Station Overview Station Location
Station Number MN-HN-6 Latitude 44.9829
Station Name Long Lake 0.2 WSW Longitude -93.57358
County Hennepin Elevation (ft) 1005



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 2.49 2.05 31 2.05 31 0.00 0 0 5 3 0.0 0 0
Nov 10 1.69 1.39 24 1.39 24 0.00 0 0 6 3 13.9 6 14
Dec 10 1.07 2.38 28 2.38 26 0.00 2 1 9 5 25.1 11 27
Jan 11 0.78 0.89 30 0.89 30 0.00 0 0 16 4 14.7 19 31
Feb 11 0.69 1.20 28 1.20 28 0.00 0 0 9 2 17.4 9 27
March 11 1.61 2.09 31 2.09 31 0.00 0 0 10 2 11.2 6 27
April 11 2.83 3.14 30 3.14 30 0.00 0 0 15 3 2.8 3 3
May 11 3.64 4.67 31 4.67 31 0.00 0 0 19 3 0.0 0 0
June 11 4.44 3.17 27 3.17 27 0.00 0 0 11 0 0.0 0 0
July 11 4.32 4.81 31 4.81 31 0.00 0 0 17 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 11 4.33 2.66 31 2.66 31 0.00 0 0 10 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 11 3.46 0.38 29 0.38 27 0.00 2 1 9 2 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 31.35" 28.83" 351 days 28.83" 347 0.00" 4 days 2 136 days 27 days 85.1" 54 days 129 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 T
10/3/2010 0.00
10/4/2010 0.00
10/5/2010 0.00
10/6/2010 0.00
10/7/2010 0.00
10/8/2010 0.00
10/9/2010 0.00
10/10/2010 T
10/11/2010 0.00
10/12/2010 0.00
10/13/2010 0.00
10/14/2010 0.00
10/15/2010 0.00
10/16/2010 0.00
10/17/2010 0.00
10/18/2010 T
10/19/2010 0.00
10/20/2010 0.00
10/21/2010 0.00
10/22/2010 0.00
10/23/2010 0.00
10/24/2010 0.26
10/25/2010 0.03
10/26/2010 1.32
10/27/2010 0.36
10/28/2010 0.08
10/29/2010 0.00
10/30/2010 0.00
10/31/2010 0.00
11/1/2010 0.00
11/2/2010 0.00
11/3/2010 0.01
11/4/2010 0.00
11/5/2010 0.00
11/6/2010 0.00
11/7/2010 0.00
11/8/2010 0.00
11/9/2010
11/10/2010
11/11/2010 0.01
11/12/2010 0.00
11/13/2010 0.05
11/14/2010 0.58
11/15/2010 T
11/16/2010 0.00
11/17/2010 0.00
11/18/2010 0.00
11/19/2010
11/20/2010 0.00
11/21/2010 T
11/22/2010 M
11/23/2010 T
11/24/2010 0.00
11/25/2010 0.21
11/26/2010 0.00
11/27/2010
11/28/2010
11/29/2010 0.00
11/30/2010 0.53
12/1/2010 0.02
12/2/2010 0.00
12/3/2010 0.00
12/4/2010 0.38
12/5/2010 **
12/6/2010 M
12/7/2010 0.06
12/8/2010
12/9/2010 0.00
12/10/2010 T
12/11/2010 0.40
12/12/2010
12/13/2010 0.00
12/14/2010 0.00
12/15/2010 0.00
12/16/2010 0.02
12/17/2010 T
12/18/2010 0.00
12/19/2010 M
12/20/2010 0.00
12/21/2010 0.52
12/22/2010 T
12/23/2010 0.00
12/24/2010 0.39
12/25/2010 T
12/26/2010 0.00
12/27/2010 T
12/28/2010 0.00
12/29/2010 0.00
12/30/2010 0.03
12/31/2010 0.56
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2011 0.06
1/2/2011 0.02
1/3/2011 0.01
1/4/2011 M
1/5/2011 0.00
1/6/2011 0.04
1/7/2011 0.02
1/8/2011 0.02
1/9/2011 0.00
1/10/2011 T
1/11/2011 0.19
1/12/2011 0.03
1/13/2011 0.00
1/14/2011 0.07
1/15/2011 0.19
1/16/2011 0.01
1/17/2011 0.07
1/18/2011 T
1/19/2011 0.02
1/20/2011 0.00
1/21/2011 0.00
1/22/2011 0.01
1/23/2011 0.00
1/24/2011 0.00
