| 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 |
0.83 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Quite windy during the rain event. Early afternoon round of showers, then a break, steadier rain in the evening and a heavy shower later in the evening. 4.65" since September 21. |
| 10/3/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.07 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain and drizzle late, dry wedge early. |
| 10/4/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain showers morning. |
| 10/5/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/6/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.09 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Raining at observation but soon to end. Doubt if storm total will exceed .25. |
| 10/7/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.35 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
.44 storm total, drops were small and wind was strong so rain was horizontal at times, likely that at least 10% more fell than was recorded. Size of puddles seem to support closer to 2/3 inch. |
| 10/8/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/9/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.07 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/10/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/11/2009 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
M |
M |
Flurries in the morning. |
| 10/12/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/13/2009 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/14/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.04 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sprinkles early morning |
| 10/15/2009 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Cold, cloudy, breezy with drizzle off and on. |
| 10/16/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.23 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Very cold with occasional light rain, some flakes may have been mixed in overnight but I did not see them so will not report a trace snowfall unless someone in my family or a neighbor can confirm. |
| 10/17/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/18/2009 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Minor showers Sat aft. with some ice pellets in areas but not at my house. |
| 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 |
0.04 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
A couple of light showers. |
| 10/22/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.18 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Some light rain overnight. Yesterday morning's showers were hopefully only a trace (appeared that way on radar) because my dog knocked over my rain gauge which I had placed on the ground after cleaning to catch the morning's shower. The .18 is from the overnight rain only. Still raining at obs. |
| 10/23/2009 |
7:00 AM |
1.22 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Cold windy rain all day and night, but much heavier to the southeast. Fixed typo in rain amount - originally entered 1.12, should be 1.22. |
| 10/24/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.25 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Off an on light rain, much heavier almost everywhere else. |
| 10/25/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/26/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.21 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain overnight, heavier east and south. |
| 10/27/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.23 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain off and on and more steady mid to late afternoon. Freezing fog this morning. |
| 10/28/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 10/29/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
I expect all the heaviest precip to go around lake mills as usual. East, West, North and South, you will all get more than me! |
| 10/30/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.72 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
As I predicted, Jefferson County was in the driest area of the whole Central U.S. with most of the rain showers dying right on the edge of the county or skirting around us. Only .4 at Jefferson to my east but 1.4 in Madison to my west. Why is this always the case? Because we are in that unfortunate small spot between the active weather to the west and north and moisture feed to the south and east. Add the low elevation and you lose several inches of rain per year compared to places only 30 miles away in all directions. The main reasons I had a higher overall precip total last year than most of the other stations is due to one storm and because I don't miss a measurement. However, note that the wettest areas in Wis. usually include Cedarburg, probably due to some lake effect, Black River Falls, due to active weather/air mass clash and Belleville and Kenosha, due to being closer to the gulf moisture stream. |
| 10/31/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.03 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Left over light showers in morning. Much heavier again to the east. |
| 11/1/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
4.61" in October. While it was a wet month, Jeff County to Winnebago was in a drier zone. However, add in the additional wetness of late Sept, there was 8" or more in a month and a half, with little evap. All fields very wet and harvest has been delayed for many. |
| 11/2/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Very light shower overnight. |
| 11/3/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/4/2009 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
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 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/12/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/13/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/14/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 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 |
0.04 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Illinois has had over 100 times the amount of rain that we have had in November. |
| 11/19/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.13 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain in the afternoon. |
| 11/20/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.04 |
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 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/24/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/25/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.43 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain afternoon and overnight, heavier in Madison area. |
| 11/26/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.69 |
0.1 |
0.03 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light rain and snow late afternoon and night ending just after observation. Snow was on the ground for a short while at night then melted as warmer air filtered back in. |
| 11/27/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/28/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 11/29/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Very light shower between 6 and 7 am. |
| 11/30/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
1.39" precip for the month, .1" snow. Generally dry and very warm, in the top tenth for warmth. Much like October should have been. I think we are on our way to a record warm winter. |
| 12/1/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 12/2/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 12/3/2009 |
7:00 AM |
T |
0.1 |
T |
T |
T |
A little light snow in the evening coated the ground lightly. Another shot at a little light snow expected this evening. |
| 12/4/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.07 |
1.4 |
0.07 |
1.0 |
0.07 |
Dry light fluffy snow from evening snow showers. Some areas just to the south picked up 5 inches and no snow fell just to the north. It all depended on whether you were lucky enough to be under training snowshowers.
