Station Overview Station Location
Station Number NC-FR-4 Latitude 36.154362
Station Name Lewisville 4.2 N Longitude -80.405506
County Forsyth Elevation (ft) 884



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 3.36 5.51 31 5.51 31 0.00 0 0 6 3 0.0 0 0
Nov 10 3.18 1.13 30 1.13 30 0.00 0 0 8 0 0.0 0 0
Dec 10 3.35 2.68 31 2.68 31 0.00 0 0 6 2 8.7 2 9
Jan 11 3.43 1.34 31 1.34 31 0.00 0 0 9 2 1.6 1 5
Feb 11 3.22 1.68 28 1.68 28 0.00 0 0 4 4 0.0 0 0
March 11 4.23 5.21 31 5.21 31 0.00 0 0 12 1 0.7 2 0
April 11 3.74 3.57 30 3.57 30 0.00 0 0 11 1 0.0 0 0
May 11 3.68 4.24 31 4.24 31 0.00 0 0 15 0 0.0 0 0
June 11 4.06 3.85 30 3.85 30 0.00 0 0 9 1 0.0 0 0
July 11 4.58 3.08 31 2.31 23 0.77 8 1 7 1 0.0 0 0
Aug 11 3.75 2.93 31 2.93 31 0.00 0 0 5 7 0.0 0 0
Sept 11 4.13 6.54 30 6.54 30 0.00 0 0 12 2 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 44.71" 41.76" 365 days 40.99" 357 0.77" 8 days 1 104 days 24 days 11.0" 5 days 14 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 0.00
10/6/2010 0.00
10/7/2010 0.00
10/8/2010 0.00
10/9/2010 0.00
10/10/2010 0.00
10/11/2010 0.00
10/12/2010 0.00
10/13/2010 0.03
10/14/2010 0.45
10/15/2010 T
10/16/2010 0.00
10/17/2010 0.00
10/18/2010 0.00
10/19/2010 0.00
10/20/2010 T
10/21/2010 0.35
10/22/2010 0.00
10/23/2010 0.00
10/24/2010 0.00
10/25/2010 T
10/26/2010 0.38
10/27/2010 3.04
10/28/2010 1.26
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 0.00
11/4/2010 0.32
11/5/2010 0.15
11/6/2010 0.00
11/7/2010 0.00
11/8/2010 0.00
11/9/2010 0.00
11/10/2010 0.00
11/11/2010 0.00
11/12/2010 0.00
11/13/2010 0.00
11/14/2010 0.00
11/15/2010 0.00
11/16/2010 0.24
11/17/2010 0.13
11/18/2010 0.00
11/19/2010 0.00
11/20/2010 0.00
11/21/2010 0.00
11/22/2010 0.00
11/23/2010 0.00
11/24/2010 0.06
11/25/2010 0.00
11/26/2010 0.06
11/27/2010 0.04
11/28/2010 0.00
11/29/2010 0.00
11/30/2010 0.13
12/1/2010 1.44
12/2/2010 0.00
12/3/2010 0.00
12/4/2010 0.00
12/5/2010 0.24
12/6/2010 0.00
12/7/2010 0.00
12/8/2010 0.00
12/9/2010 0.00
12/10/2010 0.00
12/11/2010 0.00
12/12/2010 0.11
12/13/2010 0.14
12/14/2010 0.00
12/15/2010 0.00
12/16/2010 0.08
12/17/2010 T
12/18/2010 0.00
12/19/2010 0.00
12/20/2010 0.00
12/21/2010 0.00
12/22/2010 0.00
12/23/2010 0.00
12/24/2010 0.00
12/25/2010 0.00
12/26/2010 0.67
12/27/2010 T
12/28/2010 0.00
12/29/2010 0.00
12/30/2010 0.00
12/31/2010 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2011 T
1/2/2011 0.28
1/3/2011 0.03
1/4/2011 0.00
1/5/2011 0.00
1/6/2011 0.04
1/7/2011 0.00
1/8/2011 0.01
1/9/2011 0.00
1/10/2011 0.00
1/11/2011 0.27
1/12/2011 T
1/13/2011 0.00
1/14/2011 0.00
1/15/2011 0.00
1/16/2011 0.00
1/17/2011 0.00
1/18/2011 0.09
1/19/2011 0.03
1/20/2011 0.00
1/21/2011 0.00
1/22/2011 0.00
1/23/2011 0.00
1/24/2011 0.00
1/25/2011 0.00
1/26/2011 0.14
1/27/2011 0.45
1/28/2011 0.00
1/29/2011 0.00
1/30/2011 0.00
1/31/2011 0.00
2/1/2011 T
2/2/2011 0.34
2/3/2011 0.00
2/4/2011 T
2/5/2011 0.49
2/6/2011 0.00
2/7/2011 0.00
2/8/2011 0.00
2/9/2011 0.00
2/10/2011 T
2/11/2011 0.00
2/12/2011 0.00
2/13/2011 0.00
2/14/2011 0.00
2/15/2011 0.00
2/16/2011 0.00
2/17/2011 0.00
2/18/2011 0.00
2/19/2011 0.00
2/20/2011 0.00
2/21/2011 0.00
2/22/2011 0.00
2/23/2011 0.00
2/24/2011 0.00
2/25/2011 0.83
2/26/2011 0.02
2/27/2011 0.00
2/28/2011 T
3/1/2011 0.79
3/2/2011 0.00
3/3/2011 0.00
3/4/2011 0.00
3/5/2011 0.00
3/6/2011 0.48
3/7/2011 0.79
3/8/2011 0.00
3/9/2011 0.00
3/10/2011 0.60
3/11/2011 0.39
3/12/2011 0.00
3/13/2011 0.00
3/14/2011 0.00
3/15/2011 0.00
3/16/2011 0.25
