Station Overview Station Location
Station Number IL-CK-143 Latitude 42.09044
Station Name Inverness 1.7 S Longitude -88.09495
County Cook Elevation (ft) 846



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 11 3.05 1.74 31 1.74 29 0.00 2 1 8 5 0.0 0 0
Nov 11 2.93 3.26 30 3.26 30 0.00 0 0 8 2 0.0 0 0
Dec 11 2.19 2.80 31 2.31 29 0.49 2 1 14 0 2.0 5 4
Jan 12 1.71 1.67 31 1.63 28 0.04 3 1 9 5 11.3 5 14
Feb 12 1.68 1.65 29 1.65 29 0.00 0 0 9 1 9.4 5 9
March 12 2.24 2.03 31 2.03 31 0.00 0 0 10 3 1.3 2 3
April 12 3.45 2.82 30 2.82 30 0.00 0 0 10 3 0.0 0 0
May 12 4.20 1.61 30 1.61 30 0.00 0 0 8 4 0.0 0 0
June 12 4.03 2.66 30 2.66 30 0.00 0 0 3 4 0.0 0 0
July 12 3.72 2.31 31 2.31 31 0.00 0 0 7 6 0.0 0 0
Aug 12 4.70 2.51 31 2.51 31 0.00 0 0 8 3 0.0 0 0
Sept 12 3.43 1.37 31 1.21 26 0.16 5 1 8 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 37.33" 26.43" 366 days 25.74" 354 0.69" 12 days 4 102 days 36 days 24.0" 17 days 30 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
10/1/2011 T
10/2/2011 **
10/3/2011 T
10/4/2011 0.00
10/5/2011 0.00
10/6/2011 0.00
10/7/2011 0.00
10/8/2011 0.00
10/9/2011 0.00
10/10/2011 0.00
10/11/2011 0.00
10/12/2011 0.00
10/13/2011 0.19
10/14/2011 0.37
10/15/2011 0.00
10/16/2011 0.00
10/17/2011 0.16
10/18/2011 0.00
10/19/2011 T
10/20/2011 0.48
10/21/2011 0.02
10/22/2011 0.00
10/23/2011 0.00
10/24/2011 0.36
10/25/2011 0.00
10/26/2011 T
10/27/2011 T
10/28/2011 0.03
10/29/2011 T
10/30/2011 0.00
10/31/2011 0.13
11/1/2011 0.00
11/2/2011 0.00
11/3/2011 0.30
11/4/2011 0.00
11/5/2011 0.00
11/6/2011 0.00
11/7/2011 T
11/8/2011 0.38
11/9/2011 1.32
11/10/2011 0.13
11/11/2011 0.01
11/12/2011 0.00
11/13/2011 0.00
11/14/2011 0.00
11/15/2011 0.00
11/16/2011 0.00
11/17/2011 0.00
11/18/2011 0.00
11/19/2011 0.00
11/20/2011 T
11/21/2011 0.00
11/22/2011 0.00
11/23/2011 0.20
11/24/2011 0.00
11/25/2011 0.00
11/26/2011 0.00
11/27/2011 0.91
11/28/2011 0.01
11/29/2011 0.00
11/30/2011 0.00
12/1/2011 0.00
12/2/2011 0.06
12/3/2011 **
12/4/2011 0.49
12/5/2011 0.00
12/6/2011 0.10
12/7/2011 0.00
12/8/2011 0.00
12/9/2011 0.03
12/10/2011 0.00
12/11/2011 0.00
12/12/2011 0.00
12/13/2011 0.00
12/14/2011 0.62
12/15/2011 0.90
12/16/2011 0.00
12/17/2011 0.04
12/18/2011 0.03
12/19/2011 0.00
12/20/2011 0.00
12/21/2011 0.04
12/22/2011 0.01
12/23/2011 0.02
12/24/2011 0.00
12/25/2011 0.00
12/26/2011 0.00
12/27/2011 0.11
12/28/2011 0.00
12/29/2011 0.01
12/30/2011 0.09
12/31/2011 0.25
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2012 T
1/2/2012 0.03
1/3/2012 T
1/4/2012 0.00
