Station Overview Station Location
Station Number MI-OC-2 Latitude 43.5
Station Name Montague 8.1 NW Longitude -86.47
County Oceana Elevation (ft) 737



Month 30 Yr Avg by PRISM Total Prcp Sum Days Covered By All Observations Daily Prcp Sum Daily Observation Count Multiday Prcp Sum Days Covered by Multiday Observations Multiday Observation Count Days With Prcp Days With Trace Total Snowfall Days With Snowfall Days With Snow On Ground
Oct 09 3.56 5.02 31 4.89 28 0.13 3 1 14 6 0.0 0 0
Nov 09 3.22 1.37 30 1.22 24 0.15 6 2 7 2 0.3 2 1
Dec 09 2.03 0.09 14 0.09 14 0.00 0 0 3 4 16.3 12 14
Jan 10 1.68 0.26 12 0.26 12 0.00 0 0 2 2 26.8 10 8
Feb 10 1.30 0.30 16 0.30 16 0.00 0 0 2 6 19.7 11 0
March 10 2.27 2.24 28 2.24 28 0.00 0 0 3 1 0.6 1 1
April 10 3.24 1.96 28 1.96 28 0.00 0 0 7 5 0.0 0 0
May 10 3.18 2.74 31 2.30 28 0.44 3 1 8 4 0.0 0 0
June 10 2.91 5.06 30 2.76 27 2.30 3 1 10 4 0.0 0 0
July 10 2.74 5.22 31 5.22 31 0.00 0 0 11 4 0.0 0 0
Aug 10 3.39 3.09 31 3.09 31 0.00 0 0 5 3 0.0 0 0
Sept 10 3.71 3.26 30 3.26 30 0.00 0 0 13 3 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 33.23" 30.61" 312 days 27.59" 297 3.02" 15 days 5 85 days 44 days 63.7" 36 days 24 days



Days in Water Year Cell Color Key
        Daily Observation with Prcp         Missing Day
        Multiday Observation         Daily/Multiday Observation Conflict

Day of Year Daily Prcp Multiday Prcp
10/1/2009 0.00
10/2/2009 0.44
10/3/2009 0.44
10/4/2009 0.04
10/5/2009 0.00
10/6/2009 0.00
10/7/2009 0.50
10/8/2009 0.00
10/9/2009 T
10/10/2009 0.15
10/11/2009 T
10/12/2009 0.00
10/13/2009 0.06
10/14/2009 0.03
10/15/2009 T
10/16/2009 T
10/17/2009 0.00
10/18/2009 T
10/19/2009 0.00
10/20/2009 0.00
10/21/2009 0.13
10/22/2009 0.01
10/23/2009 0.47
10/24/2009 0.69
10/25/2009 T
10/26/2009 0.33
10/27/2009 **
10/28/2009 **
10/29/2009 0.13
10/30/2009 0.98
10/31/2009 0.62
11/1/2009 T
11/2/2009 0.00
11/3/2009 **
11/4/2009 **
11/5/2009 0.15
11/6/2009 T
11/7/2009 0.00
11/8/2009 0.00
11/9/2009 0.00
11/10/2009 0.00
11/11/2009 0.00
11/12/2009 0.00
11/13/2009 0.00
11/14/2009 0.00
11/15/2009 0.00
11/16/2009 0.00
11/17/2009 0.00
11/18/2009 0.00
11/19/2009 0.12
11/20/2009 0.05
11/21/2009 **
11/22/2009 **
11/23/2009 0.00
11/24/2009 0.00
11/25/2009 0.37
11/26/2009 0.06
11/27/2009 0.31
11/28/2009 0.01
11/29/2009 0.00
11/30/2009 0.30
12/1/2009 T
12/2/2009 0.00
12/3/2009 0.04
12/4/2009 0.02
12/5/2009 T
12/6/2009 M
12/7/2009 M
12/8/2009 M
12/9/2009 M
12/10/2009 M
12/11/2009 M
12/12/2009 0.00
12/13/2009 0.03
12/14/2009 0.00
12/15/2009 M
12/16/2009 M
12/17/2009 0.00
12/18/2009 0.00
12/19/2009 T
12/20/2009 M
12/21/2009 M
12/22/2009 T
12/23/2009 0.00
12/24/2009
12/25/2009
12/26/2009
12/27/2009
12/28/2009
12/29/2009
12/30/2009 0.00
12/31/2009
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2010 M
1/2/2010 M
1/3/2010 M
1/4/2010 M
1/5/2010 M
1/6/2010 M
1/7/2010 M
1/8/2010 M
1/9/2010 M
