Station Overview Station Location
Station Number PA-BR-2 Latitude 40.316251
Station Name Reading 3.5 SW Longitude -75.988661
County Berks Elevation (ft) 320



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 3.74 5.44 31 5.44 31 0.00 0 0 9 3 0.0 0 0
Nov 13 3.61 2.89 30 2.89 30 0.00 0 0 8 6 0.0 0 0
Dec 13 3.58 4.86 31 4.86 31 0.00 0 0 14 1 11.3 8 14
Jan 14 3.08 4.25 31 4.25 31 0.00 0 0 10 8 14.1 5 14
Feb 14 2.60 5.76 28 5.76 28 0.00 0 0 14 4 29.3 10 28
March 14 3.36 3.15 31 3.15 31 0.00 0 0 8 1 0.5 3 11
April 14 3.75 5.30 30 5.30 30 0.00 0 0 12 0 0.1 1 0
May 14 3.88 6.50 31 6.50 31 0.00 0 0 13 7 0.0 0 0
June 14 4.15 4.89 30 4.89 30 0.00 0 0 11 2 0.0 0 0
July 14 4.16 6.83 31 6.83 31 0.00 0 0 13 3 0.0 0 0
Aug 14 3.42 2.40 31 2.40 31 0.00 0 0 9 5 0.0 0 0
Sept 14 4.15 1.42 30 1.42 30 0.00 0 0 9 1 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 43.48" 53.69" 365 days 53.69" 365 0.00" 0 days 0 130 days 41 days 55.3" 27 days 67 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 0.03
10/6/2013 T
10/7/2013 0.00
10/8/2013 0.95
10/9/2013 0.00
10/10/2013 0.08
10/11/2013 2.40
10/12/2013 1.75
10/13/2013 0.01
10/14/2013 0.00
10/15/2013 0.00
10/16/2013 0.00
10/17/2013 T
10/18/2013 0.07
10/19/2013 0.00
10/20/2013 0.13
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 0.00
10/31/2013 0.00
11/1/2013 0.34
11/2/2013 0.24
11/3/2013 0.00
11/4/2013 0.00
11/5/2013 0.00
11/6/2013 0.00
11/7/2013 0.00
11/8/2013 0.15
11/9/2013 0.00
11/10/2013 0.00
11/11/2013 0.00
11/12/2013 T
11/13/2013 T
11/14/2013 0.00
11/15/2013 0.00
11/16/2013 0.04
11/17/2013 T
11/18/2013 0.25
11/19/2013 0.00
11/20/2013 0.00
11/21/2013 0.00
11/22/2013 T
11/23/2013 0.06
11/24/2013 0.00
11/25/2013 0.00
11/26/2013 T
11/27/2013 1.69
11/28/2013 0.12
11/29/2013 T
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 0.00
12/6/2013 0.29
12/7/2013 1.05
12/8/2013 0.00
12/9/2013 0.44
12/10/2013 0.10
12/11/2013 0.20
12/12/2013 T
12/13/2013 0.00
12/14/2013 0.00
12/15/2013 0.76
12/16/2013 0.00
12/17/2013 0.05
12/18/2013 0.08
12/19/2013 0.00
12/20/2013 0.00
12/21/2013 0.00
12/22/2013 0.01
12/23/2013 0.27
12/24/2013 0.54
12/25/2013 0.01
12/26/2013 0.00
12/27/2013 0.11
12/28/2013 0.00
12/29/2013 0.00
12/30/2013 0.95
12/31/2013 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2014 T
1/2/2014 0.00
1/3/2014 0.67
1/4/2014 0.00
1/5/2014 0.00
1/6/2014 0.78
1/7/2014 0.02
1/8/2014 0.00
1/9/2014 0.00
1/10/2014 T
1/11/2014 0.60
1/12/2014 1.26
1/13/2014 0.00
1/14/2014 0.04
1/15/2014 0.32
1/16/2014 T
1/17/2014 0.00
1/18/2014 0.06
1/19/2014 T
1/20/2014 0.00
1/21/2014 T
1/22/2014 0.43
1/23/2014 0.00
1/24/2014 T
1/25/2014 0.00
1/26/2014 0.07
1/27/2014 T
1/28/2014 0.00
1/29/2014 T
1/30/2014 0.00
1/31/2014 0.00
2/1/2014 0.00
2/2/2014 0.00
2/3/2014 0.55
2/4/2014 0.73
2/5/2014 1.26
2/6/2014 0.15
2/7/2014 0.00
2/8/2014 0.00
2/9/2014 0.00
2/10/2014 0.13
2/11/2014 0.00
2/12/2014 0.00
2/13/2014 0.40
2/14/2014 1.64
2/15/2014 0.03
2/16/2014 0.19
2/17/2014 T
2/18/2014 0.15
2/19/2014 T
2/20/2014 0.33
2/21/2014 0.00
2/22/2014 0.16
2/23/2014 0.00
2/24/2014 0.03
2/25/2014 0.00
2/26/2014 T
2/27/2014 0.01
2/28/2014 T
3/1/2014 0.00
3/2/2014 0.00
3/3/2014 0.12
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 0.34
3/14/2014 0.00
3/15/2014 T
3/16/2014 0.00
3/17/2014 0.01
3/18/2014 0.00
3/19/2014 0.00
3/20/2014 0.41
3/21/2014 0.00
3/22/2014 0.00
3/23/2014 0.00
3/24/2014 0.00
3/25/2014 0.00
3/26/2014 0.09
3/27/2014 0.00
3/28/2014 0.00
3/29/2014 0.12
3/30/2014 1.18
3/31/2014 0.88
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2014 0.00
4/2/2014 0.00
4/3/2014 0.18
4/4/2014 0.45
4/5/2014 0.04
4/6/2014 0.00
4/7/2014 0.00
4/8/2014 0.41
4/9/2014 0.00
4/10/2014 0.00
4/11/2014 0.00
4/12/2014 0.09
4/13/2014 0.00
4/14/2014 0.00
4/15/2014 0.32
4/16/2014 1.49
4/17/2014 0.00
4/18/2014 0.00
4/19/2014 0.00
4/20/2014 0.00
4/21/2014 0.00
4/22/2014 0.00
4/23/2014 0.12
4/24/2014 0.00
4/25/2014 0.00
4/26/2014 0.45
4/27/2014 0.05
4/28/2014 0.00
4/29/2014 0.01
4/30/2014 1.69
5/1/2014 2.19
5/2/2014 0.02
5/3/2014 0.00
5/4/2014 0.15
5/5/2014 T
5/6/2014 0.00
5/7/2014 0.00
5/8/2014 0.01
5/9/2014 T
5/10/2014 0.00
5/11/2014 1.04
5/12/2014 0.00
5/13/2014 0.00
5/14/2014 T
5/15/2014 0.01
5/16/2014 0.09
5/17/2014 1.32
5/18/2014 0.00
5/19/2014 T
5/20/2014 0.00
5/21/2014 0.01
5/22/2014 0.15
5/23/2014 0.68
5/24/2014 T
5/25/2014 T
5/26/2014 0.00
5/27/2014 0.00
5/28/2014 0.43
5/29/2014 0.40
5/30/2014 T
5/31/2014 0.00
6/1/2014 0.00
6/2/2014 0.00
6/3/2014 0.00
6/4/2014 0.19
6/5/2014 0.29
6/6/2014 T
6/7/2014 0.00
6/8/2014 0.00
6/9/2014 0.24
6/10/2014 0.20
6/11/2014 0.12
6/12/2014 0.21
6/13/2014 0.92
