Station Overview Station Location
Station Number MD-PG-41 Latitude 39.007898
Station Name College Park 1.2 NE Longitude -76.918591
County Prince George's Elevation (ft) 98



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 13 3.53 4.77 31 4.77 31 0.00 0 0 9 5 0.0 0 0
Nov 13 3.48 2.93 30 2.93 30 0.00 0 0 9 4 0.0 0 0
Dec 13 3.30 5.00 31 2.09 25 2.91 6 3 7 0 2.1 2 2
Jan 14 3.00 2.97 31 2.66 29 0.31 2 1 9 2 10.4 3 5
Feb 14 2.79 3.59 28 3.37 24 0.22 4 1 12 2 11.8 4 4
March 14 3.75 3.70 31 1.98 28 1.72 3 1 8 0 11.1 3 3
April 14 3.39 4.64 30 4.59 24 0.05 6 1 10 1 0.0 0 0
May 14 4.36 8.56 31 8.56 31 0.00 0 0 16 1 0.0 0 0
June 14 3.85 3.51 30 3.51 30 0.00 0 0 11 1 0.0 0 0
July 14 4.05 3.27 31 3.27 31 0.00 0 0 12 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 14 3.35 3.23 31 3.23 31 0.00 0 0 10 1 0.0 0 0
Sept 14 3.98 3.15 30 2.51 27 0.64 3 1 10 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 42.83" 49.32" 365 days 43.47" 341 5.85" 24 days 8 123 days 17 days 35.4" 12 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
10/1/2013 0.00
10/2/2013 0.00
10/3/2013 0.00
10/4/2013 0.00
10/5/2013 0.00
10/6/2013 0.00
10/7/2013 0.00
10/8/2013 1.14
10/9/2013 0.00
10/10/2013 0.84
10/11/2013 0.78
10/12/2013 1.70
10/13/2013 0.16
10/14/2013 T
10/15/2013 0.00
10/16/2013 T
10/17/2013 T
10/18/2013 0.06
10/19/2013 0.00
10/20/2013 T
10/21/2013 0.00
10/22/2013 0.00
10/23/2013 0.02
10/24/2013 T
10/25/2013 0.00
10/26/2013 0.00
10/27/2013 0.00
10/28/2013 0.00
10/29/2013 0.00
10/30/2013 0.04
10/31/2013 0.03
11/1/2013 0.25
11/2/2013 0.04
11/3/2013 0.01
11/4/2013 0.00
11/5/2013 0.00
11/6/2013 0.00
11/7/2013 T
11/8/2013 0.02
11/9/2013 0.00
11/10/2013 0.00
11/11/2013 0.00
11/12/2013 0.00
11/13/2013 0.00
11/14/2013 0.00
11/15/2013 0.00
11/16/2013 0.34
11/17/2013 0.02
11/18/2013 0.20
11/19/2013 0.00
11/20/2013 0.00
11/21/2013 0.00
11/22/2013 T
11/23/2013 T
11/24/2013 0.00
11/25/2013 0.00
11/26/2013 T
11/27/2013 1.95
11/28/2013 0.10
11/29/2013 0.00
11/30/2013 0.00
12/1/2013 0.00
12/2/2013 0.00
12/3/2013 0.00
12/4/2013 0.00
12/5/2013 0.01
12/6/2013 0.05
12/7/2013 **
12/8/2013 1.07
12/9/2013 0.87
12/10/2013 0.34
12/11/2013 0.00
12/12/2013 0.00
12/13/2013 0.00
12/14/2013 0.00
12/15/2013 0.40
12/16/2013 0.00
12/17/2013 0.00
12/18/2013 0.00
12/19/2013 0.00
12/20/2013 0.00
12/21/2013 0.00
12/22/2013 **
12/23/2013 0.78
12/24/2013 0.41
12/25/2013 0.01
12/26/2013 0.00
12/27/2013 0.00
12/28/2013 0.00
12/29/2013 **
12/30/2013 1.06
12/31/2013 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2014 0.00
1/2/2014 0.00
1/3/2014 0.43
1/4/2014 0.00
1/5/2014 **
1/6/2014 0.31
1/7/2014 T
1/8/2014 0.00
1/9/2014 0.00
1/10/2014 0.18
1/11/2014 1.26
1/12/2014 0.02
1/13/2014 0.00
1/14/2014 0.09
1/15/2014 0.29
1/16/2014 0.02
1/17/2014 0.00
1/18/2014 0.00
1/19/2014 0.00
1/20/2014 0.00
1/21/2014 0.00
1/22/2014 0.33
1/23/2014 0.00
1/24/2014 0.00
1/25/2014 0.00
1/26/2014 T
1/27/2014 0.00
1/28/2014 0.00
1/29/2014 0.04
1/30/2014 0.00
1/31/2014 0.00
2/1/2014 0.00
2/2/2014 0.00
2/3/2014 0.67
2/4/2014 0.39
2/5/2014 0.36
2/6/2014 0.09
2/7/2014 0.00
2/8/2014 0.00
2/9/2014 T
2/10/2014 0.03
2/11/2014 0.00
2/12/2014 0.00
2/13/2014 0.88
2/14/2014 0.53
2/15/2014 0.05
2/16/2014 0.03
2/17/2014 0.00
2/18/2014 0.06
2/19/2014 T
2/20/2014 0.09
2/21/2014 0.00
2/22/2014 0.19
2/23/2014 0.00
2/24/2014 **
2/25/2014 **
2/26/2014 **
2/27/2014 0.22
2/28/2014 0.00
3/1/2014 0.00
3/2/2014 0.00
3/3/2014 0.79
3/4/2014 0.00
3/5/2014 0.00
3/6/2014 0.00
3/7/2014 0.00
3/8/2014 0.00
3/9/2014 0.00
3/10/2014 0.00
3/11/2014 0.00
3/12/2014 0.00
3/13/2014 0.08
3/14/2014 0.00
3/15/2014 0.00
3/16/2014 0.00
3/17/2014 0.51
3/18/2014 0.01
3/19/2014 0.00
3/20/2014 0.35
3/21/2014 0.00
3/22/2014 0.03
3/23/2014 0.00
3/24/2014 0.00
3/25/2014 0.00
3/26/2014 0.19
3/27/2014 0.00
3/28/2014 0.02
3/29/2014 **
3/30/2014 **