1/10/2010 0.00
1/11/2010 T
1/12/2010 M
1/13/2010 0.00
1/14/2010 0.00
1/15/2010 0.00
1/16/2010
1/17/2010
1/18/2010
1/19/2010 0.00
1/20/2010 T
1/21/2010 0.00
1/22/2010 0.00
1/23/2010 0.00
1/24/2010 0.15
1/25/2010 0.11
1/26/2010
1/27/2010
1/28/2010
1/29/2010
1/30/2010
1/31/2010
2/1/2010
2/2/2010 M
2/3/2010 M
2/4/2010 M
2/5/2010 0.00
2/6/2010 0.00
2/7/2010 0.00
2/8/2010 0.00
2/9/2010 T
2/10/2010 0.29
2/11/2010 T
2/12/2010 0.00
2/13/2010 0.00
2/14/2010 0.01
2/15/2010 T
2/16/2010 M
2/17/2010 M
2/18/2010 T
2/19/2010 0.00
2/20/2010 0.00
2/21/2010 M
2/22/2010
2/23/2010
2/24/2010 M
2/25/2010 M
2/26/2010 T
2/27/2010 M
2/28/2010 T
3/1/2010 0.00
3/2/2010 0.00
3/3/2010 0.00
3/4/2010 0.00
3/5/2010 0.00
3/6/2010
3/7/2010
3/8/2010
3/9/2010 0.00
3/10/2010 0.00
3/11/2010 0.11
3/12/2010 2.07
3/13/2010 0.00
3/14/2010 0.00
3/15/2010 0.00
3/16/2010 0.00
3/17/2010 0.00
3/18/2010 0.00
3/19/2010 0.00
3/20/2010 0.06
3/21/2010 T
3/22/2010 0.00
3/23/2010 0.00
3/24/2010 0.00
3/25/2010 0.00
3/26/2010 0.00
3/27/2010 0.00
3/28/2010 0.00
3/29/2010 0.00
3/30/2010 0.00
3/31/2010 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2010 0.00
4/2/2010 0.00
4/3/2010 0.00
4/4/2010 0.37
4/5/2010 T
4/6/2010 0.61
4/7/2010 0.51
4/8/2010 0.29
4/9/2010 0.01
4/10/2010 0.00
4/11/2010
4/12/2010
4/13/2010 T
4/14/2010 0.00
4/15/2010 0.00
4/16/2010 0.01
4/17/2010 0.00
4/18/2010 0.00
4/19/2010 0.00
4/20/2010 0.00
4/21/2010 0.00
4/22/2010 0.00
4/23/2010 0.00
4/24/2010 T
4/25/2010 0.16
4/26/2010 T
4/27/2010 0.00
4/28/2010 0.00
4/29/2010 0.00
4/30/2010 T
5/1/2010 **
5/2/2010 **
5/3/2010 0.44
5/4/2010 T
5/5/2010 0.00
5/6/2010 0.07
5/7/2010 0.00
5/8/2010 0.46
5/9/2010 0.02
5/10/2010 0.00
5/11/2010 T
5/12/2010 0.53
5/13/2010 0.59
5/14/2010 0.15
5/15/2010 0.00
5/16/2010 0.00
5/17/2010 0.00
5/18/2010 0.00
5/19/2010 0.00
5/20/2010 0.00
5/21/2010 T
5/22/2010 0.46
5/23/2010 T
5/24/2010 0.00
5/25/2010 0.00
5/26/2010 0.00
5/27/2010 0.00
5/28/2010 0.00
5/29/2010 0.00
5/30/2010 0.00
5/31/2010 0.02
6/1/2010 0.00
6/2/2010 0.00
6/3/2010 0.01
6/4/2010 0.00
6/5/2010 0.04
6/6/2010 0.56
6/7/2010 T
6/8/2010 0.00
6/9/2010 0.47
6/10/2010 0.00
6/11/2010 T
6/12/2010 0.21
6/13/2010 0.00
6/14/2010 0.05
6/15/2010 0.00
6/16/2010 0.46
6/17/2010 T
6/18/2010 0.12
6/19/2010 0.00
6/20/2010 0.00
6/21/2010 0.00
6/22/2010 0.17
6/23/2010 T
6/24/2010 0.67
6/25/2010 0.00
6/26/2010 **
6/27/2010 **
6/28/2010 2.30
6/29/2010 0.00
6/30/2010 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2010 0.00
7/2/2010 0.00
7/3/2010 0.00
7/4/2010 0.00
7/5/2010 T
7/6/2010 0.00
7/7/2010 0.00
7/8/2010 0.05
7/9/2010 0.17
7/10/2010 0.00
7/11/2010 0.00
7/12/2010 0.08
7/13/2010 0.00
7/14/2010 0.00
7/15/2010 0.96
7/16/2010 0.19
7/17/2010 0.00
7/18/2010 T
7/19/2010 0.32
7/20/2010 1.06
7/21/2010 1.09
7/22/2010 0.00
7/23/2010 1.06
7/24/2010 0.15
7/25/2010 0.09
7/26/2010 0.00
7/27/2010 0.00
7/28/2010 0.00
7/29/2010 T
7/30/2010 0.00
