14°F	28°F	0.49 in.	65°F (1999)	-33°F (1972)
Dec	32°F	2°F	17°F	0.39 in.	58°F (1995)	-40°F (1978)

 

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This page last updated on 2-6-2012.