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Summer 2011 Records
Author: Natalie Umphlett - High Plains Regional Climate Center
Published: 2011-09-08 18:51:56
Updated: 2011-10-21 18:59:20
This was a record setting summer for many locations in the High Plains Region. Areas of Colorado and Kansas had average temperatures which were up to 8 degrees F above normal. Numerous locations were ranked in the top 5 warmest summers on record. Due to highly variable precipitation in the summer, some locations ranked in the top 5 wettest summers, while others ranked in the top 5 driest.
Check out following chart to see what locations were the warmest, driest, and wettest this summer:
| Summer Records (June, July, August) Temperature in degrees F / Precipitation in inches | |||
| Warmest | New Record | Old Record/Year | Period of Record |
| Alamosa, CO | 65.3 | 64.4/2010 | 1906-2011 |
| Cheesman, CO | 68.0 | 67.9/1931 | 1902-2011 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 73.2 | 71.7/1980 | 1894-2011 |
| Great Sand Dunes Nat, CO | 67.0 | 66.6/2002 | 1950-2011 |
| La Junta AP, CO | 80.2 | 79.5/1952 | 1945-2011 |
| Lake George 8 SW, CO | 61.6 | tie/2002 | 1960-2011 |
| Trinidad Perry Stokes AP, CO | 75.8 | 74.7/1980 | 1948-2011 |
| Walsh 1 N, CO | 79.9 | 78.3/2002 | 1967-2011 |
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| Anthony, KS | 85.9 | tie/1934 | 1899-2011 |
| Cimarron, KS | 82.1 | 80.5/1943 | 1911-2011 |
| Dodge City, KS | 83.5 | 83.4/1934 | 1874-2011 |
| Elkhart, KS | 82.3 | 80.0/1935 | 1900-2011 |
| Garden City Exp Stn, KS | 81.2 | 78.9/2010 | 1956-2011 |
| Hutchinson 10 SW, KS | 84.9 | 83.9/1980 | 1959-2011 |
| Lakin, KS | 81.7 | 79.9/1943 | 1893-2011 |
| Pomona Lake, KS | 81.4 | 79.6/1991 | 1963-2011 |
| Sublette 7 WSW, KS | 83.0 | 81.9/1952 | 1918-2011 |
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| Driest | New Record | Old Record/Year | Period of Record |
| Dodge City, KS | 1.58 | 2.23/1976 | 1974-2011 |
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| Wettest | New Record | Old Record/Year | Period of Record |
| Fullerton 1 ESE, ND | 22.21 | 16.99/1928 | 1898-2011 |
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| Murdo, SD | 18.57 | 14.57/1997 | 1907-2011 |