Colorado Cliaiatology 
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(luring the summer months. The climate, as well as the soil, 
has been founci suitable to melon growing, and the Rocky 
Ford cantaloupe has a nation-Avide reputation for quality, 
while the growth of wheat, alfalfa, sugar beets and other farm 
crops, make the Arkansas Valley famous throughout the West. 
CHEYENNE WELLS STATION 
This station was established by the Colorado Experiment 
Station in June, 1894. It is located at Cheyenne Wells, Chey¬ 
enne county, on the Union Pacific railroad near the eastern 
border of the State, at an elevation of 4,280 feet. 
The records were taken by Mr. J. B. Robertson, the super¬ 
intendent of the substation until April, 1896, when he was suc¬ 
ceeded by Mr. J. E. Payne, a very capable and conscientious 
observer, who kept the records until September, 1901. Mr. L. 
M. Parker took the records from that date’until June, 1902, at 
which time Mr. J. B. Robertson was again employed by the 
station and was the observer until March, 1910, when he re¬ 
signed and was succeeded by Mr. J. W. Adams, who has con¬ 
tinued the work until the present time. 
Lying as it does in the eastern part of the state, with no 
running streams of any size, the crops grown will always be 
limited to the rainfall of that region, but by conservation of 
the water supply, aided by the proper methods of tillage, much 
may be accomplished. 
LONG’S PEAK, ESTES PARK, COLORADO 
This station was established by Mr. Carlyle Lamb, a well 
known guide in that region, in May, 1892, near the base of 
Long’s Peak, and observations of precipitation and tempera¬ 
ture were taken regularly until March, 1902, when Mr. Lamb 
left the Park and Mr. Enos A. Mills, the well known guide 
and lecturer, succeeded him, and the records have been con¬ 
tinued by him to the present time. 
The climate of Estes Park is typical of that found in this 
State in the high elevations, and the clear, sunshiny days and 
cool nights are making of the Park one of the greatest tourist 
resorts in the State. 
The climate during the summer and fall months is delight¬ 
ful, and during the winter the brisk, dry cold, with plenty of 
sunshine, is found to have its charm to many. Often the 
cold wave surrounding the lower valleys is absent, owing to 
the fact that many of them do not extend upward to a suffix 
cient height to affect many of the higher elevations of the 
