Station Overview Station Location
Station Number MI-OC-2 Latitude 43.5
Station Name Montague 8.1 NW Longitude -86.47
County Oceana Elevation (ft) 737



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 3.56 2.15 21 1.77 19 0.38 2 1 9 3 0.0 0 0
Nov 15 3.22 2.93 30 2.93 27 0.00 3 0 11 5 1.7 2 1
Dec 15 2.03 2.87 25 2.02 17 0.85 8 1 8 4 0.0 0 0
Jan 16 1.68 0.26 11 0.26 11 0.00 0 0 6 0 10.8 8 2
Feb 16 1.30 1.15 29 0.85 14 0.30 15 1 6 5 2.0 4 0
March 16 2.27 4.38 32 2.38 22 2.00 10 3 10 2 3.3 4 6
April 16 3.24 2.11 30 1.96 27 0.15 3 1 15 3 1.9 3 0
May 16 3.18 1.84 31 1.84 31 0.00 0 0 10 6 0.2 1 0
June 16 2.91 2.80 30 1.51 18 1.29 12 2 6 1 0.0 0 0
July 16 2.74 4.70 29 4.70 29 0.00 0 0 10 3 0.0 0 0
Aug 16 3.39 1.80 31 0.10 22 1.70 9 3 2 4 0.0 0 0
Sept 16 3.71 7.83 30 7.68 24 0.15 6 1 8 2 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 33.23" 34.82" 329 days 28.00" 261 6.82" 68 days 13 101 days 38 days 19.9" 22 days 9 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 0.38
10/3/2015 0.00
10/4/2015 0.01
10/5/2015 0.18
10/6/2015 T
10/7/2015 0.00
10/8/2015 0.00
10/9/2015 0.29
10/10/2015 0.00
10/11/2015
10/12/2015
10/13/2015 T
10/14/2015
10/15/2015
10/16/2015
10/17/2015
10/18/2015
10/19/2015 0.00
10/20/2015 0.13
10/21/2015 0.29
10/22/2015 0.00
10/23/2015
10/24/2015 0.35
10/25/2015
10/26/2015
10/27/2015 0.00
10/28/2015 0.32
10/29/2015 0.18
10/30/2015 0.02
10/31/2015 T
11/1/2015 0.63
11/2/2015 0.00
11/3/2015 0.00
11/4/2015 0.00
11/5/2015 T
11/6/2015 0.06
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 0.41
11/13/2015 0.02
11/14/2015 T
11/15/2015 0.00
11/16/2015 0.00
11/17/2015 0.01
11/18/2015 0.32
11/19/2015 0.09
11/20/2015 T
11/21/2015 T
11/22/2015 0.14
11/23/2015 T
11/24/2015 0.01
11/25/2015 0.00
11/26/2015 0.03
11/27/2015 1.21
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 0.85
12/9/2015 T
12/10/2015 0.00
12/11/2015 0.00
12/12/2015 T
12/13/2015 0.03
12/14/2015 1.23
12/15/2015 0.04
12/16/2015 0.01
12/17/2015 0.20
12/18/2015 T
12/19/2015 T
12/20/2015 0.00
12/21/2015 0.08
12/22/2015 0.29
12/23/2015 0.00
12/24/2015 0.14
12/25/2015 0.00
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 0.00
1/6/2016 0.00
1/7/2016 0.01
1/8/2016 0.00
1/9/2016 0.20
1/10/2016 M
1/11/2016 M
1/12/2016 M
1/13/2016 M
1/14/2016 M
1/15/2016 0.00
1/16/2016 0.01
1/17/2016 0.01
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 0.02
1/30/2016 0.00
1/31/2016 0.01
2/1/2016 0.26
2/2/2016 0.00
2/3/2016 0.50
2/4/2016 0.03
2/5/2016 0.02
2/6/2016 T
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 0.30
2/17/2016 0.03
2/18/2016 T
2/19/2016 0.01
2/20/2016 T
2/21/2016 0.00
2/22/2016 T
2/23/2016 T
2/24/2016 0.00
2/25/2016 **
2/26/2016 **
2/27/2016 **
2/28/2016 **
2/29/2016 **
3/1/2016 **
3/2/2016 0.43
3/3/2016 0.00
3/4/2016 0.00
3/5/2016 0.12
3/6/2016 0.05
3/7/2016 0.05
3/8/2016 0.00
3/9/2016 0.21
3/10/2016 **
3/11/2016 **
3/12/2016 **
3/13/2016 **
