Station Overview Station Location
Station Number OR-MT-16 Latitude 45.4838
Station Name Sandy 6.6 NNE Longitude -122.2033
County Multnomah Elevation (ft) 1248



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 12 6.55 9.24 28 9.24 28 0.00 0 0 16 3 0.0 0 0
Nov 12 11.36 13.53 30 13.53 30 0.00 0 0 28 2 0.0 0 0
Dec 12 11.01 14.40 31 13.62 29 0.78 2 1 28 1 2.3 2 3
Jan 13 10.26 11.35 31 11.35 31 0.00 0 0 24 1 0.4 1 1
Feb 13 8.24 4.51 28 4.51 28 0.00 0 0 24 3 0.0 0 0
March 13 8.17 4.75 31 4.52 24 0.23 7 1 15 2 1.0 1 1
April 13 7.05 6.75 29 6.75 29 0.00 0 0 21 2 0.0 0 0
May 13 5.65 8.22 30 8.22 30 0.00 0 0 17 3 0.0 0 0
June 13 4.15 2.55 29 2.55 29 0.00 0 0 13 3 0.0 0 0
July 13 1.31 0.12 31 0.12 31 0.00 0 0 10 4 0.0 0 0
Aug 13 1.34 0.85 31 0.85 31 0.00 0 0 16 3 0.0 0 0
Sept 13 3.59 8.70 29 8.70 29 0.00 0 0 23 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 78.68" 84.97" 358 days 83.96" 349 1.01" 9 days 2 235 days 27 days 3.7" 4 days 5 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
10/1/2012 T
10/2/2012 0.00
10/3/2012 0.00
10/4/2012 0.00
10/5/2012 0.00
10/6/2012 0.00
10/7/2012 0.00
10/8/2012 0.00
10/9/2012 0.00
10/10/2012 0.00
10/11/2012 T
10/12/2012 0.03
10/13/2012 1.37
10/14/2012 0.04
10/15/2012 1.17
10/16/2012
10/17/2012 0.02
10/18/2012 T
10/19/2012 0.14
10/20/2012 0.92
10/21/2012 0.55
10/22/2012 0.29
10/23/2012 0.56
10/24/2012 0.37
10/25/2012
10/26/2012 0.02
10/27/2012
10/28/2012 1.33
10/29/2012 1.78
10/30/2012 0.25
10/31/2012 0.40
11/1/2012 0.96
11/2/2012 0.17
11/3/2012 0.58
11/4/2012 0.09
11/5/2012 0.30
11/6/2012 0.03
11/7/2012 0.66
11/8/2012 0.03
11/9/2012 0.01
11/10/2012 0.07
11/11/2012 0.01
11/12/2012 1.49
11/13/2012 0.29
11/14/2012 0.27
11/15/2012 0.02
11/16/2012 0.01
11/17/2012 0.36
11/18/2012 0.88
11/19/2012 0.84
11/20/2012 2.30
11/21/2012 0.96
11/22/2012 0.36
11/23/2012 0.01
11/24/2012 2.24
11/25/2012 0.02
11/26/2012 0.01
11/27/2012 T
11/28/2012 T
11/29/2012 0.19
11/30/2012 0.37
12/1/2012 0.40
12/2/2012 0.85
12/3/2012 0.36
12/4/2012 1.08
12/5/2012 1.25
12/6/2012 0.02
12/7/2012 0.10
12/8/2012 0.47
12/9/2012 0.34
12/10/2012 0.40
12/11/2012 0.06
12/12/2012 0.56
12/13/2012 0.22
12/14/2012 0.21
12/15/2012 **
12/16/2012 0.78
12/17/2012 1.54
12/18/2012 0.29
12/19/2012 0.49
12/20/2012 0.98
12/21/2012 0.60
12/22/2012 0.15
12/23/2012 0.10
12/24/2012 0.91
12/25/2012 0.93
12/26/2012 0.90
12/27/2012 0.29
12/28/2012 0.05
12/29/2012 0.01
12/30/2012 0.06
12/31/2012 T
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2013 0.02
1/2/2013 0.00
1/3/2013 0.00
1/4/2013 0.20
1/5/2013 0.02
1/6/2013 0.13
1/7/2013 0.62
1/8/2013 0.42
1/9/2013 0.18
1/10/2013 0.80
1/11/2013 0.06
1/12/2013 0.02
1/13/2013 T
1/14/2013 0.00
1/15/2013 0.12
1/16/2013 0.02
1/17/2013 0.01
1/18/2013 0.01
1/19/2013 0.00
1/20/2013 0.01
1/21/2013 0.00
1/22/2013 0.00
1/23/2013 0.01
1/24/2013 0.27
1/25/2013 1.03
1/26/2013 0.33
1/27/2013 0.41
1/28/2013 1.34
1/29/2013 2.57
1/30/2013 1.09
1/31/2013 1.66
2/1/2013 0.02
2/2/2013 T
2/3/2013 0.02
2/4/2013 0.00
2/5/2013 0.14
2/6/2013 0.43
2/7/2013 0.29
2/8/2013 0.01
2/9/2013 T
2/10/2013 0.02
2/11/2013 0.01
2/12/2013 0.48
2/13/2013 0.13
2/14/2013 0.07
2/15/2013 0.02
2/16/2013 0.01
2/17/2013 0.31
2/18/2013 0.02
2/19/2013 0.03
2/20/2013 T
2/21/2013 0.31
2/22/2013 0.40
2/23/2013 0.60
2/24/2013 0.21
2/25/2013 0.29
2/26/2013 0.22
2/27/2013 0.01
2/28/2013 0.46
3/1/2013 0.59
3/2/2013 T
3/3/2013 0.15
3/4/2013 T
3/5/2013 0.00
3/6/2013 0.41
3/7/2013 0.71
3/8/2013 0.00
3/9/2013 **
3/10/2013 **
3/11/2013 **
3/12/2013 **
3/13/2013 **
3/14/2013 **
3/15/2013 0.23
3/16/2013 0.06
3/17/2013 0.71
3/18/2013 0.21
3/19/2013 0.01
3/20/2013 0.73
3/21/2013 0.14
3/22/2013 0.52
3/23/2013 0.07
3/24/2013 0.00
3/25/2013 0.00
3/26/2013 0.00
3/27/2013 0.02
3/28/2013 0.17
3/29/2013 0.02
3/30/2013 0.00
3/31/2013 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2013 0.00
4/2/2013 0.02
4/3/2013 0.01
4/4/2013 T
4/5/2013 0.26
4/6/2013 0.55
4/7/2013 1.17
4/8/2013 0.62
4/9/2013 0.17
4/10/2013 T
4/11/2013 0.23
4/12/2013 0.01
4/13/2013 0.32
4/14/2013 0.00
4/15/2013 0.47
4/16/2013
4/17/2013 0.02
4/18/2013 0.01
