Station Overview Station Location
Station Number VA-LD-16 Latitude 39.051397
Station Name Sterling 3.7 NNW Longitude -77.425561
County Loudoun Elevation (ft) 253



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 3.46 7.03 31 7.03 31 0.00 0 0 9 3 0.0 0 0
Nov 13 3.43 2.86 30 2.86 30 0.00 0 0 8 4 0.0 0 0
Dec 13 3.08 5.18 31 3.92 25 1.26 6 1 8 2 4.9 4 1
Jan 14 2.79 2.00 31 2.00 17 0.00 14 0 8 0 3.3 1 2
Feb 14 2.71 3.59 28 0.86 12 2.73 16 3 4 0 0.2 1 0
March 14 3.58 1.08 16 0.21 12 0.87 4 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
April 14 3.40 0.02 1 0.02 1 0.00 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
May 14 4.40 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
June 14 3.87 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
July 14 3.81 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 14 3.34 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 14 3.96 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 41.83" 21.76" 168 days 16.90" 128 4.86" 40 days 5 39 days 9 days 8.4" 6 days 3 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 T
10/6/2013 0.00
10/7/2013 0.00
10/8/2013 1.88
10/9/2013 0.00
10/10/2013 0.38
10/11/2013 2.47
10/12/2013 1.93
10/13/2013 0.14
10/14/2013 0.06
10/15/2013 0.00
10/16/2013 0.00
10/17/2013 0.00
10/18/2013 0.11
10/19/2013 0.00
10/20/2013 0.00
10/21/2013 0.01
10/22/2013 0.00
10/23/2013 T
10/24/2013 0.00
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 0.05
10/31/2013 T
11/1/2013 0.14
11/2/2013 T
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 0.07
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 0.20
11/17/2013 0.01
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 0.01
11/24/2013 T
11/25/2013 0.00
11/26/2013 T
11/27/2013 2.16
11/28/2013 0.02
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 0.00
12/6/2013 0.03
12/7/2013 1.19
12/8/2013 0.00
12/9/2013 0.95
12/10/2013 T
12/11/2013 0.24
12/12/2013 0.00
12/13/2013 0.00
12/14/2013 0.00
12/15/2013 0.30
12/16/2013 0.00
12/17/2013 T
12/18/2013 0.01
12/19/2013 0.00
12/20/2013 0.00
12/21/2013 0.00
12/22/2013 0.00
12/23/2013 0.96
12/24/2013 0.24
12/25/2013 **
12/26/2013 **
12/27/2013 **
12/28/2013 **
12/29/2013 **
12/30/2013 1.26
12/31/2013 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2014 0.00
1/2/2014 0.00
1/3/2014 0.33
1/4/2014 0.00
1/5/2014 0.00
1/6/2014 0.43
1/7/2014 0.00
1/8/2014 0.00
1/9/2014 0.00
1/10/2014 0.10
1/11/2014 0.45
1/12/2014 0.50
1/13/2014 0.00
1/14/2014 0.04
1/15/2014 0.14
1/16/2014 0.01
1/17/2014 0.00
1/18/2014 **
1/19/2014 **
1/20/2014 **
1/21/2014 **
1/22/2014 **
1/23/2014 **
1/24/2014 **
1/25/2014 **
1/26/2014 **
1/27/2014 **
1/28/2014 **
1/29/2014 **
1/30/2014 **
1/31/2014 **
2/1/2014 **
2/2/2014 **
2/3/2014 **
2/4/2014 1.35
2/5/2014 0.66
2/6/2014 0.00
2/7/2014 0.00
2/8/2014 0.00
2/9/2014 0.00
2/10/2014 0.01
2/11/2014 0.00
2/12/2014 **
2/13/2014 **
2/14/2014 1.23
2/15/2014 **
2/16/2014 **
2/17/2014 **
2/18/2014 **
2/19/2014 **
2/20/2014 0.15
2/21/2014 0.00
2/22/2014 0.18
2/23/2014 0.00
2/24/2014 0.01
2/25/2014 0.00
2/26/2014 **
2/27/2014 **
2/28/2014 **
3/1/2014 **
3/2/2014 **
3/3/2014 **
3/4/2014 0.87
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 0.21
3/14/2014 0.00
3/15/2014 0.00
3/16/2014 0.00
3/17/2014
3/18/2014
3/19/2014
3/20/2014
3/21/2014
3/22/2014
3/23/2014
3/24/2014
3/25/2014
3/26/2014
3/27/2014
3/28/2014
3/29/2014
3/30/2014
3/31/2014
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2014
4/2/2014
4/3/2014
4/4/2014
4/5/2014
4/6/2014
4/7/2014 0.02
4/8/2014
4/9/2014
4/10/2014
4/11/2014
4/12/2014
4/13/2014
4/14/2014
4/15/2014
4/16/2014
4/17/2014
4/18/2014
4/19/2014
4/20/2014
4/21/2014
4/22/2014
4/23/2014
