Lemon Dam
Lemon Dam is an earthen dam, and is a project of the United States Bureau of Reclamation. It was completed in 1963, at 284 feet (87 m) high and 1,360 feet (410 m) long at its crest. The dam impounds the Florida River for flood control and irrigation water storage, operated by the local Florida Water Conservancy District. 120 kW of hydroelectric power is generated here.
Lemon Reservoir is about three miles (4.8 km) long, one-half mile (0.8 km) wide, has a total surface area of 622 acres (252 ha) and a total capacity of 40,145 acre-feet (49,518,000 cubic meters).
Climate
Lemon Dam has a humid continental climate(Köppen Dfb).
| Climate data for Lemon Dam, Colorado, 1991–2020 normals, 1982-2020 extremes: 8110ft (2472m) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 61 (16) |
61 (16) |
71 (22) |
75 (24) |
89 (32) |
90 (32) |
95 (35) |
90 (32) |
89 (32) |
78 (26) |
69 (21) |
62 (17) |
95 (35) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 50.5 (10.3) |
52.2 (11.2) |
61.3 (16.3) |
68.3 (20.2) |
76.6 (24.8) |
84.7 (29.3) |
88.0 (31.1) |
84.8 (29.3) |
80.9 (27.2) |
72.4 (22.4) |
60.7 (15.9) |
51.9 (11.1) |
88.5 (31.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 37.0 (2.8) |
39.6 (4.2) |
47.1 (8.4) |
54.1 (12.3) |
63.1 (17.3) |
74.7 (23.7) |
79.0 (26.1) |
76.3 (24.6) |
69.9 (21.1) |
58.6 (14.8) |
46.3 (7.9) |
37.3 (2.9) |
56.9 (13.8) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 23.2 (−4.9) |
25.5 (−3.6) |
33.2 (0.7) |
40.2 (4.6) |
49.0 (9.4) |
58.6 (14.8) |
63.9 (17.7) |
61.9 (16.6) |
55.6 (13.1) |
45.1 (7.3) |
34.1 (1.2) |
25.2 (−3.8) |
43.0 (6.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 9.3 (−12.6) |
11.4 (−11.4) |
19.3 (−7.1) |
26.3 (−3.2) |
34.8 (1.6) |
42.5 (5.8) |
48.7 (9.3) |
47.5 (8.6) |
41.3 (5.2) |
31.6 (−0.2) |
21.8 (−5.7) |
13.1 (−10.5) |
29.0 (−1.7) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −7.6 (−22.0) |
−6.3 (−21.3) |
1.5 (−16.9) |
13.3 (−10.4) |
24.1 (−4.4) |
32.0 (0.0) |
41.2 (5.1) |
40.2 (4.6) |
29.6 (−1.3) |
18.2 (−7.7) |
5.0 (−15.0) |
−4.7 (−20.4) |
−10.1 (−23.4) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −19 (−28) |
−26 (−32) |
−10 (−23) |
2 (−17) |
15 (−9) |
25 (−4) |
32 (0) |
31 (−1) |
22 (−6) |
7 (−14) |
−8 (−22) |
−21 (−29) |
−26 (−32) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.70 (69) |
2.48 (63) |
1.97 (50) |
1.63 (41) |
1.63 (41) |
0.95 (24) |
3.04 (77) |
3.48 (88) |
3.43 (87) |
2.50 (64) |
2.07 (53) |
2.41 (61) |
28.29 (718) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 29.10 (73.9) |
28.50 (72.4) |
18.90 (48.0) |
9.80 (24.9) |
1.70 (4.3) |
0.00 (0.00) |
0.00 (0.00) |
0.00 (0.00) |
0.00 (0.00) |
3.00 (7.6) |
14.10 (35.8) |
25.90 (65.8) |
131 (332.7) |
| Source 1: NOAA | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: XMACIS2 (records & monthly max/mins) | |||||||||||||