1/25/2011 0.00
1/26/2011 T
1/27/2011 T
1/28/2011 0.00
1/29/2011 0.00
1/30/2011 0.01
1/31/2011 0.12
2/1/2011 0.20
2/2/2011 T
2/3/2011 0.00
2/4/2011 0.00
2/5/2011 0.00
2/6/2011 0.05
2/7/2011 0.04
2/8/2011 0.00
2/9/2011 0.00
2/10/2011 0.00
2/11/2011 0.00
2/12/2011 0.01
2/13/2011 0.00
2/14/2011 0.00
2/15/2011 0.00
2/16/2011 0.00
2/17/2011 T
2/18/2011 0.00
2/19/2011 0.00
2/20/2011 0.00
2/21/2011 0.61
2/22/2011 0.18
2/23/2011 0.00
2/24/2011 0.00
2/25/2011 0.01
2/26/2011 0.02
2/27/2011 0.08
2/28/2011 0.00
3/1/2011 0.00
3/2/2011 0.00
3/3/2011 0.00
3/4/2011 0.00
3/5/2011 0.00
3/6/2011 0.00
3/7/2011 0.17
3/8/2011 T
3/9/2011 0.04
3/10/2011 T
3/11/2011 0.00
3/12/2011 0.05
3/13/2011 0.02
3/14/2011 0.00
3/15/2011 0.00
3/16/2011 0.02
3/17/2011 0.00
3/18/2011 0.00
3/19/2011 0.00
3/20/2011 0.14
3/21/2011 0.01
3/22/2011 0.48
3/23/2011 1.04
3/24/2011 0.12
3/25/2011 0.00
3/26/2011 0.00
3/27/2011 0.00
3/28/2011 0.00
3/29/2011 0.00
3/30/2011 0.00
3/31/2011 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2011 0.20
4/2/2011 T
4/3/2011 T
4/4/2011 0.05
4/5/2011 0.00
4/6/2011 0.00
4/7/2011 0.00
4/8/2011 0.00
4/9/2011 0.00
4/10/2011 0.24
4/11/2011 0.01
4/12/2011 0.00
4/13/2011 0.00
4/14/2011 0.00
4/15/2011 0.00
4/16/2011 0.14
4/17/2011 T
4/18/2011 0.00
4/19/2011 0.00
4/20/2011 0.10
4/21/2011 0.09
4/22/2011 0.09
4/23/2011 0.15
4/24/2011 0.01
4/25/2011 0.00
4/26/2011 0.54
4/27/2011 0.96
4/28/2011 0.05
4/29/2011 0.03
4/30/2011 0.48
5/1/2011 0.32
5/2/2011 0.01
5/3/2011 0.01
5/4/2011 0.00
5/5/2011 0.26
5/6/2011 0.01
5/7/2011 0.00
5/8/2011 0.00
5/9/2011 0.45
5/10/2011 0.18
5/11/2011 0.03
5/12/2011 0.02
5/13/2011 0.51
5/14/2011 T
5/15/2011 0.08
5/16/2011 0.00
5/17/2011 0.00
5/18/2011 0.00
5/19/2011 0.00
5/20/2011 0.00
5/21/2011 0.64
5/22/2011 0.58
5/23/2011 0.43
5/24/2011 T
5/25/2011 0.02
5/26/2011 T
5/27/2011 0.00
5/28/2011 0.40
5/29/2011 0.01
5/30/2011 0.53
5/31/2011 0.18
6/1/2011 0.02
6/2/2011 0.00
6/3/2011 0.00
6/4/2011 0.10
6/5/2011 0.00
6/6/2011
6/7/2011 0.00
6/8/2011 0.00
6/9/2011 0.00
6/10/2011 0.07
6/11/2011
6/12/2011 0.00
6/13/2011 0.00
6/14/2011 0.00
6/15/2011 1.01
6/16/2011 0.32
6/17/2011 0.00
6/18/2011 0.09
6/19/2011 0.11
6/20/2011 0.00
6/21/2011 0.65
6/22/2011 0.45
6/23/2011 0.33
6/24/2011 0.00
6/25/2011 0.00
6/26/2011 0.02
6/27/2011
6/28/2011 0.00
6/29/2011 0.00
6/30/2011 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2011 0.00
7/2/2011 0.20
7/3/2011 0.01
7/4/2011 0.00
7/5/2011 0.06
7/6/2011 0.10
7/7/2011 0.02
7/8/2011 0.00
7/9/2011 0.01
7/10/2011 0.05
7/11/2011 0.44
7/12/2011 0.00
7/13/2011 0.00
7/14/2011 0.05
7/15/2011 0.35
7/16/2011 2.90
7/17/2011 0.01
7/18/2011 0.02
7/19/2011 0.00
7/20/2011 0.00
7/21/2011 0.00
7/22/2011 0.00
7/23/2011 0.00
7/24/2011 0.31
7/25/2011 0.00
7/26/2011 0.00
7/27/2011 0.23
7/28/2011 0.01
7/29/2011 0.00
7/30/2011 0.00
7/31/2011 0.04