4/24/2014
4/25/2014
4/26/2014
4/27/2014
4/28/2014
4/29/2014
4/30/2014
5/1/2014
5/2/2014
5/3/2014
5/4/2014
5/5/2014
5/6/2014
5/7/2014
5/8/2014
5/9/2014
5/10/2014
5/11/2014
5/12/2014
5/13/2014
5/14/2014
5/15/2014
5/16/2014
5/17/2014
5/18/2014
5/19/2014
5/20/2014
5/21/2014
5/22/2014
5/23/2014
5/24/2014
5/25/2014
5/26/2014
5/27/2014
5/28/2014
5/29/2014
5/30/2014
5/31/2014
6/1/2014
6/2/2014
6/3/2014
6/4/2014
6/5/2014
6/6/2014
6/7/2014
6/8/2014
6/9/2014
6/10/2014
6/11/2014
6/12/2014
6/13/2014
6/14/2014
6/15/2014
6/16/2014
6/17/2014
6/18/2014
6/19/2014
6/20/2014
6/21/2014
6/22/2014
6/23/2014
6/24/2014
6/25/2014
6/26/2014
6/27/2014
6/28/2014
6/29/2014
6/30/2014
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2014
7/2/2014
7/3/2014
7/4/2014
7/5/2014
7/6/2014
7/7/2014
7/8/2014
7/9/2014
7/10/2014
7/11/2014
7/12/2014
7/13/2014
7/14/2014
7/15/2014
7/16/2014
7/17/2014
7/18/2014
7/19/2014
7/20/2014
7/21/2014
7/22/2014
7/23/2014
7/24/2014
7/25/2014
7/26/2014
7/27/2014
7/28/2014
7/29/2014
7/30/2014
7/31/2014
8/1/2014
8/2/2014
8/3/2014
8/4/2014
8/5/2014
8/6/2014
8/7/2014
8/8/2014
8/9/2014
8/10/2014
8/11/2014
8/12/2014
8/13/2014
8/14/2014
8/15/2014
8/16/2014
8/17/2014
8/18/2014
8/19/2014
8/20/2014
8/21/2014
8/22/2014
8/23/2014
8/24/2014
8/25/2014
8/26/2014
8/27/2014
8/28/2014
8/29/2014
8/30/2014
8/31/2014
9/1/2014
9/2/2014
9/3/2014
9/4/2014
9/5/2014
9/6/2014
9/7/2014
9/8/2014
9/9/2014
9/10/2014
9/11/2014
9/12/2014
9/13/2014
9/14/2014
9/15/2014
9/16/2014
9/17/2014
9/18/2014
9/19/2014
9/20/2014
9/21/2014
9/22/2014
9/23/2014
9/24/2014
9/25/2014
9/26/2014
9/27/2014
9/28/2014
9/29/2014
9/30/2014



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/3/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/5/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/7/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/8/2013 7:00 AM 1.88 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/10/2013 7:30 AM 0.38 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/11/2013 7:30 AM 2.47 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/12/2013 6:30 AM 1.93 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/13/2013 7:00 AM 0.14 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/15/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/17/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.11 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/19/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/21/2013 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/22/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/23/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/24/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/25/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/26/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/27/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/29/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/30/2013 8:00 AM 0.05 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/31/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/1/2013 9:00 AM 0.14 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/2/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/3/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/7/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/8/2013 7:00 AM 0.07 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/10/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/11/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/13/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/15/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.20 0.0 M 0.0 M 0.21 in gauge the morning of the 17th. Will go with 0.01 for the 17th.
