For the fifth straight month Canon City saw above normal precipitation during October with total moisture so far in 2009 more than three inches above normal. Fremont County Commissioner Ed Norden, Canon City's Cooperative Weather Observer for the National Weather Service, said the October precipitation total of 1.88 inches was 1.11 inches above normal. The 8.6 inches of October snowfall in Canon City was 6.2 inches above normal. After experiencing below normal precipitation from February through May, Canon City has seen precipitation total significantly above average since June. 14.75 inches of moisture has fallen so far this year compared to Canon City's average annual moisture of 12.56 inches. The wet and snowy weather also brought significantly cooler temperatures last month. The average temperature last month was 45.3 degrees which was 10.5 degrees cooler than normal.
