Station Overview Station Location
Station Number MA-DK-9 Latitude 41.377984
Station Name West Tisbury 0.4 S Longitude -70.683257
County Dukes Elevation (ft) 60



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 4.33 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Nov 15 4.42 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Dec 15 4.38 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jan 16 4.04 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Feb 16 3.51 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
March 16 5.01 1.63 11 0.75 8 0.88 3 1 3 0 1.5 1 0
April 16 4.40 4.97 29 2.52 24 2.45 5 2 8 2 0.0 0 0
May 16 3.59 3.05 28 1.82 16 1.23 12 5 6 0 0.0 0 0
June 16 3.86 1.05 29 0.26 21 0.79 8 4 6 1 0.0 0 0
July 16 3.35 4.60 29 4.60 29 0.00 0 0 9 1 0.0 0 0
Aug 16 3.66 0.88 31 0.53 29 0.35 2 1 6 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 16 3.90 1.81 30 1.32 24 0.49 6 2 10 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 48.45" 17.99" 187 days 11.80" 151 6.19" 36 days 15 48 days 4 days 1.5" 1 days 0 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
10/2/2015
10/3/2015
10/4/2015
10/5/2015
10/6/2015
10/7/2015
10/8/2015
10/9/2015
10/10/2015
10/11/2015
10/12/2015
10/13/2015
10/14/2015
10/15/2015
10/16/2015
10/17/2015
10/18/2015
10/19/2015
10/20/2015
10/21/2015
10/22/2015
10/23/2015
10/24/2015
10/25/2015
10/26/2015
10/27/2015
10/28/2015
10/29/2015
10/30/2015
10/31/2015
11/1/2015
11/2/2015
11/3/2015
11/4/2015
11/5/2015
11/6/2015
11/7/2015
11/8/2015
11/9/2015
11/10/2015
11/11/2015
11/12/2015
11/13/2015
11/14/2015
11/15/2015
11/16/2015
11/17/2015
11/18/2015
11/19/2015
11/20/2015
11/21/2015
11/22/2015
11/23/2015
11/24/2015
11/25/2015
11/26/2015
11/27/2015
11/28/2015
11/29/2015
11/30/2015
12/1/2015
12/2/2015
12/3/2015
12/4/2015
12/5/2015
12/6/2015
12/7/2015
12/8/2015
12/9/2015
12/10/2015
12/11/2015
12/12/2015
12/13/2015
12/14/2015
12/15/2015
12/16/2015
12/17/2015
12/18/2015
12/19/2015
12/20/2015
12/21/2015
12/22/2015
12/23/2015
12/24/2015
12/25/2015
12/26/2015
12/27/2015
12/28/2015
12/29/2015
12/30/2015
12/31/2015
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2016
1/2/2016
1/3/2016
1/4/2016
1/5/2016
1/6/2016
1/7/2016
1/8/2016
1/9/2016
1/10/2016
1/11/2016
1/12/2016
1/13/2016
1/14/2016
1/15/2016
1/16/2016
1/17/2016
1/18/2016
1/19/2016
1/20/2016
1/21/2016
1/22/2016
1/23/2016
1/24/2016
1/25/2016
1/26/2016
1/27/2016
1/28/2016
1/29/2016
1/30/2016
1/31/2016
2/1/2016
2/2/2016
2/3/2016
2/4/2016
2/5/2016
2/6/2016
2/7/2016
2/8/2016
2/9/2016
2/10/2016
2/11/2016
2/12/2016
2/13/2016
2/14/2016
2/15/2016
2/16/2016
2/17/2016
2/18/2016
2/19/2016
2/20/2016
2/21/2016
2/22/2016
2/23/2016
2/24/2016
2/25/2016
2/26/2016
2/27/2016
2/28/2016
2/29/2016
3/1/2016
3/2/2016
3/3/2016
3/4/2016
3/5/2016
3/6/2016
3/7/2016
3/8/2016
3/9/2016
3/10/2016
3/11/2016
3/12/2016
3/13/2016
3/14/2016
3/15/2016
3/16/2016
3/17/2016
3/18/2016
3/19/2016
3/20/2016
3/21/2016 0.53
3/22/2016 0.03
3/23/2016 0.00
3/24/2016 0.00
3/25/2016 0.00
3/26/2016 0.19
3/27/2016 0.00
3/28/2016 **
3/29/2016 **
3/30/2016 0.88
3/31/2016 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2016 0.36
4/2/2016 0.20
4/3/2016 **
4/4/2016 **
4/5/2016 2.12
4/6/2016 T
4/7/2016 0.00
4/8/2016 1.12
4/9/2016 T
4/10/2016 0.00
4/11/2016 0.00
4/12/2016 0.00
4/13/2016 0.39
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 0.01
4/20/2016