6/14/2014 1.15
6/15/2014 0.00
6/16/2014 0.00
6/17/2014 T
6/18/2014 0.00
6/19/2014 0.11
6/20/2014 0.19
6/21/2014 0.00
6/22/2014 0.00
6/23/2014 0.00
6/24/2014 0.00
6/25/2014 0.00
6/26/2014 1.27
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 2.62
7/4/2014 0.55
7/5/2014 0.17
7/6/2014 0.00
7/7/2014 0.00
7/8/2014 0.00
7/9/2014 0.11
7/10/2014 0.20
7/11/2014 0.02
7/12/2014 0.00
7/13/2014 0.10
7/14/2014 0.35
7/15/2014 1.04
7/16/2014 0.44
7/17/2014 0.00
7/18/2014 0.00
7/19/2014 0.00
7/20/2014 0.07
7/21/2014 0.00
7/22/2014 0.00
7/23/2014 T
7/24/2014 0.73
7/25/2014 0.00
7/26/2014 T
7/27/2014 T
7/28/2014 0.43
7/29/2014 0.00
7/30/2014 0.00
7/31/2014 0.00
8/1/2014 0.00
8/2/2014 T
8/3/2014 T
8/4/2014 0.06
8/5/2014 0.00
8/6/2014 0.00
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 0.44
8/13/2014 0.96
8/14/2014 T
8/15/2014 0.12
8/16/2014 0.00
8/17/2014 0.01
8/18/2014 0.03
8/19/2014 0.00
8/20/2014 0.00
8/21/2014 0.00
8/22/2014 0.37
8/23/2014 0.30
8/24/2014 0.11
8/25/2014 0.00
8/26/2014 0.00
8/27/2014 0.00
8/28/2014 T
8/29/2014 0.00
8/30/2014 0.00
8/31/2014 0.00
9/1/2014 0.24
9/2/2014 0.09
9/3/2014 0.05
9/4/2014 0.00
9/5/2014 0.00
9/6/2014 0.00
9/7/2014 0.12
9/8/2014 0.00
9/9/2014 0.00
9/10/2014 0.00
9/11/2014 0.00
9/12/2014 0.00
9/13/2014 T
9/14/2014 0.25
9/15/2014 0.00
9/16/2014 0.04
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 0.11
9/23/2014 0.00
9/24/2014 0.00
9/25/2014 0.05
9/26/2014 0.47
9/27/2014 0.00
9/28/2014 0.00
9/29/2014 0.00
9/30/2014 0.00



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/2/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/3/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/4/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/5/2013 8:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M 0.0 M Some light rain fell around midnight.
10/6/2013 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Brief heavy rain fell around 9:40 PM less than a mile to the NE but only a trace at this spot.
10/7/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/8/2013 8:00 AM 0.95 0.0 M 0.0 M Occasional morning sprinkles evolved into steady rain, heavy at times, from noontime through mid afternoon and was followed by gradual clearing.
10/9/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/10/2013 8:00 AM 0.08 0.0 M 0.0 M Rain began shortly before dawn.
10/11/2013 8:00 AM 2.40 0.0 M 0.0 M Periods of rain, heavy at times, last 24 hours.
10/12/2013 8:00 AM 1.75 0.0 M 0.0 M Rain, heavy at times, fell much of the daylight and ended during dusk. Any after dusk was sub-measurable.
10/13/2013 8:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M A bit of rain overnight dried by daylight.
10/14/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M While no rain, we have fog at 8 AM this morning, visibility 1/8 mile. But sky near zenith is bright which lends optimism of clearing soon.
10/15/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/16/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/17/2013 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Few sprinkles overnight were sub-measurable.
10/18/2013 8:00 AM 0.07 0.0 M 0.0 M Light shower late afternoon (0.01) and shower with briefly moderate rain between 10:10 and 10:30 PM.
10/19/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/20/2013 8:00 AM 0.13 0.0 M 0.0 M Occasional sprinkles from mid afternoon till 8 PM were sub-measurable. Then a period of rain from 8:00 PM till 8:30 PM was briefly heavy around 8:25 PM.
10/21/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/22/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/23/2013 8:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 0.0 M A little light rain fell during the late morning yesterday.
10/24/2013 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Few drops early afternoon.
10/25/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/26/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/27/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/28/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/29/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/30/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/31/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/1/2013 8:00 AM 0.34 0.0 M 0.0 M Periods of rain fell during mid evening and during the wee hours and again at observation which was only a few seconds ahead of a squall with heavy downpour whose catch is to be reported tomorrow. This morning has been unseasonably balmy and humid with temp near 70 at daybreak, more like a morning in Miami.