3/31/2014 1.72
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2014 0.00
4/2/2014 0.00
4/3/2014 0.00
4/4/2014 T
4/5/2014 0.02
4/6/2014 0.00
4/7/2014 0.02
4/8/2014 0.58
4/9/2014 0.02
4/10/2014 0.00
4/11/2014 0.00
4/12/2014 0.04
4/13/2014 0.00
4/14/2014 0.00
4/15/2014 0.09
4/16/2014 1.94
4/17/2014 0.00
4/18/2014 0.00
4/19/2014 **
4/20/2014 **
4/21/2014 **
4/22/2014 **
4/23/2014 **
4/24/2014 0.05
4/25/2014 0.00
4/26/2014 0.44
4/27/2014 0.00
4/28/2014 0.00
4/29/2014 0.20
4/30/2014 1.24
5/1/2014 2.38
5/2/2014 0.01
5/3/2014 0.00
5/4/2014 0.00
5/5/2014 0.00
5/6/2014 0.04
5/7/2014 0.00
5/8/2014 0.14
5/9/2014 0.01
5/10/2014 0.00
5/11/2014 0.08
5/12/2014 0.00
5/13/2014 0.09
5/14/2014 0.01
5/15/2014 0.01
5/16/2014 2.41
5/17/2014 0.05
5/18/2014 0.00
5/19/2014 0.00
5/20/2014 0.00
5/21/2014 T
5/22/2014 0.61
5/23/2014 0.02
5/24/2014 0.00
5/25/2014 0.00
5/26/2014 0.00
5/27/2014 0.00
5/28/2014 2.26
5/29/2014 0.02
5/30/2014 0.42
5/31/2014 0.00
6/1/2014 0.00
6/2/2014 0.00
6/3/2014 0.00
6/4/2014 0.49
6/5/2014 0.40
6/6/2014 0.00
6/7/2014 0.00
6/8/2014 0.00
6/9/2014 0.36
6/10/2014 0.00
6/11/2014 0.81
6/12/2014 0.18
6/13/2014 0.05
6/14/2014 0.38
6/15/2014 0.00
6/16/2014 0.00
6/17/2014 0.00
6/18/2014 0.00
6/19/2014 T
6/20/2014 0.48
6/21/2014 0.01
6/22/2014 0.06
6/23/2014 0.00
6/24/2014 0.00
6/25/2014 0.00
6/26/2014 0.29
6/27/2014 0.00
6/28/2014 0.00
6/29/2014 0.00
6/30/2014 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2014 0.00
7/2/2014 0.00
7/3/2014 0.40
7/4/2014 0.32
7/5/2014 0.00
7/6/2014 0.00
7/7/2014 0.00
7/8/2014 0.00
7/9/2014 0.33
7/10/2014 0.03
7/11/2014 0.05
7/12/2014 0.00
7/13/2014 0.00
7/14/2014 0.31
7/15/2014 0.20
7/16/2014 1.40
7/17/2014 0.00
7/18/2014 0.00
7/19/2014 0.00
7/20/2014 0.02
7/21/2014 0.00
7/22/2014 0.00
7/23/2014 0.00
7/24/2014 0.03
7/25/2014 0.00
7/26/2014 0.00
7/27/2014 0.04
7/28/2014 0.14
7/29/2014 0.00
7/30/2014 0.00
7/31/2014 0.00
8/1/2014 0.00
8/2/2014 0.18
8/3/2014 0.09
8/4/2014 0.04
8/5/2014 0.00
8/6/2014 0.03
8/7/2014 T
8/8/2014 0.00
8/9/2014 0.00
8/10/2014 0.00
8/11/2014 0.00
8/12/2014 0.07
8/13/2014 2.13
8/14/2014 0.00
8/15/2014 0.00
8/16/2014 0.00
8/17/2014 0.00
8/18/2014 0.00
8/19/2014 0.00
8/20/2014 0.00
8/21/2014 0.21
8/22/2014 0.02
8/23/2014 0.14
8/24/2014 0.32
8/25/2014 0.00
8/26/2014 0.00
8/27/2014 0.00
8/28/2014 0.00
8/29/2014 0.00
8/30/2014 0.00
8/31/2014 0.00
9/1/2014 1.02
9/2/2014 0.06
9/3/2014 0.16
9/4/2014 0.00
9/5/2014 0.00
9/6/2014 0.00
9/7/2014 0.95
9/8/2014 0.00
9/9/2014 0.02
9/10/2014 0.00
9/11/2014 0.00
9/12/2014 0.03
9/13/2014 0.00
9/14/2014 0.18
9/15/2014 0.00
9/16/2014 0.02
9/17/2014 0.00
9/18/2014 0.00
9/19/2014 0.00
9/20/2014 0.00
9/21/2014 0.00
9/22/2014 0.06
9/23/2014 0.00
9/24/2014 0.00
9/25/2014 **
9/26/2014 **
9/27/2014 0.64
9/28/2014 0.00
9/29/2014 0.00
9/30/2014 0.01



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/2/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/3/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/4/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/5/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/6/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/7/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/8/2013 8:00 AM 1.14 M M M M Low-topped squall line ahead of strong cold front. No lightning/thunder at work, not aware of any at home either.
10/9/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/10/2013 8:45 AM 0.84 M M M M rain falling at obs time, best to compare 2-day totals tomorrow to compare other sites with different obs times
10/11/2013 8:00 AM 0.78 M M M M rain at obs time, lots of puddles in yard but yard drain is not full which it usually would be with this much rain (over 2 days)
10/12/2013 9:30 AM 1.70 M M M M No rain at obs time! Storm total for this coastal system is 3.32 so far.
