| Observation Date |
Observation Time |
Precipitation |
Snowfall |
Snowfall SWE |
Snow Depth |
Snow SWE |
Notes |
| 11/24/2012 |
7:45 AM |
M |
0.6 |
M |
0.5 |
M |
Snowing (very fine) extremely lightly; windy and mostly cloudy; same type of snowfall at 0218 before going to bed. |
| 11/25/2012 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.1 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Overcast, slightly windy and no precipitation; slight flurries throughout the day, with practically no accumulation until evening |
| 11/27/2012 |
11:59 PM |
M |
T |
M |
0.0 |
M |
A few stray flakes during the afternoon |
| 12/5/2012 |
11:59 PM |
M |
T |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Scattered snow showers, usually consisting of very small flakes |
| 12/11/2012 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Very light flurries at about 1015 until about 1045 |
| 12/12/2012 |
11:59 PM |
M |
T |
M |
0.0 |
M |
A trace of snow after midnight |
| 12/21/2012 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.5 |
M |
0.5 |
M |
Overcast; windy; slight flurry of very fine snow |
| 12/22/2012 |
11:59 PM |
M |
2.1 |
M |
3.5 |
M |
Overcast; slightly windy; moderate flurry of mostly fine snow |
| 12/23/2012 |
11:59 PM |
M |
T |
M |
M |
M |
A few, extremely light flurries throughout the day, with no accumulation |
| 12/24/2012 |
11:59 PM |
M |
1.3 |
M |
2.0 |
M |
Overcast; nearly calm; light flurry of mostly fine snow (1-2 mm) |
| 12/25/2012 |
9:59 AM |
M |
0.7 |
M |
M |
M |
Precautionary measurements due to forecast: Overcast; slightly windy; clear (and the snow I measured then did, indeed, melt later that morning); I did not measure accumulated snow on the ground then. |
| 12/31/2012 |
11:52 PM |
M |
M |
M |
9.5 |
M |
Overcast; slightly windy; clear
We have been away since the 26th and missed the nearly 20 inches of snow received in our location. Therefore, I cannot record the amount of snow on my three stations, but can record the Total Snow and Ice at each station. |
| 1/1/2013 |
11:51 PM |
M |
0.5 |
M |
9.0 |
M |
Mostly clear; nearly calm; no precipitation;; precautionary measurements were made from 1218-1220 due to possible melting, and the measurement of new snowfall is from those values |
| 1/2/2013 |
11:53 PM |
M |
3.0 |
M |
11.0 |
M |
Overcast; very slightly windy; very fine flurry;; lake effect snow much of the afternoon and all evening |
| 1/3/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.2 |
M |
9.0 |
M |
Overcast; windy; no precipitation // approximately 1/8" or less of snow from after midnight melted during the middle portion of the day and is not reported |
| 1/4/2013 |
11:54 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
7.5 |
M |
Overcast; very windy; no precipitation |
| 1/5/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
6.0 |
M |
Overcast; nearly calm; no precipitation |
| 1/6/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
T |
M |
4.0 |
M |
Overcast; slightly windy; very fine snow flurry // at least two brief periods earlier in the day with light flurries |
| 1/7/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
4.0 |
M |
Clear; windy; no precipitation |
| 1/8/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
4.0 |
M |
95% overcast (2-3 small openings showing Jupiter + Sirius); nearly calm; no precipitation |
| 1/9/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
2.0 |
M |
Overcast; very windy; no precipitation
|
| 1/10/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
1.5 |
M |
Overcast; windy; no precipitation |
| 1/11/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
0.5 |
M |
Mostly cloudy; slightly windy; no precipitation |
| 1/12/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
T |
M |
Less than 50% of the ground contains snow/ice. |
| 1/17/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
1.2 |
M |
1.0 |
M |
Overcast; slightly windy; very fine snow // trace amount overnight and during the morning |
| 1/18/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.5 |
M |
0.5 |
M |
Partly cloudy; windy; no precipitation // Due to melting during the day and based on my precautionary, but late, measurements at about 1245, I must guess that 0.5" of new snow accumulated after midnight. |
| 1/20/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
T |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Mostly cloudy; slightly windy; no precipitation |
| 1/21/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
0.5 |
M |
None |
| 1/22/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.6 |
M |
0.5 |
M |
Thin overcast (Moon, Jupiter and Sirius visible); slightly windy; very fine snow |
| 1/23/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
2.7 |
M |
2.5 |
M |
Overcast (Moon is brightly visible, though); slightly windy; very fine snow |
| 1/24/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
1.5 |
M |
3.0 |
M |
Overcast (thicker tonight + Moon not visible like last night); slightly windy; fine snow |
| 1/25/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.5 |
M |
3.0 |
M |
Clear; calm; no precipitation |
| 1/26/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.3 |
M |
3.0 |
M |
Mostly overcast; nearly calm; brief snow shower that started just before my measurements and ended during them |
| 1/27/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
2.5 |
M |
Overcast (faint Moon); slightly windy; no precipitation |
| 1/29/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
T |
M |
None (less than 50% snow cover) |
| 1/31/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
T |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Occasional, light flurries during the morning and evening |
| 2/1/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.8 |
M |
1.0 |
M |
Overcast; slightly windy; no precipitation |