11/2/2013 8:00 AM 0.24 0.0 M 0.0 M Heavy shower at yesterday's observation tapered within a few minutes, and rain ended completely before noon.
11/3/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/7/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/8/2013 7:00 AM 0.15 0.0 M 0.0 M Light rain began shortly after 7:00 AM and continued off-and-on till midday.
11/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/10/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/11/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/12/2013 7:00 AM T T M 0.0 M Sprinkles then flurries occurred this dawn till observation time.
11/13/2013 7:00 AM T T M 0.0 M Flurries, mostly around yesterday's observation, were minor.
11/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/15/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M 0.0 M Light rain fell from shortly after midnight to predawn.
11/17/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Fog with a little drizzle this morning; visibility 1/4 mile.
11/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.25 0.0 M 0.0 M Only 0.01 fell before midnight. Most of the remaining 0.24 fell during a brief squall around 2:30 AM.
11/19/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/21/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/22/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Light rain this morning was still a trace as of the 1200 UTC observation time but reached 0.01 before submitting this report.
11/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 M 0.0 M Intermittent light rain was more off than on yesterday.
11/24/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/25/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/26/2013 7:00 AM T T M 0.0 M Feeble amount of snow early this morning.
11/27/2013 7:00 AM 1.69 T M 0.0 M Rain from 11 AM onward was preceded by a trace of snow and became steady by afternoon and continued nearly non-stop till today's observation. While freezing rain glazed some nearby areas for several hours yesterday, this neighborhood was ice free.
11/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.12 T M 0.0 M Occasional light rain and drizzle from early yesterday morning mixed with sleet and snow late afternoon and ended during dusk. Snow and sleet melted immediately upon impact. Nearby high terrain had a thin coating.
11/29/2013 7:00 AM T T M 0.0 M Snow flurries fluttered at times, even simultaneously with sunshine, during the midday period of Thanksgiving Day.
11/30/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/1/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/3/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.29 0.0 M 0.0 M Periods of mostly light rain, one during dusk, and others after midnight including at observation.
12/7/2013 7:00 AM 1.05 0.0 M 0.0 M Steady rain, moderately heavy at times, fell from yesterday's observation till shortly past midnight. Storm total came to 1.34.
12/8/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.44 1.3 M 0.5 M Flurries during early afternoon escalated to a period of light to moderate snow mid to late afternoon. Then occasional freezing rain occurred overnight and beat down the snow pack. A slow thaw developed by dawn.
12/10/2013 7:00 AM 0.10 0.5 M 0.5 M Although wet snow began only slightly over a half hour before observation, it became quickly heavy to reach a half inch by 7:00 AM. Reported precipitation of 0.10 includes 0.03 from leftover rain from yesterday morning. As of last evening, only scattered traces of slush remained from the recent previous snow/ice event.
12/11/2013 7:00 AM 0.20 2.3 M 2.0 M Wet snow was quite heavy from dawn to 8:30 AM then lighter with little additional accumulation after 8:30 AM and ended completely early afternoon. Total, including the minor part from previous report: precip 0.25, snow 2.8.
12/12/2013 7:00 AM T T M 1.5 M Occasional flurries overnight, dusting.
12/13/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.5 M
12/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 0.27 Pre-winter-storm conditions: overcast, temp/DP 29/23, light east wind. Old undisturbed snow cover averages 1.1 inch and ranges from bare to an inch in areas which get half to full possible sunshine exposure to up to 2 inches on always shaded areas where SWE is 0.27.
12/15/2013 7:00 AM 0.76 3.4 0.78 4.5 M Very light snow fell from 10 AM till dusk with only a dusting. Then snow became heavy shortly before 5 PM and accumulated 3.2" within 2.5 hours by 7:20 PM after it had become mixed with sleet and freezing rain. Then 0.2" sleet and 0.3" of glaze added to the accumulation. Precipitation tapered to freezing drizzle shortly after midnight and ended completely before dawn. Additional details are available in Significant Weather Reports for 12/14 and 12/15. 12:16 PM: Updated to add melted core measurement of new snow and ice.
12/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 0.93
12/17/2013 7:00 AM 0.05 0.6 M 4.0 M Light snow predawn till observation.
12/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.08 0.9 M 5.0 M Periods of snow with some sleet from predawn to mid afternoon yesterday was briefly heavy around 2:25 PM and brought a new snow total of an inch and a half.
12/19/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.0 M
12/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 M
12/21/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M
12/22/2013 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M Light rain fell around 2 AM. A brief heavy shower brought about a tenth more between 7:25 AM and 7:30 AM this morning, but that will be counted with tomorrow's report. Stubborn ice on the ground disappeared overnight as unseasonably warm and humid breezes reached the surface shortly after 10:30 PM. Even large piles were eliminated or greatly reduced. Temp/DP at obs...66/64.
12/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.27 0.0 M 0.0 M Brief heavy shower between 7:25 and 7:30 AM yesterday (0.09) was followed by very occasional brief showers or sprinkles (0.03) until steady rain developed before dawn which is continuing beyond this observation.
12/24/2013 7:00 AM 0.54 0.0 M 0.0 M Steady moderate rain till 9 AM became periods of light rain which ended toward dusk.
12/25/2013 7:00 AM 0.01 0.2 M T M A few-minute burst of heavy snow with visibility 1/8 mile laid a sudden coating around 4:40 PM and was embedded in a flurry episode during dusk. Pavements became only wet and then dried within an hour. Only a dusting remained as of this Christmas morning. Meanwhile, we saw only a dusting and only on windward surfaces in the Boroughs of Shillington and Mohnton, 1 to 2 miles to the east and south, as we commuted to Christmas Eve church around 6:15 PM.
12/26/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/27/2013 7:00 AM 0.11 2.1 0.11 0.5 M Snow band traversed the area from 8:00 AM to 9:25 AM and was intense during the 60-minute period ending 9:10 AM during which visibility was reduced to 1/8 to 1/4 mile and nearly 2" accumulated. Snow was fluffy and easily pushed aside. The multitude of highway mishaps in Berks and Lancaster Counties made national news. Grounds which were subject to 2 to 3 hours of sun exposure went bare during the afternoon while those in total shade still had a little over an inch. Direct gauge catch yielded only 0.07 while core sample melted to 0.11.