4/21/2016 0.00
4/22/2016 0.00
4/23/2016 0.22
4/24/2016 0.21
4/25/2016 0.00
4/26/2016 **
4/27/2016 0.33
4/28/2016 0.00
4/29/2016 0.01
4/30/2016 0.00
5/1/2016 0.00
5/2/2016 0.27
5/3/2016 **
5/4/2016 0.74
5/5/2016 0.54
5/6/2016 0.53
5/7/2016 0.14
5/8/2016 **
5/9/2016 0.01
5/10/2016 0.00
5/11/2016 0.00
5/12/2016 0.00
5/13/2016 0.00
5/14/2016 **
5/15/2016 0.29
5/16/2016 0.00
5/17/2016 **
5/18/2016 **
5/19/2016 0.00
5/20/2016
5/21/2016 0.00
5/22/2016 0.13
5/23/2016
5/24/2016 **
5/25/2016 0.19
5/26/2016 0.00
5/27/2016 0.00
5/28/2016 0.00
5/29/2016
5/30/2016 0.21
5/31/2016 **
6/1/2016 **
6/2/2016 0.49
6/3/2016 0.01
6/4/2016 0.03
6/5/2016 0.00
6/6/2016 0.08
6/7/2016 T
6/8/2016 0.00
6/9/2016 0.01
6/10/2016 0.00
6/11/2016 0.00
6/12/2016 0.11
6/13/2016 0.00
6/14/2016 **
6/15/2016 0.00
6/16/2016 **
6/17/2016 0.00
6/18/2016 0.00
6/19/2016 0.00
6/20/2016 0.00
6/21/2016 **
6/22/2016 0.30
6/23/2016 0.00
6/24/2016 0.00
6/25/2016
6/26/2016 0.00
6/27/2016 0.00
6/28/2016 0.00
6/29/2016 0.02
6/30/2016 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2016 0.00
7/2/2016 0.87
7/3/2016 0.00
7/4/2016 0.00
7/5/2016 0.85
7/6/2016 0.31
7/7/2016 0.00
7/8/2016
7/9/2016 0.00
7/10/2016 0.01
7/11/2016 0.02
7/12/2016 0.00
7/13/2016 0.01
7/14/2016 0.00
7/15/2016 0.01
7/16/2016 0.00
7/17/2016 0.00
7/18/2016 0.00
7/19/2016 0.00
7/20/2016 0.00
7/21/2016 0.00
7/22/2016 0.00
7/23/2016 1.72
7/24/2016 T
7/25/2016 0.00
7/26/2016 0.00
7/27/2016 0.00
7/28/2016 0.00
7/29/2016 0.00
7/30/2016 0.80
7/31/2016
8/1/2016 **
8/2/2016 0.35
8/3/2016 0.12
8/4/2016 0.00
8/5/2016 0.00
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 0.13
8/12/2016 0.00
8/13/2016 0.00
8/14/2016 0.01
8/15/2016 0.00
8/16/2016 0.00
8/17/2016 0.00
8/18/2016 0.00
8/19/2016 0.01
8/20/2016 0.00
8/21/2016 0.00
8/22/2016 0.25
8/23/2016 0.00
8/24/2016 0.00
8/25/2016 0.00
8/26/2016 0.01
8/27/2016 0.00
8/28/2016 0.00
8/29/2016 0.00
8/30/2016 0.00
8/31/2016 0.00
9/1/2016 0.00
9/2/2016 0.25
9/3/2016 0.00
9/4/2016 0.00
9/5/2016 0.00
9/6/2016 0.81
9/7/2016 0.13
9/8/2016 0.04
9/9/2016 0.01
9/10/2016 0.01
9/11/2016 0.01
9/12/2016 0.01
9/13/2016 0.00
9/14/2016 0.00
9/15/2016 0.03
9/16/2016 0.00
9/17/2016 0.00
9/18/2016 0.00
9/19/2016 0.00
9/20/2016 **
9/21/2016 0.47
9/22/2016 0.00
9/23/2016 0.00
9/24/2016 0.02
9/25/2016 0.00
9/26/2016 0.00
9/27/2016 **
9/28/2016 **
9/29/2016 **
9/30/2016 0.02



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
3/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.53 1.5 M M M
3/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Snow melting fast. Precipitation amount is meltwater from snow that fell between yesterday's 7AM observation and when the snow stopped at 1PM.
3/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.19 M M M M First showers came about 11AM, rain was pretty much done by nightfall.
3/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/1/2016 9:30 AM 0.36 M M M M
4/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M
4/6/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M
4/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/8/2016 6:45 AM 1.12 M M M M
4/9/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M
4/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No sign of that predicted inch of snow when I got up this morning. Nothing in the gauge, either. There was a 3/16th" skin of ice in the bird bath, though.