8/1/2011 0.00
8/2/2011 0.88
8/3/2011 0.02
8/4/2011 0.00
8/5/2011 0.00
8/6/2011 0.00
8/7/2011 0.01
8/8/2011 0.00
8/9/2011 0.00
8/10/2011 0.00
8/11/2011 0.00
8/12/2011 0.00
8/13/2011 0.12
8/14/2011 0.01
8/15/2011 0.00
8/16/2011 0.00
8/17/2011 1.19
8/18/2011 0.01
8/19/2011 0.00
8/20/2011 0.03
8/21/2011 0.00
8/22/2011 0.00
8/23/2011 0.35
8/24/2011 0.00
8/25/2011 0.00
8/26/2011 0.00
8/27/2011 0.00
8/28/2011 0.00
8/29/2011 0.00
8/30/2011 0.00
8/31/2011 0.04
9/1/2011 0.04
9/2/2011 T
9/3/2011 0.04
9/4/2011 0.02
9/5/2011 0.00
9/6/2011 0.00
9/7/2011 0.00
9/8/2011 0.00
9/9/2011 0.00
9/10/2011 0.00
9/11/2011 0.00
9/12/2011 0.00
9/13/2011 0.00
9/14/2011 0.00
9/15/2011 0.00
9/16/2011 0.00
9/17/2011 0.00
9/18/2011 0.02
9/19/2011 0.08
9/20/2011 0.06
9/21/2011 0.09
9/22/2011 0.02
9/23/2011
9/24/2011 0.00
9/25/2011 0.00
9/26/2011 T
9/27/2011 0.00
9/28/2011 0.01
9/29/2011 **
9/30/2011 0.00



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
10/2/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M might be dew, but we had a front roll thru yesterday
10/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M still no rain, no clouds
10/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/9/2010 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/10/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M
10/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M no rain for three weeks and this eerie clear blue california sky. Not natural for Minnesota.
10/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/18/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M
10/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.26 M M M M FINALLY! trace in afternoon, all precip from midnight to 7am
10/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
10/26/2010 7:00 AM 1.32 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.36 T T T T Whippin' wind!
10/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.08 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 hard to tell if its snow or frost on the ground
10/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain gage is covered in frost
10/30/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
10/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
11/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
11/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.05 2.9 M 2.9 M .03" rain, then 3" snow. Still snowing at 7am
11/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.58 7.5 0.88 7.5 0.88 rain, trending to snow and back again; funnel blocked most snow, had a clump of snow sitting in .1 water; many, many tree branches down due to heavy, wet dense snow
11/15/2010 6:50 AM T 0.0 0.00 6.5 M A few flurries yesterday and wind blown snow, but nothing new on the snowboard. The wet snowpack collapsed and shrunk as it refroze.