1/5/2012 0.00
1/6/2012 0.00
1/7/2012 0.00
1/8/2012 0.00
1/9/2012 0.00
1/10/2012 0.00
1/11/2012 0.00
1/12/2012 0.00
1/13/2012 0.45
1/14/2012 0.01
1/15/2012 T
1/16/2012 0.00
1/17/2012 0.05
1/18/2012 0.08
1/19/2012 0.01
1/20/2012 0.00
1/21/2012 0.51
1/22/2012 T
1/23/2012 0.48
1/24/2012 T
1/25/2012 0.00
1/26/2012 0.00
1/27/2012 0.01
1/28/2012 **
1/29/2012 **
1/30/2012 0.04
1/31/2012 0.00
2/1/2012 0.00
2/2/2012 0.00
2/3/2012 0.00
2/4/2012 0.00
2/5/2012 0.00
2/6/2012 0.00
2/7/2012 0.00
2/8/2012 0.01
2/9/2012 0.00
2/10/2012 0.00
2/11/2012 0.14
2/12/2012 0.00
2/13/2012 0.00
2/14/2012 0.04
2/15/2012 0.00
2/16/2012 0.20
2/17/2012 0.00
2/18/2012 0.00
2/19/2012 0.00
2/20/2012 0.00
2/21/2012 0.06
2/22/2012 0.01
2/23/2012 T
2/24/2012 0.89
2/25/2012 0.05
2/26/2012 0.00
2/27/2012 0.00
2/28/2012 0.00
2/29/2012 0.25
3/1/2012 0.02
3/2/2012 0.00
3/3/2012 0.29
3/4/2012 T
3/5/2012 0.01
3/6/2012 0.00
3/7/2012 0.00
3/8/2012 0.31
3/9/2012 0.00
3/10/2012 0.00
3/11/2012 0.00
3/12/2012 0.34
3/13/2012 T
3/14/2012 0.00
3/15/2012 0.00
3/16/2012 0.00
3/17/2012 0.00
3/18/2012 0.00
3/19/2012 0.00
3/20/2012 0.02
3/21/2012 0.00
3/22/2012 0.00
3/23/2012 0.09
3/24/2012 0.61
3/25/2012 0.00
3/26/2012 T
3/27/2012 0.00
3/28/2012 0.00
3/29/2012 0.00
3/30/2012 0.02
3/31/2012 0.32
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2012 0.04
4/2/2012 0.00
4/3/2012 0.00
4/4/2012 0.00
4/5/2012 0.00
4/6/2012 0.00
4/7/2012 0.00
4/8/2012 T
4/9/2012 0.01
4/10/2012 0.00
4/11/2012 0.00
4/12/2012 0.00
4/13/2012 0.00
4/14/2012 0.00
4/15/2012 1.58
4/16/2012 0.39
4/17/2012 T
4/18/2012 0.00
4/19/2012 0.02
4/20/2012 0.09
4/21/2012 T
4/22/2012 0.00
4/23/2012 0.00
4/24/2012 0.00
4/25/2012 0.00
4/26/2012 0.11
4/27/2012 0.00
4/28/2012 0.20
4/29/2012 0.06
4/30/2012 0.32
5/1/2012
5/2/2012 0.08
5/3/2012 0.00
5/4/2012 0.29
5/5/2012 T
5/6/2012 0.00
5/7/2012 0.84
5/8/2012 0.14
5/9/2012 0.00
5/10/2012 0.08
5/11/2012 0.00
5/12/2012 T
5/13/2012 0.00
5/14/2012 0.00
5/15/2012 0.00
5/16/2012 0.08
5/17/2012 0.00
5/18/2012 0.00
5/19/2012 0.00
5/20/2012 0.00
5/21/2012 T
5/22/2012 0.00
5/23/2012 0.00
5/24/2012 0.00
5/25/2012 0.00
5/26/2012 T
5/27/2012 0.06
5/28/2012 0.00
5/29/2012 0.00
5/30/2012 0.00
5/31/2012 0.04
6/1/2012 1.45
6/2/2012 T
6/3/2012 0.00
6/4/2012 T
6/5/2012 0.00
6/6/2012 0.00
6/7/2012 0.00
6/8/2012 0.00
6/9/2012 0.00
6/10/2012 0.00
6/11/2012 0.00
6/12/2012 0.00
6/13/2012 0.00
6/14/2012 0.00
6/15/2012 0.00
6/16/2012 0.00
6/17/2012 0.88
6/18/2012 0.00
6/19/2012 0.00
6/20/2012 0.00
6/21/2012 0.00
6/22/2012 T
6/23/2012 0.00