4/19/2013 1.44
4/20/2013 0.73
4/21/2013 0.02
4/22/2013 0.07
4/23/2013 0.02
4/24/2013 0.00
4/25/2013 0.00
4/26/2013 0.00
4/27/2013 0.00
4/28/2013 0.14
4/29/2013 0.46
4/30/2013 0.01
5/1/2013 T
5/2/2013 0.00
5/3/2013 0.00
5/4/2013 0.00
5/5/2013 0.00
5/6/2013 0.00
5/7/2013 0.00
5/8/2013 0.00
5/9/2013 T
5/10/2013 0.00
5/11/2013 0.00
5/12/2013 0.00
5/13/2013 0.34
5/14/2013
5/15/2013 T
5/16/2013 0.14
5/17/2013 0.29
5/18/2013 0.13
5/19/2013 0.30
5/20/2013 0.01
5/21/2013 0.05
5/22/2013 0.82
5/23/2013 2.10
5/24/2013 1.08
5/25/2013 0.15
5/26/2013 0.32
5/27/2013 0.60
5/28/2013 0.91
5/29/2013 0.50
5/30/2013 0.43
5/31/2013 0.05
6/1/2013
6/2/2013 T
6/3/2013 0.00
6/4/2013 T
6/5/2013 0.00
6/6/2013 0.00
6/7/2013 0.00
6/8/2013 0.00
6/9/2013 0.00
6/10/2013 0.00
6/11/2013 0.01
6/12/2013 0.10
6/13/2013 0.31
6/14/2013 0.25
6/15/2013 0.01
6/16/2013 0.00
6/17/2013 0.00
6/18/2013 T
6/19/2013 0.43
6/20/2013 0.33
6/21/2013 0.21
6/22/2013 0.01
6/23/2013 0.00
6/24/2013 0.45
6/25/2013 0.11
6/26/2013 0.31
6/27/2013 0.02
6/28/2013 0.00
6/29/2013 0.00
6/30/2013 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2013 0.00
7/2/2013 0.00
7/3/2013 0.00
7/4/2013 0.00
7/5/2013 0.00
7/6/2013 0.01
7/7/2013 0.01
7/8/2013 0.00
7/9/2013 0.01
7/10/2013 0.00
7/11/2013 0.00
7/12/2013 0.01
7/13/2013 0.01
7/14/2013 0.00
7/15/2013 0.00
7/16/2013 0.00
7/17/2013 0.00
7/18/2013 0.00
7/19/2013 0.01
7/20/2013 0.01
7/21/2013 0.02
7/22/2013 0.02
7/23/2013 0.01
7/24/2013 T
7/25/2013 T
7/26/2013 0.00
7/27/2013 0.00
7/28/2013 0.00
7/29/2013 0.00
7/30/2013 T
7/31/2013 T
8/1/2013 0.03
8/2/2013 0.03
8/3/2013 T
8/4/2013 0.01
8/5/2013 0.01
8/6/2013 T
8/7/2013 0.00
8/8/2013 0.00
8/9/2013 0.00
8/10/2013 0.07
8/11/2013 0.02
8/12/2013 0.00
8/13/2013 T
8/14/2013 0.00
8/15/2013 0.00
8/16/2013 0.02
8/17/2013 0.00
8/18/2013 0.00
8/19/2013 0.01
8/20/2013 0.00
8/21/2013 0.00
8/22/2013 0.00
8/23/2013 0.05
8/24/2013 0.01
8/25/2013 0.00
8/26/2013 0.28
8/27/2013 0.01
8/28/2013 0.04
8/29/2013 0.06
8/30/2013 0.19
8/31/2013 0.01
9/1/2013 0.00
9/2/2013 0.00
9/3/2013 0.09
9/4/2013 0.00
9/5/2013 0.02
9/6/2013 1.63
9/7/2013 0.05
9/8/2013 0.01
9/9/2013 0.01
9/10/2013 0.01
9/11/2013 0.00
9/12/2013 0.00
9/13/2013 0.01
9/14/2013 0.01
9/15/2013 0.05
9/16/2013 0.18
9/17/2013
9/18/2013 0.31
9/19/2013 0.01
9/20/2013 0.00
9/21/2013 0.08
9/22/2013 0.58
9/23/2013 0.76
9/24/2013 0.73
9/25/2013 0.66
9/26/2013 0.04
9/27/2013 0.01
9/28/2013 1.08
9/29/2013 1.28
9/30/2013 1.09



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2012 8:00 AM T M M M M
10/2/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/3/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/4/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/5/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/6/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/7/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/8/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/9/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/10/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/11/2012 8:00 AM T M M M M
10/12/2012 8:50 AM 0.03 M M M M Back to normal. wet. that's the end of the best tomato run, not to mention that all blackberries and raspberries will now mold. Cheers for the chanterelles which should arrive soon
10/13/2012 9:00 AM 1.37 M M M M
10/14/2012 8:50 AM 0.04 M M M M
10/15/2012 8:30 AM 1.17 M M M M
10/17/2012 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
10/18/2012 8:00 AM T M M M M
10/19/2012 9:00 AM 0.14 M M M M
10/20/2012 8:15 AM 0.92 M M M M Brief hailstorm at 1:30PM followed by rain. Raining all day, so should say followed by heavier rain. Thunder and lightening started about 6:30pm
10/21/2012 7:00 AM 0.55 M M M M
10/22/2012 9:00 AM 0.29 M M M M and raining hard
10/23/2012 5:30 AM 0.56 M M M M
10/24/2012 9:00 AM 0.37 M M M M
10/26/2012 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
10/28/2012 9:00 AM 1.33 M M M M wet, wet, wet
10/29/2012 9:00 AM 1.78 M M M M Stream dirty and full up to winter level. When the ground is this saturated, big trees usually start going down.