7/31/2010 T
8/1/2010 0.06
8/2/2010 0.00
8/3/2010 T
8/4/2010 0.00
8/5/2010 0.00
8/6/2010 0.00
8/7/2010 0.00
8/8/2010 0.00
8/9/2010 T
8/10/2010 0.06
8/11/2010 0.00
8/12/2010 0.86
8/13/2010 0.00
8/14/2010 0.00
8/15/2010 T
8/16/2010 0.00
8/17/2010 0.00
8/18/2010 0.00
8/19/2010 0.00
8/20/2010 0.00
8/21/2010 2.08
8/22/2010 0.03
8/23/2010 0.00
8/24/2010 0.00
8/25/2010 0.00
8/26/2010 0.00
8/27/2010 0.00
8/28/2010 0.00
8/29/2010 0.00
8/30/2010 0.00
8/31/2010 0.00
9/1/2010 0.03
9/2/2010 0.07
9/3/2010 0.97
9/4/2010 T
9/5/2010 0.00
9/6/2010 0.11
9/7/2010 0.49
9/8/2010 0.00
9/9/2010 0.00
9/10/2010 0.00
9/11/2010 0.00
9/12/2010 0.71
9/13/2010 0.00
9/14/2010 0.00
9/15/2010 T
9/16/2010 0.25
9/17/2010 0.00
9/18/2010 0.23
9/19/2010 0.12
9/20/2010 0.01
9/21/2010 0.00
9/22/2010 0.21
9/23/2010 0.00
9/24/2010 T
9/25/2010 0.05
9/26/2010 0.01
9/27/2010 0.00
9/28/2010 0.00
9/29/2010 0.00
9/30/2010 0.00



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/2/2009 7:00 AM 0.44 0.0 M M M
10/3/2009 8:00 AM 0.44 0.0 M M M
10/4/2009 8:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M M M
10/5/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/6/2009 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/7/2009 6:00 AM 0.50 0.0 M M M Most rain fell with a light SE breeze. Cold front passes 5 PM shifts wind to SW and dramatically increases speeds peaking 11 PM-12 MID at an estimated 45 to 55 mph sustained and gusts to 70 on top of our bluff 180 feet overlooking Lake Michigan.
10/8/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/9/2009 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
10/10/2009 8:00 AM 0.15 0.0 M M M
10/11/2009 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
10/12/2009 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/13/2009 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 M M M
10/14/2009 8:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M M M
10/15/2009 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
10/16/2009 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
10/17/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/18/2009 8:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
10/19/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/20/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/21/2009 7:00 AM 0.13 0.0 M M M There was some lightning and distant thunder overnight.
10/22/2009 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M
10/23/2009 7:00 AM 0.47 0.0 M M M
10/24/2009 7:00 AM 0.69 0.0 M M M Heaviest fall of leaves in past 24 hours and most are dull green/brown with some yellow.
10/25/2009 8:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
10/26/2009 8:00 AM 0.33 0.0 M M M
10/30/2009 7:00 AM 0.98 0.0 M M M All rainfall was since at least 11 PM yest eve.
10/31/2009 7:00 AM 0.62 0.0 M M M Very windy here at the Lake Michigan shore this morning.