12/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
12/29/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/30/2013 7:00 AM 0.95 0.0 M 0.0 M Rain was steady, light to moderate, during the daylight hours.
12/31/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
1/1/2014 7:00 AM T T M 0.0 M Snow flurries late morning and midday were sub-measurable. Total precipitation for 2013: 53.72.
1/2/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
1/3/2014 7:00 AM 0.67 7.0 M 7.0 M Steady light to moderate snow fell from 4 PM till midnight and into the wee hours. Depth measurements ranged from 5 to 8 inches due to light drifting. A report of 7.0 is close to average and supported by the melt water measurement. While the snow was fluffy as it fell, it also packed somewhat as it fell to yield a density close to the average 10 to 1 snow to melt ratio.
1/4/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 6.0 M
1/5/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.0 M
1/6/2014 7:00 AM 0.78 0.0 M T M Freezing rain fell steadily from noontime till near dusk and intermittently till the 8 PM hour when temps rose above freezing and thaw ensued, but not before accruing 0.25 of glaze (Significant Weather Report filed). Then occasional rain fell overnight till observation, including a brief downpour ~6:30 AM which tapered to drizzle by observation. Abrupt rise in temperature from mid 30s to mid 50s around midnight began an almost balmy post-midnight period and resulted in a rapid ablation of the snow pack such that most undisturbed ground became bare.
1/7/2014 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 0.0 M Carryover rain from the previous 24-hour period ended completely by 10:00 AM, before the cold air returned.
1/8/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
1/9/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
1/10/2014 7:00 AM T T M T M A trace of snow before dawn.
1/11/2014 7:00 AM 0.60 1.4 0.11 T T Snow began shortly after yesterday's observation then mixed with and changed to sleet and freezing rain during the 9 AM hour and ended before any significant ice accretion. Temperature rose above freezing by noon, and subsequent precipitation was periods of plain rain. Most of yesterday's snow melted.
1/12/2014 7:00 AM 1.26 0.0 M 0.0 M Periods of rain, squally or heavy at times, occurred during daylight, tapered to sprinkles shortly after dusk, and ended completely before midnight. A single rumble of thunder was heard during a downpour around 10 AM. Storm total came to 1.86. Nearby fields were riddled with shallow ponds of standing water.
1/13/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
1/14/2014 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M 0.0 M Light rain during predawn and little since.
1/15/2014 7:00 AM 0.32 0.0 M 0.0 M Steady light to occasionally moderate rain tapered at 3 PM but did not end completely till near 9 PM. Then as sky cleared, heavy dew formed and then froze as temperatures plummeted under clear and calm. Roads could not dry in the moist air but rather froze to black ice with dense fog.
1/16/2014 7:00 AM T T M 0.0 M Overnight sprinkles and flurries were sub-measurable.
1/17/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
1/18/2014 7:00 AM 0.06 0.5 M 0.5 M Periods of wet snow after midnight accumulated during the predawn, especially around 5 AM. At 7:00 AM, sky at zenith was clear, but a few flakes were still fluttering.
1/19/2014 7:00 AM T T M T M Flurries leftover from early yesterday's snowfall lingered at times till almost noon, even with sunshine, and brought no additional accumulation. Only a trace of that half inch remains. Saw no evidence of any new snow early this morning.
1/20/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
1/21/2014 7:00 AM T T M 0.0 M
1/22/2014 7:00 AM 0.43 4.5 M 4.5 M Steady snow which began at 7:00 AM was mostly light with small flakes except moderate at times before noon, and tapered and ended during early evening. Blowing and drifting was slight.
1/23/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
1/24/2014 7:00 AM T T M 3.5 M Feeble flurries late afternoon.
1/25/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M
1/26/2014 7:00 AM 0.07 0.7 M 3.5 M Light snow fell from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM except for a break around noontime. Flake size was very small and new depth increased very slowly except for about a half hour centered around 3:00 PM when flake size was average and during which nearly half of the new depth was accrued. There was minor blowing snow. Also, a trace snow shower blew through shortly after 11:00 PM.
1/27/2014 7:00 AM T T M 3.5 0.46 Feeble flurries mid afternoon.
1/28/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M
1/29/2014 7:00 AM T T M 3.0 M Flurries within a couple hours of midnight brought a dusting from being near the northwestern edge of storm to southeast. Coatings were reported just a few miles to the south.
1/30/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M
1/31/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M
2/1/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.5 M
2/2/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M
2/3/2014 7:00 AM 0.55 2.4 M 2.5 M Drizzle and light rain overnight became heavy wet snow toward dawn. Heavy wet snow has been falling since 7 AM and is up to 3.5 as of 8:30. Old snow had been melted to patches before the onset of this snowstorm.
2/4/2014 7:00 AM 0.73 5.6 M 7.0 M Wet snow continued rather heavily till midday then tapered and ended during the afternoon. Much clung to tree branches and power lines. Scattered power outages affected approx 10,000 customers in Berks County according to press report. Storm totals: snow 8.0; rain and melted snow 1.28.
2/5/2014 7:00 AM 1.26 0.2 M 5.0 M Rain, some freezing and heavy at times, fell overnight, mostly after midnight, and was mixed with sleet and maybe a little snow during the first hour. Glaze ice accretion reached approx 0.3 inch, combined with a coating of sleet produced a new snow/sleet/ice accumulation of about a half inch. However, it beat down the snowpack from Monday's snowstorm a couple of inches. Rain fell heavily enough that most of it did not freeze even with temperatures around 30 but instead soaked into snowpack or ponded in streets, flooding some to depths dangerous for safe passage. Temperatures have climbed to slightly above freezing since daybreak. However, trees were still heavily laden with snow from Monday's snowstorm such that absorption of rain has added additional weight and has been resulting in widespread tree damage, especially conifer trees, and scattered power outages. Nearly a couple of tenths of plain rain has fallen since observation time.
