Station Overview Station Location
Station Number IL-LS-34 Latitude 41.340149
Station Name La Salle 0.1 W Longitude -89.095937
County La Salle Elevation (ft) 602



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 15 2.67 2.29 31 2.29 31 0.00 0 0 8 2 0.0 0 0
Nov 15 2.87 6.47 30 6.47 30 0.00 0 0 11 2 6.6 2 5
Dec 15 2.03 5.68 31 5.68 31 0.00 0 0 14 3 0.9 2 1
Jan 16 1.43 0.71 31 0.71 31 0.00 0 0 6 3 6.1 3 9
Feb 16 1.44 0.88 29 0.88 29 0.00 0 0 3 8 3.8 4 5
March 16 2.51 3.47 31 3.47 31 0.00 0 0 11 4 3.0 2 2
April 16 3.16 1.71 30 1.71 30 0.00 0 0 9 4 0.0 0 0
May 16 4.04 5.33 31 5.33 31 0.00 0 0 12 2 0.0 0 0
June 16 3.58 6.50 30 6.50 30 0.00 0 0 10 1 0.0 0 0
July 16 3.95 7.81 31 7.81 31 0.00 0 0 12 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 16 3.67 7.61 31 7.61 31 0.00 0 0 14 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 16 3.06 1.90 30 1.90 30 0.00 0 0 9 3 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 34.41" 50.36" 366 days 50.36" 366 0.00" 0 days 0 119 days 32 days 20.4" 13 days 22 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
10/1/2015 0.00
10/2/2015 0.00
10/3/2015 0.00
10/4/2015 T
10/5/2015 0.00
10/6/2015 0.00
10/7/2015 0.00
10/8/2015 0.00
10/9/2015 0.08
10/10/2015 0.00
10/11/2015 0.00
10/12/2015 0.00
10/13/2015 T
10/14/2015 0.00
10/15/2015 0.00
10/16/2015 0.00
10/17/2015 0.00
10/18/2015 0.00
10/19/2015 0.00
10/20/2015 0.00
10/21/2015 0.15
10/22/2015 0.00
10/23/2015 0.00
10/24/2015 0.39
10/25/2015 0.45
10/26/2015 0.00
10/27/2015 0.00
10/28/2015 1.04
10/29/2015 0.06
10/30/2015 0.02
10/31/2015 0.10
11/1/2015 1.08
11/2/2015 0.00
11/3/2015 0.00
11/4/2015 0.00
11/5/2015 0.00
11/6/2015 0.07
11/7/2015 0.00
11/8/2015 0.00
11/9/2015 0.00
11/10/2015 0.00
11/11/2015 0.00
11/12/2015 0.57
11/13/2015 0.02
11/14/2015 0.00
11/15/2015 0.00
11/16/2015 0.00
11/17/2015 0.82
11/18/2015 1.76
11/19/2015 0.00
11/20/2015 0.00
11/21/2015 0.64
11/22/2015 0.46
11/23/2015 0.00
11/24/2015 0.00
11/25/2015 0.00
11/26/2015 0.22
11/27/2015 0.71
11/28/2015 0.12
11/29/2015 T
11/30/2015 T
12/1/2015 0.62
12/2/2015 0.09
12/3/2015 0.02
12/4/2015 0.00
12/5/2015 0.00
12/6/2015 0.00
12/7/2015 0.00
12/8/2015 0.00
12/9/2015 0.00
12/10/2015 0.00
12/11/2015 0.00
12/12/2015 0.00
12/13/2015 0.05
12/14/2015 1.38
12/15/2015 0.03
12/16/2015 0.22
12/17/2015 T
12/18/2015 0.00
12/19/2015 0.00
12/20/2015 0.00
12/21/2015 0.49
12/22/2015 T
12/23/2015 0.00
12/24/2015 0.61
12/25/2015 T
12/26/2015 0.00
12/27/2015 0.42
12/28/2015 0.13
12/29/2015 1.56
12/30/2015 0.04
12/31/2015 0.02
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2016 0.00
1/2/2016 0.00
1/3/2016 0.00
1/4/2016 0.00
1/5/2016 0.00
1/6/2016 0.00
1/7/2016 0.00
1/8/2016 0.09
1/9/2016 0.12
1/10/2016 0.26
1/11/2016 T
1/12/2016 0.02
1/13/2016 0.00
1/14/2016 T
1/15/2016 0.00
1/16/2016 0.00
1/17/2016 0.00
1/18/2016 0.00
1/19/2016 0.00
1/20/2016 0.08
1/21/2016 0.00
1/22/2016 0.00
1/23/2016 0.00
1/24/2016 0.00
1/25/2016 0.00
1/26/2016 0.14
1/27/2016 0.00
1/28/2016 T
1/29/2016 0.00
1/30/2016 0.00
1/31/2016 0.00
2/1/2016 T
2/2/2016 0.00
2/3/2016 0.61
2/4/2016 T
2/5/2016 0.00
2/6/2016 0.00
2/7/2016 0.00
2/8/2016 0.00
2/9/2016 T
2/10/2016 T
2/11/2016 0.00
2/12/2016 0.00
2/13/2016 T
2/14/2016 T
2/15/2016 0.26
2/16/2016 0.00
2/17/2016 0.01
2/18/2016 0.00
2/19/2016 0.00
2/20/2016 0.00
2/21/2016 0.00
2/22/2016 0.00
2/23/2016 0.00
2/24/2016 0.00
2/25/2016 T
2/26/2016 0.00
2/27/2016 0.00
2/28/2016 0.00
2/29/2016 T
3/1/2016 T
3/2/2016 T
3/3/2016 0.26
3/4/2016 0.01
3/5/2016 T
3/6/2016 0.00
3/7/2016 0.01
3/8/2016 T
3/9/2016 0.19
3/10/2016 0.00
3/11/2016 0.00
3/12/2016 0.00
3/13/2016 0.74
3/14/2016 0.35
3/15/2016 0.00
3/16/2016 0.46
3/17/2016 0.00
3/18/2016 0.00
3/19/2016 0.00
3/20/2016 0.00
3/21/2016 0.00
3/22/2016 0.00
3/23/2016 0.00
3/24/2016 0.02
3/25/2016 1.03
3/26/2016 0.00
3/27/2016 0.00
3/28/2016 0.09
3/29/2016 0.00
3/30/2016 0.00
3/31/2016 0.31
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2016 0.20
4/2/2016 0.09
4/3/2016 0.00
4/4/2016 T
4/5/2016 0.00
4/6/2016 0.01
4/7/2016 0.07