10/13/2013 12:00 PM 0.16 M M M M Rain ended! 3.48" storm total
10/14/2013 9:00 AM T M M M M In yesterday's report, I thought the rain was finally over... but I found a trace in the gauge this morning. Anyway, that doesn't change the storm total. Despite over 3" for the storm, my total is among the lowest in the area - and it matches well the local min in a map of radar estimates for the 7-day total. Beyond that, I seem to often be in a local minimum, which is reflected in long term totals, despite a few summer thunderstorms when I am near the maximum.
10/15/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/16/2013 9:00 AM T M M M M not sure if rain or deposit from dew or fog - was some light rain in the area but not sure if at my site
10/17/2013 9:00 AM T M M M M like yesterday, was a little water in gauge, not sure if dew deposit or rain - some areas did get sprinkles, not sure if here
10/18/2013 9:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
10/19/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/20/2013 9:00 AM T M M M M
10/21/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/22/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/23/2013 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
10/24/2013 9:00 AM T M M M M
10/25/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/26/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/27/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/28/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/29/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/30/2013 7:30 AM 0.04 M M M M Surfaces have beaded raindrops, not dew. Several recent days have had dew with water in gauge but no rain.
10/31/2013 9:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Seems to be from yesterday morning after obs time
11/1/2013 9:30 AM 0.25 M M M M Evening rain and possibly overnight, then windy followed by a brief moderate shower just before obs as part of a shallow prefrontal squall. In the squall, rain sheets were "blowing", due to strong winds above, but winds at ground and tree-top level were not strong.
11/2/2013 2:00 PM 0.04 M M M M continuation of yesterday morning's rain for a few more minutes
11/3/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Afternoon convective showers but with only a few drops as convection not vigorous enough and air mass was drying out
11/4/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/5/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/6/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/7/2013 9:00 AM T M M M M
11/8/2013 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M mid-day rain Thursday
11/9/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/10/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/11/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/12/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/13/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/14/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/15/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/16/2013 3:00 PM 0.34 M M M M rain fell overnight
11/17/2013 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M evening mist - rain with very fine spray, tiny drops
11/18/2013 9:00 AM 0.20 M M M M Most fell in a couple minutes at 2:27am when the low-topped squall line came through (no lightning or thunder). It looked like a hurricane for a minute, with impressive blowing water with lots of spray, as peak winds came with peak rain rate. Given the absence of large tree limbs down or other damage, I guess the rain may have been blowing more from the momentum it carried downward than from wind at tree canopy level, but it sure did look impressive for a minute or two.
11/19/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/20/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/21/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/22/2013 9:00 AM T M M M M
11/23/2013 9:00 AM T M M M M
11/24/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M did not notice the few snowflakes other observers in the area reported - may have not been watching at the right time or may have missed my location
11/25/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/26/2013 7:10 AM T M M M M Late night or early morning light rain, only T in gauge, rain drops on cars and newspaper, no rain falling at obs time
11/27/2013 8:00 AM 1.95 M M M M Rain was rather steady and never extremely heavy through the afternoon into overnight. No rain at obs time but light rain began again later, so storm total awaits tomorrow's reading.
11/28/2013 9:00 AM 0.10 T M 0.0 0.00 Snow fell at my office in Gaithersburg and regionwide, so it is safe to say that the there were flakes flying at home too. Ground and air temperatures were above freezing, no accumulation.
11/29/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/30/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/1/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/2/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/3/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/4/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/5/2013 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
12/6/2013 8:30 AM 0.05 M M M M light rain at obs time
12/9/2013 9:00 AM 0.87 0.1 M 0.5 0.32 Amount excludes precip received before 4:45pm obs yesterday - total including that estimated at 1.14" Yesterday had 0.75" of snowfall at that time, additional glazing on cleared part of hail pad is around 0.1" while the entire combination of yesterday's snow and sleet and subsequent freezing rain and rain with compaction and melting left a bit less than a half inch of soft icy crust on the ground, containing core melted amount of 0.32"
12/10/2013 3:00 PM 0.34 2.0 0.28 0.5 0.28 Total includes a small amount from continuation of light rain yesterday after obs time. All precip that I saw today fell as snow this morning, with melting at the beginning of the event and more melting towards the end. Short grass was even sticking up during the heaviest snow when it was mostly sticking and accumulating, appeared to be more snow that fell than that stayed - possibly some melting from underneath. Yesterday's event had melted almost completely before today's began, so I used shady sheltered corners of the yard to measure the new snowfall depth, as other areas ranged from bare to around half as much as the shady sheltered area due to melting, both from sun and from sun-warmed ground (shady areas probably had colder ground too).
12/11/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Took obs yesterday afternoon after precip ended - see yesterday's obs to compare against other sites reporting this precip in today's morning report
12/12/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/13/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/14/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/15/2013 9:00 AM 0.40 T M T M Snow fell at the beginning of the event but did not accumulate. Still a few snow/ice patches on the ground from last week but only in the most sheltered spots, almost all bare.
12/16/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/17/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M dry, no trace of anything on newspaper bag, cars, or anything
12/18/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/19/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/20/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/21/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/24/2013 8:00 AM 0.41 M M M M Storm total 1.19" frost on car windows but no ice in gauge
12/25/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Block of ice in inner cylinder - afternoon snowshowers, was not home but apparently must have been enough for measurable precip, and with temps just above freezing, could have been liquid in gauge before freezing overnight. Cars heavily frosted and funnel had isolated large crystals on it, not sure if from frost or from snowflakes which adhered.