10/30/2012 9:00 AM 0.25 M M M M
10/31/2012 9:50 AM 0.40 M M M M
11/1/2012 9:00 AM 0.96 M M M M
11/2/2012 8:00 AM 0.17 M M M M
11/3/2012 9:00 AM 0.58 M M M M
11/4/2012 8:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
11/5/2012 8:30 AM 0.30 M M M M
11/6/2012 8:40 AM 0.03 M M M M
11/7/2012 9:00 AM 0.66 M M M M
11/8/2012 8:20 AM 0.03 M M M M
11/9/2012 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M dense mist
11/10/2012 9:00 AM 0.07 M M M M
11/11/2012 8:30 AM 0.01 M M M M
11/12/2012 9:00 AM 1.49 M M M M
11/13/2012 8:30 AM 0.29 M M M M
11/14/2012 8:20 AM 0.27 M M M M
11/15/2012 8:30 AM 0.02 M M M M
11/16/2012 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
11/17/2012 9:00 AM 0.36 M M M M
11/18/2012 8:15 AM 0.88 M M M M
11/19/2012 8:50 AM 0.84 M M M M
11/20/2012 8:30 AM 2.30 M M M M My rain gauge blew over. This is an estimate based on what I captured after putting it back up, adjusted by looking at the stations usually closest to my reading.
11/21/2012 8:30 AM 0.96 M M M M gauge was knocked over 2nd day in a row. ? deer this time. reading estimated from amt still in gauge and closest reading which is usually similar to mine. (gauge was down all day, replaced about 3 am, and .87 this am.) Hail 2:50 to 3pm, white, small pinhead size then got bigger
11/22/2012 9:00 AM 0.36 M M M M
11/23/2012 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
11/24/2012 9:00 AM 2.24 M M M M I spilled a little pouring in the second inch, not expecting to have enough to go over the top.
11/25/2012 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
11/26/2012 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M frost
11/27/2012 8:00 AM T M M M M frost again
11/28/2012 8:00 AM T M M M M
11/29/2012 8:45 AM 0.19 M M M M
11/30/2012 9:00 AM 0.37 M M M M
12/1/2012 7:25 AM 0.40 M M M M
12/2/2012 9:00 AM 0.85 M M M M
12/3/2012 8:06 AM 0.36 M M M M
12/4/2012 7:30 AM 1.08 M M M M
12/5/2012 7:00 AM 1.25 M M M M
12/6/2012 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
12/7/2012 7:30 AM 0.10 M M M M
12/8/2012 7:00 AM 0.47 M M M M
12/9/2012 9:00 AM 0.34 M M M M
12/10/2012 7:45 AM 0.40 M M M M
12/11/2012 8:30 AM 0.06 M M M M
12/12/2012 9:00 AM 0.56 M M M M
12/13/2012 9:00 AM 0.22 M M M M
12/14/2012 8:25 AM 0.21 M M M M It is snowing. Not enough yet to stick. A bit of snow is part of that measurement. I will be out of town, so will do multiday when I return, and hope the gauge does not overflow with snow.
12/17/2012 9:00 AM 1.54 M M M M
12/18/2012 8:10 AM 0.29 1.3 M 1.5 M
12/19/2012 8:30 AM 0.49 M M 3.0 M raining now
12/20/2012 8:30 AM 0.98 M M 0.0 M The rain has washed away the snow, and it is now raining hard
12/21/2012 9:00 AM 0.60 M M 0.0 M
12/22/2012 9:00 AM 0.15 M M M M
12/23/2012 9:00 AM 0.10 M M M M
12/24/2012 7:00 AM 0.91 1.0 M 1.0 M snow was deeper prior to the rain overnight. patchy now, really 0.5-1 with some grasses poking through
12/25/2012 9:00 AM 0.93 M M 0.0 M
12/26/2012 8:50 AM 0.90 M M M M
12/27/2012 9:00 AM 0.29 M M M M
12/28/2012 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
12/29/2012 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M and frosty
12/30/2012 9:00 AM 0.06 M M M M frost but no snow. clear ice drops decorating the trees.
12/31/2012 8:00 AM T M M M M continues with dry frosty weather
1/1/2013 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
1/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M all continues frozen solid
1/3/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M still frozen and dry
1/4/2013 8:30 AM 0.20 M M M M A drizzle so fine it verged on mist began in the late afternoon, but soaked the ground more thoroughly than mist. The mountains of mole hills are unfreezing.
1/5/2013 7:30 AM 0.02 M M M M
1/6/2013 9:00 AM 0.13 M M M M unfrozen and drizzling
1/7/2013 10:30 AM 0.62 M M M M sorry, forgot to check earlier. steady but light rain
1/8/2013 8:05 AM 0.42 M M M M
1/9/2013 8:30 AM 0.18 M M M M sky and air of water, light to moderate, the stereotypical Oregon
1/10/2013 8:00 AM 0.80 0.4 M 0.5 M .66 water and the rest melted snow. all is white, but grass showing through. still lightly snowing
1/11/2013 9:00 AM 0.06 T T M M a crunchy mix of spickly snow and little white pellets on the ground. The pellets are either hail, or popcorn snow.
1/12/2013 5:00 AM 0.02 T M T M clear cold and frosty
1/13/2013 9:00 AM T T M T M Clear and cold last night. Someone laid a soft blanket over the distant Portland lights, leaving my sky very dark and full of stars. Misty morning, now clear and cold again and everything white with frost
1/14/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M very lightly snowing in the early am, now snowing a bit harder with bigger flakes.
1/15/2013 8:30 AM 0.12 T M T M It snowed pleasantly most of yesterday, with at least an inch by evening, but drizzle overnight reduced it to patchy snow. The .12 is almost all melted snow
1/16/2013 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M another misty morning after a densely dark night, blocking all light from stars or moon
1/17/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M Clear, frosty, cold and bright. A beautiful winter day for spending outdoors.
1/18/2013 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Just frost, all still white, but turning dark by late afternoon as the sun warmed us
1/19/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M frosty again
1/20/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M White with frost in the early am, melting away during the day, back at night. Clear and sunny most of the day.
