Station Overview Station Location
Station Number AZ-MR-174 Latitude 33.675028
Station Name Surprise 5.1 NW Longitude -112.401056
County Maricopa Elevation (ft) 1312



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 10 0.50 0.29 14 0.29 14 0.00 0 0 4 1 0.0 0 0
Nov 10 0.78 0.05 7 0.05 7 0.00 0 0 1 1 0.0 0 0
Dec 10 1.05 1.58 10 1.58 10 0.00 0 0 4 1 0.0 0 0
Jan 11 1.18 0.00 2 0.00 2 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Feb 11 1.07 0.95 9 0.95 9 0.00 0 0 3 1 0.0 0 0
March 11 1.16 0.28 2 0.28 2 0.00 0 0 1 1 0.0 0 0
April 11 0.31 0.36 4 0.36 4 0.00 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
May 11 0.10 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
June 11 0.05 0.00 2 0.00 2 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
July 11 0.72 0.60 7 0.60 7 0.00 0 0 4 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 11 0.87 0.29 3 0.29 3 0.00 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 11 0.77 0.24 3 0.24 3 0.00 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 8.56" 4.64" 64 days 4.64" 64 0.00" 0 days 0 23 days 5 days 0.0" 0 days 0 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
10/1/2010 0.00
10/2/2010 0.00
10/3/2010 0.00
10/4/2010 0.00
10/5/2010 0.11
10/6/2010 0.05
10/7/2010
10/8/2010
10/9/2010
10/10/2010
10/11/2010
10/12/2010
10/13/2010
10/14/2010
10/15/2010
10/16/2010
10/17/2010 0.00
10/18/2010 T
10/19/2010 0.00
10/20/2010 0.00
10/21/2010 0.10
10/22/2010 0.00
10/23/2010 0.03
10/24/2010
10/25/2010
10/26/2010
10/27/2010
10/28/2010
10/29/2010
10/30/2010
10/31/2010 0.00
11/1/2010
11/2/2010
11/3/2010
11/4/2010
11/5/2010
11/6/2010
11/7/2010 0.00
11/8/2010
11/9/2010
11/10/2010
11/11/2010
11/12/2010
11/13/2010 0.00
11/14/2010
11/15/2010
11/16/2010
11/17/2010
11/18/2010 0.00
11/19/2010
11/20/2010
11/21/2010 0.00
11/22/2010 0.05
11/23/2010
11/24/2010
11/25/2010
11/26/2010
11/27/2010 0.00
11/28/2010
11/29/2010 T
11/30/2010
12/1/2010
12/2/2010
12/3/2010
12/4/2010 0.00
12/5/2010
12/6/2010
12/7/2010
12/8/2010 0.00
12/9/2010
12/10/2010
12/11/2010
12/12/2010
12/13/2010
12/14/2010
12/15/2010
12/16/2010 0.00
12/17/2010 0.08
12/18/2010 T
12/19/2010
12/20/2010
12/21/2010
12/22/2010 0.11
12/23/2010 0.67
12/24/2010
12/25/2010
12/26/2010
12/27/2010
12/28/2010
12/29/2010 0.00
12/30/2010 0.72
12/31/2010 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2011
1/2/2011
1/3/2011
1/4/2011
1/5/2011
1/6/2011
1/7/2011
1/8/2011
1/9/2011
1/10/2011
1/11/2011
1/12/2011 0.00
1/13/2011
1/14/2011
1/15/2011
1/16/2011
1/17/2011
1/18/2011
1/19/2011
1/20/2011
1/21/2011
1/22/2011
1/23/2011
1/24/2011
1/25/2011
1/26/2011
1/27/2011
1/28/2011
1/29/2011
1/30/2011
1/31/2011 0.00
2/1/2011 T
2/2/2011
2/3/2011
2/4/2011 0.00
2/5/2011
2/6/2011
2/7/2011
2/8/2011
2/9/2011
2/10/2011