11/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.0 M flurries just beginning
11/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.5 M
11/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.0 M
11/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 2.5 M hard thick crust on snow
11/21/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 2.5 M Freezing mist overnight left a slick accumulation. At some point there was precip, not just condensation.
11/22/2010 7:00 AM M 0.2 M 2.0 M glaze on snowboard, showing 1/16" ice with 3/16" of fresh snow on top. Wx phasing btwn misty drizzle, frz-rain and snow all day Sunday
11/23/2010 7:00 AM T 0.2 T 2.0 0.04
11/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 2.0 M
11/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.21 2.1 0.21 4.0 M
11/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M
11/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 3.0 M many bare patches; SW slopes on golf course completely snow-free
11/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.53 1.0 0.14 3.5 M rain all day, phasing to snow overnight
12/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 0.2 0.02 4.0 M
12/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 3.5 M
12/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 3.5 M
12/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.38 7.1 0.38 10.0 M
12/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.06 0.7 0.06 7.5 1.13
12/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 7.0 M
12/10/2010 7:00 AM T T T 7.5 M
12/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.40 6.1 0.40 12.0 M very windy. 6" is average, with wide spread. Still coming down strong with much more expected today
12/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 14.0 2.19
12/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 12.0 M
12/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 13.5 M
12/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 0.3 0.02 12.5 M
12/17/2010 7:00 AM T 0.2 T 12.5 2.23
12/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 12.0 M
12/19/2010 7:00 AM M M M 12.0 M
12/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 12.0 M
12/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.52 5.3 0.52 17.0 2.73 snow: 7am-6pm, frz rain thereafter. crisp 1/8" shell on everything.
12/22/2010 7:00 AM T 0.2 T 17.0 M
12/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 16.0 M
12/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.39 4.8 0.39 19.5 M still coming down strong at 7am
12/25/2010 7:00 AM T 0.1 T 19.0 M Merry Xmas .1" in gage and on board, could be blown snow
12/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 18.0 M
12/27/2010 7:00 AM T 0.1 T 17.0 3.36
12/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 16.0 M
12/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 17.0 M
12/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 15.5 3.37 drizzled all night, rain picked up at 6:16am. No snow yet
12/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.56 0.0 0.00 13.0 3.35 Snow Profile: very hard crust 3/8", had to cut with spatula, next 4" clumped and dense, remaining 9" unconsolidated powder, no separate layer above grass; all precip from rain, no snow yet
1/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.06 0.4 0.06 14.0 M very windy, only .4 on board, wintry mix of rain, snow sleet, graupel, ice pellets.
1/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.5 M 14.0 M
1/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.4 0.01 14.0 M
1/4/2011 7:00 AM M 0.9 M 15.0 M
1/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 14.5 M
1/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 0.4 0.04 15.0 M
1/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.2 0.02 14.0 M
1/8/2011 10:00 AM 0.02 0.2 0.02 14.0 M
1/9/2011 10:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 14.0 M
1/10/2011 7:00 AM T 0.1 T 14.0 3.64 Snow profile: 1.0" powder on top; 0.75 Icy crust; 5.0" medium crystal, unconsolidated; 6.0" large crystal, clumped; 1.25" hard Icy crust on grass.
1/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.19 2.0 0.19 17.5 M Yesterday's core revealed a 1.25" ice slab at ground. Simply stabbing snowpack with a ruler will miss this. (edit: melted core value for total snow and ice was the same as the melted core value for just 2 new inches of snow. changed to NA. P.G.)
1/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 0.3 0.03 16.0 M Two distinct ice lenses in snow pack. 1/2" at 3" from top and 1.75" at ground surface
1/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 17.0 M
1/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.07 1.7 0.07 18.5 M
1/15/2011 2:00 PM 0.19 2.8 0.19 18.5 4.07 seems like a high SWE, but the ice lens sat at 16" above ground earlier this week; now its at 13" AGL. Everything beneath compressed.