12/26/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/27/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/28/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/31/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/1/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/2/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/3/2014 8:30 AM 0.43 4.7 0.43 3.0 M Had 4.5" as of around midnight with additional light snowshowers adding 0.2" after that. Reportedly, precip began here as sleet. At office in Gaithersburg, was all snow with an impressive afternoon fall of gigantic flat aggregates which looked like torn up sheets of paper. Average depth in yard is 3" but there was melting before it began accumulating. The unused car had a uniform coverage of 4.5" at midnight when I cleared it and additional 0.2" in the morning (sunny now). This car core sample had 0.41" of liquid and the morning addition had 0.02". Most likely, the precip stuck to the car before it stuck without melting to grass and other surfaces, so it serves as my snowboard. Hailpad had less snow, so I guess it had more melting. Winds were weak as of the midnight sample, just starting to pick up this morning, and there was no sign of drifting or the car receiving a dose from any nearby objects. Gauge outer cylinder brackets were fused, I could not remove it from its stand, so cannot use its contents for measurement, and it appears my sample from the car is a good sample.
1/4/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/7/2014 8:00 AM T M M M M Appeared to be something in gauge (all is frozen now) and there were widespread sprinkles and snow pellet showers during the morning after obs time yesterday.
1/8/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/9/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/10/2014 7:45 AM 0.18 M M M M Glazing around 0.05" with freezing rain at obs time. Everything is glazed - street, cars, driveway, sidewalk, trees, and of course the hail pad. Grass is slick in spots but doesn't look ice covered.
1/11/2014 5:20 PM 1.26 M M M M Rain not falling at this time. Much of total fell today, so compare vs. 2-day totals tomorrow at other sites. Yard full of puddles and standing water.
1/12/2014 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M 1.26" in yesterday's report after 5pm - most of that will be reported in today's reading at most other sites. 3-day total 1.46"
1/13/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/14/2014 8:00 AM 0.09 M M M M No rain falling at obs time. Very warm, around 50 deg this early in the morning in mid-winter.
1/15/2014 8:30 AM 0.29 M M M M No rain at obs time, ground very muddy
1/16/2014 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
1/17/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/18/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/19/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/20/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/21/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/22/2014 8:00 AM 0.33 5.2 0.33 5.0 0.33 No change from last evening's "significant weather" report except to note that I observed this morning snow flakes flying through the air under clear skies, apparently blown off roofs or trees. All snow, ended around or before 10pm. 0.33" is average from core samples, only 0.20 in gauge. Snow is light and fluffy and was a little windy so gauge had undercatch although area around it had a good amount and I used an adjacent spot for one of the core samples. Depth 4" minimum, with 4" in some areas including under trees and some exposed spots, up to 5.5" in some areas, but does not appear to be much drifting yet. Overall best spots were consistently a bit over 5".
1/23/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/24/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/25/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M
1/26/2014 9:00 AM T T M 2.0 M Several periods of light snow showers from mid-morning through evening, nothing noteworthy or measureable.
1/27/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/28/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M only small patches of snow remain as almost all has melted or sublimated
1/29/2014 7:30 AM 0.04 0.5 0.04 0.5 0.04 Late evening powdery snow with very cold temperatures
1/30/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Snow melted or sublimated so now covers less than half of the ground, depth around 1/4" where there is snow
1/31/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M snow patches remain on the ground
2/1/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Still some snow patches remaining
2/2/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/3/2014 8:00 AM 0.67 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 all rain so far, moderate rain at obs time. lots of puddles in yard and ground is muddy under and between pools of water as water is standing rather than filtering into ground
2/4/2014 8:00 AM 0.39 M M M M Rain continued after obs time yesterday morning. I was at work when it may have changed to sleet or snow, all melted by the time I got home, so I don't know if it changed over and if so, when, to what, and how much.
2/5/2014 9:00 AM 0.36 M M T M light rain continuing at obs time. melting now - freezing rain, then rain, no snow or sleet. Not much glazing of trees, but cars did glaze, some has melted off. Gauge outer cylinder has very thin glaze like a thick frost. On way to work, noticed heavy glazing on trees all along 270 from beltway north, and in Gaithersburg, grass is coated with ice.
2/6/2014 8:00 AM 0.09 M M M M Continuation of yesterday morning's rain, ended mid-day. Ground now frozen but collected water in gauge still liquid.
2/7/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/8/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/9/2014 9:00 AM T T T 0.0 0.00 flurries
2/10/2014 8:00 AM 0.03 0.3 0.03 T 0.03 Snow began around 4pm, was somewhat heavy for a little while and quickly whitened the ground. This morning there are bare patches and most of the ground is just barely covered, parts of walk and driveway already bare. Melted amount is from core samples and gauge, were nearly the same.
2/11/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/12/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/13/2014 8:20 AM 0.88 9.0 0.88 9.0 0.88 Snow changed to mix of snow pellets and freezing rain around or somewhat before 8am and still falling, may have mixed in earlier but was all snow at least for the moments I looked out a bit before 8am. There as some drifting with amounts over a foot against objects and up to 11" in drift mounds in the yard, while many areas had only 7" - appears 9" is roughly average. Melted amounts are from 4 core samples.
2/14/2014 7:30 AM 0.53 2.0 M 7.0 1.08 Storm total snow 11", storm total precip 1.41" Rain continued for a while after yesterday's obs, with around 3" of snow depth loss from melting. Snow resumed in earnest in the evening with moderate to heavy snow for a while, starting out as wet gloppy nearly rain-like snow. Shoveling this second batch this morning was brutal - already had cleared out first part of storm yesterday, but the 2" of depth was encased in ice and frozen onto the pavement, and it was heavy and solid like bricks. Trees had lots of snow in them last evening when the second batch fell but wind blew it all out, trees bare now and snow on ground is pock-marked full of small holes where snow from trees fell into the snowpack, indicating that the snowpack became encrusted and hard after freezing later overnight after the wind blew snow out of the trees.
2/15/2014 9:30 AM 0.05 M M 5.5 M Light rain with a little sleet mixing in at obs time, later turned to light snow. Above freezing slightly, everything melting slowly at the moment. Yesterday evening, all the meltwater froze into black ice very quickly early in the evening.