4/8/2016 0.00
4/9/2016 T
4/10/2016 T
4/11/2016 0.12
4/12/2016 0.00
4/13/2016 0.00
4/14/2016 0.00
4/15/2016 0.00
4/16/2016 0.00
4/17/2016 0.00
4/18/2016 0.00
4/19/2016 0.00
4/20/2016 0.00
4/21/2016 0.17
4/22/2016 0.30
4/23/2016 0.00
4/24/2016 0.00
4/25/2016 0.00
4/26/2016 0.00
4/27/2016 0.00
4/28/2016 0.74
4/29/2016 0.01
4/30/2016 T
5/1/2016 0.48
5/2/2016 0.54
5/3/2016 0.00
5/4/2016 0.22
5/5/2016 0.00
5/6/2016 0.00
5/7/2016 0.00
5/8/2016 T
5/9/2016 T
5/10/2016 0.95
5/11/2016 1.31
5/12/2016 0.92
5/13/2016 0.00
5/14/2016 0.44
5/15/2016 0.00
5/16/2016 0.00
5/17/2016 0.00
5/18/2016 0.00
5/19/2016 0.00
5/20/2016 0.00
5/21/2016 0.00
5/22/2016 0.00
5/23/2016 0.00
5/24/2016 0.00
5/25/2016 0.00
5/26/2016 0.01
5/27/2016 0.19
5/28/2016 0.15
5/29/2016 0.11
5/30/2016 0.00
5/31/2016 0.01
6/1/2016 1.63
6/2/2016 0.01
6/3/2016 0.00
6/4/2016 0.01
6/5/2016 0.01
6/6/2016 0.00
6/7/2016 0.00
6/8/2016 0.00
6/9/2016 0.00
6/10/2016 0.32
6/11/2016 0.00
6/12/2016 0.00
6/13/2016 0.00
6/14/2016 0.69
6/15/2016 1.46
6/16/2016 0.00
6/17/2016 0.00
6/18/2016 0.00
6/19/2016 0.00
6/20/2016 0.00
6/21/2016 0.00
6/22/2016 0.71
6/23/2016 1.62
6/24/2016 0.00
6/25/2016 0.00
6/26/2016 0.04
6/27/2016 T
6/28/2016 0.00
6/29/2016 0.00
6/30/2016 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2016 0.00
7/2/2016 0.00
7/3/2016 0.00
7/4/2016 0.00
7/5/2016 0.00
7/6/2016 1.71
7/7/2016 0.20
7/8/2016 0.01
7/9/2016 0.00
7/10/2016 0.00
7/11/2016 0.00
7/12/2016 0.00
7/13/2016 0.02
7/14/2016 2.23
7/15/2016 0.00
7/16/2016 0.00
7/17/2016 0.00
7/18/2016 0.56
7/19/2016 0.00
7/20/2016 0.00
7/21/2016 0.00
7/22/2016 1.19
7/23/2016 0.00
7/24/2016 0.02
7/25/2016 0.04
7/26/2016 0.00
7/27/2016 0.00
7/28/2016 0.00
7/29/2016 0.36
7/30/2016 1.35
7/31/2016 0.12
8/1/2016 0.00
8/2/2016 0.00
8/3/2016 0.00
8/4/2016 0.00
8/5/2016 0.30
8/6/2016 0.00
8/7/2016 0.00
8/8/2016 0.00
8/9/2016 0.00
8/10/2016 0.00
8/11/2016 0.00
8/12/2016 0.46
8/13/2016 0.86
8/14/2016 0.00
8/15/2016 0.00
8/16/2016 0.01
8/17/2016 0.00
8/18/2016 0.32
8/19/2016 1.40
8/20/2016 0.41
8/21/2016 0.03
8/22/2016 0.00
8/23/2016 0.00
8/24/2016 0.10
8/25/2016 1.66
8/26/2016 0.00
8/27/2016 1.17
8/28/2016 0.00
8/29/2016 0.01
8/30/2016 0.85
8/31/2016 0.03
9/1/2016 0.00
9/2/2016 0.00
9/3/2016 0.00
9/4/2016 0.00
9/5/2016 0.00
9/6/2016 0.00
9/7/2016 0.00
9/8/2016 1.57
9/9/2016 0.02
9/10/2016 0.04
9/11/2016 0.02
9/12/2016 0.00
9/13/2016 0.00
9/14/2016 T
9/15/2016 T
9/16/2016 0.00
9/17/2016 0.11
9/18/2016 0.00
9/19/2016 0.00
9/20/2016 0.00
9/21/2016 0.00
9/22/2016 0.08
9/23/2016 T
9/24/2016 0.01
9/25/2016 0.00
9/26/2016 0.00
9/27/2016 0.00
9/28/2016 0.00
9/29/2016 0.01
9/30/2016 0.04



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Moderate dew at obs time and partly cloudy with scattered L5 stratocumuli.
10/2/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Moderate dew & mostly clear at obs time w/ an H5 cirrostratus band along E horizon.
10/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time, but clear to the W: L4 stratocumuli.
10/4/2015 7:00 AM T M M M M A few raindrops spattered my windows at 9:38am. L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
10/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
10/6/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Moderate dew w/ L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
10/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: L4 stratocumuli.
10/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Light dew & partly cloudy at obs time: H9 cirrocumuli w/ cirrostrati.
10/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
10/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Moderate dew & a clear sky w/ a little haze at obs time.
10/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M At obs time, bracketed by H5 cirrostratus to the E & W.
10/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: H9 cirrocumuli w/ cirrostrati.
10/13/2015 7:00 AM T M M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: L6 stratus with a sliver of blue in the E.