I did catch a 25" 6 lb walleye last night in the snow, probably the last fishing before ice over. Now I am hoping for cold weather for 3 weeks to make 4 inches of ice on area lakes. |
| 12/5/2009 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
1.0 |
0.06 |
Dusting with on and off flurries. |
| 12/6/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
T |
The strangest thing happened this morning - I was raking leaves in my partially snowcovered yard around noon, in a hurry to get rid of the last vestiges of fall before the upcoming snowfalls. The air was calm and it was sunny, around 30 and very nice. Suddenly the wind kicked up and a vortex formed right over my largest pile of leaves, carrying them about 15 feet high and slowly moving southeast toward the road. I walked over to the vortex and the wind was at least 25 miles per hour, very tightly wound up. It lasted about 5 minutes and finally died in the street. I suspect the devil was caused by uneven heating between the partially snowcovered parts of the area and the warming bare ground, but perhaps it was a larger scale event. It went back to calm and still is as I write this. My family had a great time watching it in the front window! |
| 12/7/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.07 |
1.3 |
0.07 |
1.5 |
0.07 |
To quote Peter and Lou Berryman:
"Up in Wisconsin, up in Wisconsin
The weather isn't very nice
Up in Wisconsin, up in Wisconsin
They gotta fish right thru the ice."
I'm waiting for the ice to form, perhaps after the dreaded snowstorm! |
| 12/8/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.4 |
0.02 |
2.0 |
0.08 |
Very light snow off and on yesterday and beginning again around 6 am. Caught 2 nice walleyes last night since lake has yet to freeze over. Of course I was fishing for crappies but had heavy line on "just in case!" |
| 12/9/2009 |
7:00 AM |
1.32 |
12.3 |
1.35 |
11.5 |
1.42 |
Extreme snowfall as far as water content and tree damage. Measured more than once to reduce compaction error but total depth at final obs was affected by the weight and sleet compaction. If I had measured even more often (every 4 hours) we would have probably had over 13" 1 inch fell during the day and 11.3 during the night. Lost a 100 year old large hickory tree that split 3 ways and had damage to a number of pine trees. Snowing lightly at obs. |
| 12/10/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.05 |
0.8 |
0.05 |
11.0 |
1.47 |
13.1 total, settling, melting from below and wind shrank it to an 11" cover (including 2" that was already on the ground before the storm). Ended up in a ditch near Madison this morning after a face off with a plow who wanted the whole road. Madison definitely had 6 more inches than we did, roads are deeply rutted ice and since they refuse to use sand, traffic will be impossible for weeks. |
| 12/11/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
11.0 |
1.40 |
Snow still tightly clinging to trees, thus pines that are bending severely might stay bent for years. Roads still a mess, esp. in Dane County where they did a poor job plowing. Jefferson County did a much better job (we had a bit less snow but it was heavier). As soon as you reach the county line it goes from a few icy patches in Jefferson County to deeply rutted ice in Dane County. |
| 12/12/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
10.5 |
1.40 |
|
| 12/13/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
10.0 |
1.40 |
Light freezing rain shower evening, just enough to slick up the roads |
| 12/14/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.03 |
0.1 |
0.01 |
9.0 |
1.40 |
Drizzle, freezing drizzle and light snowshowers off and on. Very slippery this morn. Snow finally falling off trees with warmer temps. |
| 12/15/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.07 |
0.5 |
0.05 |
9.0 |
1.35 |
Freezing drizzle morning and light snow shower with cold front afternoon. |
| 12/16/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
9.0 |
1.30 |
|
| 12/17/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
8.5 |
1.30 |
More settling and sublimation but no melting. |
| 12/18/2009 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
8.0 |
1.30 |
Debris from wind and fallen branches in snow has caused the cover to be rather dirty and easy to melt with any solar radiation. |
| 12/19/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
8.0 |
1.30 |
|
| 12/20/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.2 |
0.01 |
7.5 |
1.31 |
Snow grains off and on |
| 12/21/2009 |
7:00 AM |
T |
0.1 |
T |
7.5 |
1.31 |
Flooding rains coming on Christmas Eve into Christmas Day! Should get up to 40 degrees with even a thunderstorm. Initial ice/sleet will change to windy rain and high water content snow will melt. Only a small amount of snow on backside after dry slot Christmas night. Possibly warm enough to melt all snow so it will not be a white Christmas after all. Very difficult to get a white Christmas around here nowadays... |
| 12/22/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.07 |
1.2 |
0.07 |
8.0 |
1.38 |
Light snow overnight, still snowing lightly at obs. Heavier to the SW. 2 inches in Madison and probably 3 by the end from Verona to Janesville. Need to get my flooding mitigation gear out with the rainstorm coming. Some freezing rain at first but expect over an inch of rain on top of snowcover. |
| 12/23/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.21 |
1.9 |
0.21 |
10.0 |
1.57 |
Total snow for the event 3.1 inches. Expect 1.5 inches of rain on top of 1.5 inches water eq. snow cover. I'm dreaming of a flood Christmas! |
| 12/24/2009 |
6:30 AM |
0.55 |
2.7 |
0.30 |
11.0 |
2.11 |
Correction to increase freezing rain amount. Heavy snow for a short time Wed night, then freezing rain showers the rest of the night. 4 inches in gauge but appears some of that was drifted. I might have been low on snow amount due to drifting and compression. Still at freezing at obs time. An average of .2 of ice on trees with some small branches falling. Up to .3 on other exposed objects such as my car. Over 2 inches water now in snowpack. Flooding will be a problem. |
| 12/25/2009 |
7:00 AM |
1.39 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
5.0 |
1.20 |