2/16/2014 8:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M M M
2/17/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/18/2014 6:30 AM 0.06 0.5 M M M A half inch of snow fell, seems there was some freezing rain mixed in because it adhered to surfaces and was crunchy in places, not a loose powder even though the top was powdery. Around midnight, visibility was very low in a misty white spray of fine particles, no large flakes but snow seemed rather heavy at that moment as the air was filled with this spray of fine particles.
2/19/2014 8:30 AM T M M M M Few rain drops on cars at obs time but nothing falling - rain started a few minutes later.
2/20/2014 8:00 AM 0.09 M M 2.0 M Lightning and thunder on morning commute yesterday! Snow melted completely to bare ground on all areas with good exposure - around 4" remaining on other half of ground, some of it being hard compacted ice.
2/21/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/22/2014 9:00 AM 0.19 M M T M At office had convective updraft bases and towers and a couple flashes of lightning. This cluster missed home and later new cells developed which dropped the precip at home, don't know if it had lightning. Still some snow patches remain on ground in shaded areas.
2/23/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/28/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/1/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/2/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/3/2014 5:00 PM 0.79 4.0 0.35 4.0 0.35 0.28" liquid as of 12:15am, all rain. Overnight, changed to freezing rain, sleet, and by morning, snow. Grass had 4" of fluffy powdery snow with core sample water equivalent of 0.35". Driveway had 0.5" to 0.75" of ice buildup with powdery snow on top. Ice was similar to compacted refrozen snow, not as heavy and solid as glaze. Gauge catch had 0.51" additional after the 12:15am reading of 0.28", for my storm total report of 0.79". During the mid-day, we had bright skies with moderate snow, with some dendritic flakes mixed with small fine particles, didn't examine carefully to see if needles. Snow ended after that and sun came out for a while.
3/4/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Yesterday's report was in evening after precip ended, so compare my yesterday's report to other people's storm totals from today's and yesterday's reports.
3/5/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/6/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/7/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/8/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/9/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/10/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/11/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/12/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/13/2014 8:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Mid-day light rain, then cold frontal band around 7pm with impressive dark updraft base but no lightning and only a few minutes of rain, sporadic moderate rain for a few seconds or a minute at a time, few bursts. Strong winds were immediately behind the band, continuing through the night, but not much wind reaching the ground during the rain and not much of a gust front at the surface. However, saw scud moving rapidly from southwest under the updraft base and rapidly from northwest to the rear of the updraft base.
3/14/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/15/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/16/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/17/2014 9:00 AM 0.51 7.0 0.51 5.5 0.51 Snow began around 6pm and after 2 hours of mostly moderate steady snow with intermittent breaks to barely light snow, ground was still bare from having been warm. After that, snow started accumulating, but upward sloping south-facing driveways were still bare even a couple hours later. I had 7" on the car that was not used and not in a sunny location and was among the first items the snow was sticking to, so that's a good estimate of total snowfall and I used a core sample from it (and 2 yard spots). The snow in the yard was mostly around 5 1/2 inches with a few spots closer to 6 1/2. Snow on pavement was even less due to more melting early in the storm. More light snow is continuing but appears not to be adding up to much, so this looks like it will be almost a complete storm total.
3/18/2014 8:00 AM 0.01 0.1 M M M Light snow continued until mid-day though melting on contact as everything was slowly melting throughout the day, found a full .01" (measured right on the line) of liquid in gauge, estimate that this was 0.1" of snow depth.
3/19/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/20/2014 8:00 AM 0.35 M M 0.0 M Rain yesterday, sunny and mild this morning. Snow on ground all melted here, still parking lot mounds in Gaithersburg.
3/21/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/22/2014 9:00 AM 0.03 M M M M rain, during day Friday
3/23/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/24/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/25/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Snow not yet started, began shortly after 8am.
3/26/2014 6:30 PM 0.19 M M 0.5 M Forgot to check gauge before leaving in the morning. Snow was melting while falling yesterday - came home yesterday evening to find bare patches and less than an inch on the ground. Estimating this morning around 0.5". Now ground is mostly bare but still snow in places. In contrast, at my office in Gaithersburg, we got around 3 or 4 inches of accumulation although roads were only wet and even today at the end of the day there was still a lot of snow-covered ground although there were bare areas too. Had removed funnel and inner cylinder, so did not lose any of the snow sample but could have lost a little to evaporation - reading should be almost as good as any other day.
3/27/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/28/2014 8:20 AM 0.02 M M M M Rain began shortly before obs time, raining at obs time
4/1/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/2/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/3/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/4/2014 8:00 AM T M M M M
4/5/2014 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
4/6/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/7/2014 8:30 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M 0.02" light rain at obs time
4/8/2014 8:30 AM 0.58 M M M M No rain at obs time. Storm total 0.60"
4/9/2014 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M presumably fell yesterday morning after obs time
4/10/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/11/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/12/2014 9:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
4/13/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/14/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/15/2014 8:00 AM 0.09 M M M M light rain at obs time and very warm and steamy. Heavy convective shower followed later within the next hour - that rain will be in tomorrow morning's catch.
4/16/2014 8:00 AM 1.94 M M M M Storm total 2.03". Did not notice any lightning or thunder during morning convective squall line with heavy rain while leaving the house yesterday and did not notice any snowflakes at conclusion of event in evening.
4/17/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/18/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/25/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/26/2014 11:00 AM 0.44 M M M M Afternoon showers/thundershowers. Saw one flash of lightning southeast of College Park while on the beltway slightly west of Rt 1 while clearing was back to the west (e.g., lightning was toward rear of the complex) and likewise heard one long peel of thunder in Gaithersburg also after most of the storm had already gone by.
4/27/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/28/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/29/2014 8:00 AM 0.20 M M M M No rain at obs time, rain began again a short while after.
4/30/2014 8:30 AM 1.24 M M M M Rain at obs time and all morning today. Some of my catch will be in others' reports tomorrow for sites with earlier obs times, so will need to add up several-day storm totals to compare stations with different obs times. So far, no lightning or thunder.
