Station Overview Station Location
Station Number VA-PL-2 Latitude 37.14088506
Station Name New River 0.6 NW Longitude -80.59281711
County Pulaski Elevation (ft) 1943



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 2.52 2.55 31 1.10 12 1.45 19 1 3 4 0.0 0 0
Nov 09 2.84 4.15 30 4.15 30 0.00 0 0 9 4 0.0 0 0
Dec 09 2.84 7.48 31 7.48 31 0.00 0 0 11 7 19.7 4 16
Jan 10 2.85 4.69 31 4.69 31 0.00 0 0 12 10 12.7 7 19
Feb 10 2.68 2.60 28 2.60 28 0.00 0 0 12 9 19.6 11 28
March 10 3.12 3.19 31 3.19 31 0.00 0 0 14 4 1.5 2 7
April 10 3.08 1.41 30 1.41 30 0.00 0 0 8 1 0.0 0 0
May 10 3.85 2.66 31 2.66 31 0.00 0 0 15 1 0.0 0 0
June 10 3.43 2.22 29 2.22 29 0.00 0 0 10 8 0.0 0 0
July 10 3.92 3.27 31 3.27 31 0.00 0 0 10 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 10 3.01 5.16 31 5.16 31 0.00 0 0 14 3 0.0 0 0
Sept 10 3.06 4.31 30 2.97 23 1.34 7 1 5 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 37.20" 43.69" 364 days 40.90" 338 2.79" 26 days 2 123 days 51 days 53.5" 24 days 70 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 T
10/2/2009 0.00
10/3/2009 T
10/4/2009 0.00
10/5/2009 0.02
10/6/2009 0.01
10/7/2009 **
10/8/2009 **
10/9/2009 **
10/10/2009 **
10/11/2009 **
10/12/2009 **
10/13/2009 **
10/14/2009 **
10/15/2009 **
10/16/2009 **
10/17/2009 **
10/18/2009 **
10/19/2009 **
10/20/2009 **
10/21/2009 **
10/22/2009 **
10/23/2009 **
10/24/2009 **
10/25/2009 1.45
10/26/2009 0.00
10/27/2009 T
10/28/2009 1.07
10/29/2009 0.00
10/30/2009 T
10/31/2009 0.00
11/1/2009 0.51
11/2/2009 0.02
11/3/2009 0.00
11/4/2009 0.00
11/5/2009 0.00
11/6/2009 0.00
11/7/2009 0.00
11/8/2009 0.00
11/9/2009 0.00
11/10/2009 0.00
11/11/2009 1.48
11/12/2009 1.36
11/13/2009 0.18
11/14/2009 T
11/15/2009 0.00
11/16/2009 0.00
11/17/2009 0.00
11/18/2009 0.00
11/19/2009 0.15
11/20/2009 0.03
11/21/2009 0.00
11/22/2009 0.00
11/23/2009 0.33
11/24/2009 0.09
11/25/2009 T
11/26/2009 0.00
11/27/2009 0.00
11/28/2009 T
11/29/2009 0.00
11/30/2009 T
12/1/2009 0.18
12/2/2009 T
12/3/2009 1.34
12/4/2009 T
12/5/2009 0.12
12/6/2009 0.28
12/7/2009 0.00
12/8/2009 0.00
12/9/2009 1.99
12/10/2009 0.00
12/11/2009 0.00
12/12/2009 0.00
12/13/2009 0.22
12/14/2009 1.07
12/15/2009 0.00
12/16/2009 0.00
12/17/2009 0.00
12/18/2009 0.00
12/19/2009 1.44
12/20/2009 T
12/21/2009 T
12/22/2009 T
12/23/2009 0.00
12/24/2009 0.00
12/25/2009 0.02
12/26/2009 0.63
12/27/2009 0.00
12/28/2009 T
12/29/2009 T
12/30/2009 0.00
12/31/2009 0.19
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2010 0.07
1/2/2010 T
1/3/2010 T
1/4/2010 T
1/5/2010 T
1/6/2010 T
1/7/2010 T
1/8/2010 0.02
1/9/2010 T
1/10/2010 T
1/11/2010 0.00
1/12/2010 T
1/13/2010 0.01
1/14/2010 0.00
1/15/2010 0.00
1/16/2010 0.00
1/17/2010 0.62
1/18/2010 0.31
1/19/2010 0.00
1/20/2010 0.00
1/21/2010 0.26
1/22/2010 0.42
1/23/2010 T
1/24/2010 0.00
1/25/2010 1.74
1/26/2010 0.01
1/27/2010 0.01
1/28/2010 0.00
1/29/2010 0.00
1/30/2010 0.86
1/31/2010 0.36
2/1/2010 0.00
2/2/2010 0.00
2/3/2010 0.32
2/4/2010 0.00
2/5/2010 0.27
2/6/2010 1.19
2/7/2010 0.04
2/8/2010 0.00
2/9/2010 0.20