3/17/2011 0.00
3/18/2011 0.00
3/19/2011 0.00
3/20/2011 0.00
3/21/2011 0.00
3/22/2011 0.00
3/23/2011 0.00
3/24/2011 0.87
3/25/2011 0.00
3/26/2011 T
3/27/2011 0.36
3/28/2011 0.08
3/29/2011 0.04
3/30/2011 0.14
3/31/2011 0.42
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2011 T
4/2/2011 0.03
4/3/2011 0.00
4/4/2011 0.00
4/5/2011 0.56
4/6/2011 0.00
4/7/2011 0.00
4/8/2011 0.00
4/9/2011 0.12
4/10/2011 0.47
4/11/2011 0.00
4/12/2011 0.07
4/13/2011 0.07
4/14/2011 0.00
4/15/2011 0.00
4/16/2011 0.91
4/17/2011 0.53
4/18/2011 0.00
4/19/2011 0.00
4/20/2011 0.00
4/21/2011 0.00
4/22/2011 0.00
4/23/2011 0.32
4/24/2011 0.00
4/25/2011 0.00
4/26/2011 0.00
4/27/2011 0.12
4/28/2011 0.37
4/29/2011 0.00
4/30/2011 0.00
5/1/2011 0.00
5/2/2011 0.00
5/3/2011 0.00
5/4/2011 0.96
5/5/2011 0.00
5/6/2011 0.00
5/7/2011 0.00
5/8/2011 0.04
5/9/2011 0.00
5/10/2011 0.00
5/11/2011 0.25
5/12/2011 0.01
5/13/2011 0.07
5/14/2011 0.58
5/15/2011 0.38
5/16/2011 0.15
5/17/2011 0.21
5/18/2011 0.71
5/19/2011 0.00
5/20/2011 0.00
5/21/2011 0.00
5/22/2011 0.00
5/23/2011 0.18
5/24/2011 0.02
5/25/2011 0.19
5/26/2011 0.00
5/27/2011 0.18
5/28/2011 0.31
5/29/2011 0.00
5/30/2011 0.00
5/31/2011 0.00
6/1/2011 0.00
6/2/2011 0.00
6/3/2011 0.00
6/4/2011 0.00
6/5/2011 0.00
6/6/2011 0.00
6/7/2011 0.00
6/8/2011 0.08
6/9/2011 0.00
6/10/2011 0.00
6/11/2011 0.04
6/12/2011 0.14
6/13/2011 0.11
6/14/2011 0.00
6/15/2011 0.00
6/16/2011 0.00
6/17/2011 0.00
6/18/2011 0.00
6/19/2011 0.50
6/20/2011 0.00
6/21/2011 0.00
6/22/2011 0.09
6/23/2011 0.00
6/24/2011 0.06
6/25/2011 0.00
6/26/2011 0.00
6/27/2011 T
6/28/2011 2.17
6/29/2011 0.66
6/30/2011 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2011 0.00
7/2/2011 0.00
7/3/2011 0.00
7/4/2011 0.00
7/5/2011 1.59
7/6/2011 0.00
7/7/2011 **
7/8/2011 **
7/9/2011 **
7/10/2011 **
7/11/2011 **
7/12/2011 **
7/13/2011 **
7/14/2011 0.77
7/15/2011 0.00
7/16/2011 0.03
7/17/2011 0.03
7/18/2011 0.00
7/19/2011 0.00
7/20/2011 T
7/21/2011 0.00
7/22/2011 0.00
7/23/2011 0.00
7/24/2011 0.17
7/25/2011 0.06
7/26/2011 0.11
7/27/2011 0.00
7/28/2011 0.00
7/29/2011 0.00
7/30/2011 0.00
7/31/2011 0.32
8/1/2011 1.09
8/2/2011 0.00
8/3/2011 0.00
8/4/2011 0.00
8/5/2011 0.00
8/6/2011 0.16
8/7/2011 T
8/8/2011 0.00
8/9/2011 0.00
8/10/2011 0.00
8/11/2011 T
8/12/2011 T
8/13/2011 0.00
8/14/2011 0.61
8/15/2011 1.01
8/16/2011 0.00
8/17/2011 0.00
8/18/2011 0.00
8/19/2011 T
8/20/2011 T
8/21/2011 0.00
8/22/2011 T
8/23/2011 0.00
8/24/2011 0.00
8/25/2011 0.00
8/26/2011 0.06
8/27/2011 0.00
8/28/2011 0.00
8/29/2011 0.00
8/30/2011 T
8/31/2011 0.00
9/1/2011 0.00
9/2/2011 0.72
9/3/2011 0.17
9/4/2011 0.00
9/5/2011 0.09
9/6/2011 1.04
9/7/2011 1.17
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 T
9/18/2011 0.03
9/19/2011 0.00
9/20/2011 0.00
9/21/2011 0.06
9/22/2011 0.92
9/23/2011 0.52
9/24/2011 1.17
9/25/2011 0.15
9/26/2011 T
9/27/2011 0.50
9/28/2011 0.00
9/29/2011 0.00
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 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/4/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/5/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/6/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/7/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/8/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/9/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/10/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/11/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/12/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/13/2010 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