2/6/2014 7:00 AM 0.15 0.0 M 5.0 M Rain tapered to sprinkles by noontime but did not end completely till late afternoon. Slightly above freezing temperatures promoted a thaw of the new ice and a little of the old snow. Storm total precip: 1.41.
2/7/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.0 M
2/8/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.0 M
2/9/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.0 M
2/10/2014 7:00 AM 0.13 2.0 0.13 7.0 1.40 Snow fell from 2 PM to 8 PM, beginning as tiny pellets, then becoming moderate to heavy from 4:30 to 6:30 during which nearly all the accumulation occurred, then tapering. New accumulation was exactly 2.0.
2/11/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 6.0 M
2/12/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.5 M
2/13/2014 7:00 AM 0.40 4.0 M 9.5 M Snow overnight was heaviest since 5 AM.
2/14/2014 7:00 AM 1.64 11.0 M 18.0 M Snowstorm from previous observation continued heavy at times but was interrupted by occasional sleet and rain during the afternoon and ended well before dawn.
2/15/2014 7:00 AM 0.03 0.3 M 16.0 M Snow shower occurred during the 3 AM hour.
2/16/2014 7:00 AM 0.19 1.8 M 17.0 M After a long lull, snow resumed by around 10 AM. quite lightly at first, then became more substantial during the early afternoon, after which it tapered and ended toward dusk.
2/17/2014 7:00 AM T T M 15.0 3.90 Feeble flurries were seen shortly before 5:00 PM.
2/18/2014 7:00 AM 0.15 1.9 M 16.0 M Period of snow after midnight but before dawn.
2/19/2014 7:00 AM T T M 14.0 M Snow flurry during noon hour.
2/20/2014 7:00 AM 0.33 0.0 M 13.0 M Freezing rain from 7:30 AM till 11:00 AM was accompanied by several rumbles of thunder between 9:30 AM and 10:00 AM. This is the first freezing rain thunderstorm here in the memory of this observer. Glaze ice was severe for a few hours.
2/21/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 11.0 M
2/22/2014 7:00 AM 0.16 0.0 M 9.0 M Light showers midday to early afternoon. One faint rumble of thunder.
2/23/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 7.0 M
2/24/2014 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 5.0 1.68 Light rain and sprinkles occurred during the post-dusk part of the evening. Considerable thawing occurred this weekend with as up to nearly 10" of soft slush remaining in always shaded areas to bare ground on south-facing terraces. Reported total snow depth and SWE are averages.
2/25/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
2/26/2014 7:00 AM T T M 4.0 M Few flakes in the air were observed yesterday late morning. Steady very light snow began during dawn, dusting.
2/27/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 M 4.0 M New snow yesterday morning was just barely a coating which all melted by early afternoon, even though some nearby areas had a heavier snow shower which brought about a half inch.
2/28/2014 7:00 AM T T M 4.0 M Few flakes in the air at times during the day.
3/1/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
3/2/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 M
3/3/2014 7:00 AM 0.12 0.2 M 3.5 1.35 Light rain 2 PM mixed with sleet toward dusk and then ended as slush by 6 PM. Wet snow melted as it landed. Light snow before dawn brought only a new coating and has apparently ended. Core sample shortly before new precipitation came to 1.24.
3/4/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 M
3/5/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 M
3/6/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M
3/7/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M Snow and ice ablation has been quite variable since the big snows of February. Observing undisturbed grounds in vicinity of this station, grounds subject to maximum sun exposure have been bare for more than a week. Grounds subject to approx half sun exposure have scattered shallow patches. Meanwhile, areas subject to minimal or no sun exposure still have around a half foot of hard crust. Thus, the reported total snow and ice on ground has been an average the last couple of weeks.
3/8/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.5 M
3/9/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M Daylight Savings Time - apparent observation time changed but it is still 1200 UTC.
3/10/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 0.95
3/11/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M Total snow and ice on ground is average between areas subject to half or greater sun exposure which are bare (approx half the grounds) and always shaded and wind-sheltered areas which still have 3 to 5 inches. This evaluation includes only undisturbed grounds.
3/12/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Two days of mild temperatures have reduced snow pack to scattered patches, mostly limited to always shaded areas.
3/13/2014 8:00 AM 0.34 0.0 M T M Periods of rain midday to early evening, then windy.
3/14/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
3/15/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Sprinkle was in area at early dawn. Coverage of isolated snow patches (not including man-made piles) is limited to always shaded areas and has decreased below 10 percent; thus, zero total snow depth.
3/16/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/17/2014 8:00 AM 0.01 0.2 M T M Just a little snow, a coating, fell overnight, mostly around 5 AM. An inch or so accumulated only a few miles to the south while the immediate north of us got none.
3/18/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Vestiges of coating from previous predawn were gone by 11 AM.
3/19/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/20/2014 8:00 AM 0.41 0.0 M 0.0 M Periods of rain occurred from midday into the evening.
3/21/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/22/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/23/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/24/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/25/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/26/2014 8:00 AM 0.09 0.1 M T M Occasional light wet snow from midday into early evening mostly melted as it landed. Only extremities became coated. A snow shower later evening left a more general coating. Pavements remained only wet.
3/27/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/28/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/29/2014 8:00 AM 0.12 0.0 M 0.0 M Light rain at midday.
3/30/2014 8:00 AM 1.18 0.0 M 0.0 M Perios of light to moderate rain last 24 hours.
3/31/2014 8:00 AM 0.88 T M 0.0 M Periods of light to occasionally moderate rain occurred for a second day. Just a tiny bit of wet snow and sleet mixed in after midnight before ending. Storm total: 2.18.
4/1/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/2/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/3/2014 8:00 AM 0.18 0.0 M 0.0 M Period of rain late morning began shortly after yesterday's 8:00 AM observation.
4/4/2014 8:00 AM 0.45 0.0 M 0.0 M Light to occasionally moderate rain occurred from dusk into the overnight, mostly before and around midnight.
4/5/2014 8:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M 0.0 M A few sprinkles during the day and a light shower after dusk did not amount to much.
4/6/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/7/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/8/2014 8:00 AM 0.41 0.0 M 0.0 M Occasional rain occurred from late morning to predawn. A brief downpour accompanied a few thunderclaps around 2 AM.