2/10/2010 0.24
2/11/2010 0.03
2/12/2010 T
2/13/2010 T
2/14/2010 T
2/15/2010 0.00
2/16/2010 0.04
2/17/2010 T
2/18/2010 T
2/19/2010 T
2/20/2010 0.00
2/21/2010 0.00
2/22/2010 T
2/23/2010 0.09
2/24/2010 T
2/25/2010 0.15
2/26/2010 0.01
2/27/2010 T
2/28/2010 0.02
3/1/2010 T
3/2/2010 0.01
3/3/2010 0.14
3/4/2010 T
3/5/2010 T
3/6/2010 0.00
3/7/2010 0.00
3/8/2010 0.00
3/9/2010 0.00
3/10/2010 0.00
3/11/2010 0.01
3/12/2010 0.13
3/13/2010 0.97
3/14/2010 0.03
3/15/2010 0.00
3/16/2010 0.01
3/17/2010 T
3/18/2010 0.00
3/19/2010 0.00
3/20/2010 0.00
3/21/2010 0.00
3/22/2010 0.47
3/23/2010 0.06
3/24/2010 0.01
3/25/2010 0.00
3/26/2010 0.53
3/27/2010 0.06
3/28/2010 0.00
3/29/2010 0.75
3/30/2010 0.01
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 0.00
4/5/2010 0.00
4/6/2010 T
4/7/2010 0.00
4/8/2010 0.00
4/9/2010 0.61
4/10/2010 0.00
4/11/2010 0.00
4/12/2010 0.00
4/13/2010 0.00
4/14/2010 0.00
4/15/2010 0.00
4/16/2010 0.00
4/17/2010 0.03
4/18/2010 0.00
4/19/2010 0.00
4/20/2010 0.00
4/21/2010 0.20
4/22/2010 0.00
4/23/2010 0.00
4/24/2010 0.06
4/25/2010 0.43
4/26/2010 0.03
4/27/2010 0.02
4/28/2010 0.03
4/29/2010 0.00
4/30/2010 0.00
5/1/2010 0.00
5/2/2010 0.11
5/3/2010 0.12
5/4/2010 0.03
5/5/2010 0.00
5/6/2010 0.00
5/7/2010 0.00
5/8/2010 0.03
5/9/2010 0.00
5/10/2010 0.00
5/11/2010 0.02
5/12/2010 0.16
5/13/2010 0.00
5/14/2010 0.00
5/15/2010 T
5/16/2010 0.20
5/17/2010 0.98
5/18/2010 0.23
5/19/2010 0.16
5/20/2010 0.00
5/21/2010 0.00
5/22/2010 0.00
5/23/2010 0.30
5/24/2010 0.03
5/25/2010 0.15
5/26/2010 0.00
5/27/2010 0.00
5/28/2010 0.12
5/29/2010 0.02
5/30/2010 0.00
5/31/2010 0.00
6/1/2010 0.05
6/2/2010 0.79
6/3/2010 0.00
6/4/2010 0.02
6/5/2010 T
6/6/2010 0.00
6/7/2010 0.10
6/8/2010 T
6/9/2010 0.01
6/10/2010 0.06
6/11/2010 0.00
6/12/2010 T
6/13/2010 0.45
6/14/2010 T
6/15/2010 T
6/16/2010 0.00
6/17/2010 T
6/18/2010 0.00
6/19/2010 0.00
6/20/2010 0.08
6/21/2010 0.00
6/22/2010 T
6/23/2010 T
6/24/2010 0.22
6/25/2010 0.00
6/26/2010 0.00
6/27/2010 0.00
6/28/2010
6/29/2010 0.44
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 0.00
7/6/2010 0.00
7/7/2010 0.00
7/8/2010 0.00
7/9/2010 0.00
7/10/2010 0.07
7/11/2010 0.00
7/12/2010 0.00
7/13/2010 1.28
7/14/2010 0.22
7/15/2010 0.00
7/16/2010 0.00
7/17/2010 0.00
7/18/2010 0.52
7/19/2010 0.04
7/20/2010 0.12
7/21/2010 0.57
7/22/2010 0.01
7/23/2010 0.03
7/24/2010 0.00
7/25/2010 0.00
7/26/2010 0.00
7/27/2010 0.00
7/28/2010 0.41
7/29/2010 0.00
7/30/2010 0.00
7/31/2010 0.00
8/1/2010 0.61
8/2/2010 0.01
8/3/2010 0.02
8/4/2010 T
8/5/2010 T
8/6/2010 0.44
8/7/2010 0.00
8/8/2010 0.00
8/9/2010 0.00
8/10/2010 0.00
8/11/2010 0.00
8/12/2010 0.11
8/13/2010 0.00
8/14/2010 0.00
8/15/2010 T
8/16/2010 1.19
8/17/2010 0.02
8/18/2010 0.38
8/19/2010 0.21
8/20/2010 0.45
8/21/2010 0.00
8/22/2010 0.10
8/23/2010 0.00
8/24/2010 0.00
8/25/2010 0.72
8/26/2010 0.02
8/27/2010 0.88
8/28/2010 0.00
8/29/2010 0.00
8/30/2010 0.00
8/31/2010 0.00
9/1/2010 0.00
9/2/2010 0.00
9/3/2010 0.00
9/4/2010 0.00
9/5/2010 0.00
9/6/2010 **
9/7/2010 **
9/8/2010 **
9/9/2010 **
9/10/2010 **