3/14/2016 **
3/15/2016 0.20
3/16/2016 0.22
3/17/2016 0.06
3/18/2016 T
3/19/2016 T
3/20/2016 0.00
3/21/2016 0.00
3/22/2016 0.00
3/23/2016 0.01
3/24/2016 M **
3/25/2016 1.37 1.37
3/26/2016 0.00
3/27/2016 0.00
3/28/2016 0.05
3/29/2016 0.00
3/30/2016 0.00
3/31/2016 0.24
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2016 0.28
4/2/2016 0.05
4/3/2016 0.09
4/4/2016 0.01
4/5/2016 T
4/6/2016 0.46
4/7/2016 0.06
4/8/2016 0.01
4/9/2016 **
4/10/2016 **
4/11/2016 0.15
4/12/2016 0.00
4/13/2016 0.00
4/14/2016 T
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 0.01
4/21/2016 0.18
4/22/2016 0.18
4/23/2016 0.00
4/24/2016 0.00
4/25/2016 0.03
4/26/2016 0.24
4/27/2016 T
4/28/2016 0.01
4/29/2016 0.34
4/30/2016 0.01
5/1/2016 0.55
5/2/2016 T
5/3/2016 0.00
5/4/2016 0.24
5/5/2016 0.12
5/6/2016 0.00
5/7/2016 0.00
5/8/2016 0.00
5/9/2016 0.00
5/10/2016 0.02
5/11/2016 0.26
5/12/2016 T
5/13/2016 T
5/14/2016 0.44
5/15/2016 0.04
5/16/2016 0.00
5/17/2016 T
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 T
5/26/2016 0.05
5/27/2016 T
5/28/2016 0.09
5/29/2016 0.03
5/30/2016 0.00
5/31/2016 0.00
6/1/2016 T
6/2/2016 0.13
6/3/2016 0.00
6/4/2016 0.00
6/5/2016 0.16
6/6/2016 0.26
6/7/2016 0.03
6/8/2016 0.01
6/9/2016 0.00
6/10/2016 **
6/11/2016 **
6/12/2016 **
6/13/2016 **
6/14/2016 **
6/15/2016 **
6/16/2016 **
6/17/2016 1.19
6/18/2016 0.00
6/19/2016 0.00
6/20/2016 0.00
6/21/2016 **
6/22/2016 **
6/23/2016 **
6/24/2016 0.10
6/25/2016 0.00
6/26/2016 0.00
6/27/2016 0.92
6/28/2016 0.00
6/29/2016 0.00
6/30/2016 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2016 0.40
7/2/2016 0.00
7/3/2016 0.00
7/4/2016 0.00
7/5/2016 0.00
7/6/2016 0.01
7/7/2016 0.00
7/8/2016 0.04
7/9/2016 0.00
7/10/2016 0.00
7/11/2016 0.10
7/12/2016 0.30
7/13/2016 0.00
7/14/2016 T
7/15/2016 T
7/16/2016 T
7/17/2016 0.00
7/18/2016 0.05
7/19/2016 0.00
7/20/2016 0.00
7/21/2016 0.00
7/22/2016 0.20
7/23/2016 0.00
7/24/2016 2.85
7/25/2016 0.59
7/26/2016 0.00
7/27/2016 0.00
7/28/2016
7/29/2016 0.16
7/30/2016
7/31/2016 0.00
8/1/2016 T
8/2/2016 0.00
8/3/2016 0.00
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 0.00
8/12/2016 T
8/13/2016 **
8/14/2016 **
8/15/2016 0.49
8/16/2016 0.00
8/17/2016 0.02
8/18/2016 0.00
8/19/2016 0.00
8/20/2016 **
8/21/2016 **
8/22/2016 0.51
8/23/2016 0.00
8/24/2016 T
8/25/2016 0.08
8/26/2016 0.00
8/27/2016 **
8/28/2016 **
8/29/2016 0.70
8/30/2016 T
8/31/2016 0.00
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 1.24
9/8/2016 3.78
9/9/2016 0.00
9/10/2016 0.00
9/11/2016 0.26
9/12/2016 0.00
9/13/2016 0.00
9/14/2016 **
9/15/2016 **
9/16/2016 **
9/17/2016 **
9/18/2016 0.15
9/19/2016 0.00
9/20/2016 0.08
9/21/2016 0.00
9/22/2016 0.63
9/23/2016 T
9/24/2016 T
9/25/2016 0.00
9/26/2016 1.38
9/27/2016 0.00
9/28/2016 0.28
9/29/2016 0.03
9/30/2016 **



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M No rain all day yest and overngt--lt rain began just 10 min before 7AM obs.