2/11/2011
2/12/2011
2/13/2011
2/14/2011
2/15/2011
2/16/2011
2/17/2011 0.00
2/18/2011 0.00
2/19/2011 0.00
2/20/2011 0.65
2/21/2011 0.07
2/22/2011
2/23/2011
2/24/2011
2/25/2011
2/26/2011 0.00
2/27/2011 0.23
2/28/2011
3/1/2011
3/2/2011
3/3/2011
3/4/2011
3/5/2011
3/6/2011
3/7/2011
3/8/2011
3/9/2011
3/10/2011
3/11/2011
3/12/2011
3/13/2011
3/14/2011
3/15/2011
3/16/2011
3/17/2011
3/18/2011
3/19/2011
3/20/2011
3/21/2011 T
3/22/2011 0.28
3/23/2011
3/24/2011
3/25/2011
3/26/2011
3/27/2011
3/28/2011
3/29/2011
3/30/2011
3/31/2011
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2011
4/2/2011
4/3/2011
4/4/2011
4/5/2011
4/6/2011
4/7/2011 0.00
4/8/2011 0.00
4/9/2011 0.12
4/10/2011 0.24
4/11/2011
4/12/2011
4/13/2011
4/14/2011
4/15/2011
4/16/2011
4/17/2011
4/18/2011
4/19/2011
4/20/2011
4/21/2011
4/22/2011
4/23/2011
4/24/2011
4/25/2011
4/26/2011
4/27/2011
4/28/2011
4/29/2011
4/30/2011
5/1/2011
5/2/2011
5/3/2011
5/4/2011
5/5/2011
5/6/2011
5/7/2011
5/8/2011
5/9/2011
5/10/2011
5/11/2011
5/12/2011
5/13/2011
5/14/2011
5/15/2011
5/16/2011
5/17/2011
5/18/2011
5/19/2011 0.00
5/20/2011
5/21/2011
5/22/2011
5/23/2011
5/24/2011
5/25/2011
5/26/2011
5/27/2011
5/28/2011
5/29/2011
5/30/2011
5/31/2011
6/1/2011
6/2/2011
6/3/2011
6/4/2011
6/5/2011
6/6/2011
6/7/2011
6/8/2011
6/9/2011
6/10/2011
6/11/2011
6/12/2011
6/13/2011
6/14/2011
6/15/2011
6/16/2011
6/17/2011
6/18/2011
6/19/2011
6/20/2011
6/21/2011
6/22/2011 0.00
6/23/2011
6/24/2011
6/25/2011
6/26/2011
6/27/2011
6/28/2011 0.00
6/29/2011
6/30/2011
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2011
7/2/2011
7/3/2011
7/4/2011 0.00
7/5/2011
7/6/2011 0.00
7/7/2011
7/8/2011
7/9/2011
7/10/2011
7/11/2011 0.00
7/12/2011 0.13
7/13/2011
7/14/2011
7/15/2011
7/16/2011
7/17/2011
7/18/2011
7/19/2011 0.13
7/20/2011
7/21/2011
7/22/2011
7/23/2011
7/24/2011
7/25/2011 0.08
7/26/2011
7/27/2011
7/28/2011
7/29/2011
7/30/2011
7/31/2011 0.26
8/1/2011
8/2/2011
8/3/2011
8/4/2011 0.14
8/5/2011
8/6/2011
8/7/2011
8/8/2011
8/9/2011
8/10/2011
8/11/2011
8/12/2011
8/13/2011 0.15
8/14/2011
8/15/2011
8/16/2011
8/17/2011
8/18/2011
8/19/2011
8/20/2011
8/21/2011
8/22/2011
8/23/2011
8/24/2011
8/25/2011
8/26/2011 0.00
8/27/2011
8/28/2011
8/29/2011
8/30/2011
8/31/2011
9/1/2011
9/2/2011
9/3/2011
9/4/2011
9/5/2011
9/6/2011
9/7/2011
9/8/2011
9/9/2011 0.00
9/10/2011 0.11
9/11/2011
9/12/2011
9/13/2011
9/14/2011 0.13
9/15/2011
9/16/2011
9/17/2011
9/18/2011
9/19/2011
9/20/2011
9/21/2011
9/22/2011
9/23/2011
9/24/2011
9/25/2011
9/26/2011
9/27/2011
9/28/2011
9/29/2011
9/30/2011



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clouds in north and far west. Partly cloudy overhead. No breeze. Temp 75F degrees,
10/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear skies, no wind, temp 77F degrees.