9/11/2010 **
9/12/2010 1.34
9/13/2010 0.00
9/14/2010 0.00
9/15/2010 0.00
9/16/2010 0.00
9/17/2010 0.03
9/18/2010 0.00
9/19/2010 0.00
9/20/2010 0.00
9/21/2010 0.00
9/22/2010 0.00
9/23/2010 0.00
9/24/2010 0.00
9/25/2010 0.00
9/26/2010 0.17
9/27/2010 1.13
9/28/2010 1.17
9/29/2010 0.00
9/30/2010 0.47



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2009 7:00 AM T M M M M
10/2/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/3/2009 7:00 AM T M M M M
10/4/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/5/2009 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
10/6/2009 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
10/26/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/27/2009 7:00 AM T M M M M
10/28/2009 7:00 AM 1.07 M M M M
10/29/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/30/2009 7:00 AM T M M M M A few sprinkles on our car last night indicated we got some, but that was all.
10/31/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/1/2009 7:00 AM 0.51 M M M M
11/2/2009 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
11/3/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/4/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/5/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/6/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/7/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/8/2009 7:00 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 1.48 M M M M
11/12/2009 5:30 AM 1.36 M M M M Had to record early due to an early work trip I have to leave for. Have gotten nearly 3 inches of rain so far from Ida remnants, and it's still raining and forecasted to keep raining through the day.
11/13/2009 7:00 AM 0.18 M M M M This observation is from 5:30AM on 11-12-09 through 7:00AM this morning.
11/14/2009 7:00 AM T M M M M A few sprinkles last night in the late evening
11/15/2009 7:00 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 0.15 M M M M
11/20/2009 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
11/21/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/22/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/23/2009 7:00 AM 0.33 M M M M
11/24/2009 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
11/25/2009 7:00 AM T M M M M
11/26/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/27/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/28/2009 7:00 AM T T T M M Scattered snow flurries, no accumulations
11/29/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/30/2009 7:00 AM T M M M M
12/1/2009 7:00 AM 0.18 M M M M
12/2/2009 7:00 AM T M M M M
12/3/2009 7:00 AM 1.34 M M M M
12/4/2009 7:00 AM T M M M M A few light sprinkles at different times in the day, but that was all
12/5/2009 7:00 AM 0.12 0.2 0.05 0.2 0.05 Started off as a light mix of rain and sleet around 3AM, then became all rain for about an hour, then started mixing with snow. By 5 AM there was still no accumulation, but now there is 0.2 inches of very wet snow accumulation and the snow is continuing to fall.