6/24/2012 0.00
6/25/2012 T
6/26/2012 0.00
6/27/2012 0.00
6/28/2012 0.00
6/29/2012 0.00
6/30/2012 0.33
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2012 0.00
7/2/2012 0.00
7/3/2012 0.00
7/4/2012 0.00
7/5/2012 0.00
7/6/2012 0.00
7/7/2012 0.00
7/8/2012 0.00
7/9/2012 0.00
7/10/2012 T
7/11/2012 0.00
7/12/2012 0.00
7/13/2012 0.00
7/14/2012 0.74
7/15/2012 T
7/16/2012 0.00
7/17/2012 0.00
7/18/2012 0.00
7/19/2012 0.77
7/20/2012 0.03
7/21/2012 0.00
7/22/2012 0.00
7/23/2012 T
7/24/2012 0.09
7/25/2012 0.51
7/26/2012 0.08
7/27/2012 T
7/28/2012 T
7/29/2012 0.00
7/30/2012 T
7/31/2012 0.09
8/1/2012 0.00
8/2/2012 0.00
8/3/2012 0.00
8/4/2012 0.00
8/5/2012 0.33
8/6/2012 0.00
8/7/2012 0.00
8/8/2012 0.00
8/9/2012 T
8/10/2012 0.50
8/11/2012 0.00
8/12/2012 0.00
8/13/2012 0.02
8/14/2012 0.21
8/15/2012 T
8/16/2012 T
8/17/2012 0.21
8/18/2012 0.00
8/19/2012 0.00
8/20/2012 0.00
8/21/2012 0.51
8/22/2012 0.00
8/23/2012 0.00
8/24/2012 0.11
8/25/2012 0.00
8/26/2012 0.00
8/27/2012 0.62
8/28/2012 0.00
8/29/2012 0.00
8/30/2012 0.00
8/31/2012 0.00
9/1/2012 0.00
9/2/2012 0.06
9/3/2012 0.00
9/4/2012 0.04
9/5/2012 0.33
9/6/2012 0.01
9/7/2012 0.00
9/8/2012 0.08
9/9/2012 0.35
9/10/2012 0.00
9/11/2012 0.00
9/12/2012 0.00
9/13/2012 0.00 **
9/14/2012 **
9/15/2012 **
9/16/2012 **
9/17/2012 0.16
9/18/2012 0.25
9/19/2012 0.00
9/20/2012 0.00
9/21/2012 0.00
9/22/2012 0.09
9/23/2012 0.00
9/24/2012 0.00
9/25/2012 0.00
9/26/2012 0.00
9/27/2012 0.00
9/28/2012 0.00
9/29/2012 0.00
9/30/2012 0.00



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2011 6:00 AM T M M M M
10/4/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/5/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/6/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/7/2011 5:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/8/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/9/2011 3:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/10/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/11/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/12/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/13/2011 6:00 AM 0.19 M M M M
10/14/2011 6:00 AM 0.37 M M M M
10/15/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/16/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/17/2011 6:00 AM 0.16 M M M M
10/18/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/19/2011 6:00 AM T M M M M
10/20/2011 6:00 AM 0.48 M M M M
10/21/2011 5:30 AM 0.02 M M M M Clear skies, so a 5:30 AM reading will be the same as 6:00 AM.