10/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M clear skies, no breeze, temp 73F degrees. No rain in past week!
10/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M partly cloudy, temp 74F degrees.
10/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Mostly cloudy, look as if we might have more rain. Calm winds, Temp 69F degrees.
10/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Mostly cloudy, no breeze. Temp 67F degrees. Got some rain around 1PM for about 1/2hr. Nothing after that.
10/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear overhead, light clouds around us. Light breeze from East. Cool, temp 66F degrees. No rain for 11 days.
10/18/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M A trace of rain just before 7AM. Brigth rainbow afterward. More rain clouds moving in. Light breeze. Nice out side. Temp 69F.degrees
10/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy, cool, temp 67F degrees
10/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy, light wind from West. You can feel rain in the air. Cool, temp 64F degrees.
10/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Cloudy, heavy dark clouds in east, clearing in south. Temp 59F degrees
10/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Calm, cloudy, dark clouds in south, appears to be clearing in the north, cool, temp 57F degrees.
10/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Clear skies, cool, temp 52F degrees.
10/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear skies, calm winds, cool, temp 51F degrees. No rain for 9 days.
11/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No breeze, clear skies, cool. Temp 52F degrees. No rain since Oct 21.
11/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M clear skies overhead, few thin clouds in north. calm breeze. cool, temp 42F degrees. No rain since Oct 21.
11/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear skies, no breeze, cool. Temp 48F degrees. No rain.
11/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy, You can smell rain in the air. Maybe if we are lucky..... No rain since Oct 21 then only 0.1 inches. Light breeze from South. Temp 56F degrees.
11/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M We had some rain yesterday. Not much, only .05 inches. Frist in a month. Clear skies this morning, no breeze, temp 48F degrees.
11/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear skies, cold, Temp 33F degrees. No rain since Nov 21, then only .o5 inches.
11/29/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M About 8AM yesterday it rain for 1 minute, enough to wet the patio and then it moved on. clear skies and windy this morning. Cold 37F degrees.
12/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly clear skies, few high thin clouds, no wind, no rain.
12/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M clear skie, cool, no rain.
12/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Looks like rain! Thick clouds in North, Thicking clouds over head. Clouds forming in the South. Calm and warm. Temp 55F degrees.
12/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Ligth rain fall for most of yesterday, Started about 8am. Stop in late afternoon. High thin clouds this morning. Calm, damp, and cool. Temp 44F degrees.
12/18/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M The streets and sidewalks were wet and you could feel a few drops of rain this morning, but the rain gage is dry. I guess you could say we a had a trace of rain this morning. Sky is cloudy but showing signs of clearing. No breeze, temp 54F degrees.
12/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M cloudy, damp, 54F degrees.
12/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.67 M M M M Partly cloudy, cold and damp, temp 44F degrees.
12/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy, you can feel the rain in the air. Calm, temp 48F degrees.
12/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.72 M M M M Strong winds from west. Sky clearing. Temp 42F degrees.
12/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy, no breeze, heavy frost, temp 28F degrees. Yesterday heavy winds, few minutes of SNOW.
1/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy, calm, temp 46F degrees.
1/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy, light wind from west, temp 47F degrees.
2/1/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Few clouds, calm, temp 39F degrees. Short rain fall about 7:30 yesterday morning.
2/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear skies, no wind, very cold. Temp 25F degrees.
2/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear skies overhead, clouds forming in east. Winds calm, temp 50F degrees
2/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy, calm, temp 50F degrees.
2/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy (feels like rain), winds calm, warm, temp 58F degrees.