11/1/2009 8:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
11/2/2009 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/6/2009 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
11/7/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/8/2009 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/9/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/10/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/11/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/12/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/13/2009 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/14/2009 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/15/2009 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/16/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/17/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/18/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/19/2009 7:00 AM 0.12 0.0 M M M
11/20/2009 8:00 AM 0.05 0.0 M M M
11/24/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/25/2009 7:00 AM 0.37 0.0 M M M
11/26/2009 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 M M M
11/27/2009 7:00 AM 0.31 0.2 M 0.2 M Light rain was continuous from 7AM to 3PM yesterday then we had our first snowfall of the season overnight. Most of the snow accumulation was in the form of pellets (graupel) and still has not melted at 7AM.
11/28/2009 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 0.0 M All precip was in the form of snow flakes, snow pellets or snow grains--there was no rain. Clear with frost and frozen puddles this AM.
11/29/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/30/2009 7:00 AM 0.30 0.0 M 0.0 M Measurement is exact, no round off.
12/1/2009 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Very windy yest eve on our bluff overlooking Lake Michigan.
12/2/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/3/2009 7:00 AM 0.04 T M 0.0 M
12/4/2009 7:00 AM 0.02 0.2 M 0.0 M Most snow melted as it fell with never more than a trace on the ground.
12/5/2009 7:00 AM T T M 0.0 M
12/6/2009 7:00 AM M 0.2 M 0.0 M What little snow fell just sublimed--evaporated in the dry wind we had yesterday.
12/7/2009 8:00 AM M 1.5 M 1.5 M
12/8/2009 7:00 AM M 4.5 M 5.0 M 6.0" total snow from 4 AM yest to 12:10PM yest most falling after 8AM with total water content of 0.44". Then sunshine from 2PM to 4:30PM.
12/9/2009 7:00 AM M 4.0 M 7.0 M
12/10/2009 7:00 AM M 3.5 M M M Snow changed to rain (temp above frz) mid-AM with windshift from E to SW, then changed back to snow with windshift from SW to NW and temp drops below frz mid-PM. Much of new snow turned sticky or to slush before freezing.
12/11/2009 7:00 AM M 1.0 M M M Biggest problem here has been the persistent bitterly cold wind coming in off Lake Michigan.
12/12/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/13/2009 6:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M M M Saturday was sunny until late aftn and all rainfall was ovrngt.
12/14/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M
12/15/2009 7:00 AM M 0.8 M 3.5 M Just drizzle daylight yest, snow began after midngt this AM.
12/16/2009 7:00 AM M 0.2 M 3.5 M Some new snow from yest AM sublimed ovrngt with a strong dry wind off Lake Michigan.
12/17/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 M
12/18/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 M
12/19/2009 7:00 AM T 0.1 M 3.5 M No snow all daylight hrs yest. No melting either, except on objects in sun.
12/20/2009 7:00 AM M 0.2 M 3.5 M All snow (what little there was) ended by 9:30AM yest and most of that melted off objects in dim sun yest aftn.
12/21/2009 7:00 AM M 0.1 M 3.5 M
12/22/2009 7:00 AM T T M 3.5 M
12/23/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 M
12/30/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.0 M Cannot get total value of melted core due to solid ice at the bottom but top 4" of fresh, loose snow has 0.57" of water in it.
1/1/2010 7:00 AM M 0.5 M M M
1/2/2010 7:00 AM M 6.0 M M M Heavy snow fell yest 9-11AM with a light NE wind and more snow fell ovrngt with a few squalls.
1/3/2010 7:00 AM M 6.0 M M M There has been significant settling of our fresh, powdery lake effect snow.
1/4/2010 7:00 AM M 5.5 M 12.0 M
1/5/2010 7:00 AM M 2.5 M 12.0 M It just keeps snowing and snowing and snowing...
1/6/2010 7:00 AM M 1.0 M 12.0 M
1/7/2010 7:00 AM M 0.2 M 11.0 M
1/8/2010 6:30 AM M 4.0 M 14.0 M
1/9/2010 7:00 AM M 0.1 M 13.0 M
1/10/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M 11.0 M This is the first report of no new snow in 2010. There was actually a few hours of sunshine yest early aftn.
1/11/2010 7:00 AM T T M M M
1/12/2010 7:00 AM M 1.0 M M M All but a trace of new snow fell yest between 7AM and noon.
1/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 11.0 M
1/14/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/20/2010 7:00 AM T T M M M We had a shower of snow pellets off of Lake Michigan at 3:30 PM yest which quickly melted.
1/21/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Very heavy frost here at the lakeshore this AM even with an east breeze aloft in the trees.