4/11/2016 6:15 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/12/2016 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/13/2016 6:30 AM 0.39 M M M M
4/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
4/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.22 M M M M
4/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.21 M M M M
4/25/2016 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/28/2016 7:25 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
4/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/2/2016 6:50 AM 0.27 M M M M
5/5/2016 6:00 AM 0.54 M M M M
5/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.53 M M M M
5/7/2016 7:50 AM 0.14 M M M M
5/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M
5/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.21 M M M M
6/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
6/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
6/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M
6/7/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M
6/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/9/2016 6:30 AM 0.01 M M M M Cheated again! Time to set up more irrigation hose in the garden.
6/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M The temperatures warmed so quickly overnight that the gauge was fogged up from condensation.
6/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M How dry is it? The ground is cracking in the raspberry patch. Boy do we need some rain.
6/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/29/2016 6:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Also in gauge: The first japanese beetle of the season.
6/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/2/2016 6:00 AM 0.87 M M M M
7/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/5/2016 7:40 AM 0.85 M M M M
7/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.31 M M M M
7/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
7/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Precip was from a pop-up shower between 7 and 9 AM yesterday.
7/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/13/2016 7:30 AM 0.01 M M M M light sprinkles passing over at time of observation.
7/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Argh! Another perfectly good thunderstorm heads towards MV, only to change course and dissipate in the last few minutes.
7/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Thirteen japanese beetles in the trap, I mean rain gauge, this morning...there was some moisture mixed in with the beetles, but since I've no idea whether it is from precipitation or beetle pee, am reporting 0.00" today.
7/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/20/2016 6:16 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/23/2016 7:00 AM 1.72 M M M M Storms seen and heard around midnight, first drops fell about 12:40PM. 0.80" rain in first hour, around which time there was a lull in the rain. Rain picked up as I went back to sleep, I don't know when it stopped.
7/24/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M
7/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.80 M M M M
8/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M
8/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M
8/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
8/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M We had piddly little spit showers just after 7AM yesterday AM. What a tease. Dew last night was so heavy that part of the gauge's contents may be dew.
8/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/22/2016 7:40 AM 0.25 M M M M Rain did not begin until 5:15AM. Stopped about 7:30. At time of report, 7:40, the sky is now blue overhead.
8/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Haiku, written for a too-brief rain in the middle of a drought... Wee hours showers Teased the dust off the flowers Just one one hundredth.....
8/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/28/2016 6:21 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Rain shows to our west in the radar, air is getting heavier, the first very few tentative drops fell at 6:57AM. But no rain to speak of at 7AM
9/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.25 M M M M First few drops fell yesterday just after my 7AM observation. Rain fell very gently until the last drops fell about 4PM.
9/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.81 M M M M Rain at last! We need much more, but this will tide us over.
9/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M Rain was between7AM and noon yesterday...
9/8/2016 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
9/9/2016 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
9/10/2016 7:45 AM 0.01 M M M M As I write, a cute little rain shower has just brushed us, but looking on the radar, alas, it's mostly to the south, and it doesn't look like we'll get much of anything from this.
9/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
9/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Another batch of decent storms can't be bothered to make it to the Vineyard. All we got were dark skies and a few drops. Boy oh boy are we glad for having gotten the almost-inch that Hermine gave us!
9/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M The clouds were spectacular last evening, as darkness and rain spread over the land. The amount of precipitation was not.
9/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/19/2016 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/22/2016 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
9/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/26/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
3/28/2016 3/30/2016 7:00 AM 3 0.88 M M NOTE: Gauge, then with 0.88" was emptied at 2PM yesterday. There was no additional precipitation between then and this morning's 7AM check.
4/3/2016 4/05/2016 7:30 AM 3 2.12 T M Here in West Tisbury on the Vineyard, there is just a crust of snow and ice on leaves and colder surfaces. At 6AM it's 32°. Lawns and roads in West Tisbury are snow-free.
4/26/2016 4/27/2016 7:00 AM 2 0.33 M M
5/3/2016 5/04/2016 8:00 AM 2 0.74 M M
5/8/2016 5/09/2016 5:00 AM 2 0.01 M M
5/14/2016 5/15/2016 7:00 AM 2 0.29 M M
5/17/2016 5/19/2016 6:30 AM 3 0.00 M M
5/24/2016 5/25/2016 7:00 AM 2 0.19 M M
5/31/2016 6/02/2016 7:00 AM 3 0.49 M M
6/14/2016 6/15/2016 7:00 AM 2 0.00 M M
6/16/2016 6/17/2016 7:00 AM 2 0.00 M M
6/21/2016 6/22/2016 7:00 AM 2 0.30 M M Precip amount from Tuesday AM's thunderstorm.
8/1/2016 8/02/2016 7:00 AM 2 0.35 M M All rain came in storm of Sunday night...
9/20/2016 9/21/2016 2:00 PM 2 0.47 M M
9/27/2016 9/30/2016 7:00 AM 4 0.02 M M



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