12/6/2009 7:00 AM 0.28 2.0 0.28 1.3 0.20
12/7/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.5 0.07
12/8/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T T
12/9/2009 7:00 AM 1.99 M M M M Only rain, no freezing rain like was present in surrounding areas on trees and elevated surfaces.
12/10/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/11/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/12/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/13/2009 7:00 AM 0.22 T T T T Some sleet fell mixed with rain and freezing rain overnight. Freezing rain accumulated to a light glaze by 7am.
12/14/2009 7:00 AM 1.07 M M M M Most of this fell as a very heavy rain in the morning hours, with some accumulating as freezing rain. No sleet mixed in.
12/15/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/16/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/17/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/18/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Nothing yet, but the big storm arrived at 2PM today, and has already dumped about 4-5 inches of snow, which will be on the report tomorrow morning.
12/19/2009 7:00 AM 1.44 15.7 1.44 13.5 1.44 The new snowfall amount is higher than total snow because I measured and cleared a snowboard 6 different times during the snow, since we were forecast to get so much snow. I wanted to make sure the total new snow amount was accurate, since I figured it would compact on itself due to it being a wetter snow. The area is basically paralyzed at the moment. Snow amounts by time: 2:00 pm snow began 5:30 pm 5.0 inches 6:30 pm 1.4 inches 10:30 pm 3.6 inches 11:30 pm 1.2 inches 4:00 am 2.7 inches 7:00 am 1.8 inches I took 3 different cores and averaged the water content because the gauge did not capture all of the snow due to it being well over a foot.
12/20/2009 7:00 AM T T T 11.0 1.26 A few moderate snow showers in the afternoon fell, but they did not accumulate to anything.
12/21/2009 7:00 AM T T T 10.0 M Several flurries and light snow showers, but too light for accumulations
12/22/2009 7:00 AM T T T 8.5 M More light flurries on and off during the day, but nothing that accumulated
12/23/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 7.5 M
12/24/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 6.5 M
12/25/2009 7:00 AM 0.02 M M 5.0 M A very light glaze of freezing rain occured, but temps are right around freezing so it will probably be short-lived.
12/26/2009 7:00 AM 0.63 M M 3.5 M
12/27/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M
12/28/2009 7:00 AM T T T 1.5 M A very light dusting of snow fell overnight.
12/29/2009 7:00 AM T T T 1.5 M Wind-blown flurries and light snow showers on and off during the day and overnight, only accumulating to a light dusting, but mostly blowing to sheltered areas.
12/30/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.5 M
12/31/2009 7:00 AM 0.19 1.8 0.19 3.5 0.54 1.8 inches of snow and sleet fell between 1130PM and 345AM. It finished off as a touch of rain/freezing rain and then was spotty drizzle through 7AM. The total snow and Core are averages of 3 different locations: 1 with 5 inches of total depth, 1 with 3.5, and 1 that only had last night's new accumulation. There is a lot of variability due to the terrain at my house, so some areas melted more of the past snow than others.
1/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.07 M M 2.5 M Fell as light rain and drizzle, none of it of the freezing variety.
1/2/2010 7:00 AM T T T 2.5 M A few snow showers and flurries, but only accumulating to a dusting.
1/3/2010 7:00 AM T T T 2.5 M There might have actually been some measurable accumulation since this was a heavy dusting overnight, but the winds were so high that it kept blowing around.
1/4/2010 7:00 AM T T T 2.5 M A few snow flurries overnight left a very light dusting in places.
1/5/2010 7:00 AM T T T 2.5 M More scattered flurries and snow showers, but no measurable accumulations. There was a dusting on the cars and mulched areas.
1/6/2010 7:00 AM T T T 2.0 M More scattered snow flurries and showers, leading to a light dusting overnight.
1/7/2010 7:00 AM T T T 2.0 M Another slight trace of overnight snow flurries, with some flakes collecting along windshield wipers and other places.