1/21/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M frosty bright and dry, with a dirty haze over Portland in the distance
1/22/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/23/2013 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M grey, but no more frost. Seems completely dry, but the 0,01 in the gauge
1/24/2013 9:00 AM 0.27 M M M M clear and bright with a pale sky, misty looking clouds over the distant hills west of Portland. still crunchy but no white frost
1/25/2013 8:50 AM 1.03 M M M M Grey and wet, poor visibility with the air full of water.
1/26/2013 5:50 AM 0.33 M M M M
1/27/2013 9:50 AM 0.41 M M M M a grey day again
1/28/2013 9:15 AM 1.34 M M M M steady rain and grey skies, saturated earth
1/29/2013 8:45 AM 2.57 M M M M the air is water again today
1/30/2013 8:00 AM 1.09 M M M M steady rain and grey skies again. MUD
1/31/2013 8:15 AM 1.66 M M M M Dense mist, soaked earth
2/1/2013 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Drizzle overnight, now clouds low over Portland, and my sky painted watery, streaky white, with blue showing through
2/2/2013 7:00 AM T M M M M clear and bright
2/3/2013 8:55 AM 0.02 M M M M thick mist, clearing by 9 to grey skies. all very wet in spite of only 0.02 in the gauge
2/4/2013 7:10 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M wet grass, thin clouds
2/5/2013 8:30 AM 0.14 M M M M grey and wet, a mottled sky. still beautiful though
2/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.43 M M M M
2/7/2013 7:30 AM 0.29 M M M M
2/8/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M grey, with a touch of frost. the .01 is ice. There is a thick blanket between me and Portland. Clear starry sky last night, with Portland lights tucked in under a smaller blanket, just a sliver of golden light showing from under the edge
2/9/2013 7:00 AM T M M M M heavy grey clouds, but with a promise of clearing
2/10/2013 8:40 AM 0.02 M M M M A dark, thick night, no moonlight or starlight penetrating the darkness, perfect for the start of a mystery novel. A grey morning; everything is so wet it is hard to believe only .02 in the gauge
2/11/2013 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Must have been 0.01 of mist, as the patio stones are dry. Grey again, but the air full of bird song.
2/12/2013 8:45 AM 0.48 M M M M Lingering mist, and fine drizzle. Last night again the air too thick to see stars or moon, a dark cocoon.
2/13/2013 8:30 AM 0.13 M M M M another misty morn, drizzle filling the air, a soft blanket around the house, no views of Portland
2/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M I forgot to enter this yesterday, and hope I remembered correctly.
2/15/2013 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
2/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
2/17/2013 9:00 AM 0.31 M M M M a grey day, but lots of chickadees cheering it up
2/18/2013 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M another day of white sky, thin clouds. Last night no stars, but a little clearing over Portland, with bright lights sparkling under the clouds.
2/19/2013 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M bright skies with white clouds trundling by
2/20/2013 8:00 AM T M M M M gone are the bright skies and white clouds of yesterday; grey again
2/21/2013 7:30 AM 0.31 M M M M another fuzzy, faintly backlit night sky, no stars, the brightest of the POrtland lights glimmering through a veil, and a grey white sky for morning
2/22/2013 9:00 AM 0.40 M M M M wet, low visibikity, but chickadees as cheerful as ever
2/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.60 T M T M another starless night, no Portland lights, a grey and misty morning, snowing lightly
2/24/2013 8:00 AM 0.21 M M M M grey skies again. A bright night last night, with the culprit light source,the moon, only faintly glowing through the grey wooly sky. One swath of open sky with a couple pale stars, and Portland lights also fainlty glowing through the wooly sky.
2/25/2013 9:27 AM 0.29 M M M M wet and grey
2/26/2013 9:00 AM 0.22 M M M M grey but bright, sun is comiing
2/27/2013 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M A cloudy but bright morning, now clearing. Last night a darkly glowing sky of grey cobblestones, their edges defined by lightness diffusing from an invisible moon , occasionally showing her full round self as a thinner cloud drifted past.
2/28/2013 9:00 AM 0.46 M M M M wet, grey. air too thick and wet to see Portland
3/1/2013 7:00 AM 0.59 M M M M
3/2/2013 8:00 AM T M M M M
3/3/2013 9:30 AM 0.15 M M M M cloudy, not raining now
3/4/2013 8:00 AM T M M M M
3/5/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M dry!
3/6/2013 9:20 AM 0.41 M M M M rain
3/7/2013 9:00 AM 0.71 M M M M bright and clear, sun shining on the soggy earth, only clouds in the distance, banked up at the hills beyond Portland. Last night bright as well; clouds around the edges, and a few wispy white clouds drifting across the middle of the sky.
3/8/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M sunny! blue skiy and fluffy white clouds
3/16/2013 10:10 AM 0.06 M M M M grey skies, light rain
3/17/2013 8:55 AM 0.71 M M M M Thick grey skies again, but not raining now. Last night late I found my car windshield covered with icy slush. The rain was pouring down, not sure whether it had been sleet or hail.
3/18/2013 8:00 AM 0.21 M M M M overcast and grey again. NOt raining. Hail yesterday at 2:20PM and 4:20PM.
3/19/2013 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M overcast, not raining
3/20/2013 8:55 AM 0.73 M M M M grey with steady rain, all soaked again
3/21/2013 8:40 AM 0.14 M M M M Snowing, but nothing sticking. I noticed big flakes falling about 1:00 am, and they are still coming down. Temperature is 37 deg F.
3/22/2013 8:30 AM 0.52 1.0 M 1.0 M 0.26 water, rest melted snow. Lots of hail yesterday, 1/4", flat faces, white. snowed much of the night and into this morning, 1-3 inches depending on where I measured. Around 11 am today popcorn snow--- is that really hail?--- small round white pellets. All is lovely to see, but bodes ill for fruit this year.
3/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M
3/24/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M damp grass, sunny skies
3/25/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M sunny with light gauzy clouds
3/26/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M overcast, a few rain-wet patches on stones, gauge empty
3/27/2013 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M blue skies, white clouds, damp earth
3/28/2013 9:00 AM 0.17 M M M M Not raining now, but rocks and grass are wet. The sky is white-grey, not homogeneous today, nice streaky horizontal and patchy shadings to making interesting patterns, a few puffy clouds on the horizon over Portland.
3/29/2013 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Blue skies with gauzy clouds and sunshine beaming through earlier, but now the skies are cobbledy white and grey, grass and stones still wet.