1/16/2011 9:00 AM 0.01 0.3 0.01 19.0 M
1/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.07 0.8 0.07 19.0 4.22
1/18/2011 7:00 AM T T T 18.5 M
1/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.2 0.02 18.0 M
1/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 18.5 M Flurries just starting. If this is our January cold snap, it's a warm one. -15F is a high minimum compared to a week of -25F in previous years.
1/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 18.0 M
1/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 1.0 0.01 19.0 4.00 Careful SWE measurement was 4.00 exactly. Ice lens at 9", much less solid than last week. Crust 1.25" on ground thicker, but less solid.
1/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 18.5 M
1/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 18.5 M
1/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 18.0 M
1/26/2011 7:00 AM T T T 17.0 M
1/27/2011 7:00 AM T 0.1 T 15.0 3.16 15" at new location in yard; still have 18" at usual site; verifying density
1/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 18.0 M back to usual location. Snowpack is remarkably stable.
1/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 17.0 M Glacially hard driveway has metamorphosed into three inches of slush overnight
1/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.2 0.01 17.0 M
1/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.12 2.2 0.12 19.5 3.38 still snowing at 8am
2/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.20 2.4 0.20 19.0 M
2/2/2011 7:00 AM T T T 20.0 M
2/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 19.0 M
2/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 17.0 M
2/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 0.7 0.05 19.0 3.61 Took full core sample at different location in yard.
2/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 1.1 0.04 19.5 3.63 total SWE Monday
2/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 19.0 M
2/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 19.0 M deep and crisp and even
2/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 18.5 M set total snow on ground to missing. It was reported as zero. -MKM
2/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 18.0 4.41 Big melt off expected this weekend. It's too late to remove the ice dam, but fill a nylon stocking with rock salt and dangle it over the eaves. As long as the meltwater has an escape route, it won't penetrate the roof. Maybe.
2/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.2 0.01 17.5 M
2/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 17.5 M
2/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 16.0 3.57 ystdy cld walk on 18" snow. down to 16" by 6pm, this a.m. still 16", but snow will not support my weight. SWE 3.57 is average of 3.65 and 3.49.
2/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 13.5 3.60 different location, but depth measured at SWE site. depth varies from 12" to 17" on lawn.
2/16/2011 6:00 PM 0.00 0.0 0.00 10.5 3.28 Second obs today - large wet snow crystals - three inches lower depth than 7am, SWE is 3.28"
2/17/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 T 9.5 3.12 condensation from fog or slow drizzle? - either way, there was water in the gage and on top of the snowpack. Lost 1" depth, 0.3" SWE overnight since 7pm. Lost 4" depth since yesterday 7am.
2/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 9.0 3.11 Added meas: 2/17 6pm 9"depth 3.0SWE - Dense fog for much of the day. A 4" crust has permeated snow surface, strong enough to walk on. Had to cut it with knife, lest I fracture the rain gage. Below that, unconsolidated ice pellets, down to the ground. Previous 1-2" ground layer is gone. Note: this is a high value, but avg for my yard. Bare patches starting to show around trees, old footsteps, slopes, etc.
2/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 8.5 M Driving past Lake Minnetonka, the mansions' long sloping lawns are snowfree. Thursday's fog ate all the snow atop the ice. On my snowboard, in a fenced and shaded yard, eight-point-five inches of hard, hard snow remain. Bring breadknife with the spatula today, to spare the brittle gage. Tonight will bring more.
2/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 9.0 M no snow yet
2/21/2011 10:00 AM 0.61 8.6 0.61 16.5 4.28 snow core in three layers top- 1.18 SWE mid - 1.51 - fog infiltrated formed graupel base - 1.59 very hard, had to cut as I go ********************************** snowfall swe from gage capture- SF depth average, wide range from 6-12, drifting - Total depth and SWE from core at usual spot in back yard
2/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.18 3.2 0.18 20.0 4.28 snow core in three layers: top- 1.18 SWE; mid - 1.51 - fog infiltrated formed graupel concrete; base - 1.59 very hard, had to cut as I go; ********************************** snowfall swe from gage capture- SF depth average, wide range from 6-12, drifting - Total depth and SWE from core at usual spot in back yard
2/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 16.0 M
2/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 16.0 4.78 Three separate hard ice layers - we had fresh snow this week that covered everything - I think my core was through an old footpath that packed the snow.
