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Project Water Supply

Normal

14.41 in  

Maximum  -  1986

23.08 in  

Minimum   -  1964

8.45 in  

Fort Sumner, New Mexico 1960-1996

  

      Temperature

Mean Annual

58.0 °F  

Daily Maximum  -  06/29/1918

109 °F  

Daily Minimum   -  01/13/1963

-27 °F  

Fort Sumner, New Mexico 1914-1996

  

Growing Season

253 days  

Elevation of irrigable area

4,000 ft  

      Pecos River

Drainage area above Fort Sumner Diversion Dam1

5,340 mi2  

Annual discharge below Sumner Dam

  

   Maximum

acre-ft  

   Minimum

acre-ft  

   Average

acre-ft  

    1 Approximately 4,930 mi2 is controlled by Sumner Dam and Lake Sumner.  Drainage area between Sumner Dam and Fort Sumner Diversion Dam is 950 mi2.

Project Water Quality
 

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