10/14/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
10/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M L8 cumulus & stratocumulus overcast at obs time with watermelon sunrise.
10/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudless but hazy at obs time.
10/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M At obs time, cloudless with heavy haze.
10/18/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No clouds, just haze at obs time.
10/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No clouds, just haze at obs time.
10/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time with all the H9s: cirrocumuli, cirri & cirrostrati.
10/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
10/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M L5 stratocumulus overcast at obs time.
10/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M M9 altocumulus overcast at obs time.
10/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.39 M M M M A trace of rain fell for about a minute starting at 11:24am. A nice, drenching shower occurred from roughly 4:30pm till about 6:30pm, leaving a total of 0.31" in the gauge. The remaining 0.08" fell sometime overnight or in the early morning. At obs time a heavy, nearly night-dark L6 stratus overcast was traveling NNE at a good clip.
10/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.45 M M M M Clear sky at obs time.
10/26/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
10/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: L6 stratus.
10/28/2015 7:00 AM 1.04 M M M M Rained all day continuing past 10pm. Rain in progress at 6am stopped sometime before obs time. L6 stratus overcast.
10/29/2015 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
10/30/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Light rain on & off throughout the late afternoon & evening. Clear sky & heavy dew at obs time.
10/31/2015 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Early morning rain continued through obs time. L6 stratus overcast. October precip total: 2.29".
11/1/2015 7:00 AM 1.08 M M M M The "weather gods" were unexpectedly kind to trick-or-treaters. The steady rain in progress at obs time yesterday continued all day until 3:40pm, resumed for a while in the afternoon but stopped again in time for the first half of our official 5-7pm trick-or-treating hours. When it started again around 6pm it was more like a heavy mist that only lasted for half an hour before stopping again for the last half hour of candy gathering. It did not rain again until sometime during the overnight hours. Contrary to gloomy predictions and expectations, we had more trick-or-treaters last night than we've ever had. Neighbors had to dash to the store for more candy. Clear sky at obs time this morning.
11/2/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: scattered H9 cirrocumuli, cirri & cirrostrati.
11/3/2015 7:57 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 0.02" moisture in the gauge from heavy fog.
11/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M This morning's light fog was heavier last night. L6 stratus overcast.
11/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: L5 stratocumuli.
11/6/2015 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Overnight rain. Clear sky at obs time.
11/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
11/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
11/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time. Everything coated with frost.
11/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another clear, frosted morning.
11/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M At obs time we have clear sky N, E & overhead while stratus & stratocumulus clouds hug the SE, S & W horizons.
11/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.57 M M M M Howling, knock-you-down wind started yesterday afternoon & continues. When a heavy downpour started at 7:51pm it hit the west side of my house like a towering ocean wave hitting the prow of a ship. Electricity went out at 7:55pm for less than a minute. Satellite dish service took about 6 minutes to recover. Rain had stopped by 9:08pm but woke me up hitting the windows at 2:05am. Not raining at 6am but started again at exactly 7am. L7 stratus fractus overcast at obs time.
11/13/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Clear sky at obs time.
11/14/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
11/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly sunny at obs time w/ a patch of H9 cirrocumulus & cirrostratus SE of here plus a few other scattered cirri.
11/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: L4 stratocumuli.
11/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.82 M M M M At trace of rain fell from 10:24am to 10:25am. Sporadic light rain commenced at 12:48pm, continuing throughout the day, but the greater rainfall occurred overnight. Still raining at obs time. L6 stratus overcast.
11/18/2015 7:00 AM 1.76 M M M M Rain in progress at obs time yesterday continued into the night. Wet but not raining at obs time today. L8 cumulus & stratocumulus overcast.
11/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
11/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Slightly cloudy at obs time: H9 cirrocumuli w/ a small cirrostratus patch & one faint cirri.
11/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.64 3.5 M 3.5 M Snow started at exactly 8pm and totaled exactly 3.5". This is some of the gummiest, most adhesive snow I've seen. It makes a great snowball but then sticks to your mitten. Still snowing at obs time. L6 stratus overcast.
11/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.46 3.1 M 5.5 1.14 Snow in progress at obs time yesterday continued until 3:47pm. Partly cloudy at obs time today with L6 stratus N & W of here; scattered L1 cumuli elsewhere.
11/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.5 0.78 Clear sky at obs time.
11/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 0.99 Mostly cloudy at obs time: M3 altocumuli.
11/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 0.67 Partly cloudy at obs time: H1 cirri.
11/26/2015 7:00 AM 0.22 0.0 M 0.0 M Overnight rain. L5 stratocumulus overcast at obs time.
11/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.71 M M M M Mostly light rain on & off for the past 22 1/2 hours, continuing through obs time today. L6 stratus overcast.
11/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M Light drizzle in progress at obs time yesterday continued on & off throughout the day. M7 altocumulus w/ altostratus overcast at obs time today.
11/29/2015 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M A few raindrops fell around 2:45pm. Mostly cloudy at obs time: L4 stratocumuli.
11/30/2015 7:00 AM T M M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: L6 stratus with a sliver of sunrise visible along the E horizon. November precip total: 6.47".
12/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.62 0.0 M M M Light rain in progress at obs time yesterday continued intermittently throughout the day & night, falling harder in the early evening. Still wet but not raining at obs time this morning. L4 stratocumulus overcast.
12/2/2015 7:00 AM 0.09 T M T M Rain & snow occurred sometime overnight &/or early a.m. L7 stratus fractus overcast at obs time.
12/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 0.02 0.0 M Light snow all morning melted on contact. L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
12/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Clear sky & heavy frost at obs time.
12/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M At obs time patchy frost, light fog & L6 stratus overcast.
12/6/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly clear at obs time with some H5 cirrostratus streaks along the ESE horizon. Heavy frost.
12/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Heavy fog & heavy frost at obs time.
12/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M At obs time, heavy dew & thin, shredded L6 strati sailing north at a rapid clip.
12/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Clear sky at obs time.
12/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Light dew & mostly cloudy at obs time: M3 altocumuli.
12/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Partly cloudy at obs time: scattered swathes of L6 stratus.