Steady rain all night, melted 6 inches of snow, the rest will melt today. Estimate of core value will be updated later. Expect some field flooding later if freeze delayed. |
| 12/26/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.13 |
1.3 |
0.09 |
6.0 |
1.29 |
A few light rain showers and 40 degrees melted much of the snow, then temp drop of 12 degrees in a half hour and snow showers made it look like Christmas again. Surprising that there was no field flooding although I haven't driven around the countryside yet to verify. |
| 12/27/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.05 |
1.0 |
0.05 |
7.0 |
1.36 |
Drove around to after Christmas parties yesterday and as I suspected, we have the least amount of snow on the ground and received the least amount from this storm, plus had the most melting during the warm sector. Oh to live 100 miles south where there was 14 inches of snow yesterday! |
| 12/28/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
7.0 |
1.35 |
|
| 12/29/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
6.5 |
1.35 |
|
| 12/30/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
6.0 |
1.35 |
|
| 12/31/2009 |
7:00 AM |
0.07 |
1.1 |
0.07 |
7.0 |
1.42 |
Light snow off and on. |
| 1/1/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
7.0 |
1.42 |
December had a whopping 26.4 inches of snow and 4.12 of precip, both amounts double of normal. Annual summary soon. |
| 1/2/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
6.5 |
1.40 |
|
| 1/3/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
6.0 |
1.40 |
|
| 1/4/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
6.0 |
1.40 |
|
| 1/5/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
6.0 |
1.40 |
Crusty snowcover has a little loose but dirty snow on top, if it does snow and blow on Thursday the new fluffy snow will move around easily. |
| 1/6/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
6.0 |
1.40 |
Some minor snow grains with low cloud deck. |
| 1/7/2010 |
6:00 AM |
0.11 |
1.8 |
0.11 |
7.0 |
1.51 |
Corrected amount, missed the .3 inches that fell from 6 am to 7 am as I left for work early. Light snow overnight, snowing lightly at 6 am obs. Heavier to the west with 2.6 inches around 730 am in Madison where I work. Many spinoffs on way to work. Madison will get the most in South Central WI as always. Lake effect areas to the NE will get hammered, perhaps 15 inches in some spots. Lake Mills/Jefferson County expected to get the least in the warning area due to dry air feed and poor location as respect to pivot point of upper low deformation zone. |
| 1/8/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.26 |
3.8 |
0.26 |
10.0 |
1.77 |
As I confidently predicted, Jefferson County had the least snow in Southern Wisconsin - although in my location the wind was very strong, tearing what would have been large dendritic flakes into smaller pieces and compacting the snow before I could measure it. |
| 1/9/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
10.0 |
1.77 |
|
| 1/10/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
10.0 |
1.75 |
|
| 1/11/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
9.0 |
1.73 |
Some drifting made for slippery roads. |
| 1/12/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
9.0 |
1.73 |
|
| 1/13/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
8.5 |
1.70 |
|
| 1/14/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
8.0 |
1.68 |
|
| 1/15/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
7.0 |
1.65 |
Slow melt continues. Should melt a lot more this weekend, near 40 and sunny. |
| 1/16/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
7.0 |
1.65 |
Colder than expected with low stratus, fog and some snow grains. |
| 1/17/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
7.0 |
1.65 |
Some snow grains out of fog, then very heavy rime on trees with freezing fog, up to an inch on trees making for winter ghostland! Once frost fell off trees, up to 1/2 inch of "snow" on ground in areas of trees (not included in measurement). |
| 1/18/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
7.0 |
1.65 |
|
| 1/19/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
7.0 |
1.65 |
|
| 1/20/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
7.0 |
1.65 |
|
| 1/21/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
7.0 |
1.65 |
|
| 1/22/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
7.0 |
1.65 |
|
| 1/23/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
6.0 |
1.65 |
|
| 1/24/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.24 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
3.0 |
0.95 |
Heavy fog, we were in a precip minima as usual, with low passing overhead. |
| 1/25/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.12 |
0.0 |
M |
2.0 |
0.65 |
The most worthless storm in my history! Melted most of the snow and made everything ugly, never got very warm, missed most of the rain, now made it windy and cold and not a flake of snow. The is why I am seriously looking at moving to another state that either gets into the sweet spot of storms more often or stays warm all year long. Thus, either Vermont if I want snow or South Carolina if I want nice weather. Hmmmmm! By the way, about 65% ground coverage of crust, average 3-4 inches deep where there is snow, I averaged it down to 2 inches considering bare spots. |
| 1/26/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.1 |
0.01 |
2.0 |
0.65 |
Trashy weather continues with us missing snow which fell to the north south east and west. |
| 1/27/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
2.0 |
0.65 |
|
| 1/28/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
2.0 |
0.65 |
|
| 1/29/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
2.0 |
0.65 |
|
| 1/30/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
2.0 |
0.65 |
|
| 1/31/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
2.0 |
0.65 |
|
| 2/1/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
2.0 |
0.65 |
January very dry with 5.7 inches snow and 0.74 water. Typical El Nino pattern for January but not as warm as some were in the past. |
| 2/2/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.14 |
2.4 |
0.14 |
4.0 |
0.79 |
A little more than expected fell overnight. Might end up close to 3 inches falling but I expect settling before I can measure it again tonight. |