2/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 15.5 M
2/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.2 0.02 15.0 4.76
2/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.08 0.9 0.08 16.0 M
2/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 15.0 M
3/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 14.5 4.80 Sampled from a spot that turned out to be mostly icy
3/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 13.0 M
3/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 13.0 4.25 Lower layers very crusty, icy.
3/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 12.5 M
3/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.17 2.8 0.17 15.5 4.15
3/8/2011 7:00 AM T T T 14.5 M T measures flurries after ystdy's ob. Middle ice layer so hard it required a spade to break through.
3/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 0.5 0.04 15.0 4.33 still lightly snowing at 8am
3/10/2011 7:00 AM T T T 13.5 M
3/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 13.0 M
3/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 0.7 0.05 13.5 M
3/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.2 0.02 13.0 4.15 Core taken from undisturbed sample.
3/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 12.0 4.13
3/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 13.0 3.84 backyard snowpack still solid, can walk on it
3/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 11.0 3.96 We had rain on snow yesterday, but my gage was still in the kitchen. estimated from nearby reports. snow went from 13"@7am ystdy to 11.5"@8pm to 11"@7am today. samples taken from side-by-side spots in yard. depth is higher than area, but rate of depth/swe decline is relatively representative.
3/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 9.0 3.41 last night, 9.5" depth, 3.49" swe; today, 9" depth, 3.41" swe
3/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.0 2.03 One inch gap at base of snowpack. Samples from last three days taken side-by-side. It went 13->11->10.5->9->6->5 in twelve hour increments.
3/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.5 1.33 Swe was 1.93 last night 8pm; must have gotten chilly, tree branches covered in rime.
3/20/2011 9:00 AM 0.14 0.0 0.00 1.0 0.39 many open patches, all slopes melted and yet unsold house next door still has three inches of solid undisturbed snow in back yard.
3/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 1.0 0.39 yard is half bare, remaining unpiled snow ranges from 3" to trace. Undisturbed snow next door only now opening, ranging from 5" to 2".
3/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.48 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 still some patches, but essentially gone
3/23/2011 7:00 AM 1.04 4.0 0.99 4.0 0.99 sloppy mix of daylong rain, phasing to sleet in evening and waking up to 3.5" snow on wet ground
3/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.12 3.0 0.12 6.5 1.25 the rest of tues-wed storm
3/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.0 0.89 lots of sunshine yesterday
3/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 3.5 1.21 Intense sunshine made for irregular melting. Old footsteps now look like breaking ocean waves.
3/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 3.0 1.04 intense sunshine and sub frz temps sublimed snow southward, leaving wave-like drifts. The effect looks stormtossed and windswept, like a frozen romance novel.
3/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.5 0.47 Great LANDSAT shot of Minnesota River flooding from Saturday. I'll post it at http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/special when I get to work.
3/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.5 0.52 very patch - remaining snow is hard and icy
3/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.5 0.18 yard is half melted out; other half ranging from 0-4".
3/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 yard is more than 2/3 snowfree. Might get some more tonight mixed in with rain.
4/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.20 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/2/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/3/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M snow flurries at 7am, but ground too wet to stay
4/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 had to use the heavy rake to break up and remove snow over side garden. Lilies were coming up, despite the frozen residue.
4/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/10/2011 8:00 AM 0.24 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 hard snow piled along driveway survived rain, heat, sun. lakes show open water at edges, large cracks forming.
4/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
4/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 down to one snow patch along driveway; smaller lakes open, Lake Minnetonka probably ice-out in two weeks.
4/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 High Altitude/High Resolution flood photo survey of the Red River of the North http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/redriver
4/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 an ominous glowering slate blue sky all day yesterday and not a drop in the gage.