4/9/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/10/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/11/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/12/2014 8:00 AM 0.09 0.0 M 0.0 M Light rain late daylight till after dusk.
4/13/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/14/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Warm Palm Sunday...high temp 81.4.
4/15/2014 8:00 AM 0.32 0.0 M 0.0 M Sprinkles and showers since midnight have been briefly heavy at times during and since dawn but a lull at 8:00 AM observation.
4/16/2014 8:00 AM 1.49 0.1 M T 0.02 Rain, moderately heavy at times and also a couple of briefly very heavy squalls, till after dusk. Then it mixed with snow and sleet during the 9 PM hour before ending shortly after 11 PM. Snow melted as it landed except for a slight whitening of grass tips. However, nearby higher elevations got as much as an inch and a half of snow accumulation. Storm total 1.81.
4/17/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/18/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/19/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/20/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/21/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/22/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/23/2014 8:00 AM 0.12 0.0 M 0.0 M Light rain (0.03) fell early afternoon. Then a thunderstorm during the 7 PM hour began as a very brief gusty downpour which quickly tapered to nearly an hour of light rain (0.09). Storm was much more intense to immediate east where hail up to quarter size and spotty wind damage was reported along U.S. Route 422 through the Reading area and east-southeastward. Was a few miles away when storm occurred, so could not verify any hail right here until a few days later after chatting with neighbors...hail report was submitted for brief pea-size hail..
4/24/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/25/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/26/2014 8:00 AM 0.45 0.0 M 0.0 M Periods of rain, varying from sprinkles to moderately heavy, occurred from late afternoon into the overnight including only 0.01 after midnight. About half of it fell during the 6 PM hour.
4/27/2014 8:00 AM 0.05 0.0 M 0.0 M Shower between 2:20 PM and 2:40 PM was briefly moderate and only briefly interrupted an otherwise mostly sunny day.
4/28/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/29/2014 8:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M After a "sunshine followed by increasing cloudiness" day, very light rain fell intermittently from after dusk till about midnight.
4/30/2014 8:00 AM 1.69 0.0 M 0.0 M Periods of rain, heavy at times, last 24 hours; no thunder.
5/1/2014 8:00 AM 2.19 0.0 M 0.0 M Rain, heavy at times, before midnight then only some additional light rain after midnight, even now. Storm total: 3.89. Preliminary measurement was taken 0.2 km to NW, so some later revision is possible.
5/2/2014 8:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 0.0 M An "encore" shower occurred between 7:00 and 7:30 PM.
5/3/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
5/4/2014 8:00 AM 0.15 0.0 M 0.0 M Shower ~1545 (0.06); thundershower ~1930 (0.09); drying in between.
5/5/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Sprinkles late morning into midday were sub-measurable
5/6/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
5/7/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
5/8/2014 8:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M A bit of light rain fell toward dusk (0.01), and few sprinkles overnight were sub-measurable.
5/9/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Low clouds and sprinkles yielded to clearing with sunshine during the afternoon. But low stratus looms this morning.
5/10/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
5/11/2014 8:00 AM 1.04 0.0 M 0.0 M Brief early afternoon sprinkles were sub-measurable. Then showers with occasional downpours soaked the area beginning at 4:28 PM for approx an hour with approx 0.75 in 40 minutes and a clap of thunder at 4:48 PM and bringing 0.85. After a lull, additional rain, mostly light but briefly heavy, brought an additional 0.19 during dusk till approx 11 PM.
5/12/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
5/13/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Possible sprinkle during midday has not been verified.
5/14/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Only a few drops fell as a heavy thunderstorm passed to the nearby south during the 10 AM hour.
5/15/2014 8:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M Light drizzle early this morning was slightly measurable.
5/16/2014 8:00 AM 0.09 0.0 M 0.0 M Light showers began toward dawn. But heavier rain appears imminent.
5/17/2014 8:00 AM 1.32 0.0 M 0.0 M Rain, heavy at times, after 8:00 AM till early afternoon, then gradual clearing.
5/18/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
5/19/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Sprinkles were in vicinity during early to mid afternoon. A "drum roll" of large drops beat down here at 3:50 PM Sunday.
5/20/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
5/21/2014 8:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M Sprinkles at times overnight, even to observation.
5/22/2014 8:00 AM 0.15 0.0 M 0.0 M Occasional light rain last 24 hours, mostly daytime.
5/23/2014 8:00 AM 0.68 0.0 M 0.0 M Two hail reports have been submitted for the storms of Thursday afternoon. The great majority of the rain came from a second storm during the 4 PM hour. The first, which was devastating for much of the Reading area, only sideswiped Reading 3.5 SW with fringe effects. Much heavier rain caused flash flooding of streets at areas just NE of here where an inch or more in 10 minutes might have inundated some neighborhoods between here and Center City.
5/24/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Early evening sprinkle was sub-measurable.
5/25/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Light showers in vicinity from mid afternoon till dusk brought only a few drops here but up to a few hundredths to some nearby communities.
5/26/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
5/27/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
5/28/2014 8:00 AM 0.43 0.0 M 0.0 M Thunderstorm in vicinity between 4:30 and 6:30 PM was quite gusty around 5:00 PM and with only moderate rainfall which was much greater to the nearby south.
5/29/2014 8:00 AM 0.40 0.0 M 0.0 M After an hour or so of very light rain before noon, all except a couple of hundredths of the 0.40 fell during a heavy shower between 3:40 and 4:00 PM.
5/30/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Drizzle at times.
5/31/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
6/1/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
6/2/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
6/3/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
6/4/2014 8:00 AM 0.19 0.0 M 0.0 M Early afternoon shower missed narrowly to the east. Thundershower around 9 PM brought over a half inch within a mile to the south but only 0.19 here.
6/5/2014 8:00 AM 0.29 0.0 M 0.0 M Periods of mostly light rain overnight...still a few drops at observation.
6/6/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Last drops from previous night's minor rainfall fell at yesterday's observation.
6/7/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
6/8/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
6/9/2014 8:00 AM 0.24 0.0 M 0.0 M Early evening sprinkle was followed by showers overnight.