12/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Moisture heavy enough to have formed puddles in the gutters, but my gauge is as dry as Arizona inside and out, with no potentially drying breeze, so I'm calling this moisture dew rather than rain. L6 stratus overcast.
12/13/2015 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 M 0.0 M Fog moved in yesterday morning & stayed all day. I saw a few raindrops in the midafternoon. Most rainfall came overnight. Raining during obs time today. L6 stratus overcast. At a balmy 60 degrees w/ the grass still green, it smells like spring.
12/14/2015 7:00 AM 1.38 0.0 M 0.0 M 24-hour obs-to-obs rain. Overcast, mainly L6 stratus w/ some L4 stratocumulus appearing in the west.
12/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M 0.0 M Very little gauge catch for what seemed to be a largely wet day. L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
12/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.22 0.0 M 0.0 M Rain started sometime overnight. Raining at 6am. Stopped before 7am. L6 stratus overcast.
12/17/2015 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M A little rain around 8:30am. L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
12/18/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly clear w/ M6 altocumuli along the E-SE-SSE horizon.
12/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Clear sky at obs time.
12/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Overcast at obs time. M2 altostratus.
12/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.49 0.0 M 0.0 M I first heard rain hitting the south windows for a few minutes around 11pm & was awakened by more rain at 11:54pm. Rain in progress at 6am continued through obs time with thunder & lightning between 6:15 & 6:35. L7 stratus fractus overcast with clouds blowing northward.
12/22/2015 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Intermittent rain in progress at obs time yesterday ceased sometime around 10:15ish a.m. Made a brief return appearance in mid-afternoon. L6 stratus overcast at obs time today.
12/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Moderate fog at obs time.
12/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.61 0.0 M 0.0 M Intermittent rain yesterday from approximately 7:35am till approximately 6:30pm. Clear sky at obs time today.
12/25/2015 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Very brief light rain began at 4:19pm. Heavy dew & partly cloudy at obs time: H9 cirrocumuli w/ cirrostrati.
12/26/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Heavy, dark L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
12/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.42 0.0 M 0.0 M Intermittent light rain all day & into the night. Not raining at obs time today. L7 stratus fractus overcast.
12/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.13 0.0 M 0.0 M A trace of rain fell sometime between 8:15am & 9:45am. The remainder fell overnight and/or early this morning. Rain in progress at 6am continued through obs time. L7 stratus fractus overcast moving SW.
12/29/2015 7:00 AM 1.56 T M T M Slop plummeted from a blackened sky. Yesterday's obs-time rain turned to a rain-snow mix at approximately 12:15pm with later intermittent additions of sleet, but rain remained the predominant precip, continuing into the night. For a while there were scattered patches of slushy snow, but rain and warm temperatures mostly obliterated them. No more than a trace of accumulation. Thin transparent ice coating on snow boards this morning & thin, grayish slush accumulation tucked down at the base of grass blades. Streets & sidewalks clear. L7 stratus fractus overcast.
12/30/2015 7:00 AM 0.04 0.4 M 0.5 M Saw a few snowflakes in N. Peru (Ill.) yesterday at 3:47pm & again at 4:46pm. Snowfall started at my station sometime shortly before 6:30am. L6 stratus overcast.
12/31/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 0.5 M T M Snowfall in progress at obs time yesterday ended at approximately 8:15am. On a late afternoon walk around the neighborhood I observed street gutters flowing with snowmelt headed downhill to the Illinois River. L6 stratus overcast at obs time today. 5.68" of various wet stuff recorded for December.
1/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
1/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Clear sky at obs time.
1/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Mostly clear at obs time: an H5 cirrostratus band along the N & NNE horizon.
1/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Moderately heavy frost & H5 cirrostratus layers around the horizon: N, NE, E, SE & S.
1/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Clear sky & light frost at obs time.
1/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Moderate frost & partly cloudy at obs time: streaks of H5 cirrostratus along E horizon.
1/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
1/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.09 0.0 M 0.0 M Received a trace of rain at 7:01am; more between 10:01am & 1130ish am; and more starting at 2:36pm, end time underdetermined. Rain in progress again at 6am was still falling at obs time. L6 stratus overcast.
1/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.12 0.0 M 0.0 M Light rain in progress at obs time yesterday continued sporadically until 7:16pm. Foggy last night & this a.m. L6 stratus overcast.
1/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.26 3.0 M 3.0 M Rain that started sometime before noon turned to snow at 12:30pm. 3.0" snow depth measurement is exact. L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
1/11/2016 7:00 AM T T M 1.0 0.14 Just a few snowflakes observed at obs time this a.m. L4 stratocumulus overcast.
1/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 1.7 M 2.5 0.17 Snowfall roughly between 8:30am & a bit before noon; more from approximately 4pm till 6:02pm. M1 altostratus overcast at obs time.
1/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.5 0.17 Mostly cloudy at obs time: M6 altocumuli.
1/14/2016 7:00 AM T T M 1.5 0.18 Mostly cloudy at obs time: M5 altocumuli.
1/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M L4 stratocumulus overcast at obs time.
1/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
1/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M L4 stratocumulus overcast at obs time.
1/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Clear sky at obs time.
1/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Mostly clear at obs time: H5 cirrostratus in the SE.
1/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.08 1.4 M 1.5 M Overnight snow. L4 stratocumulus overcast at obs time.
1/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 0.08 Partly cloudy at obs time: M9 altocumuli.
1/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 0.05 L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
1/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 0.05 L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
1/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M L4 stratocumulus overcast at obs time.
1/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Mostly cloudy at obs time: M1 altostratus.
1/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.14 T M T M Rainfall between approximately 5pm & 6pm. More starting sometime between 8:30pm & 9:30pm continued into the night, ending with a trace of overnight snow. L8 cumulus & stratocumulus overcast at obs time.
1/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Partly cloudy at obs time: L5 stratocumuli.
1/28/2016 7:00 AM T T M T M Clear sky at obs time.
1/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Clear sky at obs time.
1/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Partly cloudy at obs time: H9 cirrocumuli w/ cirrostrati.
1/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Overcast at obs time: M7 altocumulus w/ altostratus. Heavy dew. January precip total: 0.71".