| 2/3/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.06 |
0.8 |
0.06 |
5.0 |
0.85 |
Remaining light snow, flurries on and off into evening. 3.2 inches total. |
| 2/4/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
4.0 |
0.85 |
|
| 2/5/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
4.0 |
0.87 |
Light freezing rain made for slick roads. |
| 2/6/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
4.0 |
0.87 |
|
| 2/7/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
0.1 |
T |
4.0 |
0.87 |
|
| 2/8/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.2 |
0.02 |
4.0 |
0.88 |
A few lake flakes (from east wind off Lake Michigan) the past couple days, light snow from system overnight. Perhaps 4 inches coming for Lake Mills and much more elsewhere. |
| 2/9/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.14 |
1.8 |
0.14 |
6.0 |
1.01 |
Less than half of the expected snow and that will continue as flakes are small and grainy. Still only expect 4 inches in the snow desert of Lake Mills. Much higher everywhere else. |
| 2/10/2010 |
6:00 AM |
0.35 |
4.3 |
0.35 |
9.0 |
1.36 |
Glad I measured before all the blowing and drifting during the night. Some areas now swept clean and large drifts in other spots. Uneven snowcover will make it easier to melt in strong Feb sun, however. |
| 2/11/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
9.0 |
1.36 |
|
| 2/12/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
8.0 |
1.32 |
|
| 2/13/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
8.0 |
1.30 |
|
| 2/14/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
7.0 |
1.30 |
|
| 2/15/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
6.0 |
1.30 |
|
| 2/16/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.07 |
1.2 |
0.07 |
7.0 |
1.32 |
|
| 2/17/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
7.0 |
1.30 |
|
| 2/18/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
6.0 |
1.27 |
|
| 2/19/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
6.0 |
1.25 |
|
| 2/20/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.08 |
1.1 |
0.08 |
6.0 |
1.31 |
Light snow overnight-corrected total |
| 2/21/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.3 |
0.02 |
6.0 |
1.33 |
Off and on light snow showers. |
| 2/22/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.13 |
1.4 |
0.13 |
6.0 |
1.42 |
Light snow overnight diminishing at observation. No big storm hit anywhere in the state. |
| 2/23/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.03 |
0.5 |
0.03 |
6.5 |
1.45 |
Light snow off an on yesterday and again at obs. |
| 2/24/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.2 |
0.01 |
6.0 |
1.41 |
As usual, guess who is on the low end of snow totals! |
| 2/25/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.5 |
0.02 |
6.0 |
1.43 |
A couple of Lake Michigan induced snow showers made it all the way to Madison. |
| 2/26/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
6.0 |
1.40 |
|
| 2/27/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.1 |
0.01 |
6.0 |
1.40 |
Dusting of snow overnight. |
| 2/28/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
6.0 |
1.39 |
|
| 3/1/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
5.0 |
1.35 |
February had 1.10 inches water eq. and 14.9 inches snow. Meteorlogical winter Dec-Feb had 5.96 inches water (but has been very dry for the last 2 months) and 47 inches of snow. |
| 3/2/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
4.0 |
1.24 |
Snowpack slowly melting. |
| 3/3/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
4.0 |
1.22 |
Colder than expected so not much melting. Now 87 straight days with 1 inch or more snowcover. |
| 3/4/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
4.0 |
1.20 |
|
| 3/5/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
3.0 |
1.17 |
|
| 3/6/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
3.0 |
1.12 |
|
| 3/7/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
3.0 |
1.10 |
|
| 3/8/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
2.0 |
1.06 |
|
| 3/9/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
2.0 |
1.02 |
Drizzle and dense fog. |
| 3/10/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.19 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
1.0 |
0.52 |
Occasional light rain. Snowcover about 60% of area, probably will go to "trace" by tomorrow so we will have 94 days in a row with 1" or more snow cover. Ice on lakes now down to about 12 inches thick with shorelines eroding. Still managed 17 nice bluegills on Lake Monona yesterday - might get out today for one last time if I can find a safe entry point. Also saw earth worm on sidewalk in Madison at my work place. |
| 3/11/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.19 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
T |
Left over light rain yesterday morning. Minor field flooding from snowmelt and rain. 94 straight days with snowcover 1 inch or more has ended. Air quality is horrible, I am reasonably healthy (thank you Lord!) but even I am coughing off and on. Dense fog last night caused me to miss my driveway, could not see even 30 feet away (mixture of soot and fog like black fogs of London). Still no wind to speak of. |
| 3/12/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.64 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
T |
Rain showers early afternoon and thundershowers in the evening. |
| 3/13/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.03 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
T |
drizzle and fog |
| 3/14/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.03 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Not even a trace of snow left |
| 3/15/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Phenology Notes: Noticed first green shoots in garden (Tulips I think) March 12. Cranes making a lot of noise on Rock Lake March 13. First moth flying in garage March 14. Swarms of box elder beetles outside of house March 14. Ice melting and opening up on Lake Monona shorelines March 14. Sunfish moving back to shallows March 14. Cardinals getting active March 11. |
| 3/16/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/17/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 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 |