3/30/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Blue sky, bright sun, an explosion of trillium, spring.
3/31/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M gauzy white over blue skies, the white settling a bit over Portland. Grass is wet, but overall dry enough that I actually watered my newly planted bulbs yesterday
4/1/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M grey skies, with a fine misty rain in the air. the glorious spring of yesterday is gone
4/2/2013 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Another grey and damp morning, but now the clouds are gathering themselves, albeit in a slow and desultory fashion, into discrete entities, ready to play Nimby games, and showing patches of blue in between, letting through an occasional sunbeam.
4/3/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Nice and wet, gauzy white and pale blue skies, oscillating between soft gloom and bright cheeriness, appears to be settling into the latter, but holding onto a few edges of the former, just because it is Oregon.
4/4/2013 8:00 AM T M M M M Homogeneous grey, a light drizzle has begun, dry when I got up but now wet grass and wet stones again.
4/5/2013 9:00 AM 0.26 M M M M grey-white sky and light, misty blowing rain
4/6/2013 8:55 AM 0.55 M M M M grey skies, but not raining now
4/7/2013 9:45 AM 1.17 M M M M heavy rain and winds earlier, power just came back on. grey skies, but occasional clearing over Portland, causing the city to light up bright and white in the middle of all the grey. I got a new camera to take pictures of the pristine perfection of the spring trillium, but they are delicate, and now are saturated to the point of transparency, petals drooping and folded and see-through.
4/8/2013 7:50 AM 0.62 M M M M Homogeneously grey and raining. Yesterday had periods of hard rain, periods of hail, some times with no precipitation but not with clear skies, and at least one dramatic burst of thunder, with one of the little hailstorms I think. The dogs and I nearly jumped out of our skins. We were out on the trails, and decided to ignore cocorahs warnings about being outdoors in thunder.
4/9/2013 9:00 AM 0.17 M M M M grey, but not reaining now. The stream has been high and raging again after its brief settling into spring cheeriness
4/10/2013 9:00 AM T M M M M the day began grey and dry, then the air filled with misty rain, then moderate rain came down, and most of the day cycled between those three states. And then, THEN in the late afternoon and evening, blue skies and sunshine, cheery white clouds--- how I love Oregon. Unremitting blue skies and sunshine would be so monotonous.
4/11/2013 9:00 AM 0.23 M M M M grey, but dry and brightening
4/12/2013 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
4/13/2013 9:00 AM 0.32 M M M M
4/14/2013 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/15/2013 7:30 AM 0.47 M M M M
4/17/2013 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M wet grass, not raining, clear and overcast taking turns, cheerful white nimby clouds
4/18/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Lightly overcast, moist air
4/19/2013 9:00 AM 1.44 M M M M Wet and grey again, light rain still falling
4/20/2013 9:00 AM 0.73 M M M M grey, damp. last night a thick and homogeneous dark sky, with a little opening over Portland, showing the city lights through a misty veil
4/21/2013 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M grey, wet ground, lightly misty air
4/22/2013 7:30 AM 0.07 M M M M Clear with a dusting of haze, clouds nestling over Portland early on
4/23/2013 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Clear, sunny, and bright, but no startlingly blue skies or cheerful white nimby clouds. A light haze lies over Portland in the distance, with a tinge of color, that color or discolor indicating our beloved NW Oregon is not as pollution-free as we hope it do be.
4/24/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Damp grass, dry gauge, sunny sky
4/25/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny, with a light white haze un- blueing the sky, and a faintly dirty haze lying over the City of Roses.
4/26/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Forgot to enter this day, a dry and clear day, when the tree appraiser came out to cross the stream with me and look at the 100 yr+ great doug firs which were girdled and killed by trespassing loggers.
4/27/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Even the grass is dry. Sunny and bright, but gauzy white clouds in streaks and clumps over much of the sky, increasing as the day progresses
4/28/2013 8:50 AM 0.14 M M M M Wet and grey. but with a green freshness. Occasional sunbreak to the west, and clouds out there periodically bunch up a bit, attempting the white cheeriness of nimby clouds, while most of the sky is covered by a thick homogenous grey.
4/29/2013 8:55 AM 0.46 M M M M a sky of variegated greys, more rain to come. not raining now, many American goldfinch decorating the air and bird feeder.
4/30/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M wet grass, a few raindrops, blue and white sky
5/1/2013 9:00 AM T M M M M Sunny,wet grass, with darkish moisture up high in the sky, rendering it less than clear blue, and a dirty haze over Portland
5/2/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M I forgot to enter this; it is easy to forget the zero days. sunny and dry.
5/3/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M another morning with wet grass, dry gauge, sunny skies, and unseasonably warm weather. it was up to a scorching 50 degrees F by 9 am!
5/4/2013 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M clear and sunny--- again
5/5/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M yesterday was scorchingly hot for spring--bike ride in vancouver, wa up to 87, think it was only high 70s here--- and looks more of the same today. over 60 degrees by 8 am and grass is not even wet. I am going to have to take hoses out of storage and water!
5/6/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Forgot to enter a zero day again. Unremitting sunshine, but woods as always shady, green and pleasant.
5/7/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M sunny, wet grass, hazy skies. what I would not give for a puffy white cloud. I finally had to water the blueberries. Dew is not enough this many days in a row.
5/8/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M grey skies, a fine mist in the air wet enough to feel droplets on my face, but nothing in the gauge
5/9/2013 8:00 AM T M M M M a fairly dense mist, now lightening. the trace in the gauge so minimal, almost just a damp zero.
5/10/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M damp grass, sunny skies and no mist, but lots of white haze, dingy colored over the City of Roses.
5/11/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Even the grass is dry, though most of the sky is covered with white cobblestone clouds.
5/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M grey skies, light rain. nothing in the gauge at 7 when I read it, though I can see a couple hundredths there now.
5/13/2013 8:30 AM 0.34 M M M M Back to grey, after the long sunny and dry interlude.NOt raining now.
5/15/2013 8:00 AM T M M M M a grey day again, started raining mid morning, light, off and on
5/16/2013 9:00 AM 0.14 M M M M grey, raining
5/17/2013 9:00 AM 0.29 M M M M grey skies, not raining yet. Good enough visibility to clearly see the new 105 acre Longview Fiber clearcut across the steam.