10/14/2010 9:00 AM 0.45 M M M M Not rounded off. Thunderstorm sometime between midnight and dawn last night, somewhat unusual for October.
10/15/2010 9:00 AM T M M M M
10/16/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/17/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/18/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/19/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/20/2010 7:30 AM T M M M M
10/21/2010 8:00 AM 0.35 M M M M
10/22/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/23/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/25/2010 9:00 AM T M M M M
10/26/2010 9:00 AM 0.38 M M M M 0.21 fell as showers yesterday (Oct 25th) morning, the rest overnight last night. Currently 64 degrees, drizzling and humid.
10/27/2010 7:30 AM 3.04 M M M M At least one thunderstorm last night, around 1:30 a.m. and based on the impressive rain total I may have slept through others.
10/28/2010 8:00 AM 1.26 M M M M
10/29/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/30/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/31/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/2/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/3/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.32 M M M M
11/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M As of 7:45 this morning, slightly misty with a pretty thorough frost on rooftops and exposed lawns, and residual water from yesterday's rain frozen on cars, trash bins and mailboxes.
11/6/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/7/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Min temp last night 29 degrees, currently 30. Abundant frost on rooftop, lawn, fences.
11/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/10/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/11/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/12/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/13/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/14/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/15/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/16/2010 7:30 AM 0.24 M M M M
11/17/2010 9:00 AM 0.13 M M M M Thunderstorms with gusty winds in the area last evening (from about 9-11 pm) but this site was only sideswiped by one.
11/18/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/20/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/21/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/22/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/23/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/24/2010 9:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
11/25/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/26/2010 8:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
11/27/2010 9:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
11/28/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/29/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/30/2010 8:00 AM 0.13 M M M M Chilly light rain, no wind.
12/1/2010 8:00 AM 1.44 M M M M
12/2/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/3/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/4/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/5/2010 7:30 AM 0.24 2.1 0.24 1.6 0.20 Measurable snow in the first week of December: not something that happens every year in NC, outside of the mountains!