5/1/2014 8:00 AM 2.38 M M M M 3-day storm total 3.82", 2-day total 3.62" A little bit of lightning and thunder but mostly just frequent moderate rain and occasional heavy rain
5/2/2014 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M sprinkles around 8pm with cold front passage at Lake Artemesia with rain core northeast of there - apparently home was enough northeast to get a measurable amount.
5/3/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/4/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/5/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/6/2014 9:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Dark updraft bases to the south, only noticed sprinkles here - perhaps another light shower later in the evening or overnight
5/7/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/8/2014 9:00 AM 0.14 M M M M mid-day showers, don't know if any thunder occurred at home while I was at the office, some parts of the area had a little.
5/9/2014 9:30 AM 0.01 M M M M Water in gauge... could have been from condensation (dew) but enough other sites in my part of the area reported drizzle or mist that I am guessing there was early morning drizzle or mist before I looked outside.
5/10/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/11/2014 11:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Sat afternoon showers and evening a bit after 10pm had a powerful gust front and sudden brief heavy shower
5/12/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/13/2014 9:00 AM 0.09 M M M M Around 8pm, very brief downpour with gusty wind whipping the rain and one clap of thunder.
5/14/2014 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
5/15/2014 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
5/16/2014 8:45 AM 2.41 M M M M Moderate rain still falling at obs time. Use 2-day totals tomorrow to compare with other sites that measured earlier in the morning as some of my catch today will be in theirs tomorrow. Did not hear thunder at home but did at my office in Gaithersburg yesterday while leaving (5:30pm).
5/17/2014 9:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Storm total 2.46"
5/18/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/19/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/20/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/21/2014 8:30 AM T M M M M
5/22/2014 9:00 AM 0.61 M M M M 5:30-6 am thunderstorm with tremendous lightning, lots of it, to the north with a good amount here but the real action passed north, brief torrential rain here. Yesterday eve got home just as thundershower was ending, around 6:15-6:30pm
5/23/2014 8:30 AM 0.02 M M M M Storms passed to north during afternoon. I happened to be on Rt 1 heading north and saw a wall cloud and vigorous updraft base north of Beltsville, while in Beltsville looking north.
5/24/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/25/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/26/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/27/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/28/2014 8:00 AM 2.26 M M M M .02" after sig weather report on the tremendous storm with hail, high winds, and deluge. Winds were strongest with strong gusts during peak rain, estimate 50 MPH gusts. Power flickered but did not go out, tree limbs down but less than I would have expected. Hail small and not abundant compared to the downpour of rain.
5/29/2014 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Very fine misty light rain at obs time
5/30/2014 8:00 AM 0.42 M M M M No rain at obs time, sidewalk and street partially dried
5/31/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/1/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/2/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/3/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/4/2014 8:00 AM 0.49 M M M M mid-day showers, grass still soaked this morning. Lightning data indicates I missed a thundershower at home while I was at work - at office in Gaithersburg we had no lightning/thunder.
6/5/2014 8:30 AM 0.40 M M M M evening through overnight showers, saw a few dim flickers of lightning to the distant south.
6/6/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/7/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/8/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/9/2014 8:30 AM 0.36 M M M M rain late eve/overnight. did not see lightning/hear thunder
6/10/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M had no rain before the deluge began within an hour later (in sig weather report and next day's catch)
6/11/2014 8:30 AM 0.81 M M M M .02" overnight/morning and .79" yesterday morning. No rain at obs time. Yesterday morning had brief deluge, more prolonged deluge just 1-2 miles to the south where they had severe flooding with water rescues and rainfall estimates of 3-5 inches in 1-2 hours. Here, the street gutters were full and water was rushing down the street and across the driveway like a river but not deep, typical of a torrential downpour, but now this morning everything is back to normal with no standing water.
6/12/2014 7:40 AM 0.18 M M M M Very light misty rain at obs time. Lots of lightning around 9pm, some within 1-2 miles but missed the real storms, mostly got electrified stratiform region and remains from convective complex.
6/13/2014 8:00 AM 0.05 M M M M The heavy showers missed here but I got caught in one in Gaithersburg leaving work.
6/14/2014 9:00 AM 0.38 M M M M Beautiful striated shelf cloud came through approx 8pm but winds behind it were only 15 to perhaps 20 MPH and there were no storms. Most or all of the rain fell with mid-day showers/thundershowers.
6/15/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/16/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/17/2014 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Great lightning show to the distant south during the night! During the evening around 8pm, some sort of outflow boundary with not quite a shelf cloud but some updraft bases with only modest towers on them passed through, though not much wind or anything with it. Earlier, the outline of a majestic isolate CBs to the distant northwest was (barely) visible.
6/18/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/19/2014 8:30 AM T M M M M Best lightning show in years! First storms to the north and northeast around 10-11pm, then to the northwest and northeast, then also southwest, then south. New storms kept forming to the northwest and moving east. Eventually we got a few big drops of rain as a new cell formed just south and another skirted just north around 1am. Towers were lit up, individual bolts visible from high in the towers to ground with forking and portions of the bolts weaving in and out of the cloud, and lightning was extremely frequent in all of the cells with several in different directions blazing away simultaneously.
6/20/2014 8:30 AM 0.48 M M M M Afternoon showers with cold front
6/21/2014 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Dry at obs time, must have been some light overnight rain. Moderate shower came around 15 minutes after obs time.
6/22/2014 12:00 PM 0.06 M M M M Shower yesterday morning after obs time. Another very light shower around 1 pm.
6/23/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/24/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/25/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/26/2014 8:00 AM 0.29 M M M M Thunderstorm around 10pm with extremely frequent in cloud lightning mostly to the north initially and then east after the storm went by as the storm northwest passed by to the north and the new cell increased its lightning output after passing over. Rain came with initially very large drops but not too heavy, then in heavy bursts a few seconds at a time with moderate rain between bursts. Almost all rain fell within 15 minutes.