1/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 0.2 0.02 2.0 M
1/9/2010 7:00 AM T T T 2.0 M Light snow showers overnight left a dusting.
1/10/2010 7:00 AM T T T 2.0 M More snow flurries and showers that left a dusting overnight.
1/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M
1/12/2010 7:00 AM T T T 2.0 M Light snow began falling just as I was making my observation this morning.
1/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 2.0 M Heavier snow showers shortly after 7am accumulated very lightly...just enough to be measurable, before melting and blowing away by the middle of the day.
1/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.5 M
1/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M
1/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 M
1/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.62 M M 0.5 M
1/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.31 M M T M
1/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
1/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.26 M M M M Also, a light glaze of freezing drizzle accumulated on practically every surface except the roads. Decks, cars, trees, and even the grass had ice this morning.
1/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.42 0.1 M T M This was a mixed precipitation event, with about 0.1 inches of sleet mixed in with freezing rain and rain. There was about 0.2 inches of ice accumulation due to the freezing rain on trees and most other surfaces, and the sleet whitened up mulched and grassy areas and decks. Was not able to accurately measure the core value of the sleet because it was mixed with the freezing rain.
1/23/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M
1/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/25/2010 7:00 AM 1.74 M M M M
1/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 T M A brief snow squall moved through sometime between 7 and 830 PM last evening, dropping a measurable dusting of snow.
1/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 T M This fell during the afternoon/evening hours as light-moderate snow from an upper level disturbance. It accumulated just enough to be measurable, like the day before, and likewise evaporated and blew away by this morning's measurement.
1/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.86 8.5 0.86 8.5 0.86 Light snow fell for the first several hours, only accumulating to just over an inch by midnight. About 2 hours later, we were up to about 2 and a half inches, and by around 5, we had 5 inches. Up to 8.5 at of the 7am reading, with moderate to heavy snow continuing to fall.
1/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.36 3.6 0.36 10.5 1.22 12.1 inches was the storm total for the snow. The main part of the storm dropped 11.5 inches, the backside moisture dropped another 0.6 inches in the late afternoon and evening hours.
2/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 9.0 M
2/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 8.0 M
2/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.32 2.1 0.32 8.5 M This was a warm, wet snow that also mixed with rain and sleet, so the core value for the snow from the storm is a bit higher than if it had been all snow, since it was not possible to measure only the snow from it.
2/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 7.0 M
2/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.27 2.6 0.27 8.0 M Snow began around midnight and was still falling moderately this morning at the time of the measurement.
2/6/2010 7:00 AM 1.19 6.7 1.19 12.5 M Was snow for the first part of the day, then sleet began mixing around noon, turning to all sleet by 130, and then mixing with freezing rain by 3. Stayed rain/freezing rain and sleet the rest of the afternoon into the late evening, when it changed back to snow. The core value was high because of the sleet and rain/freezing rain mixing with the snow. Light snow was again falling at the time of observation. The storm total of snow & sleet is 9.3 inches so far, with a light glaze of freezing rain(less than 0.1 inches).
2/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.04 0.5 0.04 12.0 M This snow fell in the wrap-around ULL part of the storm, bringing the storm total for snow to 9.8 inches of combined snow and sleet.
2/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 10.5 2.56 Very high amount of liquid to snow equivalent in our snowpack. It appears that almost all of the surface melting since the January snowstorm has absorbed into the snowpack and not into the ground. THankfully it appears that we won't have any rapid thaw or heavy rains for a long while.
2/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.20 2.0 0.20 11.5 M We did in fact have right at 2.0 inches of new snow that fell over night, sometime after midnight. Light snow is still falling this morning, expected to continue through the day.
2/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.24 2.6 0.24 13.5 M The snow core includes some normal snow from yesterday morning, some light rain and sleet from the afternoon, some very dense wet snow in the evening, and then some dry, fluffy snow from overnight. Light flurries were ongoing this morning too. Storm total was 4.6 inches, now we've transitioned to an upslope snow flurry/shower event.
2/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 0.7 0.03 14.0 M Due to extreme blowing and drifting of the snow, the measurements are based on an average of about a dozen spot measurements, and the SWE from the new snow is what collected in the outer cylinder since yesterday morning, which may or may not be accurate due to the high winds and blowing snow that occured. THere definitely was some level of accumulations, and we have several drifts in the New River community of 1-2 feet on the main road, making it extremely difficult to travel.