0.33 |
3.1 |
0.21 |
2.0 |
0.21 |
Snow overnight after 55 degree high! Corrected snow total to account for melting as ground was warm as it started and to correct water equivalent to add in the light rain and melting snow that began the event that was in the gauge but I forgot to record. |
| 3/21/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
T |
|
| 3/22/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
T |
|
| 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 |
Rock Lake is now open with no large areas of ice (just a few floating pieces of "junk ice") so we will report that 3/25/2010 is ice out day. Dane County Lakes have varying amounts of thin ice yet, but Monona is pretty close to completely open. |
| 3/27/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/28/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/29/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 3/30/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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 |
1.41 inches precip in March, 3.1 inches snow. Very warm, esp at the end. Mosquitoes biting me while fishing on March 31, caught a 9.75 inch bluegill in Rock Lake (not an April Fools joke!) Grass is greening up fast, water levels low on Madison Lakes with beginnings of drought and poor lake level management. |
| 4/2/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Record high of 82, almost everyone had record highs yesterday. |
| 4/3/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.07 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
A real drought buster. |
| 4/4/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/5/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Dying thunderstorms barely made it to Lake Mills area and petered out as usual. |
| 4/6/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.49 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
When you look at the radar estimated precip, you will see that the least amount of rain once again fell in my area. A tiny little hole in a large area 1-2 inches fell all around and all I got was a lousy half inch. Not enough to even get the ground wet under the cars. A pounding storm on my way to work this morn completely died as it hit Lake Mills. Watch the radar history for mkx at http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/radar/ and pick the 3 hour period around 12:00 GMT. 1.31 in Jefferson, .68 in Lake Mills city, 1.29 in Cottage Grove, 1.40 Madison, 1.52 Whitewater, .91 Hustisford. North, South, East and West, all got much more. Terrain effect? Maybe. |
| 4/7/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.85 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
.50 early Tuesday at end of that rain band and .35 Tuesday night with a windy thunderstorm. Everything is green, flowers are blooming and trees are 3 weeks advanced for this time of year. |
| 4/8/2010 |
7:00 AM |
1.11 |
2.0 |
0.21 |
1.0 |
0.12 |
Heavy rain in late afternoon .71, .40 in mixed precip and snow overnight. Snowed enough to whiten ground with 1" in valleys and 2" on hilltops. Trees also coated in snow. |
| 4/9/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Some left over flurries. |
| 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 |
T |
M |
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 |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/17/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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 |
0.00 |
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 |
7:00 AM |
0.89 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Heavy Thunderstorm around 3-4 am. |
| 4/25/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.68 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Cold windy rain overnight. |
| 4/26/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.10 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Leftover showers. |
| 4/27/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Phenology note: At least 3 weeks ahead of normal for foliage, many trees leafed out (including tall ones) as if in Mid May, most fruit and lilac trees are full of blossoms and allergies are running rampant. Probably the long snowcovered period in winter followed by a warm March with no cold spells led to fast growth. Final winter snowfall 52.2 inches. |
| 4/28/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
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 |
0.76 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Several waves of thunderstorms in late afternoon early eve, no severe. Rain is counted as April, 4.97 for the month, not bad! |
| 5/2/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/3/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/4/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/5/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.08 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light shower overnight. |
| 5/6/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/7/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
What was supposed to be heavy rain ended up a trace event with light rain falling at obs. Expect less than 1/4 inch total now that we missed everything south. North of us there will be snow. |
| 5/8/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.44 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain off and on. |
| 5/9/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.12 |
T |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Several windy showers of ice pellets (not sure it was graupel, more like sleet as they were clear and sleet sized pellets). |
| 5/10/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Light frost in some places. |
| 5/11/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.44 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Once again we measured the least amount of rain in the whole area but I think there was significant blowout on my rain gauge. Gusts probably near 40mph all night blowing away my window well cover. Rain fell at very high angle and while I have gauge located in best spot away from trees, it appears that strong winds created a rain shadow over my gauge downwind of a tall, large, thickly leafed-out box elder. Locations close by had 2/3 of an inch including Lake Mills WTTP which normally measures low. |