6/27/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/28/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/29/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/30/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/1/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/2/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/3/2014 9:00 AM 0.40 M M M M Afternoon storms missed, had 0.00 as of 7pm, then after 9:30 pm a lot of small cells erupted just to the west/southwest and moved northeast with cell mergers overhead and just to the north. Storm was around 10:30pm with heavy rain and a lot of in-cloud lightning, some cloud to ground, most concentrated lightning to the northwest and north at closest approach but there was some in all directions as one of the cells moved overhead.
7/4/2014 9:00 AM 0.32 M M M M Afternoon thunderstorms mostly ending by the time I got home from work. Reports of wind damage a mile or two further southwest of the house but only a few small branch pieces or twigs down in my area.
7/5/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/6/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/7/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/8/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/9/2014 8:00 AM 0.33 M M M M A bit after 7pm, the gust front blew through with winds over 40 MPH and lots of branch pieces and tree debris blowing around and falling. Bursts of moderate to perhaps slightly heavy rain and a little lightning and thunder followed a little while later, and winds stayed strong and gusty for a while, not only at the leading edge.
7/10/2014 6:30 PM 0.03 M M M M Light rain at obs time, appears to have begun just shortly before. Forgot to take morning reading, may have caught the edge of showers passing to the south, so not sure how much of the 0.03 fell Weds eve and how much fell just before my obs on Thurs.
7/11/2014 8:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Evening light rain with rumbling thunder for several hours but just anvil dribbles here, storm cores were far away.
7/12/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/13/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/14/2014 8:30 AM 0.31 M M M M Thundershowers eve after dark, rain came in bursts with wind gusts of roughly 30-35 MPH. Lightning not impressive, moderate amount of in-cloud and only a little cloud-to-ground I could see, fair amount of rumbling and rolling thunder but no crashing booming thunder.
7/15/2014 8:00 AM 0.20 M M M M Afternoon storm before arrived home from work, no rain after that. No branches down, wind must not have been strong despite NWS warning. Radar indicates bulk of the storm and associated winds passed to the south and another cell formed or matured further east. At office in Gaithersburg, watched an interesting vigorous small cell to the southwest, passed just south, with well-defined updraft base, inflow tails, developing roll cloud, and south of the dark updraft base were scud moving rapidly from the west while winds were calm to light southeasterly at my location ahead of the storm, gusty westerly in rain shaft behind it as it passed by. Arcs of lightning were jumping out of the updraft area, more resembled storms I have seen on the plains than typical of around here. But this display didn't last long as the structure became less sharply defined and lightning less frequent as the storm passed by.
7/16/2014 8:00 AM 1.40 M M M M Early afternoon heavy storm at home while was at the office, then more rain in evening. Mature tree down a few blocks northwest of house and was told storm had lots of lightning. Encountered tremendous deluge, no lightning, on evening commute from south end of I-270 continuing southeast along 270 spur but suddenly drove out of it before merging onto beltway. Was around a couple hours later by the time this rain reached home, very slow mover and lost its punch as rain was not heavy when it arrived, had a few rumbles of thunder with it.
7/17/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/18/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/19/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/20/2014 5:00 PM 0.02 M M M M Was surprised to find water in the gauge, had no idea there was any rain. Thought it might have been dew or dribbles from previous rain on the funnel but I see many other sites reported light rain, so must have rained sometime.
7/21/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/22/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/23/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/24/2014 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Storms all missed - 6pm featured a large thick watery-looking anvil to the west, 7:30pm featured a few rumbles of distant thunder and an approaching gust front feature which later went through with a few short towers and some mild warm breezes. Don't know when it actually rained sometime much later.
7/25/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/26/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Dew, no rain
7/27/2014 9:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Overnight showers
7/28/2014 8:30 AM 0.14 M M M M Brief heavy showers around midnight with a few flickers of lightning and one long deep roll of thunder.
7/29/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/30/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/31/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/1/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/2/2014 12:00 PM 0.18 M M M M overnight rain and mysterious power outage - no lightning, no wind, just enough reason for PEPCO to have an outage for a few hours in the middle of the night
8/3/2014 4:00 PM 0.09 M M M M no rain today, sprinkles yesterday early eve with smell of rain in the air - appeared heavy showers passed to the southwest. Apparently some rain fell overnight. No lightning or thunder. Lots of elongated towering cu with narrow bases throughout the afternoon but none grew very tall, none glaciated.
8/4/2014 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Bed-time thundershower but not much
8/5/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Heavy dew, had more than 0.01", almost 0.02" in gauge but I think it is all dew, no rain All nearby stations are dry and I am not aware of any rain having fallen in the area
8/6/2014 7:00 PM 0.03 M M M M Forgot to read gauge in morning, rain must have fallen overnight because I'm sure there wasn't any today
8/7/2014 9:00 AM T M M M M Had a little water in gauge and no dew today so must have been some rain. Other sites reported mid-day sprinkles - when I was at work. Quite a contrast from two days ago when there was a lot more water in the gauge but apparently no rain, all from heavy dew. Air today is much drier and very pleasant!
8/8/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/9/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/10/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/11/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/12/2014 7:30 AM 0.07 M M M M no rain at obs time but rain again shortly after. On morning commute, encountered torrential rain in Gaithersburg with flowing water across Clopper Road in low spots up to at least 4 inches deep.
8/13/2014 8:00 AM 2.13 M M M M 2.11 in the heavy rain morning to mid-day and .02 in the evening/overnight.
8/14/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/15/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/16/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/17/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/18/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/19/2014 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/20/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/21/2014 8:30 AM 0.21 M M M M Light rain yesterday eve with a few long rumbles of thunder around 6:30pm. More showers this morning with dark towering cumulus, sky rather dark, ending before obs time, then cleared out.
8/22/2014 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Had light shower around 7:30pm, perhaps a few others I didn't notice. Grass is wet this morning.
8/23/2014 9:30 AM 0.14 M M M M Rain during the morning including at obs time
8/24/2014 7:00 PM 0.32 M M M M Rain fell Saturday, ending Sat late afternoon or early eve. Forgot to check gauge this morning, no additional rain today, all from Saturday.