1/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/24/2010 8:00 AM 0.15 0.0 M M M
1/25/2010 8:00 AM 0.11 0.0 M M M What little ice was on our Lake Michigan beach has disintegrated in the past 24 hours due to warmth, rain, and waves.
2/2/2010 8:00 AM M 0.4 M M M
2/3/2010 7:00 AM M 0.5 M M M Sun was often visible yesterday even through the light snowfall.
2/4/2010 8:00 AM M 0.3 M M M
2/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/6/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/7/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/9/2010 7:00 AM T T M M M Very light fine snow finally began just prior to 6 AM.
2/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.29 2.6 0.29 M M
2/11/2010 7:00 AM T T M M M
2/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/14/2010 8:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 M M
2/15/2010 7:00 AM T T T M M
2/16/2010 8:00 AM M 3.6 M M M
2/17/2010 8:00 AM M 3.9 M M M
2/18/2010 7:00 AM T T T M M
2/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/20/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/21/2010 7:00 AM M 0.4 M M M
2/24/2010 7:00 AM M 1.4 M M M
2/25/2010 8:00 AM M 3.8 M M M
2/26/2010 7:00 AM T T T M M
2/27/2010 8:00 AM M 2.7 M M M Light snow began at 2:30 PM yest and continued into late eve.
2/28/2010 7:00 AM T T T M M
3/1/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/3/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/5/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.11 0.0 M M M We still have half of the ground snowcovered, even more in the densely wooded areas.
3/12/2010 7:00 AM 2.07 0.0 M M M Light rain began 2:30 PM yest aftn. Heavy rain fell between 8 to 11 PM. Most snow is now gone even in wooded areas.
3/13/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Snow and ice on ground finally gone, first time since 6 December 2009, except for a few isolated drifts.
3/14/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/15/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 0.00
3/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 0.00
3/17/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 0.00
3/18/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/19/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/20/2010 8:00 AM 0.06 0.6 0.06 0.6 0.06 no precip before sunset yest--all fell overngt.
3/21/2010 7:00 AM T T T 0.0 0.00
3/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/28/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/30/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/31/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/2/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/4/2010 8:00 AM 0.37 0.0 M M M
4/5/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.61 0.0 M M M First lightning and thunder of 2010 overnight but nothing really close or loud.
4/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.51 0.0 M M M Light rain with few thunderbolts 8:10 to 11AM = 0.45" then nothing until 0.06" additional fell overnight. Frequent lightning to the north at midnight but no rain or even thunder at that time.
4/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.29 0.0 M M M
4/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 T T T T Five forms of precipitation fell in the past 24 hours: drizzle, sleet, rain, snow, and snow pellets. Only a tiny trace remains on the ground at 7AM along with frozen puddles on our deck rail.
4/10/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/13/2010 8:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
4/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/16/2010 8:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M
4/17/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/18/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/21/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/24/2010 8:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Only one sprinkle of rain at 6:30 AM, that's it. It is very dry here. Hopefully, tonight will bring substantial rains.
4/25/2010 6:00 AM 0.16 0.0 M M M
4/26/2010 6:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
4/27/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/29/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/30/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Sprinkles 1:45 to 2:00 PM from warm advection, then sunny, breezy, and warm the rest of the afternoon.
5/4/2010 8:00 AM T M M M M Sprinkles just prior to 7 AM.
5/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Light rain mid-morning only, mostly sunny afternoon.
5/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.46 0.0 M M M Most rain fell 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM yesterday. Nothing heavy, no lightning or thunder. No snow (yet).
5/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M Moderate frozen dew with light frost but only on cars here at the Lake Michigan shoreline this morning.
5/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No frost here this morning.
5/11/2010 6:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Sprinkles started just before 6 AM.
5/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.53 0.0 M M M Rain began just prior to 6 AM yest and ended just before 1 PM--almost exactly 7 hours. It was a cold and windy rain.
5/13/2010 8:00 AM 0.59 0.0 M M M Only few cloud to cloud lightning and rolling thunder with this rain.
5/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M This 0.15" value is exact--not rounded.
5/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/16/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/18/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/20/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/21/2010 6:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Sprinkles started about 5:30 AM.
5/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.46 0.0 M M M
5/23/2010 8:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
5/24/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/27/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/28/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/30/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/31/2010 8:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M
6/1/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M
6/4/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/5/2010 8:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M M M
6/6/2010 8:00 AM 0.56 0.0 M M M
6/7/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M It was really cold and damp yesterday morning with low clouds and occasional fog and drizzle.