| 2/2/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
0.5 |
M |
Mostly clear; calm; no precipitation |
| 2/3/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
0.5 |
M |
Overcast; windy; no precipitation |
| 2/4/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.1 |
M |
1.0 |
M |
Precautionary measurements at 1137 due to slight melting at each station; partly cloudy; windy; no precipitation // @ 2359: Overcast; calm; no precipitation |
| 2/5/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
1.1 |
M |
1.0 |
M |
Precautionary measurements taken at 0900 due to anticipated melting; almost clear; slightly windy; very fine, light flurry // Overcast; slightly windy; not quite a light flurry, but more than a stray flake |
| 2/6/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.1 |
M |
1.0 |
M |
Mostly cloudy; calm; no precipitation // Precautionary measurements @ 1018 due to anticipated melting: partly cloudy; windy; scattered flakes |
| 2/7/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.1 |
M |
1.0 |
M |
Overcast; windy; no precipitation // a very light flurry began at about 2100 and lasted about one hour |
| 2/8/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
7.7 |
M |
8.5 |
M |
Overcast; windy; snowing moderately // Each of my three stations has an irregularly frozen surface of thicknesses between 1/4" and 1/2" beneath the snow that I measured tonight. Therefore, I am reporting the difference (7.7") between last night's cover and tonight's. |
| 2/9/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
1.6 |
M |
9.0 |
M |
Clear; very slightly windy; no precipitation |
| 2/10/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
7.0 |
M |
Overcast; windy; no precipitation |
| 2/11/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
T |
M |
3.5 |
M |
Overcast; very windy; extremely fine, scattered flurry |
| 2/12/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
3.0 |
M |
Overcast; nearly calm; no precipitation |
| 2/13/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
2.5 |
M |
Mostly clear; calm; no precipitation |
| 2/14/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
2.0 |
M |
Overcast; slightly windy; fine rain |
| 2/15/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
T |
M |
1.5 |
M |
Mostly cloudy; calm; no precipitation // a few, stray flakes at about 8:15 pm |
| 2/16/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
T |
M |
1.5 |
M |
Overcast; nearly calm; light flurry of fine snow // there was also a trace amount of fine snow at about 0900 for about an hour |
| 2/17/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
3.1 |
M |
3.5 |
M |
Overcast; windy; no precipitation // intervals of sun between bands of lake effect snow resulted in some melting on my stations, plus there was a minor, but unknown, amount of additional snow at times during the day // my report of new snow is probably slightly low |
| 2/18/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
1.0 |
M |
3.0 |
M |
Overcast; windy; no precipitation // The snow that I received fell after midnight and was measured between 0947 and 0949 because of anticipated melting, which did occur; weather observations at that time were clear (a few, small clouds to the south); nearly calm; no precipitation |
| 2/19/2013 |
11:53 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
1.0 |
M |
Overcast; very windy; no precipitation |
| 2/20/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
T |
M |
1.5 |
M |
Overcast; slightly windy; light flurry |
| 2/21/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.8 |
M |
2.0 |
M |
Overcast (90% Moon peeking through); very slightly windy; no precipitation // Precautionary measurements of the snow that accumulated after midnight were made at 1134 - 1136; some melting did occur despite minor snow showers during the day |
| 2/22/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.3 |
M |
2.0 |
M |
Precautionary measurements made at 1639 - 1640 (overcast; windy; light flurry) // Ground measurements made at midnight (mostly clear [93% Moon]; slightly windy; no precipitation) |
| 2/23/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.3 |
M |
1.5 |
M |
Overcast; slightly windy; no precipitation // new snow was estimated visually from my house at station #2 and may be in error |
| 2/24/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
T |
M |
2.0 |
M |
Overcast; nearly calm; no precipitation // based on the increase in my ground measurement by 0.4" from 24 hours ago, I guess that I received more than a trace amount of new snow today, but I was skiing and away most of the day (unfortunately, I cannot report it) |
| 2/25/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
2.0 |
M |
Mostly clear (Full Moon); calm; no precipitation |
| 2/26/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
1.5 |
M |
2.0 |
M |
Overcast; windy; slushy rain |
| 2/27/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.6 |
M |
3.0 |
M |
Overcast; slightly windy; light snow // Precautionary measurements @ 1232-1233: Overcast; slightly windy; very light, wet snow (I measured a layer of slush at each station) |
| 2/28/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
T |
M |
2.5 |
M |
Overcast; windy; no precipitation // scattered light rain/snow showers during the day without any accumulation |
| 3/1/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
1.2 |
M |
3.5 |
M |
Overcast; slightly windy; very fine snow // Measured snow in footprints made during last night's measurements due to melting during the day |
| 3/2/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.7 |
M |
4.0 |
M |
Overcast; nearly calm; no precipitation |
| 3/3/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
1.5 |
M |
5.0 |
M |