5/18/2013 5:40 AM 0.13 M M M M grey skies, not raining, rain in light intervals and brief downpours yesterday
5/19/2013 9:00 AM 0.30 M M M M grey and damp, but not raining now. a very wet "Reach the Beach" bicycle ride yesterday,,,,,, was not home to see the weather here.
5/20/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M grey skies, wet grass, surprisingly dry yesterday
5/21/2013 9:00 AM 0.05 M M M M another damp and grey morning. Yesterday's grey start blossomed into a sunny and cheery afternoon. The night sky was graced with two great stripes of broken white clouds, like strokes of a rough paint brush, and fat-bellied dark grey clouds with moonlit edges to the west and south. These later spread across the sky, cobblestones of dark grey and light edges. a nice break from the thick,dark starless night skies.
5/22/2013 6:50 AM 0.82 M M M M wet and grey, raining
5/23/2013 8:40 AM 2.10 M M M M Steady rain, grey skies, mist in the canyon.
5/24/2013 9:10 AM 1.08 M M M M A saturated world, but not raining now, grey-white skies with one or two peepholes to darker sky beyond, the stream back up to wild and high levels again yesterday.
5/25/2013 9:00 AM 0.15 M M M M Rain off and on yesterday, including some downpours. I am surprised by how little in the gauge. Today some of the clouds have shape, with occasional blue patches peeking in between, not the homogeneous grey white of the past few days.
5/26/2013 9:00 AM 0.32 M M M M Yesterday evolved into sunshine and puffy white clouds. Another grey morning today, but not raining, and a sliver of those puffier, individual clouds, over Portland. Stream remains high.
5/27/2013 10:45 AM 0.60 M M M M ah, mea culpa, forgot to check the gauge. and it is raining. Yesterday at least 2 good downpours, and ordinary rain off and on, but not without sun breaks and blue sky and puffy clouds.
5/28/2013 8:30 AM 0.91 M M M M Almost a half inch of rain fell between 5 and 7PM yesterday, in two ferocious downpours, generously punctuated by thunder, no lightening seen. The dogs and I were out on the trails. The hiking cat, who comes with us in rain and snow and sleet and hail, undaunted, actually hid under a bush and yowled. Sun breaks before and after the downpour; this morning raining lightly with a sliver of bluish sky over Portland.
5/29/2013 8:15 AM 0.50 M M M M grey, raining and windy
5/30/2013 8:30 AM 0.43 M M M M Lightly raining, sun already coming through across the canyon
5/31/2013 9:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Sunny, puffy white clouds (mostly) and wet, saturated earth.
6/2/2013 9:00 AM T M M M M a grey morning again, with misty rain falling. all is wet, at least on the surface, but nothing in the gauge
6/3/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A homogeneous grey-shite sky, wet grass, dry stones, and nothing in the gauge.
6/4/2013 9:00 AM T M M M M Wet grass, dry stone, blue skies with only an occasional pale wisp of a cloud, but a mist tinged with slight discolor appears settled over Portland and the distant hills to the west.
6/5/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M wet grass, dry stone, clear blue skies and sunshine. will have to water the flowers and blueberries today.
6/6/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Again, wet grass, dry stone,clear blue skies, an absolutely bone dry inner gauge, but condensation on the outer walls, and an even dirtier haze lying over the City of Roses in the distance
6/7/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M wet grass, dry stone, sunny skies, with some streaky white clouds and a dirty haze over Portland in the distance
6/8/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M I awoke at 5, and all was shrouded in dense mist. By 8 mist clear at ground level, but overcast. Now sunny and bright, with a dirty haze over Portland to the west, a little dirtier each day of no rain.
6/9/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Still grey and overcast at 11, but even the grass was dry this morning
6/10/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast and grey, grass barely damp, but a dampness in the air.
6/11/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M overcast, with a very light drizzling rain. everything I should not have left out did get pretty thoroughly wet
6/12/2013 9:00 AM 0.10 M M M M grey , wet, a couple downpours yesterday, not raining now
6/13/2013 9:00 AM 0.31 M M M M Raining, wet and grey. sigh.
6/14/2013 8:30 AM 0.25 M M M M Thoroughly wet, grey skies, but not raining now.
6/15/2013 5:30 AM 0.01 M M M M Wet grass, dry stone, clear skies but for a light duting of white here and there, and a thin white gauze over Portland
6/16/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M wet grass, dry stone, homogenous white sky, Portland shrouded in the distance
6/17/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Bright sunshine, blue sky, the air full of birdsong and buzzing of bees and humming birds, a few cute grey and white clouds over Portland and the lightest dusting of haze, but not enough to keep the Fremont bridge from gleaming like a white hoop in the sun. The grass is wet; all the green lusciousness around me gives thanks for dew.
6/18/2013 8:00 AM T M M M M the skies started out grey, white and blue, and have continued so, with the blue gaining. grass barely damp, all pretty dry, even though I felt the sprinkling rain last night
6/19/2013 8:30 AM 0.43 M M M M Grey and wet and saturated, but not raining now. A good downpour yesterday evening, after mostly blue skies and puffy white clouds all afternoon.
6/20/2013 9:00 AM 0.33 M M M M Staying in the grey, wet and saturated realm; what happened to those sunny days of bees and birdsong and puffy white clouds? I was fooled into thinking summer was here.....
6/21/2013 7:30 AM 0.21 M M M M Wet and grey, not raining now, a few hard downpours yesterday but it did not rain all the day long.
6/22/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Sunny, blue skies, white clouds to the west, wet grass, bees birds and butterfliesout enjoying the sun
6/23/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M back to grey skies, no rain overnight in spite of predictions, a few random, desultory raindrops this morning
6/24/2013 8:45 AM 0.45 M M M M Wet and grey, not raining now.
6/25/2013 9:50 AM 0.11 M M M M grey-white skies, raining
6/26/2013 8:30 AM 0.31 M M M M Grey skies again, early a mist settled over the canyon and Portland invisible to the west, now lifting and rain falling lightly
6/27/2013 8:30 AM 0.02 M M M M grey still, but a sense of lightness, and warming up
6/28/2013 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M wet grass, blue sky and sunshine, Portland under a haze in the west, white above, but dark grey below
6/29/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M clear and sunny with wispy bits of white drifting across the sky from time to time, morning dew continues thank goodness
6/30/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Dry and clear, nice wet grass still in the morning.