12/6/2010 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 M 27F with a cold NW breeze. The 0.5" total snow on ground that I'm reporting is an approximation based on about 60% of the ground being covered by about 1" of snow, the rest bare. This site is mostly wooded so there's more snow left on the ground here than in most of western Forsyth Co.
12/7/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 M About 40% of the ground is snow-covered, to a depth of about an inch, I think averaging out to something closer to 0.5" than 0, but it's pretty close. Last night's low 18F, currently 19.
12/8/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Still patches of snow on the ground but average closer to 0 than 0.5".
12/9/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Still thin patches of snow on the ground, mostly in wooded areas, covering about 1/4 of the total area at this site. Another cold morning - current temp 16F, but fortunately no wind.
12/10/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
12/11/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Still thin scattered scattered patches of snow, now a week old.
12/12/2010 8:00 AM 0.11 M M 0.0 M Moderate rain, 36F.
12/13/2010 9:00 AM 0.14 T M T M
12/14/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Current temp 9F. I haven't kept records the whole 13 years I've lived here but I think this is the coldest temperature I've seen here.
12/16/2010 9:00 AM 0.08 T M T M As of 5 a.m. this morning, we had a trace of snow. There were periods of sleet and freezing rain between then and 8 a.m., since then a lull. There is between 0.1 and 0.2" of freezing rain with embedded sleet on horizontal surfaces. Temp 30F so I imagine untreated roads are bad; going out now to check.
12/17/2010 9:00 AM T M M M M
12/18/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/19/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/20/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/21/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/22/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/23/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/24/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/25/2010 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/26/2010 9:00 AM 0.67 6.6 0.67 6.0 0.67 A few flakes still sifting down, temperature 29. Wind dead calm.
12/27/2010 9:00 AM T T T 5.0 0.52 The T refers to very light snow flurries that fell off and on yesterday. Very little snowpack has melted, I think the loss of an inch or so from yesterday morning is nearly all settling and sublimation. Congrats to those in NC's snowbelt (the eastern piedmont and coastal plains) for their foot or so of snow!
12/28/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 0.51
12/29/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 0.48
12/30/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M
12/31/2010 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M
1/1/2011 9:00 AM T M M T M Since about 8 a.m., fairly dense fog, and occasional drizzle. Patches of snow 0.5-1" deep cover about a third of the ground.
1/2/2011 9:00 AM 0.28 M M 0.0 M This is the most precip that has fallen as rain here since Dec 1st. Currently 53F; last night's low in the low 50's was also warmer than any daytime high in weeks. The last traces of the Christmas-day snow are finally gone.
1/3/2011 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
1/4/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/5/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/6/2011 7:30 AM 0.04 M M M M As far as I'm aware the precip all fell as rain. Sky clear, temp 32 and there are icy patches on decks and concrete driveway.
1/7/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/8/2011 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
1/9/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear, cold (16F) and calm this morning.
1/10/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/11/2011 9:00 AM 0.27 1.6 M 1.0 M Just a trace of glazing on surfaces without snow cover that would show it, so all but a trace of precipitation here fell as solid. Current temp 28F.
1/12/2011 8:00 AM T M M 1.0 M The T is for some freezing drizzle yesterday afternoon.
1/13/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M
1/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 M
1/15/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 M
1/16/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
1/17/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
1/18/2011 9:00 AM 0.09 M M T M Currently drizzling. Temp has risen to 34 but icy patches remain on wooden and concrete decks.
1/19/2011 8:00 AM 0.03 M M 0.0 M
1/20/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/22/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/23/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/25/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/26/2011 8:00 AM 0.14 M M M M
1/27/2011 9:00 AM 0.45 M M M M From roughly 1:45 - 2:15 yesterday afternoon, rain turned to wet snow, briefly heavy enough to whiten lawns and parked cars. But precip soon stopped altogether and the trace of snow was gone before 3 pm.
1/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/29/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/1/2011 8:00 AM T M M M M
2/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.34 M M M M wedge hanging tough here: 42F, foggy and calm.
2/3/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/4/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M currently light rain and 35 degrees.
2/5/2011 9:00 AM 0.49 M M M M
2/6/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/8/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another chilly morning, currently 23 degrees.
2/10/2011 8:00 AM T T T T T A pretty dusting of snow overnight.
2/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/12/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/13/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/14/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/15/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/17/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M first chorus frogs of the year calling last night.