| 5/12/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.19 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Left over rain. |
| 5/13/2010 |
7:00 AM |
1.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Measurement probably skewed by wind again. |
| 5/14/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.15 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
leftover rain early |
| 5/15/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/16/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/17/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/18/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/19/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/20/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/21/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.27 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain overnight ended as drizzle at obs time. |
| 5/22/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/23/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/24/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/25/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/26/2010 |
6:00 AM |
1.14 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Two thunderstorms, main one in the morning. Very little rain just 3 miles in any direction, but a lot of rain again near Madison. |
| 5/27/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Storms all around us but did not make it to Jeff County, much like yesterday (except I got lucky yesterday). Thus, much of Jeff County missed all of the rain over the past week and is dry for this time of year, bad for new crops. |
| 5/28/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/29/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/30/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 5/31/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/1/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
3.90" in May, very warm with a lot of evaporation in second half of month. Overall a hot Spring and many areas are dry in SE Wisconsin. Need cool wet start to June but it looks like upcoming rain will mostly hit south of here. |
| 6/2/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain, most fell south of us. |
| 6/3/2010 |
7:00 AM |
1.18 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Severe storm with 1"+ hail, my wife reported that it looked like night time during storm, hail report filed. Leaves all over yard from hail, but there was some wind when heaviest rain fell, branches down in nearby yards. Likely undermeasured precip as hail bounced out (funnel was in) and rain came in sideways. Water in fields looked more like 1.5 inches, was bone dry before rain. My wife saved some 1.25" hailstones in freezer, hard ice, somewhat flattened but partially melted once she was able to collect them, so perhaps they were bigger upon impact. Lake breeze from Michigan had just passed through a few minutes before storm, intensifying it (watch UCAR Radar history). |
| 6/4/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.28 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain in last 2 hours still raining at obs. |
| 6/5/2010 |
6:00 AM |
0.14 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain early yesterday. |
| 6/6/2010 |
7:00 AM |
1.57 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Heavy rain in the later afternoon - very little thunder although did see both minor funnels north of Madison on the way to Gander Mountain. |
| 6/7/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Scattered showers, much heavier just to the west and northeast. |
| 6/8/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.36 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain late night and at obs. |
| 6/9/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.29 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Drippy cold rain all day. |
| 6/10/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/11/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.35 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Thunderstorm around 4-5 am. |
| 6/12/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/13/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/14/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.03 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/15/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.03 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Heavy rains in many areas, almost constant rain in Madison just 30 miles away and almost nothing in sunny Lake Mills. This morning, sunny in Lake Mills when I left for work in Madison, raining in Madison. It is going to be that way for the rest of the month due to the ridge - a 2000 mile ridge that just happens to have an inflection point between Lake Mills and Madison as it always does. |
| 6/16/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.35 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Most of the rain went around us as usual. |
| 6/17/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/18/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.03 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Amazing how a 500 mile long storm can miss someone but Lake Mills is an amazing place! |
| 6/19/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.07 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Gee - is there a hole in my rain gauge or did I miss all the action again? |
| 6/20/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/21/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/22/2010 |
7:00 AM |
2.22 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Showers in the morning, heavy storm in the evening - just like old times. Unusual but short term field flooding with storm. About 2" in one hour, winds about 35 mph or so, no hail. No rotation seen in clouds despite numerous tornado warnings generated by radar. |
| 6/23/2010 |
7:00 AM |
2.03 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Thunderstorms overnight, not much wind, lots of lightning. Heavier rain just a few miles north, perhaps 4 inches. |