2/1/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Very light intermittent rain. Partly cloudy at obs time: H9 cirrocumuli w/ cirrostrati. Moderately heavy frost.
2/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Dense fog all morning and again starting around 6:30pm. L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
2/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.61 0.0 M 0.0 M Thunderstorm began at 11:15am. Fog moved in around 7pm. L7 stratus fractus overcast at obs time.
2/4/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Slightly cloudy at obs time: H5 cirrostratus layers above NW horizon.
2/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
2/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Partly cloudy at obs time: L4 stratocumuli.
2/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly cloudy at obs time: M2 altostratus.
2/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly cloudy at obs time: L4 stratocumuli.
2/9/2016 7:00 AM T T M T M We had light snow flurries sometime in between 7:45am & 9:30am; again starting at 1:12pm & continuing beyond 2:38pm; and lastly from sometime before 5:50am through obs time. L6 stratus overcast.
2/10/2016 7:00 AM T T M T M Snowfall in progress at obs time yesterday stopped around 8am, approximately. Partly cloudy at obs today: H5 cirrostratus along & above W horizon.
2/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Clear sky at obs time.
2/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Mostly cloudy at obs time: L6 stratus.
2/13/2016 7:00 AM T 0.2 M T M Partly cloudy at obs time: H2 cirri.
2/14/2016 7:00 AM T 0.1 M 0.1 M Overnight snow. Mostly cloudy at obs time: M7 altocumuli & altostrati.
2/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.26 3.2 M 3.0 M Light fog at obs time. L6 stratus overcast.
2/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.5 0.32 L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
2/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 0.3 M 2.5 0.33 Mostly cloudy at obs time: L4 stratocumuli.
2/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 0.27 L4 stratocumulus overcast at obs time.
2/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly clear at obs time. H5 cirrostrati to the S & SE.
2/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Clear sky at obs time.
2/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly cloudy at obs time: M6 altocumuli.
2/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Frost on the roofs under a clear sky at obs time.
2/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Heavy frost at obs time. Partly cloudy: H8 cirrostratus ESE & SE.
2/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Dark L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
2/25/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M It's not raining now, but the clouds sure look like L7 stratus fractus to me.
2/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly cloudy at obs time: L6 stratus w/ a sliver of sunlight peeping through from the east.
2/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Partly cloudy at obs time. H4 cirri make parts of the sky look marbleized.
2/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly clear at obs time: scattered H1 cirri.
2/29/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Nearly clear at obs time; a few little H1 cirri. February gauge total: 0.88".
3/1/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M At obs time a thin coat of lumpy clear ice covers everything including the outside of the moisture gauge. It looks like overnight or early morning rain froze on contact or soon after falling. No accumulation. Obs time temperature 35 degrees. L6 stratus overcast.
3/2/2016 7:00 AM T T M 0.0 M A T of rain followed by a T of snow added up to a T of moisture. Clear sky at obs time.
3/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.26 2.8 M 3.0 M Snow that started sometime overnight was still at it at obs time. L6 stratus overcast.
3/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 0.2 M 1.5 0.22 Snowfall during obs time yesterday changed to rain that stopped sometime before 8:50am. More light rain & mist roughly between 1pm & 5:20pm. Clear sky at obs time today.
3/5/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 M T M Overnight or early morning rain. Mostly cloudy at obs time: L4 stratocumulus.
3/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Moderate frost at obs time & mostly clear; a few H1 cirri to the E & SE.
3/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M L5 stratocumulus overcast at obs time.
3/8/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Light midmorning rain yesterday. Overcast at obs time: M7 altocumuli below altostratus.
3/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.19 0.0 M 0.0 M Not raining at obs time but everything was still wet. L7 stratus fractus overcast.
3/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
3/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Light patchy frost at obs time. Horizontal view is heavily befogged, but looking straight up I can see blue sky w/ scattered H2 cirri.
3/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M M2 altostratus overcast at obs time.
3/13/2016 8:00 AM 0.74 0.0 M 0.0 M Yesterday's rain consisted of occasional splatters, two between 1:20pm & 2pm, another starting at 5:30pm & a fourth sometime around 9:45pm, all adding up to a trace. I was awakened by more energetic rain on the roof at 4:21am, and that continued through obs time. L6 stratus overcast.
3/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.35 0.0 M 0.0 M Steady rain most of the day from obs time till 10pm & on into the night. Not raining but wet at obs time today. Mostly cloudy: L4 stratocumulus.
3/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
3/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.46 0.0 M 0.0 M Last night's thunderstorm gave us a beautiful light show. Partly cloudy at obs time: H5 cirrostratus around the N, E & S horizons plus some L1 cumuli sailing by overhead.
3/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Clear sky at obs time.
3/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Partly cloudy: L4 stratocumuli.
3/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Dark L5 stratocumulus overcast at obs time.
3/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly cloudy at obs time: L5 stratocumulus.
3/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Light frost at obs time & partly cloudy: H9 cirrocumuli w/ swathes of H5 cirrostratus to the E, SE & W.
3/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Partly cloudy at obs time: M7 altocumuli w/ altostrati clearing out, moving east.
3/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Partly cloudy at obs time: H9 cirrocumuli w/ cirrostrati.
3/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 0.0 M Overnight rain. L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
3/25/2016 7:00 AM 1.03 T M T M Rain from around 8:50am till noonish. Then beautiful snow, big lacy flakes came down thickly on my yellow daffodils, from 1:45pm till about 4:45pm. Clear sky at obs time. Ice on my front steps, but not on the sidewalk or street. Unusual gauge content: uneven, rocky clear ice formation in the bottom, from 0.06" to 0.08" (measured by holding my snow stick against the outside of the gauge). A layer of water on top of that with an ice sheet on its surface 0.11"-0.12" from the bottom of the gauge. An air bubble, about 1.5" in diameter, trapped in the water.
3/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Partly cloudy at obs time: H9 cirrocumuli w/ cirrostrati.
3/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly cloudy at obs time: M1 altostratus.
3/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.09 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly cloudy at obs time: L5 stratocumuli.
3/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Clear sky at obs time.