7/1/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Continues hot and dry, but with the blessing of wet grass every morning. Skies overhead clear, but still with the haze settled over Portland to the west.
7/2/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another dry and clear morning, with haze over Portland, and still with wet grass, quickly drying.
7/3/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M wet grass, dry otherwise and clear
7/4/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Grass not as wet, a bit overcast and cooler but still dry days.
7/5/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M overcast, with white-grey skies, a sense of moisture in the air, but dry grass, the first morning in this dry series with no dew
7/6/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M It looks like it rained--- wet patio stones, very wet grass soaking my shoes, grey skies. However, the dirt is not wet, even in the potted plants. Oregon can look wet even when relatively dry.
7/7/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Wet grass, dry stone, grey skies, fine moisture in the air.
7/8/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another grey but dry morning, barely damp grass, but finch remain cheerful at the feeder
7/9/2013 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M A bright blue sky morning, with very wet grass and dry stone.
7/10/2013 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M The promise of a hot sunny day, was gone all day but evening was clear. Still with nice wet morning dew.
7/11/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A clear and bright early morning, then overcast, clearing again now. Still bone dry except for the wet and dewey grass.
7/12/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Another clear morning, fat white clouds later on, and a white haze over Portland to the west.
7/13/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Another day of clear sky, wet grass, a white haze over Portland in the west, and a scant 0.01 in the gauge, without any indication that rain fell from the sky.
7/14/2013 10:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Dry gauge, wet grass, clear skies, and the same old haze over Portland.
7/15/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another day of clear skies, wet grass, bone dry gauge, and dirty haze over Portland. Endless summer, at least temporarily.
7/16/2013 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Oh, no, today even the grass is bone dry. White skies to the west, white and blue overhead, and at least some of the clouds are three dimensional, though not qualifying as cheerful puffy white clouds
7/17/2013 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Homogeneous thick grey skies, the merest trace of dew on the grass, becoming a hot and sunny afternoon. Feeling the need to prove this is still Oregon in the morning I guess. thunder and lightening around 2 am, with rain, but not much since the guage was dry.
7/18/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M This morning the white grey sky has gently lowered itself to the ground, obscuring Portland, but nearby merely the effect of looking through a dusty window pane, not enough to seem a mist, and no feel of moisture in the air. Grass is only slightly wet, and gauge bone dry.
7/19/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Nice and wet grass again, white-grey sky sinking down heavily into the canyon, Portland completely invisible, and even the far canyon wall obscured, but no sense of mist or moisture in the air here.
7/20/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M This morning the grey-white cloud sky has sat right down on us, with all shrouded in mist, and a misty rain in the air. Even the stone is wet this morning.The hummingbirds are not daunted, and the plants are drinking it in.
7/21/2013 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M another misty morning, fairly dense at 8, clearing on the ground by 10, but still fills the distance.
7/22/2013 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M The cloud was sitting fully on the ground again this morning, mist and misty drizzle in the air, now clear and sunny but for the dirty haze over Portland in the west.
7/23/2013 8:30 AM 0.01 M M M M The mist and misty drizzle cleared quite early this morning here, but still a dense grey haze over Portland
7/24/2013 8:00 AM T M M M M Clear skies, dry stone, set, very wet grass, the same dirty haze over Portland. A full moon lighted up the night last night, and I glanced out about 2 and thought a mist had settled, but gone by am.
7/25/2013 9:00 AM T M M M M Wet grass, dry stone, skies bright and clear, but for the dirty haze over Portland
7/26/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M almost a scant trace, early mist, wet grass, haze over Portland
7/27/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mist cleared early, grass wet, blue sky with those little white wisps that look like the tip of a paintbrush dipped in white touched lightly here and there. Still haze over Portland
7/28/2013 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M grey skies, barely damp grass.
7/29/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Grey skies and dry grass, by afternoon sunny with white streaked blue above.
7/30/2013 7:00 AM T M M M M Grey skies, wet grass, a touch of moisture in the air, a thin mist settled in the canyon
7/31/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M grey and shrouded in mist
8/1/2013 8:45 AM 0.03 M M M M Yikes, it is actually raining. It looked like mist from the window. Enough to wet the leaves, but not yet enough to soak into the ground.
8/2/2013 9:00 AM 0.03 M M M M All that drizzling rain yesterday, and only .03 in the gauge! A grey morning, nice wet leaves, but remove the top 1 mm of dirt off the top of a molehill, and it is dry underneath.
8/3/2013 8:00 AM T M M M M back to grey sky and damp grass, after the two great rainfalls of 0.03
8/4/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Very wet grass, bright sunny skies, and the dirty haze over Portland
8/5/2013 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Bright and sunny, nice wet grass, same dirty haze over Portland.
8/6/2013 9:00 AM T M M M M Another morning of bright and sunny skies, nice wet grass, and the ever present dirty haze over the City of Roses. Fewer humming birds now, mostly finches and grosbeaks. The stream is quite low, and I have not seen our shy beaver for weeks.
8/7/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A blue and white sky, but even the grass is dry this morning
8/8/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast; both gauge and grass are bone dry.
8/9/2013 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M overcast skies, already showing patches of blue, dry gauge and barely damp grass
8/10/2013 8:30 AM 0.07 M M M M Another overcast morning. Thunder and rain last night, but I saw no lightening. The rain stopped. The stars shone bright through a dusting of white. I lay on my back in the wet grass and was rewarded with a shooting star in the east, then a meteor right overhead which seemed so big and close it might land in my lap.
8/11/2013 9:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M Grey again. Went out about 1 am for the meteor display, and found a dark lid between me and stars in the sky, with a gap at the edge for Portland city lights to shine fuzzily below the darkness.
8/12/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M first ET 0.04 inch, or 0.1cm. Hope I did that correctly. overcast and grey. Last night stars bright in the sky, meteors streaking by. Stayed for nine, singing silent brightness, streaks behind, fading. Went out again at four, hoping for more. The fuzzy grey lid had settled again between me and the sky dome, not a single star shining through to my forest home.
8/13/2013 9:00 AM T M M M M Wet grass and sunny sky, haze over Portland. Yesterday, bicycling, long skinny puffy white clouds floated across the sky, legs nonchalantly crossed, or slowly kicked across the blue lake above, or hung suspended in a ballerino jette. A real Nimby day.
