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Water Data

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Project Water Supply

Current Conditions:

Weather Conditions (NOAA)

Precipitation

Streamflow

Yuma Area Office (Arizona) Flow Data (Lower Colorado River)

Streamflow Forecast Map

Spring and Summer (NRSC)

Snowpack Information

Mountain Snowpack Maps for Colorado River Basin

Drought Index

Palmer Drought Index Map
Explanation of Palmer Drought Severity Index (Text)

Historic Conditions:

Annual Precipitation

Normal	3.17 in
Maximum - 1989	6.75 in
Minimum - 1966	1.01 in
Yuma, Arizona 1961-1990

Temperature

Mean Annual	74.4 °F
Daily Maximum - 07/28/1995	124 °F
Daily Minimum - 02/18/1995	5 °F
Yuma, Arizona 1948-1996
Growing Season:
Yuma	348 days
Wellton-Mohawk	350 days
Elevation of irrigable area	150-340 ft

Colorado River - See Boulder Canyon Project - All American Canal System

Average annual diversion, 1971-1980

841,000 acre-ft

Project Water Quality

Lower Colorado
Lower Gila
Yuma Desert

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