3/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M L4 stratocumulus overcast at obs time.
3/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.31 0.0 M 0.0 M Thunderstorms. Rain continued into the night. It had stopped (temporarily) by obs time. L7 stratus fractus overcast. March precip total: 3.47".
4/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M Thunderstorm. At obs time, mostly cloudy: L2 cumuli.
4/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.09 0.0 M 0.0 M L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
4/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Partly cloudy at obs time: M3 altocumuli.
4/4/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: L5 stratocumuli moving SW.
4/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly clear at obs time with a few H2 cirri to the E.
4/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Early morning rain continued through obs time. L7 stratus-fractus-cumulus-fractus overcast.
4/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Light rain on & off from obs time onward throughout the day & evening. At obs today, L8 cumulus & stratocumulus overcast.
4/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
4/9/2016 7:00 AM T T M T M We had it all: rain from 7:03am till approximately 7:30am; snow, frequently heavy, on & off from 3:06pm till 8:43pm. If there was any more after that, I didn't see it. We also had round, white, bouncy 1/4" hail mixed with snow for less than 2 minutes starting at 3:23pm. With the exception of the last evening snow everything else melted on contact or soon after. A trace remained at obs time along with moderate frost and a clear sky.
4/10/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Evidence of rain having fallen before 6:30am. Partly cloudy at obs time: L1 cumuli.
4/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M Rain continued on & off all day and into the night beyond 10pm. Surfaces still wet at obs time. M1 altostratus overcast.
4/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
4/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
4/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: H9 cirrocumuli.
4/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
4/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
4/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
4/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Under a veil of H8 cirrostratus at obs time.
4/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
4/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: L2 cumuli.
4/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.17 M M M M Received a trace of rain starting at 1:41pm & another starting at 5:46pm. Heavy rain hit my windows at 1:25am & lasted for 5 minutes. Wet concrete at obs time suggests there was some later early-morning rain as well. Some of today's obs-time clouds appear not to have received the memo requiring them to conform to the NOAA/NASA Sky Watcher Chart. Misbehaving H1 cirri escaped from their home in the upper altitudes and dropped in to visit some scattered L1 cumuli in an otherwise predominantly clear sky. I'm calling the rebels L1 cirri.
4/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.30 M M M M Clear sky at obs time.
4/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
4/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
4/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: L8 stratocumuli.
4/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly clear at obs time w/ scattered H1 & H2 cirri.
4/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
4/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.74 M M M M Mostly light afternoon rain from 12:58 till 4:46 followed by an overnight thunderstorm. L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
4/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Light rain in dribs & drabs. L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
4/30/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M We appear to have had a little early morning rain, sometime before 6am. L6 stratus overcast at obs time. April precip total here: 1.71".
5/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.48 M M M M Rain all day still at it at 10:07pm & beyond. Not raining at obs time today. L6 stratus overcast.
5/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.54 M M M M Late afternoon rain continued until at least 9:30pm, possibly longer. Mostly cloudy at obs time: L4 stratocumuli with some clearing along NNW horizon.
5/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly clear at obs time w/ some M5 altocumuli.
5/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.22 M M M M Overnight rain. Mostly cloudy at obs time: L4 stratocumuli moving S at a good clip.
5/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
5/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: M8 altocumuli.
5/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M M9 altocumulus overcast at obs time.
5/8/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: L8 stratocumuli.
5/9/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M A trace of rain around 10am yesterday. A little more early this morning. L7 stratus fractus overcast at obs time.
5/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.95 M M M M A trace of rain fell sometime around 10am. The main rain event started sometime around 5pm & continued beyond 1:25am. The rain had stopped by 6am, but the overall wetness of everything suggested it must not have been long before 6. Light fog at obs time. Darkening L6 stratus overcast.
5/11/2016 7:00 AM 1.31 M M M M Rain yesterday between approximately 8am & 10:15am. More between approximately 6pm & 9:25pm. Heavy fog & mist at obs time.
5/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.92 M M M M A rip-snorter thunderstorm last night with most of the sky lighting up. L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
5/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
5/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.44 M M M M M1 altostratus overcast at obs time.
5/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky with haze at obs time.
5/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly clear w/ H1 cirri at obs time.
5/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: L6 stratus.
5/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
5/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
5/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
5/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
5/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
5/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
5/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Predominantly clear with some H2 cirri to the west.
5/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: H8 cirrostratus.
5/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M A trace of overnight/early-morning rain followed by substantial rain starting at 6:51am, continuing through obs. L7 stratus-fractus-with-cumulus-fractus overcast.
5/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.19 M M M M Rain in progress at obs time yesterday continued until approximately 8:20am. We received an addition trace at 6:37 this morning. L4 stratocumulus overcast.
5/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M A couple of light afternoon showers. M3 altocumulus cloud cover at obs time.
5/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M All talk and no action last night; an awful lot of thunder & lightning for such a piddling little bit of rain. Clear sky at obs time.
5/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M M1 altostratus cloud cover at obs time.
5/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M A little rain accompanied by thunder last night. Partly cloudy at obs time with the whole H9 cirrocumulus-cirrus-cirrostratus panoply. May precip total: 5.33".
6/1/2016 7:00 AM 1.63 M M M M Thunderstorms from 10:16am till approximately 3:30pm with heavy bursts from 10:47am to 10:52am, and again from 2:11pm to 2:48pm. Light rain awoke me at 5:25 this morning & continued through obs time. M2 nimbostratus overcast.
6/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Rain in progress at obs time yesterday ended around 8:30am, approximately. Partly cloudy at obs time today: H1 cirri.
6/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: L8 cumuli & stratocumuli.
6/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M This 0.01" was just a hair short of 0.02, which makes me believe we had some rain overnight or early a.m. because, otherwise, all I saw fall were a few drops starting at 6:43am & continuing through obs time, not enough to produce more than a trace. L7 overcast, stratus fractus w/ cumulus fractus.
6/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Light rain in progress at obs time yesterday continued until 9:38am & somewhat beyond. It had definitely stopped by 11am. L6 stratus overcast at obs time today.
6/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Nearly clear at obs time: L1 cumuli.