6/10/2014 8:00 AM 0.20 0.0 M 0.0 M A moderate shower around 2:40 AM and some light rain early daylight this morning totaled exactly two tenths.
6/11/2014 8:00 AM 0.12 0.0 M 0.0 M Brief moderate shower around 7 AM this morning was followed by light rain.
6/12/2014 8:00 AM 0.21 0.0 M 0.0 M Thundershower around midnight.
6/13/2014 8:00 AM 0.92 0.0 M 0.0 M Heavy shower with a little thunder occurred toward dusk and was followed by occasional light rain between dusk and dawn.
6/14/2014 8:00 AM 1.15 0.0 M 0.0 M Heavy thunderstorm early afternoon with great majority of rain within 15 minutes centered on 1:45 PM. Also few light showers.
6/15/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
6/16/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
6/17/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M
6/18/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
6/19/2014 8:00 AM 0.11 0.0 M 0.0 M Thunderstorm was in vicinity during 1 AM hour. Rainfall was reportedly considerably heavier to both north and south.
6/20/2014 8:00 AM 0.19 0.0 M 0.0 M Light rain fell from midday to mid afternoon.
6/21/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Sprinkle was seen as nearby as 3 miles to the south at 8AM.
6/22/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Saw very light rain while traveling Highway US 222 as close as Gouglersville, 3 miles SW of here, around 8:30 AM yesterday at a sharp boundary of clear N and cloudy S.
6/23/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Clouds looked threatening at times Sunday afternoon, but saw only virga at times.
6/24/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
6/25/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
6/26/2014 8:00 AM 1.27 0.0 M 0.0 M Thunderstorm was in vicinity from dusk till near midnight, and was most intense with very heavy rain and frequent vivid lightning between 9:10 PM and 9:40 PM. That downpour was followed by light to moderate rain and occasional gentle thunder till almost midnight.
6/27/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
6/28/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
6/29/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
6/30/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
7/1/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
7/2/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
7/3/2014 8:00 AM 2.62 0.0 M 0.0 M Thunderstorms, with very heavy rain at times, prowled the area from mid afternoon to early evening. street flooding, especially at underpasses, was more severe than it's been in a while.
7/4/2014 8:00 AM 0.55 0.0 M 0.0 M Thunderstorm from 5:30 PM till near dusk was much more gentle than yesterday's storms with only moderate rain and wind. Periods of mostly light rain occurred overnight into this morning, even till observation.
7/5/2014 8:00 AM 0.17 0.0 M 0.0 M Moderate rain after yesterday's observation tapered shortly after 9 AM then continued as sub-measurable sprinkles till about 10:30.
7/6/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
7/7/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
7/8/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Lightning distant north during evening after dusk.
7/9/2014 8:00 AM 0.11 0.0 M 0.0 M A weak thunderstorm occurred around 8 PM.
7/10/2014 8:00 AM 0.20 0.0 M 0.0 M Thunderstorm was in vicinity between 5 PM and 7 PM. Most of the rain fell around 5:30. Storm was much heavier to the immediate north.
7/11/2014 8:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 0.0 M Strong thunderstorm to the south during and after dusk brought a little light rain.
7/12/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
7/13/2014 8:00 AM 0.10 0.0 M 0.0 M Intense thunderstorm to W early afternoon came through this area much weaker during the 4 PM hour.
7/14/2014 8:00 AM 0.35 0.0 M 0.0 M Moderate thunderstorm after dusk was stronger to the north.
7/15/2014 8:00 AM 1.04 0.0 M 0.0 M Thunderstorm with heavy rain at times from 4:50 PM through the 5 PM hour then mostly light rain till nearly 8 PM. A little more rain (about 0.01) came early this morning.
7/16/2014 8:00 AM 0.44 0.0 M 0.0 M After only a couple of light showers during the day, steady, mostly light rain with a little thunder at times developed during the early evening and ended around 1 AM and was briefly heavy just prior to ending.
7/17/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
7/18/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
7/19/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
7/20/2014 8:00 AM 0.07 0.0 M 0.0 M Light rain late evening.
7/21/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
7/22/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
7/23/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Sprinkles at mid afternoon amounted to not quite 0.01.
7/24/2014 8:00 AM 0.73 0.0 M 0.0 M Thunderstorm in vicinity early evening with brief downpour and frequent vivid lightning around 6:10 PM was followed by a moderate thunderstorm later in the evening. Corrected 0.63 to 0.73 on 7/25. About 0.40 fell during the "Heavy Precipitation" period.
7/25/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
7/26/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Rain was just beginning as very light at observation.
7/27/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Sprinkles during 8 AM hour yesterday came to slightly short of 0.01.
7/28/2014 8:00 AM 0.43 0.0 M 0.0 M Thunderstorm complex moved through between 7 PM and 1 AM with only light to moderate rain as the torrential downpours split around this area.
7/29/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Showers were nearby at times during the afternoon but not over the immediate area.
7/30/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
7/31/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
8/1/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
8/2/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Light rain was in the area at times last 24 hours but amounted to slightly short of 0.01.
8/3/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Few drops at times mid to late afternoon.
8/4/2014 8:00 AM 0.06 0.0 M 0.0 M Showers were in vicinity between 4 PM and 6 PM.
8/5/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
8/6/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
8/7/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Light rain late morning.
8/8/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
8/9/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
8/10/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
8/11/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
8/12/2014 8:00 AM 0.44 0.0 M 0.0 M Rain began after midnight and was briefly heavy at times toward dawn.
8/13/2014 8:00 AM 0.96 0.0 M 0.0 M Periods of rain, moderately heavy at times, continued till predawn. Heaviest came between 11:00 and 11:30 PM. Any rain after 4 AM was sub-measurable. Despite a sprinkle at observation, which would be cause for a trace for tomorrow's daily report, drying was well underway.
8/14/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Sprinkle at yesterday's observation ended within a few minutes.
8/15/2014 8:00 AM 0.12 0.0 M 0.0 M Shower of mostly light rain began approx 4:55 PM and lasted nearly 40 minutes.
8/16/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
8/17/2014 8:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M Light rain last hour.