10/22/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/23/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/24/2011 6:00 AM 0.36 M M M M
10/25/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/26/2011 6:00 AM T M M M M Rain fell ~ 12 Noon for a short time.
10/27/2011 6:00 AM T M M M M The funnel was coated with small droplets, a few of which had fallen into the tube. This was not simply fog, but actually very tiny raindrops at 6:00 AM.
10/28/2011 6:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
10/29/2011 6:00 AM T M M M M
10/30/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/31/2011 6:00 AM 0.13 M M M M
11/1/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/2/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/3/2011 6:00 AM 0.30 M M M M
11/4/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/5/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/6/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/7/2011 6:00 AM T M M M M
11/8/2011 6:00 AM 0.38 M M M M
11/9/2011 6:00 AM 1.32 M M M M
11/10/2011 6:00 AM 0.13 M M M M All but a trace fell before noon yesterday.
11/11/2011 6:00 AM 0.01 T M M M The precipitation fell as snow and almost immediately melted!
11/12/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/13/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/14/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/15/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/16/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/17/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/18/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/19/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/20/2011 6:00 AM T M M M M
11/21/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/22/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/23/2011 6:00 AM 0.20 M M M M
11/24/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/25/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/26/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/27/2011 6:00 AM 0.91 M M M M
11/28/2011 6:00 AM 0.01 T 0.00 0.0 0.00 A trace of snow fell and immediately melted. I wouldn't have noticed it if I hadn't been driving and watching the melting snowflakes on the windshield.
11/29/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/30/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/1/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/2/2011 6:00 AM 0.06 0.7 0.05 0.5 0.05
12/5/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/6/2011 6:00 AM 0.10 0.2 0.03 T T Precipitation on my snowboard was a base of frozen rain covered with fluffy snow. Getting the sample of snow off the frozen surface was problematic and the uncertainty in the melted value is +- 0.01.
12/7/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/8/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/9/2011 6:00 AM 0.03 0.4 0.03 0.5 0.03
12/10/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Even the snow on my snow board had melted and refrozen. The snow remaining was all in shady areas of the lawn.
12/11/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M
12/12/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Some snow still remains on the north side of the house.
12/13/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
12/14/2011 6:00 AM 0.62 M M M M
12/15/2011 6:00 AM 0.90 M M M M Rainfall by 12:00 noon yesterday was 0.50 inch with an additional 0.40 inch last night. Including yesterday's report, the storm total was 1.52 inches.
12/16/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/17/2011 6:00 AM 0.04 0.5 0.04 0.5 0.04
12/18/2011 6:00 AM 0.03 0.2 0.03 0.5 M
12/19/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
12/20/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
12/21/2011 6:00 AM 0.04 T 0.00 0.0 0.00 Large flakes of snow preceded the light rain event. They melted immediately.
12/22/2011 6:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rainfall stopped early on the morning of the 21st.
12/23/2011 6:00 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
12/24/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Winter is upon us and frost is commonly occurring at night. Now that I am measuring my precipitation by weighing, I know accurately that the frost collected on the gauge tube was the equivalent of 0.02 inches of precipitation. However, the majority of that was frost on the outside of the tube and only a small amount of frost formed inside the tube near the top. SO how can I conclude that everything collected was frost? Because there was zero precipitation collected on the inside bottom of the tube.
12/25/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
12/26/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
12/27/2011 6:00 AM 0.11 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
12/28/2011 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
12/29/2011 6:00 AM 0.01 T T T T This is a corrected report. In the dark at 6:00 AM, I had missed the existence of sleet on the ground. It is just widely spaced drops of graupel, but frozen material did fall last night.