2/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/19/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/20/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/22/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Record or near-record high of 74 yesterday.
2/23/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/24/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.83 M M M M a very welcome soaking - this is the first day in 2011 that I've measured more than half an inch of rain.
2/26/2011 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
2/27/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/28/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Yesterday's high near 77F, bringing American toads out of hibernation and calling in the evening, along with spring peepers and chorus frogs. Kind of early for the toads. Camelia, magnolia and daffodils blooming now.
3/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.79 M M M M A second precious soaking in 4 days, especially nice because although there was a risk of strong winds and a couple of tornado warnings were issued in the western NC piedmont (one in the county to the north, a second a county to the southwest), here there were no damaging winds (the magnolia bush still has all its flowers, the daffodils are all standing) - just some lightning and thunder and a steady moderate to heavy rain for about 3 hours late afternoon through early evening.
3/2/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/3/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/5/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/6/2011 8:00 AM 0.48 M M M M Moderate rain over the last couple of hours.
3/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.79 M M M M
3/8/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/9/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/10/2011 8:00 AM 0.60 M M M M 0.60" not rounded off.
3/11/2011 8:00 AM 0.39 M M M M
3/12/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/13/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.25 M M M M
3/17/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/18/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/19/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/20/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/22/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/24/2011 8:00 AM 0.87 M M M M the first good thunderstorm outbreak of the spring here yesterday evening. between about 6:30 pm and midnight, several rounds of thunderstorms, with multiple severe warnings in the area. the strongest one that hit this site, between 10:30 and 11:10 pm, had some strong winds that flipped the roof off a homemade shed (not the sturdiest of roofs, I should admit).
3/25/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/26/2011 9:00 AM T M M M M
3/27/2011 9:00 AM 0.36 M M M M
3/28/2011 8:00 AM 0.08 0.1 0.02 T M precipitation began as a mix of rain and sleet before dawn this morning, became all rain when precipitation rates dropped, then switched to wet snow around 7:45. currently moderate snow and 35 degrees. Roofs and wooden decking are mostly white, and a dusting of snow is visible on lawns.
3/29/2011 8:00 AM 0.04 0.6 M 0.0 M wet snow yesterday morning briefly accumulated a little, but melted as soon as snowfall rates slowed. still, an odd sight in late March for this area.
3/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M
3/31/2011 8:00 AM 0.42 M M M M
4/1/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
4/2/2011 9:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
4/3/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/5/2011 8:00 AM 0.56 M M M M I was awoken around 2 a.m. this morning by a thunderstorm of dog-frightening intensity. No damage on the property but about a mile away on Skylark Ave a tree is resting across power lines (looks too small to pull them down).
4/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/7/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/9/2011 9:00 AM 0.12 M M M M awoken around 2 this morning by a brief but lively thunderstorm that was more hail than rain, the hail pea to grape-sized (hail report submitted). the hail only knocked a few leaves off vegetation, not damaging. the storm was courtesy of a front that has wavered back and forth across the area over the past 30 hours or so, currently near/just south of here again based on the damp, cool air and sporadic very light northeast wind.
4/10/2011 8:00 AM 0.47 M M M M
4/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/12/2011 8:00 AM 0.07 M M M M
4/13/2011 8:00 AM 0.07 M M M M
4/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/16/2011 9:00 AM 0.91 M M M M
4/17/2011 9:00 AM 0.53 M M M M
4/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/21/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/22/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/23/2011 9:00 AM 0.32 M M M M
4/24/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/25/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/26/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M
4/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.37 M M M M almost none of this rain came from the organized convection expected overnight, which seems never to have made it past a county or two to the west (where flood warnings have been posted). instead it occurred in small isolated cells yesterday afternoon which prompted a series of tornado warnings themselves. nothing severe at this site, just a few brief and welcome downpours.
4/29/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/1/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/2/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/3/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/4/2011 9:00 AM 0.96 M M M M
5/5/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/6/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/7/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/8/2011 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
5/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/10/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/11/2011 9:00 AM 0.25 M M M M
5/12/2011 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M currently drizzling, at a measurable rate
5/13/2011 8:00 AM 0.07 M M M M this 0.07" came as persistent drizzle throughout yesterday morning, and a little earlier this morning.
