Colorado Climatology 13 
is found to have its charm to many. Often the cold wave surround¬ 
ing the lower valleys is absent, owing to the fact that many of 
them do not extend upward to a sufficient height to affect many of 
the higher elevations of the State. Nature has done much in giving 
to this western country such grand and beautiful scenery as may be 
found throughout the Rocky Mountain region, and in Estes Park 
may be found one of the most pleasant resorts in the State. 
During the winter the snowfall was not always melted; in 
those cases ten inches of snowfall has been taken as the equivalent 
of one inch of water. 
COWDREY, NORTH PARK. 
In 1891 Miss Lucy Bell began taking observations at what was 
then Pinkhampton, but was soon succeeded by Mr. George A. 
Barnes, and records have been kept by him at the same place, con¬ 
tinuously since that time, although the post office now used is Cow¬ 
drey. 
The temperature seems to be a little colder than formerly, and 
the extrement temperature of December, 1910, given as —56, seems 
to indicate that possibly the thermometer is not altogether reliable 
at that extreme temperature. The thermometer at Kremmling on 
that same morning registered —44 degrees. During the winters the 
snowfall is measured but not melted. In the computations ten 
inches of snowfall have been used as an equivalent of one inch of 
water, although during some of the cold weather when the snowfall 
was light, this would be rather more than the actual amount. In 
some cases at the College small amotmts, when the weather was very 
cold, often take nearer 14 or 15 inches of snow to be equivalent to 
one inch of water. 
The data from the following stations, except two or three which 
reported to the Experiment Station in earlier years but not during 
the last few years, has been obtained from the records of the United 
States Weather Bureau at Denver, Colorado, in charge of Mr. F. H. 
Brandenburg, the efficient forecast official, for the last several years. 
These stations are here given on account of the widespread interest 
in the rainfall over the different sections of the State. 
Tables I-VI— Pages 18-23. 
Daily Minimum Temperatures for twenty-five years, for the 
months from November to April inclusive, Fort Collins, Colorado. 
Tables VII-IX— Pages 24-26. 
Daily Maximum Temperatures for June, July and August, Fort 
Collins, Colorado. 