8/18/2014 8:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M 0.0 M Occasional light rain and a briefly moderate shower occurred between 7 AM and 11 AM yesterday (including 0.01 reported yesterday) then was followed by clearing.
8/19/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
8/20/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
8/21/2014 12:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M There might have been a few drops unnoticed early evening.
8/22/2014 8:00 AM 0.37 0.0 M 0.0 M Thundershower toward dusk included a brief downpour around 7:30. And a little more light rain fell later in the evening.
8/23/2014 8:00 AM 0.30 0.0 M 0.0 M Renewed rain began predawn and continues to observation.
8/24/2014 8:00 AM 0.11 0.0 M 0.0 M Occasional light rain occurred mostly late afternoon and early evening.
8/25/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
8/26/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
8/27/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
8/28/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Few drops during 10 PM hour is all that survived as scattered thunderstorms to NW drifted toward the area and dissipated.
8/29/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
8/30/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
8/31/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/1/2014 8:00 AM 0.24 0.0 M 0.0 M Showers occurred during afternoon around 1:40 PM and 5:00 PM. Downpours were very brief, and the latter was accompanied by some gentle thunder.
9/2/2014 8:00 AM 0.09 0.0 M 0.0 M Very brief heavy shower occurred at around 8:15 PM.
9/3/2014 8:00 AM 0.05 0.0 M 0.0 M A little faint thunder was heard ahead of a light shower during dusk (0.04). Earlier, sprinkles occurred during 5 PM hour (0.01).
9/4/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/5/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/6/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/7/2014 8:00 AM 0.12 0.0 M 0.0 M Thunderstorms sideswiped to immediate north around 3 PM and again around 9 PM. Rainfalls were much greater to immediate north.
9/8/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/9/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/10/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/11/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/12/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/13/2014 8:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Rain began few minutes before observation.
9/14/2014 8:00 AM 0.25 0.0 M 0.0 M Periods of rain and drizzle occurred from 7:55 AM yesterday till mid afternoon and brought exactly a quarter inch. Heavy dew overnight added another 0.01, but that was not counted as precipitation.
9/15/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/16/2014 8:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M 0.0 M A couple of showers occurred during predawn.
9/17/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/18/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/19/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/20/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/21/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Heavy fog this morning.
9/22/2014 8:00 AM 0.11 0.0 M 0.0 M A moderate thundershower was embedded within an episode of otherwise light rain during the 9 PM hour.
9/23/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/24/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/25/2014 8:00 AM 0.05 0.0 M 0.0 M Occasional light rain after midnight was just beginning to increase at observation. This report was updated on 18 October 2014 to remove spurious "9.0 inches of total snow and ice on ground" which was an apparent "9 instead of a 0" typo, discovered during the 2013-14 water year review.
9/26/2014 8:00 AM 0.47 0.0 M 0.0 M Light to moderate rain till early afternoon.
9/27/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/28/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/29/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
9/30/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M



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Observation Date Observation Time Notes Largest Stone Size Average Stone Size Smallest Stone Size Stone Consistency Duration Minutes Durration Accuracy Damage Timing More Rain than Hail Hail Started Largest Hail Started Angle of Impact Number of Stones on Pad Distance Between Stones on Pad Depth of Stones on Ground
4/22/2014 7:00 PM We were a few miles away when storm occurred and did not verify hail actually fell here till a few days later after chatting with neighbors. 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size Rice Hard|Clear Ice 5 2min no damage Continuous True After rain Same time as smaller hail 10-20 0
5/22/2014 3:10 PM Still a further update: employees at the Reading Hospital in West Reading reported baseball size hail which pounded roofs so forcefully that it fractured underlying ceilings, dropping ceiling debris into the rooms below. The Reading Hospital is located 1 mile SW of Center City Reading or a quarter mile NW from CoCoRaHS station PA-BR-8, Reading 1.2 SW. This is a further update to the previously submitted hail report the previous day. Severe thunderstorm and hail narrowly missed Reading 3.5 SW. But according to local radio announcement, press reports, and other area CoCoRaHS reports hail damage was heavy in vicinities of Berkshire Mall and Broadcasting Square which are located 2 to 3 miles N of here. Widespread car and building window breakage was reported. Quarter size hail was reported one mile NE of here. The Reading Eagle newspaper has much information on their web site www.readingeagle.com which shows several pictures from or near downtown Reading. One shows hail about golf ball size, perhaps a bit larger. Another shows ground covered up to a few inches in spots, similar to hail pictures from Denver CO yesterday. Other pictures showed trees almost completely stripped of their leaves. According to press report, hail accumulated 3 to 4 inches on U.S. Route 222 between Routes 422 and 183. PennDot dispatched snowplows to clear this and other stretches. This stretch is 1 mile SW to SE of the Reading Airport (KRDG). Some residents were shoveling the hail from their walkways. The corridor from the Reading Airport to Center City really got bombarded with hail of hen egg size to maybe tennis ball size and accumulating up to 4 inches. 2 3/4" Baseball Size 1" Quarter Size 1/4" Pea Size Hard|Clear Ice|White Ice 10 3min shredded leaves.car dents.damaged shingles.broken house windows.broken car windows Continuous False Same time as rain 30-40 4
5/22/2014 4:20 PM This report is not for the same storm which bombarded the Reading area an hour earlier. The first and very severe storm only sideswiped this neighborhood with light rain and perhaps a little small hail despite accumulating quarter to golf ball hail only a mile away. This second storm hit this neighborhood more directly with moderate hail and brief very heavy rain. 1/2" Grape 3/8" 1/4" Pea Size Hard|Clear Ice|White Ice 10 3min minor leaf damage Continuous True After rain Same time as smaller hail 10-20
7/2/2014 2:45 PM A delayed report: We were not on location for the first downpour. While chatting with neighbors this Saturday (5 July), the next-door neighbor reported brief small hail during this first downpour and took a picture of it with his smart-phone. He did not note the timing precisely. 1/2" Grape 3/8" 1/4" Pea Size Hard|Clear Ice 10 3min no damage Intermittent True After rain Same time as smaller hail 30-40