2/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.65 M M M M We are having a very light rain this morning. It started off & on yesterday, then came down hard around 9:30PM. Had some heavy winds yerterday afternoon,also. Now the sky is clear in the East, cloudy overhead. Also cloudy in South, West,& North. Winds calm, temp 47F degrees.
2/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Mostly cloudy, winds calm, temp 36F degrees.
2/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy skies (feels like rain), calm winds, temp 48F degrees.
2/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.23 M M M M Clear overhead, mostly clear in south with few thin clouds, heavy dark clouds in east/north/east, cloudy in north. Heavy winds early yesterday PM with light rain starting about 9:30PM, heavy rain about 2AM for short period. Now winds light from south/east. Temp 41F degrees.
3/21/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Has been raining off & on for the last hour or more. Cloudy, dark clouds in west & west/south. Strong wind from the west. Temp: 61 degrees F.
3/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.28 M M M M We have had rain, First in over than a month, 0.28 inches. Clear over head, cloudy in West & North. Bright sun rise. Calm winds, heavy dew. Temp. 47F degrees.
4/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No rain in past 24hrs. Sky is clear overhead, wind calm, temp 68F degrees.
4/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Looks as if we might have rain coming. Dark grey clouds overhead, light breeze from the south, temp 67F degrees.
4/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M We had rain. And it looks like we might get some more. Sky is very dark with clouds that look like they are full of water. Ground wet, no breeze, cold, temp 46F.
4/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.24 M M M M Clear skies overhead, no wind, cold. Temp 40F degrees
5/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Heavy winds, partly cloudy with some dark clouds yesterday. A drop of rain here and there, amounting to not even a trace. This morning, skies clear, no wind, temp 56F degress.
6/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Dry! Dry! No Rain in sight. Clear skies, calm, temp 86F degrees. Another HOT day dawning.
6/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Still no rain. Some clouds moving in. No breeze. Looks like another HOT day. Expectig 114F degrees.
7/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clouds moving out, 5/6 miles/hr winds from the west. Dark clouds in far west. Temp 88F degrees. Very dry. No rain for weeks
7/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M After heavy winds & lots of lighting, the few drops of rain we got around 9PM wasn't enough to wet the sidewalk. This morning 87F degrees, light winds from south, hazy skies.
7/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No rain again. Rain to the east, south & north but not overhead. Temp 79F degrees, light wind from east, light clouds overhead.
7/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M We got rain. Frist good rain since April. Lighting & thunder moved in around 10PM and the Rain started fall around 10:30PM. Rained for about 15 minutes for a total of .13 inches. This morning light wind from North, blue sky with small cotton clouds. Temp 83F degrees, vey humid.
7/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M High winds and dust in early eveing. Rain began to fall at 7:36PN and last about 15 min for a total of .13 inches. This morning sky is mostly clear, no wind, temp 87F degrees.
7/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Mostly cloudy, no wind, temp 80F degrees. Very light rain during night.
7/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.26 M M M M Started to rain about 8:30PM with heavy winds and lots of lighting. Stoppe about 9:30 with a total of .22 inches of rain. Some time during the nigh we got an additional .04 inches for a total of .26 of rain. This morning it is mosty cloudy, no wind, humid, temp 86F degrees.
8/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M Rain began about 6:45PM and lasted about 40 min. along with very strong winds and lots of lighting. This AM sky is clear, n breeze,temp 84F degrees.
8/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M Rain ths early morning with some thunder starting about 4:00AM. At 7:00AM still few drops. Cloudy, wind from west, temp 81F degrees.
8/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 6:30AM we had a rainbow in the NW, but no rain here. At 7am sky is mostly cloudy, calm winds, temp 90F degrees.
9/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy overhead, dark clouds in North. Wind from the East. Temp 88F degrees.
9/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Had a hug display of lighting last night, but only .11 of rain that ended about 9PM. Not near the amount needed. This morning sky is clear, winds calm, temp. 74F degrees.
9/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M High winds & lighting resulted in 0.13 inches of rain about 6PM yesteday. This morning mostly cloudy, calm winds, temp 71F degrees.



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes



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