12/30/2011 6:00 AM 0.09 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
12/31/2011 6:00 AM 0.25 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
1/1/2012 6:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain is just starting. The rain that has fallen in the past half hour is just blowing off the tops of the approaching storm.
1/2/2012 6:00 AM 0.03 T T T T
1/3/2012 6:00 AM T T T T T
1/4/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T T
1/5/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T T
1/6/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
1/7/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
1/8/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
1/9/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
1/10/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
1/11/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
1/12/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
1/13/2012 6:00 AM 0.45 4.8 M 5.0 M The catch by 6:00 PM on the 12th was 0.27 inches of liquid precipitation. The snow catch in the tube, protected from wind-driven drifting and compaction, indicated the fresh snowfall was probably 1.5 inches greater than the morning measurement.
1/14/2012 6:00 AM 0.01 0.3 0.01 4.0 M Incredibly light and fluffy snow! Just a note for those weighing snow, rather than pouring melted precipitation into the inner tube. The plastic significantly dessicates in the dry winter air and loses more than a gram dry weight (approaching 0.01 inches water). It is important to remeasure the outer tube periodically. I have even considered keeping my second gauge outdoors, where the relative humidity is higher, to reduce the magnitude of the effect.
1/15/2012 6:00 AM T T T 4.0 M
1/16/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 3.5 M
1/17/2012 6:00 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.5 M
1/18/2012 6:00 AM 0.08 0.4 M 0.5 M
1/19/2012 6:00 AM 0.01 0.1 M 0.5 M
1/20/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 M
1/21/2012 6:00 AM 0.51 5.7 0.51 6.0 M The depth of snow in the tube was 6.4 inches, indicating a small amount of compaction from horizontal impact in yesterday's gentle winds. Interesting!
1/22/2012 6:00 AM T T T 6.0 M
1/23/2012 6:00 AM 0.48 0.0 0.00 2.0 M The snow collapsed from the overnight rain and temperature in the 40s. The degree of collapse left from 2.4 inches of wet snow in cool areas to about 0.6 inches of translucent slush on the warmer driveway. That 0.60 inch value is my best guess for a melted value.
1/24/2012 6:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.5 M
1/25/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.5 M Snow cover is shrinking, averaging slightly more than 0.25 inches today. However, stored precipitation in the form of frozen ponds contains an equal amount. Our unusual weather suggests we need a different measure for our hydrologists.
1/26/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.5 M
1/27/2012 6:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 T M
1/31/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T 0.00
2/1/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Very minor snow left in shadowed areas.
2/2/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
2/3/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 M
2/4/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
2/5/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Heavy frost last night.
2/6/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
2/7/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
2/8/2012 6:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.01 T M Snow measured right after the storm ranged from trace on warm ground to 0.2" on cold (shaded) ground. Afternoon temperatures melted the snow almost everywhere except in shadows.
2/9/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
2/10/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
2/11/2012 6:00 AM 0.14 1.4 0.14 1.5 0.14 The snow was light and fluffy, but overlaying a crusty layer of ice. Snow depth in the rain gauge (where no melting and refreezing occurred) was closer to a 4.0 inch average.
2/12/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.0 M
2/13/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M
2/14/2012 6:00 AM 0.04 0.4 0.04 0.5 M
2/15/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M
2/16/2012 6:00 AM 0.20 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
2/17/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
2/18/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
2/19/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
2/20/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
2/21/2012 6:00 AM 0.06 0.3 0.06 0.3 0.06 Quite a bit of precipitation melted immediately on impact, cooling the ground before the snow could begin to accumulate.
2/22/2012 6:00 AM 0.01 T T T T Today's snowfall was just a trace with the remainder of precipitation from yesterday's snow changing to rain event.
2/23/2012 6:00 AM T T T T T Heavy frost this morning. Widely scattered, tiny balls of snow-like precipitation.