8/25/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/26/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/27/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/28/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/29/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/30/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/31/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/1/2014 9:00 AM 1.02 M M M M Impressive looking thunderstorm approached from west at 6:30pm with multistroke intense lightning to the west veiled behind rain (west, rain not arrived here yet), and thunder rumbling from thick anvil overhead (view blocked by streamers of tower cu moving rapidly from the south), deep purple to almost turquoise watery cloud base to the west. Then a thin ragged roll cloud passed over and the color changed to gray, with a striated shelf cloud behind it. Heavy downpour came in waves for around 10 minutes, with strongest surges of wind during the heaviest bursts of rain, probably around 35-40 MPH with some brief higher gusts. By this time, lightning had decreases as storm produced a lot less lightning as it got closer. Steady rain a while later as remains from other storms passed over, and another briefly heavy cell passed over a few hours later with a little bit of lightning.
9/2/2014 8:00 AM 0.06 M M M M Shower around 4:15pm. Flat cumulus, looked capped, during mid-day, then suddenly very tall cu and CBs in late afternoon with deep rumbles of thunder to south and east and really sharp pretty CB to the south-southeast around 4:45pm with stark sharp towering cu lined up to the east while perfectly clear to the west. Visibility was uncharacteristically high for such a hot humid day.
9/3/2014 8:30 AM 0.16 M M M M At office in Gaithersburg, had big storm at 4pm with roll cloud, nasty looking updraft base, rain foot to the southwest, and blowing sheets of rain. Storm had 70 VIL on approach, decreased down to around 30-40, then back over 60 a little bit after it passed by. At home had several thunderstorms with a lot of lightning behind the storm. All the storms including afternoon at the office had lightning concentrated to the rear immediately behind where the flanking line feeds into the main tower.
9/4/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/5/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/6/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/7/2014 9:00 AM 0.95 M M M M Had only 0.01" additional after sig weather report of 0.94": Heavy thunderstorm with strong winds - likely undercatch due to winds whipping the rain. First drops fell at 7:14pm, most of the rain fell in around a 20-minute period. Very frequent in-cloud lightning throughout the storm, lots of thunder emanating from the thick anvil before the storm arrived, and dark vigorous updraft bases with hard towers above the gust front ahead of the mature storm. Strongest winds were during the heaviest rain bursts well behind gust front.
9/8/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M After obs time today, when leaving the house for work, few drops of rain fell
9/9/2014 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
9/10/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/11/2014 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/12/2014 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Thursday came home from work to wet roads. Appeared dry until nearly home, so the northern edge of the shower must have clipped the neighborhood.
9/13/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M rain began later around 11am, no rain yet as of obs time
9/14/2014 9:00 AM 0.18 M M M M Rain began around 11am Sat and ended by late afternoon, briefly moderate to almost heavy shower during mid-day.
9/15/2014 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/16/2014 8:30 AM 0.02 M M M M Heavy dew. Not sure if it is all dew or mostly from overnight passing scattered showers or a combination. There were some showers in the vicinity.
9/17/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/18/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/19/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/20/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/21/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/22/2014 8:30 AM 0.06 M M M M Brief heavy shower a little after 9pm, no lightning or thunder
9/23/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/24/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/28/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/29/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/30/2014 8:30 AM 0.01 M M M M sprinkles at my office during the day, presumably a little more at home given that I found a full 0.01" in the gauge - sprinkles would usually leave only a T



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
12/7/2013 12/08/2013 4:45 PM 2 1.07 0.8 0.27 Forgot to check gauge yesterday - had contents from Friday's rain and today's snow. Snow began mid-late morning, now changed to sleet and freezing rain mix (no more snow) which has all been accumulating on frozen surfaces. Hail pad had 0.75 inches of accumulation and core sampled from hail pad had 0.27" of liquid, so it appears that 0.80" should have been the rainfall from Friday (Saturday morning reading that I missed) and 0.27" is from today's precip which has all been in frozen form (e.g., this morning's daily reading would have been 0.00").
12/22/2013 12/23/2013 7:30 AM 2 0.78 M M Didn't check gauge in morning before rain came Sunday, not sure how much would have had in the early morning (0 or T or small) - most if not all rain fell during Sunday into this morning. No rain falling at obs time, although it was raining again by 8:20am.
12/29/2013 12/30/2013 8:00 AM 2 1.06 M M rain began Sat night or early Sunday morning, most fell during the day on Sunday. No rain falling at obs time.
1/5/2014 1/06/2014 8:00 AM 2 0.31 T M No precip at obs time. Sunday (yesterday) woke up too late to see any freezing rain if there was any - saw only plain rain, no ice. Didn't measure, so today have storm total - precip began early Sunday morning. Today, only a few patches of snow remain
2/24/2014 2/27/2014 3:00 PM 4 0.22 T M Snow on 2/25 and again 2/26 but was away and only patches remain on the ground. Gauge had 0.22 but I do not know whether this is an undercatch as I cannot now take core samples for comparison.
3/29/2014 3/31/2014 8:00 AM 3 1.72 0.0 M Most rain fell Saturday into Saturday night but rain continued all day Sunday, changing to snow for an hour or a few hours with moderate snow falling, 100% snow no mix, for a little while, enough to whiten ground despite ground being wet and somewhat warm. Lakes in the back yard, water everywhere.
4/19/2014 4/24/2014 8:00 AM 6 0.05 0.0 M
9/25/2014 9/27/2014 9:30 AM 3 0.64 M M mostly fell Wed night



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
5/27/2014 6:20 PM very many small dents in hail pad, will have to count later. No large dents. Spacing irregular and clustered. High winds with torrential rain came after the hail - was very heavy rain with hail but increased afterward. See significant weather report for today. 3/8" 1/4" Pea Size Rice 5 3min no damage Continuous True After rain Same time as smaller hail 10-20