11/17/2013 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M drizzle went on for awhile, so it at least measured. emptied 0.21 from the 16th and 17th.
11/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.25 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/19/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/21/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/22/2013 6:40 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Just a few tiny drops when I left for work. May have a measurement waiting for me.
11/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/24/2013 7:00 AM T T M 0.0 M
11/25/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/26/2013 7:00 AM T T M 0.0 M trace sleet overnight.
11/27/2013 7:00 AM 2.16 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/28/2013 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/29/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/30/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/1/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/3/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M 0.0 M estimate. 11:30 am ob was 0.23 with moderate rain. Will add 0.20 to total for tomorrow.
12/7/2013 7:00 AM 1.19 0.0 M 0.0 M 0.99 in gauge with 0.20 from check on the 6th.
12/8/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.95 2.4 0.95 0.0 M snow until 2pm, sleet, then freezing rain. moderate freezing rain at times last night. 0.99 melted from gauge this afternoon. Will add 0.04 rain to the 12/10 ob.
12/10/2013 6:00 AM T T M 0.0 M
12/11/2013 7:00 AM 0.24 2.2 0.24 1.0 M
12/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/13/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/15/2013 7:00 AM 0.30 0.2 M 0.0 M
12/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/17/2013 7:00 AM T T M 0.0 M Just a few snow flurries in the air Monday evening.
12/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.10 0.0 M This ob is an estimate. It was snowing when I left the house at 11pm on Tuesday night. The precip had evaporated from my gauge (that had funnel and inner tube removed for snow) by the time I got to it on the 19th.
12/19/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/21/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/22/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.96 0.0 M 0.0 M rain would have started right near 7am Sunday. Observation of 1.16" was at 10am, so I will add 0.2" to the 12/24 ob.
12/24/2013 7:00 AM 0.24 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/31/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/1/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/2/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/3/2014 7:00 AM 0.33 3.3 0.33 3.0 M some snow settled on rim of outer can may have blown off. Snow was rather wet the night before, less than 10:1 ratio.
1/4/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M
1/5/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/6/2014 7:00 AM 0.43 0.0 M 0.0 M
1/7/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/8/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/9/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/10/2014 7:00 AM 0.10 0.0 M 0.0 M
1/11/2014 7:00 AM 0.45 0.0 M 0.0 M
1/12/2014 7:00 AM 0.50 0.0 M 0.0 M
1/13/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/14/2014 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M 0.0 M
1/15/2014 7:00 AM 0.14 0.0 M 0.0 M
1/16/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 T M M M
1/17/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/5/2014 7:00 AM 0.66 0.0 M 0.0 M mostly freezing rain
2/6/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/7/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/8/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/9/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/10/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 0.2 0.01 T M
2/11/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/21/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/22/2014 7:00 AM 0.18 0.0 M 0.0 M
2/23/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/24/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M Was up at 2:30am and it was all still light rain with temperatures in the upper 30s. no signs of flakes.
2/25/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/5/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/6/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/7/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/8/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/9/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/10/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/11/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/12/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/13/2014 7:00 AM 0.21 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/14/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/15/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/16/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/7/2014 7:30 AM 0.02 0.0 M 0.0 M lots of multi-day reports to fill in before this.



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
12/25/2013 12/30/2013 7:00 AM 6 1.26 0.0 M
1/18/2014 2/04/2014 12:00 AM 18 1.35 M M back in town. 1.35 was in the gauge. My guess is I had poor collection of snow from the 21st.
2/12/2014 2/14/2014 7:00 AM 3 1.23 13.0 M
2/15/2014 2/20/2014 7:00 AM 6 0.15 M M Being a shift worker makes it difficult to take good snowfall observations.
2/26/2014 3/04/2014 12:00 AM 7 0.87 M M the life of a shift worker. this was emptied probably on the 4th. Spring is around the corner and I look forward to measuring rain. There was another 0.01 when emptied on the 9th, so I will count that here.



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