4/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 whipping wind from the south, turned on the wipers on the way home, still no precip in gage
4/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.14 1.0 0.14 1.0 0.14
4/17/2011 7:00 AM T T T 0.0 0.00 might have been blowing snow
4/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 more snow in forecast for this week
4/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 might get some snow tonight.
4/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.10 1.0 0.08 1.0 0.08 snow still coming down strong; 0.10 from gauge, 0.08 from snowboard.
4/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.09 0.8 0.09 1.4 0.16 depths estimated- snow continued heavy for three hours after yesterday's obs, but gone by afternoon.
4/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.09 0.0 M 0.0 0.00
4/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.15 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M from sat morning 7-8am
4/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.54 M M M M
4/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.96 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 In addition to the half-inch rpt'd ystdy, same storm
4/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
4/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
4/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.48 M M M M
5/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.32 M M M M
5/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 T T 0.0 0.00 flurries on May Day
5/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 T 0.00 0.0 0.00 again with the snow flurries!
5/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.26 0.0 M 0.0 M
5/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
5/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.45 M M M M .24 in gage from yesterday; .21" from 6am-7am, still lightly raining, some T&L
5/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.18 0.0 M 0.0 M
5/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Big storm just missed us. I watched the thunderheads forming over Edina, like giant cauliflowers growing.
5/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
5/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.51 M M M M
5/14/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
5/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M
5/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Just started drizzling at 8am
5/21/2011 8:30 AM 0.64 M M M M thought it would be more. long, slow soaking rain, with furious cloudburst last night at six pm
5/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.58 M M M M
5/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.43 M M M M Tornado touchdown ten miles away in St Louis Park --- too darn close!
5/24/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
5/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
5/26/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
5/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.40 M M M M
5/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M
5/30/2011 6:00 AM 0.53 M M M M Asperatus clouds over Plymouth, MN yesterday (or as my daughter calls them, "asparagus clouds"). A new entry to the folk lexicon, joining cotton-ball, mare's tail and mackerel sky.
5/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.18 M M M M
6/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
6/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M
6/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M
6/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/15/2011 6:00 AM 1.01 M M M M 6pm .47; 8pm .55; 10pm .67; 6am 1.01; 7:30 1.13 ; still raining
6/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.32 M M M M
6/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
6/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M
6/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.65 M M M M twigs and leaves snapped off, trash cans knocked over, lid blown half-way up the driveway. something big blew thru and I slept right thru it.
6/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.45 M M M M
6/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.33 M M M M
6/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
6/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/2/2011 6:00 AM 0.20 M M M M saw a funnel forming
7/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
7/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
7/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M
7/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
7/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
7/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
7/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.44 M M M M lots of lightning around midnight -- lost power for several hours
7/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
7/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.35 M M M M Observation is late; went to Harry Potter midnight show
7/16/2011 7:00 AM 2.90 M M M M
7/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
7/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M This weekend was a rainstorm in reverse, as Friday's four inches rain made its way from the ground back to the clouds. Minnesota felt like Alabama for a day!
7/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.31 M M M M
7/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.23 M M M M
7/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M could be condensation -- it was beastly humid yesterday.
7/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
8/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.88 M M M M we got .76 for the big storm monday and an additional ,12 overnight.
8/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
8/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
8/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M
8/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
8/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/17/2011 5:00 AM 1.19 M M M M
8/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M maybe dew, maybe tail end of wed early am heavy rain
8/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M finally, a drop of rain
8/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.35 M M M M
8/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
9/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
9/2/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
9/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
9/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
9/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M a few sprinkles sunday
9/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M not a drop overnight -- drought expected to break tonight
9/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
9/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M
9/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
9/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M .015" leftover from yesterday am
9/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
9/24/2011 6:00 PM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/26/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
9/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M got a splash if rain shortly after 7am
9/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
12/5/2010 12/06/2010 7:00 AM 2 M 8.0 M
9/29/2011 9/30/2011 7:00 AM 2 0.00 0.0 0.00



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
1/1/0001 12:00 AM No hail, but very heavy just sw & nw of site. NA NA NA 0 no damage False 0