2/24/2012 6:00 AM 0.89 6.4 0.89 6.4 0.89
2/25/2012 6:00 AM 0.05 0.9 0.05 4.6 M Snow continued well after yesterday's reading with warming temperatures causing significant compaction and drying.
2/26/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.0 M
2/27/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.5 0.52
2/28/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.0 M Snow melt has been quite uneven, with flat areas (including my snow board) at about 1.5 inch thick, southern exposures nearly clean, and the few shaded areas still nearly 2.0 inches.
2/29/2012 6:00 AM 0.25 0.0 0.00 T M Snow cover was about 50% by area, with maximum snow depth approaching 0.75 inch in the few shaded areas. The average is close to, but less than 0.25 inch.
3/1/2012 6:00 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/2/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/3/2012 6:00 AM 0.29 1.1 0.29 1.0 0.29
3/4/2012 6:00 AM T T T 0.5 M
3/5/2012 6:00 AM 0.01 0.2 0.01 0.5 0.09 The total snow cover was only 0.2 inches, but underneath that was a layer of frozen slush.
3/6/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Snow cover was down to just extremely shady areas ~ 5% of my yard.
3/7/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/8/2012 6:00 AM 0.31 M M M M
3/9/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/10/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/11/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/12/2012 6:00 AM 0.34 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/13/2012 6:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/14/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/15/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/16/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/17/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/18/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/19/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/20/2012 6:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
3/21/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/22/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/23/2012 6:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
3/24/2012 6:00 AM 0.61 M M M M
3/25/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M There were droplets on the funnel that had not penetrated into the rain gauge tube. This looks like there was a fog event last night.
3/26/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M My rain gauge tube only held a few drops of rain. But Spring is here and the gauge also held two mating spiders! I had no idea if they'd ever escape so I shook them out to go on their way peacefully.
3/27/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/28/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/29/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/30/2012 6:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
3/31/2012 6:00 AM 0.32 M M M M
4/1/2012 6:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
4/2/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/3/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/4/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/5/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/6/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/7/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/8/2012 6:00 AM T 0.0 M M M The rain was so light that I wouldn't have noticed it in the rain gauge. However, it did spatter the sidewalk.
4/9/2012 6:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M
4/10/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/11/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/12/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/13/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/14/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/15/2012 6:00 AM 1.58 0.0 M M M
4/16/2012 6:00 AM 0.39 M M M M
4/17/2012 6:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 M
4/18/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/19/2012 6:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/20/2012 6:00 AM 0.09 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/21/2012 6:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M The rain was so light that I would have missed it except it wet my windshield while driving during the afternoon.
4/22/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/23/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/24/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/25/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/26/2012 6:00 AM 0.11 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/27/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/28/2012 6:15 AM 0.20 M M M M
4/29/2012 6:00 AM 0.06 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/30/2012 6:00 AM 0.32 0.0 M 0.0 M
5/2/2012 6:00 AM 0.08 0.0 M 0.0 M
5/3/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
5/4/2012 6:00 AM 0.29 M M M M
5/5/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M Heavy fog, with droplets noticed at 4 AM. At 6 AM, the newspaper covered dry pavement so the "precipitation" could have been just fog droplets.
5/6/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/7/2012 6:00 AM 0.84 M M M M A check after church at 1:15 PM CDT showed that 0.56 inches had fallen by then.
5/8/2012 6:00 AM 0.14 M M M M
5/9/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/10/2012 6:00 AM 0.08 M M M M
5/11/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/12/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M
5/13/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/14/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/15/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/16/2012 6:00 AM 0.08 M M M M
5/17/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/18/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/19/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/20/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/21/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M Only enough drops to dampen the sidewalk twice. However, the strong winds blew several insects into the rain gauge.
5/22/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/23/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/24/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/25/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/26/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M
5/27/2012 6:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
5/28/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/29/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/30/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/31/2012 6:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
6/1/2012 6:00 AM 1.45 M M M M
6/2/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M Sprinkles yesterday were so light that I wouldn't have noticed them. First, I was walking my dog and felt the drops. Later, I cleared droplets with my car's wiper blades.