| 6/24/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light shower in early eve with cold front. |
| 6/25/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 6/26/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.81 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Thunderstorms overnight, wake low around 3 am produced winds to 50 mph. |
| 6/27/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.67 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overnight storms MUCH heavier to the west again. |
| 6/28/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.15 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
On final small thundershower in early obs period (around 8 am), much heavier rains up to .50 just to the east. No more rain expected this month so we will end with 10.71 which is an amazing amount esp for a drier location like mine. I was beaten by others in Waukesha and Jefferson Counties by an inch or more, however. Not too far to the Northeast in West Bend they only had 3-4 inches for the month, not sure why! |
| 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 |
10.71 in June. |
| 7/2/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 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 |
Some of the corn stalks are 7 feet high on the 4th of July! |
| 7/5/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.24 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain overnight. |
| 7/6/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/7/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/8/2010 |
7:00 AM |
1.77 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Severe storm between 1 and 2 pm with 1.72 inches of rain, additional heavy rain overnight failed to materialize. Large tree and large branch down by chicken house (they always seem to fall on the chicken house!). |
| 7/9/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/10/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/11/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Everything missed us. |
| 7/12/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
missed everything again |
| 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 |
1.91 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
The heaviest rains missed us to the north and east. 5 inches plus toward Milwaukee and also to the north. Very little rain SW of Madison. |
| 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 |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Missed everything. |
| 7/19/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/20/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Missed everything again, Southern WI very dry in July south of I-94. |
| 7/21/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 7/22/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
The old brick wall is back, heavy rains all around to the west, sw and nw, flash flood watches over those areas all the way to the Dane County border 2 miles west of here, the NWS recognizes the brick wall and does not include us in the watch. Found some historical precip maps and indeed Lake Mills is one of the driest locations in Southern Wi. |
| 7/23/2010 |
7:00 AM |
3.92 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Two waves of storms, one general rain in the morning and heavier storms in the later afternoon and evening. Much heavier totals north, south, east and southwest. Hard to believe 3.92 inches is a low amount - although I suspect more fell that blew out of the rain gauge with moderate winds. No really strong winds but some branches were down. Saw the tornado wall cloud go by in the late afternoon which eventually hit other towns to the south. I thought it was a "scary looking cloud" (NWS term) with no rotation seen from a distance but it turns out there was rotation so I should have reported it! |
| 7/24/2010 |
7:00 AM |
1.21 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
.27 in the morning and the rest overnight, heavy rains north, west and south of here, 8 inches in Chicago. |
| 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 |
0.10 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Everything missed us again. Huge storm barrelling toward us all night just got to Eastern Dane County and fizzled. Correction made in precip. |
| 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 |
0.14 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
missed all the action just to the south again. |
| 8/1/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
9.29 inches in July, sounds like a lot but much higher amounts elsewhere in Southern WI, some with over 14 inches. 10.71 in June, total of 20 inches on the nose. The winner is the Milwaukee area where 23-25 inches fell in the two months. |
| 8/2/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/3/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/4/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
I expect no rain for the whole month, everything will go south and north like it has been doing in the past 2 weeks. Amazing that after 2 wet months the grass is already turning brown. |
| 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 |
Post flood dry spell continues. |
| 8/8/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Everything missed us again - north and west this time. Minor shower at obs. 2-5 inches across much of WI. |
| 8/9/2010 |
7:00 AM |
1.11 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
.42 in morning yesterday and .69 overnight - much heavier in most other places. Wind was not too bad here during storm last night, only one large dead branch down, but scattered tree damage elsewhere into Madison and Lake Mills. I estimate strongest wind at my house to be only 40 mph because the weakest cell of the squall line/bow echo moved through here. |
| 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 |
This from the NWS this morn: "SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPLIT AROUND THE CWA AS THE LOW LEVEL JET WEAKENED OVER SOUTHERN WI. THE STORMS FOLLOWED THE LLJ TO THE NORTH AND THE INSTABILITY GRADIENT TO THE SOUTH. EASTERLY WINDS AND DRY AIR OFF THE LAKE FROM YESTERDAY
HELPED TO LOWER DEWPOINTS AND IS MAKING THE THUNDERSTORMS DISSIPATE AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE CWA THIS MORNING." SAME OLD SAME OLD!