2/12/2010 7:00 AM T T T 13.5 M Snow showers and flurries continued through much of the day, and part of the night but did not accumulate to anything measureable. A few flakes were still flying as of 7am too.
2/13/2010 7:00 AM T T T 12.0 M A few light flurries in the morning after yesterdays report.
2/14/2010 7:00 AM T T T 11.5 M Light snow flurries were flying several times during the day, but nothing measurable.
2/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 10.5 2.51
2/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.04 0.6 0.04 10.0 M This came in 2 different bursts. One fell in the late morning hours, dropping just more than a quarter inch dusting of snow which later melted entirely. The second burst happened in the late evening hours that also dropped just more than a quarter inch of snow, which blew away overnight due to the wind.
2/17/2010 7:00 AM T T T 10.0 M Numerous snow showers and flurries during the day and overnight. There may have been measureable accumulation, but the wind blew it around to the point it was impossible to tell.
2/18/2010 7:00 AM T T T 10.0 M Flurries and snow showers through much of the day, but no measurable accumulation.
2/19/2010 7:00 AM T T T 9.5 M A few stray flurries yesterday morning before the upslope snow machine stoped.
2/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 8.0 M Yesterday was the first 'warm' day we've had in nearly 3 weeks, and it melted a fair amount of the snowpack. If we can get enough melting today and tomorrow, then the rainstorm Monday may not turn out to be a significant flooding concern, hopefully!
2/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 7.0 M
2/22/2010 7:00 AM T M M 6.0 1.84 A light rain just began falling as I was taking the measurements, and a light glaze of ice has formed on some surfaces like our back deck.
2/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.09 M M 5.5 M A light glaze of freezing rain early on, otherwise it was just plain rain.
2/24/2010 7:00 AM T T T 5.0 M Flurries this morning.
2/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.15 1.5 0.15 6.5 M We got about 0.3 inches of wet snow mixed with a bit of rain during the day (0.04 inches of liquid) by the time I got home and measured. During the late evening, an additional 1.2 inches of snow fell with a frontal passage in the span of about an hour.
2/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 5.0 M A lot of wind-blown snow, but 0.1 was measured in a slightly sheltered area as having accumulated, while non-sheltered areas were not possible to measure due to the winds.
2/27/2010 7:00 AM T T T 5.0 M numerous snow showers and flurries through the day, but no measurable accumulation...partly due to the wind, which did cause some drifting on the main road.
2/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 0.2 0.02 4.5 M The first 0.1 accumulated in the morning hours on Saturday after the 7am observation. Then another 0.1 accumulated this morning before the 7am observation.
3/1/2010 7:00 AM T T T 4.5 1.43 Flurries and snow showers. mixed with some sleet, fell on and off through the day and overnight, but nothing measurable.
3/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 4.0 M Snow began falling again just before the observation time and had lightly accumulated. Snow continues to fall.
3/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.14 1.4 0.14 4.5 M About 0.1 of snow accumulated shortly after the morning observation yesterday, with 1.2 inches accumulating from around noon through the early evening, with another 0.1 overnight. Storm total of 1.5 inches of snow. The snow mostly melted on bare ground and road surfaces, but did stick and accumulate well on the old snowpack.
3/4/2010 7:00 AM T T T 3.0 M Flurries overnight, just barely a trace of evidence on the cars.
3/5/2010 7:00 AM T T T 2.0 M A few stray lingering flurries yesterday morning.
3/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.5 M
3/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M
3/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T T Snow cover is gone from more than 80% of the yard. In our backyard that faces north and has been shaded from direct sunlight by the house, there remains a snowpack of about 2-4 inches, but it's a very limited area of coverage. Most neighboring yards are snow-free except where it was piled when driveways were cleared.
3/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M A few small pockets of snow in shaded/sheltered areas remain, but they are rapidly diminishing.
3/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Almost no snowpack remains, big piles from where I cleared my deck do remain though, but even those are decreasing in size quickly.