6/3/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/4/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M The traces of rain were only visible on the funnel and cool flat areas. It must have stopped quite a bit earlier.
6/5/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/6/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/7/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/8/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/9/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/10/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/11/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/12/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/13/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/14/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/15/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/16/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/17/2012 6:00 AM 0.88 M M M M
6/18/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M My transpiration gauge is up and running with a baseline of 0.3 inches. Daily reports will follow.
6/19/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/20/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/21/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/22/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M
6/23/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/24/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/25/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M I wouldn't have noticed the trace of rain if I wasn't driving to the grocery. It lasted 3 minutes and dried off in another 5 minutes.
6/26/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/27/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/28/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/29/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/30/2012 6:00 AM 0.33 M M M M The first rain, ~10:46 to 11:45 AM was 0.19; during the afternoon, another 0.06; and the remainder overnight.
7/1/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/2/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/3/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/4/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/5/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/6/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/7/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/8/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/9/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/10/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M Only a trace from a passing cloud in the afternoon. If I weren't out walking my dog, I would have missed it.
7/11/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/12/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/13/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/14/2012 6:00 AM 0.74 M M M M
7/15/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M
7/16/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/17/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/18/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/19/2012 6:00 AM 0.77 M M M M The initial wave of storms ended about 9:45 PM with a storm total of 0.46.
7/20/2012 6:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
7/21/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/22/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/23/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M The trace of rain was insufficient to completely wet the pavement.
7/24/2012 6:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
7/25/2012 6:00 AM 0.51 M M M M
7/26/2012 6:00 AM 0.08 M M M M
7/27/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M
7/28/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M
7/29/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/30/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M
7/31/2012 6:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
8/1/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/2/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/3/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/4/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/5/2012 6:00 AM 0.33 M M M M
8/6/2012 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/7/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/8/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/9/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M
8/10/2012 6:00 AM 0.50 M M M M
8/11/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/12/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/13/2012 6:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
8/14/2012 6:00 AM 0.21 M M M M
8/15/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M I would not have noticed the rain, except that a few drops landed on my windshield while I was driving about 6:30 PM.
8/16/2012 6:00 AM T M M M M
8/17/2012 6:00 AM 0.21 M M M M
8/18/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/19/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/20/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/21/2012 6:00 AM 0.51 M M M M
8/22/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/23/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/24/2012 6:00 AM 0.11 M M M M
8/25/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/26/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/27/2012 6:00 AM 0.62 M M M M
8/28/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/29/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/30/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/31/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/1/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/2/2012 6:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
9/3/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/4/2012 6:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
9/5/2012 6:00 AM 0.33 M M M M
9/6/2012 6:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
9/7/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/8/2012 6:00 AM 0.08 M M M M A reading taken by my grandaughter at the correct time, but entered late because I was traveling.
9/9/2012 6:00 AM 0.35 M M M M
9/10/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/11/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/12/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/13/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/18/2012 6:00 AM 0.25 M M M M
9/19/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/20/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/21/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/22/2012 6:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
9/23/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/24/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/25/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/26/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/27/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/28/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/29/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/30/2012 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
10/2/2011 10/03/2011 6:00 AM 2 T 0.0 0.00
12/3/2011 12/04/2011 6:00 AM 2 0.49 0.0 0.00 No rain had fallen by 3:00 AM on the 3rd when I left. The daytime rainfall on the 3rd was 0.27 inches, although I have no knowledge of the timing. I managed to measure about 2:30 PM when the sky was clearing. The remaining 0.22 inches fell overnight between the 3rd and the 4th.
1/28/2012 1/30/2012 6:00 AM 3 0.04 0.5 M
9/13/2012 9/17/2012 6:00 AM 5 0.16 0.0 M



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