6/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.47 0.0 M M M
6/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/11/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
6/12/2010 8:00 AM 0.21 0.0 M M M
6/13/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/14/2010 8:00 AM 0.05 0.0 M M M
6/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.46 0.0 M M M
6/17/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
6/18/2010 8:00 AM 0.12 0.0 M M M First lightning seen distant west at 4:00 AM, first faint thunder heard at 5:25 AM, outflow gust front at 5:37 AM, first raindrops at 5:55 AM, rain ends at 8:00 AM.
6/19/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/20/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/21/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.17 0.0 M M M
6/23/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
6/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.67 0.0 M M M
6/25/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/3/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/4/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/5/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Sprinkles around 5 AM
7/6/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 M M M Brief thunder from storm to the north at 11 AM but no rain, distant thunder 4:30 to 5:30 PM from storms coming from Wisconsin but still no rain. One small shower at 2:20 AM and light rain beginning at 5 AM is our only precipation in the past 24 hours.
7/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.17 0.0 M M M
7/10/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/11/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/12/2010 8:00 AM 0.08 0.0 M M M
7/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.96 0.0 M M M Nearly continuous thunderstorms since midnight but most dropped just light rain, heaviest around 5 AM.
7/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.19 0.0 M M M
7/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/18/2010 8:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Lightning seen 3-5 AM, all precip from one light shower at 5 AM, there was no thunder.
7/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.32 0.0 M M M
7/20/2010 7:00 AM 1.06 0.0 M M M
7/21/2010 7:00 AM 1.09 0.0 M M M All rain fell from an isolated tstm 12:10 to 12:30 AM today. Interesting: the waxing gibbous moon was bright in the SW until just prior to the storm and came out again immediately after the storm passed.
7/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/23/2010 7:00 AM 1.06 0.0 M M M Rainfall from 11 AM to 3:30 PM was 0.62" yesterday with an additional 0.44" overnight. The 1.06" total is identical to the report 3 days ago.
7/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.15 0.0 M M M No rain daylight or evening hours yesterday, light rain began just before 5 AM today.
7/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.09 0.0 M M M
7/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/29/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
7/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/31/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Light rain began at 6:58 AM--just two minutes before obs time.
8/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 M M M
8/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/3/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
8/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/9/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
8/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 M M M
8/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.86 0.0 M M M Nice summer thunderstorm!
8/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/15/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
8/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/21/2010 7:00 AM 2.08 0.0 M M M
8/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M M M
8/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M M M
9/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.07 0.0 M M M
9/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.97 0.0 M M M Big thunderstorm last night between 10-11PM, outflow hits at 10:24PM with SW winds estimated 30 mph driving heavy rain horizontally for about 5 minutes.
9/4/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
9/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.11 0.0 M M M
9/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.49 0.0 M M M
9/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/11/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.71 0.0 M M M Continuous light rain--not on again, off again showers--began 7:20 AM, ended 2:05 PM. Some drizzle and sprinkles late afternoon.
9/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/15/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Unexpected sprimkles at 10:30 AM from glaciated altocumulus with not much virga below the freezing level. Interesting!
9/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.25 0.0 M M M
9/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.23 0.0 M M M RW- at 3:45 PM yesterday was 0.01" plus TRW RB 5:33 AM gives 0.22" up to obs time of 7:00 AM.
9/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.12 0.0 M M M
9/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M
9/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.21 T M M M Reporting yesterday's hail as a trace of snow.
9/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/24/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M No rain until sprinkles at 6:05 AM.
9/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 M M M
9/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M
9/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
10/27/2009 10/29/2009 7:00 AM 3 0.13 M M
11/3/2009 11/05/2009 7:00 AM 3 0.15 M M
11/21/2009 11/23/2009 3:00 PM 3 0.00 M M
5/1/2010 5/03/2010 6:00 AM 3 0.44 M M
6/26/2010 6/28/2010 11:00 AM 3 2.30 M M



Observation Date Observation Time Notes Largest Stone Size Average Stone Size Smallest Stone Size Stone Consistency Duration Minutes Durration Accuracy Damage Timing More Rain than Hail Hail Started Largest Hail Started Angle of Impact Number of Stones on Pad Distance Between Stones on Pad Depth of Stones on Ground
9/21/2010 6:03 PM 5/8" NA 1/2" Grape Hard 2 1min no damage Continuous False Same time as rain Same time as smaller hail 70+