Overcast; slightly windy; very fine, light snow // Precautionary measurements taken at 1003 and 1004, showing 0.8" of new snow, all of which melted during the next three hours |
| 3/4/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
4.5 |
M |
Overcast; windy; no precipitation |
| 3/5/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
4.0 |
M |
Clear; nearly calm; no precipitation |
| 3/6/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
T |
M |
2.5 |
M |
Overcast; nearly calm; no precipitation // Tried to snow for a few minutes at ~0900 |
| 3/7/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
T |
M |
2.0 |
M |
Overcast; windy; no precipitation // flurries for part of the evening |
| 3/8/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
2.5 |
M |
Clear; calm; no precipitation // the greater value I am reporting tonight for Ground Cover is the result of melting near my three stations; I have therefore changed the locations slightly to measure what seems to be the greatest thickness of snow on the ground |
| 3/9/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
2.0 |
M |
Mostly cloudy; windy; no precipitation // I am approaching the point at which there will be less than 50% ground cover at my location and have already reached that point at one of my stations // let me offer another reminder about the shifts I am now making in the place at which I take measurements at each of my three stations, causing some strange variation in my daily reporting of snow depth |
| 3/10/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
T |
M |
Mostly cloudy; windy; no precipitation |
| 3/11/2013 |
11:29 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Overcast; very windy; no precipitation // even the snow piles from shoveling are nearly gone |
| 3/12/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
T |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Overcast; windy; very fine, light snow |
| 3/13/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.3 |
M |
T |
M |
Overcast; windy; moderate snow shower // despite flurries for several hours after midnight and occasional snow showers during the day and evening, there was no accumulation until late this evening before and during my measurements |
| 3/14/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.2 |
M |
T |
M |
Precautionary measurements made at 1026-1027 (mostly cloudy; windy; light flurry), although most of the snow had blown away, and these measurements may have been too low. |
| 3/15/2013 |
10:59 AM |
M |
0.6 |
M |
0.5 |
M |
Precautionary measurements due to anticipated melting, which did occur // Overcast; windy; light, fine flurry |
| 3/16/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
T |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Occasional flurries during the day, without accumulation |
| 3/17/2013 |
10:04 AM |
M |
1.1 |
M |
1.0 |
M |
Precautionary measurements made due to anticipated melting (which happened) // overcast; calm; stray flakes |
| 3/18/2013 |
10:49 PM |
M |
1.3 |
M |
1.5 |
M |
Overcast; windy; mixture of fine rain and very fine snow |
| 3/19/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
T |
M |
0.5 |
M |
Partly cloudy; slightly windy; no precipitation // one or two very fine snow showers during the day |
| 3/20/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.2 |
M |
0.5 |
M |
Clear; slightly windy; no precipitation, with an 8.7-day-old, gibbous moon high in the west // several periods of either light flurries or snow squalls |
| 3/21/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.5 |
M |
0.5 |
M |
Overcast; slightly windy; very fine, light snow |
| 3/22/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
2.1 |
M |
2.5 |
M |
Overcast; windy; fine snow // Precautionary measurements made at 1204 due to anticipated melting (which happened): overcast; windy; no precipitation |
| 3/23/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.3 |
M |
1.0 |
M |
Overcast; windy; no precipitation // Precautionary measurements made at 0931 - 0933 due to anticipated melting (which happened) // Mostly cloudy; windy; no precipitation |
| 3/24/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
T |
M |
Thin overcast with a nearly full Moon peeking through; windy; no precipitation |
| 3/25/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
T |
M |
Less than 5% base coverage |
| 3/26/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
T |
M |
Less than 1% base coverage (on the north side of the house in shade) |
| 3/27/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
No snow cover of any size |
| 3/30/2013 |
11:59 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/1/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.2 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Partly cloudy; windy; no precipitation // a few, minor flurries after sunrise through the morning, but with no accumulation; tonight's accumulation occurred from about 2200 - 2300 |
| 4/2/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.8 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Partly cloudy; windy; no precipitation // Precautionary measurements made at 1014 (1/2" ? [melting]) + at 1542 (1/4") // Numerous lake effect bands from Lake Huron much of the day and some of the evening |
| 4/3/2013 |
11:59 PM |
M |
0.3 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Precautionary measurements made due to anticipated melting, some of which occurred before I could get outside |
| 4/4/2013 |
11:59 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/6/2013 |
11:59 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/7/2013 |
11:59 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/21/2013 |
11:59 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
|
| 4/22/2013 |
11:59 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
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