3/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M A brief rain shower last evening. No snowpack remains at my house, just a few piles. Even some of the deeper, sheltered hollows are beginning to turn snow-free.
3/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M
3/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.97 M M M M
3/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M No flooding where I'm at, but not too far to our west there was a lot of creek and stream flooding. Even the large piles of snow melted rapidly with the rain, which wound up between 2-4 inches about 20 miles west of us, but barely topped an inch for the entire storm system here at our house.
3/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
3/17/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M A brief early morning sprinkle of rain.
3/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.47 M M M M
3/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.06 T T M M A few wet snowflakes mixed with the rain overnight and this morning.
3/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 T T M M A few wet flakes in the early morning mixed with some light rain.
3/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.53 M M M M Was awoken to the heavy downpour this morning, but thankfully it was short-lived. Most of the reported 0.53 inches fewll during that heavy rain period.
3/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.06 T T M M Some wet snowflakes mixed in with the light rain in the afternoon/evening before ending.
3/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.75 M M M M Mostly rain showers, but one heavier thunderstorm dropped most of the rain that fell.
3/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
3/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/6/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M Only a couple sprinkles as the large storms missed our house mostly west and north. While we were at a funeral about 15 miles away from our house, we were in a bad thunderstorm that dropped hail up to quarter size just down the road from where we were (partially whitened the ground in those areas), we had pea to dime-sized hail at our location. We were located near the intersection of Country Club Drive & South Main Street in Blacksburg, VA 24060.
4/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.61 M M M M
4/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 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 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M I was unable to report this on time yesterday. I was taking the Principles & Practice of Engineering exam to (hopefully) become a licensed Civil Engineer.
4/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
4/18/2010 7:00 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 7:00 AM 0.20 M 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 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
4/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.43 M M M M
4/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
4/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
4/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
4/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M A heavy, but very brief shower moved through overnight. Had sprinkles in the afternoon for a trace.
5/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M
5/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
5/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
5/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Things are very dry in the area now. Our grass is turning brown and crispy, and the soil is dry and dusty in many areas not protected by shade or mulch. We could use some sustained rain, we're running pretty far below normal since March, with warmer than normal temperatures...not a good combination going into summer.
5/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Still raining lightly at the time of measurement...at least it's helping to dampen where I overseeded some bare spots! But, we need a lot more than a few hundreths to a tenth here and there.
5/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.16 M M M M
5/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/15/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M
5/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M
5/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.98 M M M M
5/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.23 M M M M
5/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.16 M M M M
5/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.30 M M M M
5/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
5/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M
5/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M
5/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
5/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
6/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.79 M M M M
6/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M There were storms to our west, south, and north...but no rain. It thundered for a while as these bubbled up in the late afternoon and evening, but not a drop of rain fell.
6/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
6/5/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M A very brief, very light 1-minute shower while I was grilling, otherwise the storms again missed my house all around.
6/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M
6/8/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M There was a brief sprinkle of rain last evening around 930. If I hadn't been outside when it happened, I would have had no idea it actually happened it was so quick and light.
6/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M A very brief, light shower just before the 7am measurement that ended shortly after 7.
6/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M Another predicted rainstorm fizzled out before getting to our area, with a mere fraction of the anticipated precipitation total falling. Most of the storms this spring and summer have gone this way.
6/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/12/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M A short-lived sprinkle of rain around 1130PM that put down a few drops as a line of storms fizzled. At this time (1130AM), it appears that a line of potent, slow-moving storms will work it's way into the area by 1-2PM and bring some fairly substantial rains, so that would help, a lot! We're very dry, but not considered official drought status yet.
6/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.45 M M M M
6/14/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M
6/15/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M Another day where the heavier rain missed us. Most places around us got anywhere from 1-4" of rain through the weekend, while we got less than 1/2".
6/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Yet again, severe thunderstorms formed all around us and entirely missed us. There were even flash flood warnings around us, but we had no sign of any rain whatsoever. That's the going trend this year, it seems.
6/17/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M Another day when storms missed the area by a slim margin, except for a sprinkle around 6PM and another sprinkle around 8.
6/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M The heavy storms skipped right over us. They stopped to our north, and then re-formed just to our south, leaving us mostly dry yet again, while areas around us got a half inch or more.