6/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
6/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly clear at obs time with some H2 cirri.
6/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: L5 stratocumuli.
6/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.32 M M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: H8 cirrostratus.
6/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: H8 cirrostratus.
6/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: M7 altocumuli w/ altostrati.
6/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Barely cloudy at obs time; H5 cirrostratus to the NW.
6/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.69 M M M M Overnight thunderstorm. Partly cloudy at obs time: L2 cumuli.
6/15/2016 7:00 AM 1.46 M M M M Thunderstorm w/ heavy rain from 4:12pm till 4:34pm dumped 0.29" into the gauge, but most of our rain catch came overnight. It was raining hard at 1:43am, but I don't know when it started or stopped. Partly cloudy at obs time: M6 altocumuli.
6/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M At obs time, nearly perfectly clear with just a small H1 cirrus.
6/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
6/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: H8 cirrostratus.
6/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
6/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: H9 cirrocumuli w/ cirri.
6/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: a line of L1 cumuli to the NE.
6/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.71 M M M M Overnight thunderstorm. Raining at obs time. L6 stratus overcast.
6/23/2016 7:00 AM 1.62 M M M M Rain and thunderstorms throughout the day from obs time into the overnight hours. Foggy this morning.
6/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly clear at obs time with light swathes of H5 cirrostratus to the N & W.
6/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
6/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Overcast at obs time: L7 stratus fractus.
6/27/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Multiple brief spatters. The rain in progress at obs time yesterday stopped at 7:01am. Another sprinkle from 12:09pm to 12:10pm and again at 12:33. Partly cloudy at obs time today: H2 cirri.
6/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
6/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Nearly clear at obs time: H1 cirri in the WSW.
6/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: cirri, cumuli, strati -- We have it all. June precip total: 6.50".
7/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
7/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M L4 stratocumulus overcast at obs time.
7/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M M2 altostratus overcast at obs time.
7/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
7/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: M3 altocumuli.
7/6/2016 7:00 AM 1.71 M M M M I was awakened by rain and lightning at 3:23am. I don't know when it started. Thunderstorms continued through the night past obs time this morning. L6 stratus overcast.
7/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M Rain in progress at obs time yesterday ended around 8:36am. L6 stratus overcast & light fog at obs time today.
7/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Rain fell for a short while sometime around 11:45am. Mostly cloudy at obs time: L4 stratocumuli. Heavy dew.
7/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: H2 cirri.
7/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Barely cloudy at obs time: H5 cirrostratus layers to the S & W.
7/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Slightly cloudy at obs time: H8 cirrocumuli & cirrostrati S & SE.
7/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: H5 cirrostratus.
7/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Distant thunder accompanied this morning's light rain. Mostly cloudy at obs time: L7 stratus fractus.
7/14/2016 7:00 AM 2.23 M M M M Received 0.01" of rain around 7:40am. Thunderstorm w/ heavy rain started at 4:58pm, adding another 2.21" to the gauge by about 7pm. Another 0.01" fell sometime overnight, after 10:15. Mostly cloudy at obs time: thin, broken L6 stratus rapidly moving NE.
7/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time with just a few cheery little L1 cumuli scattered about the southern sky.
7/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky & heavy dew at obs time.
7/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M L4 stratocumulus overcast at obs time.
7/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.56 M M M M A thunderstorm from 8:06am till about 10am dropped 0.29". Heavy rain from 8:44pm till 8:47pm. I don't know when our overnight rain started or stopped, but a thunderstorm awoke me at 3:27am and was still at it at 4am. L4 stratocumulus overcast at obs time.
7/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hardly cloudy at obs time: a few H1 cirri.
7/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: H5 cirrostratus S & W.
7/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: H5 cirrostratus band to the W.
7/22/2016 7:00 AM 1.19 M M M M Thunderstorm from about 9:15pm till 9:53pm. More overnight: I don't know when that storm started or stopped, but it was raining steadily at 2:27am. L5 stratocumulus overcast at obs time.
7/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Faintly cloudy at obs time: just a few H1 cirri.
7/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Thunderstorm; a lot more thunder & lightning than rain. Partly cloudy at obs time: H9 cirrocumulus w/ cirrostratus.
7/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M At obs time I'm looking at a cloud chart sampler with mostly H9 cirrostratus, plus a patch of H8 cirrocumuli and an L5 stratocumulus swath around our SE, S & SW horizons. All in all, it's mostly cloudy.
7/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time with a variety of altocumuli.
7/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Heavy dew and mostly cloudy at obs time: Predominantly H8 cirrostratus with some H1 cirri & a line of M8 altocumuli above the WSW horizon.
7/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: H2 cirri. Clear to the west.
7/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.36 M M M M Thunderstorm. Light fog, moderate dew & L6 overcast at obs time.
7/30/2016 7:00 AM 1.35 M M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: L5 stratocumuli.
7/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M Clear sky & heavy dew at obs time. 7.81" station precip total for July.
8/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: H5 cirrostratus w/ H1 overhead. Heavy, drippy dew.
8/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: H9 cirrocumuli w/ cirri & cirrostrati. Light dew.
8/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: H8 cirrostratus. Heavy dew.
8/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky, heavy dew at obs time.
8/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.30 M M M M Last night's thunderstorm was a window rattler. Mostly cloudy at obs time with varied activity. Guess I'll pin the title on H8 cirrostratus for its majority presence.
8/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M About 8 raindrops hit my windshield at 10:45am yesterday, 2/3 mi. SSW of my station, but a few minutes later back at home, there was no sign of any precip in, on or around my gauge. Partly cloudy today at obs time: scattered patches of H9 cirrocumuli overhead w/ H5 cirrostrati E & SE.
8/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M An almost clear sky at obs time: just a few H2 cirri in the NW. Moderate dew.
8/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: M9 altocumuli.
8/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: L5 stratocumulus clearing in the NW.
8/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: M3 altocumuli.
8/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Nearly clear at obs time w/ just a few H1 cirri.
8/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.46 M M M M Thunderstorm from 1:53pm till 2:38pm deposited 0.26". The rest came in the early morning, in progress at 6am, continuing through obs time. L7 stratus fractus overcast.