5/14/2011 9:00 AM 0.58 M M M M
5/15/2011 9:00 AM 0.38 M M M M
5/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M
5/17/2011 8:00 AM 0.21 M M M M
5/18/2011 8:00 AM 0.71 M M M M This makes 8 consecutive days with measurable rain here. Amounts over that time have not been excessive (2.36" total) but everything is wonderfully green and fresh. Looks drier and warmer over the rest of this week.
5/19/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/20/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/21/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/22/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/23/2011 8:00 AM 0.18 M M M M
5/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
5/25/2011 8:30 AM 0.19 M M M M
5/26/2011 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/27/2011 6:45 AM 0.18 M M M M
5/28/2011 8:30 AM 0.31 M M M M
5/29/2011 8:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/30/2011 8:50 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/31/2011 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/1/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/2/2011 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/3/2011 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/4/2011 8:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/5/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/6/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/7/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/8/2011 8:00 AM 0.08 M M M M
6/9/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Yesterday afternoon clusters of strong thunderstorms blew up to the north, then the northwest, and then after some weak outflow from those storms moved through, another cluster just to the south flared up, hung almost motionless for an hour or so, then dissipated...tantalizing, because it's been hot and dry enough that the "abnormally dry" category on the US drought monitor is encroaching quickly on this site, after being a little wetter than average from March through May.
6/11/2011 9:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Yesterday afternoon almost identical to the day before: blazing sun till mid-afternoon, then clusters of intense thunderstorms all around until early evening, first a few miles to the east, then just to the north, west, and southwest - flash flood warnings were posted for part of this county and most of the county to the northwest due to the storms being almost stationary. This time one storm edged just close enough before expiring to dribble 0.04" here after drenching the eastern half of the county to the west for the better part of an hour. 0.12" of rain so far this month, around a tenth of average, with what looks to be a cooler but dry pattern to start next week.
6/12/2011 8:00 AM 0.14 M M M M For the third straight day, yesterday afternoon featured numerous heavy thunderstorms on all sides. Although once again all the heavy-rainer cells missed this site, this time a few came close enough to leave us 0.14", better than nothing. For much of the western piedmont though, a welcome soaking.
6/13/2011 8:00 AM 0.11 M M M M
6/14/2011 8:45 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/15/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/17/2011 7:40 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/18/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.50 M M M M
6/20/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/22/2011 8:00 AM 0.09 M M M M a brief surprise shower around midnight...a good deal more rain would be very welcome.
6/23/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M hoping for a change in the pattern soon...0.96" so far this month, an average June has about 3.6" of rain here.
6/24/2011 8:30 AM 0.06 M M M M
6/25/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/26/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/27/2011 9:00 AM T M M M M
6/28/2011 9:00 AM 2.17 M M M M Finally, a long loud heavy thunderstorm that drenched us instead of taunting us from a few miles away. No damaging wind, no hail, just a lot of rain and lightning, off and on from about 8 pm until 10 pm yesterday, then a few added heavy showers afterward.
6/29/2011 9:00 AM 0.66 M M M M my apologies for the late report. a lightning strike near my home fried my modem on Monday night, have to do this from work until it's replaced. another remarkable evening of thunderstorm activity last night. A large storm approached from the west while a cluster of very intense storms erratically built its way upwind towards us from the east and southeast. For awhile we were in a little donut hole of relative calm in the middle. The storm to the west got here first and abruptly weakened into a huge area of moderate rain, and it looked like its outflow blocked the more intense activity approaching from the east, shoving it back downwind. This cut way down on our rain total but since we got over 2 inches the night before, probably not a bad thing. After getting less than an inch over the first 26 days of June, the past 2 days have us within a few tenths of an inch of average.
6/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/1/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/2/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/3/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/4/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/5/2011 8:00 AM 1.59 M M M M
7/6/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/15/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/16/2011 9:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
7/17/2011 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
7/18/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/20/2011 9:00 AM T M M M M 2 heavy thunderstorms a few miles to the east yesterday afternoon, then a third just to the west.
7/21/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/22/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/23/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/24/2011 8:00 AM 0.17 M M M M
7/25/2011 9:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
7/26/2011 8:00 AM 0.11 M M M M
7/27/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/28/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/29/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/30/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.32 M M M M The first good night-time rain of the summer last night, some localized showers with the occasional flash of lightning starting around 10 pm.