8/14/2013 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M grey skies, even the grass is bone dry
8/15/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M grey and dry
8/16/2013 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Grey-shite skies with tiny bits of blue, a few desultory raindrops falling, wet patches on stones
8/17/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Grass is wet, gauge is dry, sky is blue with white fluff around the edges spilling across the middle
8/18/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M grey skies, barely damp grass, bone dry gauge
8/19/2013 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Grass is wet, skies are clear overhead, but the dirty haze over Portland extends much higher into the sky, blending with some discolored low lying clouds, and even blurring the view across the canyon.
8/20/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M wet grass, blue sky with white clouds overhead, almost puffy, and a bank of clouds to the west, meeting the dirty haze over Portland
8/21/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Wet grass, pale blue sky with broad brush strokes of white radiating from a point in the south and fanning out to the north, a tall dirty haze over Portland
8/22/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M dry grass, grey skies with bits of blue showing
8/23/2013 8:30 AM 0.05 M M M M Misty and wet
8/24/2013 8:30 AM 0.01 M M M M grey and overcast--- is summer gone?
8/25/2013 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M overcast, with a blue and white sky, damp grass
8/26/2013 9:00 AM 0.28 M M M M blue sky with white clouds, and a cloud bank to the west. the rain appears to have washed away the dirty haze over Portland. Not a big rain, but I am hoping enough for fall chanterelles this year. Last year was the first since I have been gathering that they did not appear in profusion in the fall.
8/27/2013 8:30 AM 0.01 M M M M Dry grass, blue sky with cobblestone white clouds, bright and sunny
8/28/2013 6:40 AM 0.04 M M M M Wet, bright sky partially covered by clouds
8/29/2013 8:20 AM 0.06 M M M M There was a thundering of rain on the roof around 8, pouring rain, splashing up from the patio stones,but I noted no thunder or lightening. I think most of the 0.06 in the gauge came from those few moments when the sky opened and poured the rain down. It continues to rain, but with much less enthusiasm. No blue showing in the sky, but a promising brightness behind the clouds. 9am: Ok, I take it back. I went out to remove standing water from the ET gauge, and thunder was cracking. Just not loud enough to hear in the house.
8/30/2013 8:40 AM 0.19 M M M M Grey clouds overhead; sunbreaks over Portland
8/31/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Clear sunny and blue overhead, distant haze over Portland
9/1/2013 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Wet grass, blue sky, the haze over Portland is still white and has not turned dirty again since the rains
9/2/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny blue skies with puffy white clouds around the edges and a few wispier ones scattered here and there up high.
9/3/2013 8:30 AM 0.09 M M M M Lots of thunder and sheet lightening around midnight. Blue sky with white clouds this morning, banked up over Portland, and low in the ravine.
9/4/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M dry grass, grey skies
9/5/2013 8:30 AM 0.02 M M M M Light drizzle, mist sitting in the ravine and obscuring distant views, a subdued morning.
9/6/2013 9:00 AM 1.63 M M M M Steady rain. New rain chains really cool. Thunder mid day yesterday.
9/7/2013 9:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Bright, blue skies, dark grey clouds over Portland
9/8/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Dense mist all the way to the ground, burned off by 10
9/9/2013 8:30 AM 0.01 M M M M Mist less dense than yesterday, but blocks visibility past the front yard.
9/10/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M clear, no mist
9/11/2013 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Damp grass, skies clear again, dirty haze back over Portland.
9/12/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Wet grass, grey and overcast, distance blurred. Now, an hour later, already clearing and becoming bright, but the haze well settled over Portland stays.
9/13/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M mist to the ground, all is wet.
9/14/2013 7:15 AM 0.01 M M M M Wet grass, grey skies
9/15/2013 10:30 AM 0.05 M M M M a grey and drizzly morning. No visibility past the edge of the front yard.
9/16/2013 9:30 AM 0.18 M M M M grey sky, no mist
9/18/2013 9:30 AM 0.31 M M M M Fairly homogeneous grey skies overhead, but in the west they appear to be beginning to puff up into cheery white clouds, with an occasional brief glimpse of blue showing in between.
9/19/2013 8:30 AM 0.01 M M M M clear and bright
9/20/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Wet grass, skies painted cloud white, beginning to separate between brush strokes to let the blue background show through
9/21/2013 8:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Clear overhead, clouds over Portland in the west
9/22/2013 8:50 AM 0.58 M M M M Grey-white skies, wet, but still lots of light.
9/23/2013 9:00 AM 0.76 M M M M a white grey sky, but not raining now
9/24/2013 8:00 AM 0.73 M M M M Raining lightly
9/25/2013 9:00 AM 0.66 M M M M light rain, light mist in the canyon
9/26/2013 9:10 AM 0.04 M M M M cloudy with sun breaks
9/27/2013 10:00 AM 0.01 M M M M a somber day, rain back after our day of sunshine, a light mist of rain earlier, now a light steady rain
9/28/2013 10:00 AM 1.08 M M M M Another somber and wet day, light rain off and on has progressed to moderate steady rain, with gusts of high wind. I am preparing for the power to go off. Deer this year seem very organized; have come through in groups of 6 or more, divide up efficiently with one group systematically stripping off all the asian pears, another group carefully eating every last tomato, cherry or big. Very little of the usual half eaten remains--- this group is thorough, and all plants are intact but fruitless, and they have not even broken all the fruit tree branches as they usually do. Trying to distinguish themselves from the bear and elk I guess. They bound away when my dog chases them, but quickly u-turn and return. Probably all a deer protest against the extensive clear cutting in the forests around me.
9/29/2013 9:15 AM 1.28 M M M M The air continues full of water; unremitting rain. HIgh winds yesterday, not as intense yet today, gusts off and on. Power off much of yesterday, back on for two hours, then off until about 1 am. Enjoyed leftover pasta and chanterelles and hot cocoa warmed on the wood stove.
9/30/2013 8:30 AM 1.09 M M M M Grey, not raining now, occasional glimpse of blue to the south. Stream was high yesterday but not full bank



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
12/15/2012 12/16/2012 9:00 AM 2 0.78 0.0 M
3/9/2013 3/15/2013 8:00 AM 7 0.23 M M Not much for a week. Sorry I missed the dry days. Today is grey and cloudy.



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