6/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/22/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M A light sprinkle of rain at about 845pm was all we had as storms coming out f WV fizzled as they entered the area.
6/23/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M A couple raindrops around 1015PM as storms fell apart and slipped to our south, narrowly missing us once again.
6/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.22 M M M M A small storm rolled through during the morning hours, bringing our third highest daily rain total in the past month. Considering it was less than a quarter inch, that helps demonstrate just how dry it's been.
6/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.44 M M M M Most of this fell during a quick evening thunderstorm. The post-storm showers did not amount but to about 0.05 of the total.
6/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M We finished the month of June as the hottest on record in the area, and one of the driest on record. At my house, we did a little better than the official recording stations, but it's still awfully dry. I suspect we'll be classified in the D0 drought category when the HPC releases their next drought update later this week. We've sustained precipitation deficits for 5 straight months now.
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 We had a wonderful night in the 50's, which was a nice break from record-setting heat in June. But, we're still way too dry, running at a scant 52% of normal for the 3-month period of April-May-June. And July will be done-dry for at least the first week to 10 days, exacerbating the problem further.
7/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M I'll need to file an updated drought report...the lack of rainfall has pretty much turned all yards, fields, and grassy areas mostly brown and crunchy. Some wildfires have occurred in the area too. Also, several trees and shrubs are struggling for survival due to the extreme heat and lack of precipitation. Amazing that just a few months ago we had ice jams and major river flooding, and now we have the first stages of a drought.
7/6/2010 7:00 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 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Our first rain of July and we didn't get much. A lot of the energy from the storm system split around us, again...going north and south of here, with everything in between fizzling in West Virginia before crossing the border. As a result, we were in the very dry spot yet again, while surrounding parts of the region saw scattered rain totals anywhere from a quarter inch to nearly 3 inches in the past 2 days. Our highly localized drought continues to worsen as a result, while the widespread minor drought is much less severe.
7/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/13/2010 7:00 AM 1.28 M M M M We finally lucked out on getting a decent amount of rain! It's the first 1"+ day since early February during a snow/ice storm. We're still 6" short on the year, but this rain comes at a very good time to help green things back up because almost every lawn and field had gone brown, several of my shrubs have died, and I've seen dead trees and shrubs around the area from the sudden onset of drought coupled with record-setting heat. Hopefully, we'll get more rain this week and help cut the rainfall deficits further. Thankfully, reservoirs are still up.
7/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.22 M M M M
7/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.52 M M M M A pretty solid storm in the late-morning rolled through bringing some good rain. Just west of us they got well more than an inch of rain.
7/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Several storms went around us, actually about a half-dozen different storms through the day. We kept getting the very fringes of them with a brief burst of rain, then sunny skies to evaporate the rain and make it incredibly humid.
7/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M
7/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.57 M M M M
7/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
7/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
7/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 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 0.41 M M M M
7/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.61 M M M M
8/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M We had drizzle and mist in the evening and overnight hours that dampened things a bit and barely hit a measurable amount in the gauge this morning.
8/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
8/4/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M
8/5/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M
8/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.44 M 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 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M We were just on the outside of the major storm that dumped far more rain to our east. It popped up over my house, then shifted a couple miles and just poured rain. We lost power and had plenty of thunder, but almost none of the rain. Approaching 7" dry for the year now.
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 M M M M
8/16/2010 7:00 AM 1.19 M M M M
8/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
8/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.38 M M M M
8/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.21 M M M M
8/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.45 M M M M
8/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.10 M 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 0.72 M M M M
8/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
8/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.88 M 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 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
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 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
9/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.17 M M M M
9/27/2010 7:00 AM 1.13 M M M M Storm total is now 1.30...rain was ongoing.
9/28/2010 7:00 AM 1.17 M M M M 2.47 was our 3-day storm system total for rain.
9/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.47 M M M M



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
10/7/2009 10/25/2009 7:00 AM 19 1.45 M M Was out of town repeatedly and unable to check rain gauge during that time.
9/6/2010 9/12/2010 4:30 PM 7 1.34 M M Not sure when the rain fell, but it appears we got it sometime between Friday Sept. 10 and today, Sept. 12. We were on vacation for the week, and were not able to get anyone to check the gauge for us.



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