8/1/2011 7:30 AM 1.09 M M M M The ideal thunderstorm yesterday afternoon: lots of lightning and thunder but no lightning strikes close enough to fry any appliances or electronics, very little wind, about half an hour of heavy rain. Now a beautiful calm misty morning and we're all set for another 5-6 days of hot sunny weather. Hope the eastern part of the state got the predicted heavy rain too, they really need it.
8/2/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/3/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/4/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/5/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/6/2011 9:00 AM 0.16 M M M M
8/7/2011 9:00 AM T M M M M
8/8/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/9/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/10/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/11/2011 8:00 AM T M M M M
8/12/2011 8:30 AM T M M M M
8/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A fairly heavy shower is starting just as I record this 0. The rain expected this weekend will be very welcome, it's been very dry since a good rain on the afternoon of July 31 (recorded on Aug 1).
8/14/2011 9:00 AM 0.61 M M M M It would have been good to have a CoCoRAHS observer in Yadkin county, the next county to the west of here. A large thunderstorm with very heavy rain meandered very slowly around the eastern half of that county for hours yesterday evening. This site was just downwind, never in the heavy rain but close enough to pick up about a third of an inch over the evening. The rest came overnight.
8/15/2011 8:00 AM 1.01 M M M M A second straight day of welcome soaking rain yesterday, this time from storms that were a bit unusual for August here. A typically warm moist summer airmass, but with atypical upper-level energy for summer, and an actual cold front, producing organized and vigorous storms more like May than August. By 5 pm, over an hour before it rained here, it already looked like something different from the typical short-lived heavy-rainer was coming together: in addition to the cells shooting up rapidly to the north and northwest and drifting southeastward, low-level clouds for miles around were all scooting along towards them, from southeast to northwest, which I took to be inflow into the growing storms, on a bigger scale than I’m used to seeing here. Multiple cells blew up in surrounding counties, some merging nearly overhead after about half an hour of ominous swirling and churning of dark clouds that led to a tornado warning for just north of here. Here we ended up with little wind and no hail, just heavy rain and lightning.
8/16/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/17/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/18/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/19/2011 8:00 AM T M M M M
8/20/2011 8:00 AM T M M M M
8/21/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/22/2011 8:00 AM T M M M M
8/23/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/24/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/25/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/26/2011 9:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
8/27/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy and humid with a pleasant breeze - the only effects of Irene this far west.
8/28/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/29/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/30/2011 8:00 AM T M M M M
8/31/2011 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/1/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.72 M M M M
9/3/2011 9:00 AM 0.17 M M M M
9/4/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/5/2011 8:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
9/6/2011 8:00 AM 1.04 M M M M
9/7/2011 8:00 AM 1.17 M M M M
9/8/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/9/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/10/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/11/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/13/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/14/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/15/2011 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/17/2011 9:00 AM T M M M M
9/18/2011 9:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
9/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/20/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/21/2011 8:30 AM 0.06 M M M M
9/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.92 M M M M
9/23/2011 8:00 AM 0.52 M M M M Alternating moderate and heavy rain over the past hour or so. Mild, for a rainy fall morning (69F), and no wind.
9/24/2011 9:00 AM 1.17 M M M M
9/25/2011 9:00 AM 0.15 M M M M
9/26/2011 8:00 AM T M M M M
9/27/2011 9:00 AM 0.50 M M M M Total not rounded off.
9/28/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/29/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/30/2011 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
7/7/2011 7/14/2011 10:30 PM 8 0.77 M M This 7-day period started with a couple of days for which showers and thunderstorms were predicted to be numerous, followed by a hot dry spell, so the rain probably fell within those first couple of days and might have evaporated a bit.



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
4/9/2011 1:40 AM 1/2" Grape 3/8" 1/4" Pea Size Hard|White Ice 10 2min minor leaf damage Continuous False Before rain Same time as smaller hail
7/4/2011 4:55 PM a trivial event, I can't imagine anything being damaged by this hail, but it seemed interesting given how warm and moist the atmosphere is. great storm! i don't have an official rainfall measurement yet (still raining, still some lightning) but it's over an inch. some strong gusts (all branches of a large mature red oak surrounded by smaller trees were in vigorous motion, if that's informative). the first 15 minutes or so of the storm featured frequent CG lightning (every 5-10 seconds). 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size Rice Clear Ice 3 1min no damage Intermittent True After rain After smaller hail