|
| 8/12/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/13/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Once again missed by the incredible rains that everyone else around us is getting. So far in August, River Falls has 8 inches, Kenosha/Racine a half inch so you can see how the rainfall gradient has evolved. The Central US Ridge is a killer! |
| 8/14/2010 |
7:00 AM |
2.45 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Most fell between 2:30 and 3:30 pm in a heavy storm. Many wet chickens as they are too dumb to come in out of the rain! |
| 8/15/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/16/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Mosquitos this year are out of this world! Tiny little things with a wicked bite, these flood mosquitos are the only kind that I have a reaction to. Glad I bought a netted hat early this spring before they were sold out! |
| 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 |
So far this summer (since June 1): 23.56", since Jan 1: 35.68", since water year Oct 1 2009: 45.80" with 52.2" snow. For all of my complaining about Lake Mills weather, not bad! |
| 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 |
0.97 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Bow echo in afternoon produced lots of moderate wind damage to trees. Further inspection found 3 trees damaged beyond repair in my yard including one that is almost a foot in diameter. Estimate that 65-70 mph wind caused that kind of damage. No structure damage except for a screen blown out of window. Appeared to be microburst as no tree damage just 1 mile east. Rain fell horizontally during windstorm, almost certainly gauge missed a lot of precip. Field flooding indicates more like 1.3 inches of rain. |
| 8/22/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
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 |
Grass actually turning brown in some areas and a few leaves changing color. Some reports of pumpkins and other vegetation ripening early. |
| 8/30/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 8/31/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.24 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Thought I could close the books on August but a nice little heavy isolated tropical rainshower moved through last evening. |
| 9/1/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.89 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
All fell after midnight so counts as Sept precip. Best rains stayed west again as usual. Completely missed afternoon storm that slammed Madison. Madison also got much better storm overnight. For Aug, we had 4.77" but only 5 days with measurable precip. the summer (since June 1): 24.77", since Jan 1: 36.89", since water year began Oct 1 2009: 47.01" with 52.2" snow. |
| 9/2/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/3/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.84 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Another late afternoon windstorm, very quick with blinding rains for only 30 minutes left .76 with the rest coming in morning showers. Some good sized dead branches down again in my yard. 38.62" precip since Jan 1. |
| 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 |
|
| 9/6/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Very heavy rain for the lucky clowns just a couple miles north but nada for us bozos here. |
| 9/7/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Once again missed everything! |
| 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 |
7:00 AM |
0.15 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Heavier rain just to the east. |
| 9/12/2010 |
7:00 AM |
T |
M |
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 |
Again, mucho rain predicted and not a drop in Dry Mills, WI. |
| 9/17/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/18/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.57 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Thundershowers early a.m. no hail here but there was likely quarter size in Madison. |
| 9/19/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/20/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.03 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/21/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/22/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.08 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Constantly missing everything north south east and west! |
| 9/23/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/24/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.12 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Missed by everything of course. Leaves changing early but probably more due to early foliage in spring than due to current weather. Very windy so I hope they don't blow down before full color. |
| 9/25/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/26/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 9/27/2010 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Scattered frost with ground fog and otherwise clear skies this morning. |
| 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 |
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