8/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.86 M M M M 0.85" of rain fell between obs time yesterday & approximately 10:30am; another trace at 3:35pm; and the remainder, a drip here, a drop there, between 6:50pm and approximately 9:25pm. L6 stratus overcast at obs time today.
8/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A couple of H1 cirri in an otherwise clear sky at obs time.
8/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Heavy fog at obs time.
8/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Rain from 4:15pm till approximately 4:45pm amounted to 0.01". More in the early morning hours, before 6:30, didn't quite bring the gauge up to 0.02". Mostly cloudy at obs time: L4 stratocumulus.
8/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: L4 stratocumulus.
8/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.32 M M M M I was awakened by rainfall at 5am. Mostly cloudy at obs time: L8 cumulus & stratocumulus.
8/19/2016 7:00 AM 1.40 M M M M Received a trace of rain yesterday between 7:15am & 7:30am, approximately. A thunderstorm starting in the late morning, approximately 11:10am till 12:18pm, brought 0.11" more. Another thunderstorm added 0.05" to that, starting around 5:45pm, ending at about 6:25pm. Most of our rain fell overnight. A third thunderstorm w/ heavy rain woke me at 11:46pm. Partly cloudy at obs time: M3 altocumuli north of here.
8/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.41 M M M M By obs time, morning thunderstorm had settled down into a quiet gentle rain. L7 stratus fractus overcast.
8/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Showers throughout the day: obs-7:50am, approximately; 10:40am-11:10am, approximately; 1:12pm-1:17pm; 3:15, trace; 3:59pm-4:08pm. Clear sky at obs time today.
8/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Heavy dew & clear sky at obs time.
8/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: scattered H9 cirrocumuli w/ H4 cirri.
8/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Early morning rain still in progress at obs time. L7 stratus fractus overcast.
8/25/2016 7:00 AM 1.66 M M M M Rain in progress at obs time yesterday continued until about 10am (0.61"). Another 0.15" fell between 12:30pm & 1:01pm. A thunderstorm started at 11:37pm. Don't know when it ended. L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
8/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M L6 stratus overcast at obs time. Light dew.
8/27/2016 7:00 AM 1.17 M M M M Evening thundershowers were like a car engine that will turn over but just can't quite get started. Four minutes of light rain. Stop. 19 minutes of light rain. Stop. 4 minutes of light rain. Stop . . . etc. It finally got going at or sometime before 2:54am when I was awakened by thunder and heavy rain. Mostly cloudy at obs time: L8 cumuli & stratocumuli.
8/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: H1 cirri. Heavy dew.
8/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Periodic splatters on & off throughout the afternoon. Partly cloudy at obs time: H9 cirrocumuli w/ cirrostratus. Heavy dew. Someday before I die I'd love to push my five-month old reel lawn mower through DRY grass just to see what it could do.
8/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.85 M M M M Overnight-early-morning T-storm. I don't know when it started or stopped, but it woke me up at 4:55am. From the direction in which my purple fountain grass has fallen over, the rain evidently pelted it from the north. Very light rain falling at obs time. L7 stratus fractus overcast.
8/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Light rain in progress at obs time yesterday ended sometime around 9:30am. M3 altocumulus overcast at obs time today.
9/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time. Light dew. August precip total: 7.61".
9/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time. Moderate dew.
9/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky & light dew at obs time.
9/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: M6 altocumuli. Heavy, drippy dew.
9/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: H5 cirrostrati.
9/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: H5 cirrostratus NW w/ a scattering of H1s overhead. Heavy, drippy dew.
9/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: H8 cirrostratus.
9/8/2016 7:00 AM 1.57 M M M M 0.04" of rain fell from 5:09pm till 6:55pm yesterday. Light rain was falling when I took out the garbage at 11:10pm. A substantial rainfall woke me at 3:10am. And the light rain in progress at 6am continued through obs time this morning. L7 stratus fractus overcast.
9/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M Light rain in progress at obs time yesterday continued until 8:08am. Another trace fell around 10am. At obs time today we're in the foggy foggy dew.
9/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M M M Light rain yesterday afternoon & also at obs time today. L7 stratus fractus overcast.
9/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Light rain in progress at obs time yesterday ended around 9:40am, approximately. Clear sky & heavy dew at obs time today.
9/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky, light dew at obs time.
9/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: M7 altocumuli & altostrati. Light dew.
9/14/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Light rain starting at 6:38am continued through obs time. L7 stratus fractus overcast.
9/15/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Light rain in progress at obs time yesterday ended at 7:05am. Mostly cloudy at obs today: H8 cirrostratus.
9/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M M7 altocumulus/altostratus overcast at obs time.
9/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M First rain showers of the day fell from 10:35am till approximately 12:15pm. Second rain started sometime around 8:15pm & was petering out at 10:10pm. L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
9/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
9/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: L5 stratocumuli around the W, N & E horizons.
9/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: L9 stratocumuli.
9/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M First thunderstorm, 8:29am - 9:30am, 0.04". Another trace fell at 1:14pm. From 1:45pm till 2:15pm we had dark skies with a whole lot of thunder & lightning, but no water. That finally got going at 2:41 & continued until approximately 3:20pm. M7 altocumulus/altostratus overcast at obs time.
9/23/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M A little rainfall sometime between 6am & obs time. L8 cumulus & stratocumulus overcast.
9/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M L6 stratus overcast at obs time.
9/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy at obs time: H8 cirrostratus.
9/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: L1 cumuli to the S, E & NE.
9/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear sky at obs time.
9/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: L8 stratocumuli traveling S.
9/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Partly cloudy at obs time: L4 stratocumuli drifting SSW.
9/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Light rain on & off, 1pm-3:15pm, amounted to 0.01". More rain before dawn. L6 stratus overcast at obs time. September precip total: 1.90".



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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
4/8/2016 3:23 PM This round, bouncy hail lasted less than 2 minutes and did not occur before, after or during rain. It occurred during snow, and there was more snow than hail. It melted very soon after contact; temperature 41 degrees. 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size Hard|White Ice 2 1min no damage Continuous False