10/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.18 0.0 M M M
10/6/2015 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
10/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.29 0.0 M M M Lt rain late yest aftn done by sunset.
10/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/13/2015 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Sprinkles 3 times past 24 hours.
10/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.13 0.0 M M M Occasional lightning and thunder 12:20-5AM but not much rain.
10/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.29 0.0 M M M Heaviest rain 3-3:30AM with incr wind like out flow from a MCS.
10/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.35 0.0 M M M All rain is from after sunset/overnight.
10/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.32 0.0 M M M
10/29/2015 7:00 AM 0.18 0.0 M M M
10/30/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M
10/31/2015 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Trace from convergence line that moved inland from Lake Michigan 1:40PM yest and another trace from vry lt rain past few hours.
11/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.63 0.0 M M M Lt rain entire daylight hours.
11/2/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/5/2015 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Drizzle fell from the fog that rolled in from Lake Michigan from 12:15-4PM yest aftn when we were expecting mostly sunny and warm. Thanks Chicago!
11/6/2015 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 M M M
11/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.41 0.0 M M M Occasional lightning and thunder with the lt rain and heavier showers yest eve 10PM-midngt. Coldfropa (occlusion) passes 5:15AM with wndshft and rpd incr in speed, peak gust measured here at 53.5mph at 6:08AM. but only few sml twigs down.
11/13/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M
11/14/2015 7:00 AM T T T 0.0 M Sprinkles of rain and a shower of graupel midday.
11/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M Sprinkles/lt rain began 4:40AM.
11/18/2015 7:00 AM 0.32 0.0 M M M
11/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.09 0.0 M M M
11/20/2015 7:00 AM T T 0.00 0.0 M Very windy on our bluff overlooking Lake Michigan, max gust measured on Oregon Scientific anemometer was 60.2mph at 5:07PM EST yest. Breakers approaching 12-15 ft. Few showers of graupel melting to sprinkles barely reaching the ground as the air is quite dry.
11/21/2015 7:00 AM T T T T T Very light snow began just before 4AM. Some melting.
11/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.14 1.6 0.14 1.0 0.12 12-hour lt snow event: 4AM thru 4PM Sat. Some sublimed in the dry wind ovrngt (28° with 14°DP).
11/23/2015 7:00 AM T T T T T Saturday's 1.6" snow did not melt at all in yesterday's sunshine but most melted overnight with mid-30's air from a wind off Lake Michigan. Very light snow at obs time.
11/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 0.0 0.00 Ocnl lt snow yest AM, then partly sunny with warmer air after wndshft 12:15PM brought air in from Lake Michigan melting all snow, both old(Sat) and new. Now, bare gnd.
11/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
11/26/2015 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain began approx 4AM.
11/27/2015 7:00 AM 1.21 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
12/9/2015 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sprinkle 4:40AM.
12/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/12/2015 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sprinkles since 4AM.
12/13/2015 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Just saw two lightning flashes and heard two low volume thunders in last 10 minutes before obs time!
12/14/2015 7:00 AM 1.23 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.99" yest daytime and ovrngt plus 0.24" from tstm 7-7:45AM yest. Feels and smells like spring out there!
12/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
12/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sprinkles yest, nothing overngt.
12/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.20 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
12/18/2015 7:00 AM T T T 0.0 0.00 Few small pellets of graupel yest AM.
12/19/2015 7:00 AM T T T 0.0 0.00 Very, very few flakes yest AM so technically a trace. Wish I could report a T-. Could have easily missed them but I look outside (or be outside) as much as possible so I saw them. Ground frozen here for the first time in at least two weeks.
12/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
12/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.08 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Lt rain began between 2-3AM.
12/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.29 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Lt rain to 1PM, that it.
12/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
12/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.14 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Only one cloud to cloud lightning flash with one thunder in light rain just before 2PM yest. Max wind gust measured at 69.6mph 1:23AM. Grid power out 1:30AM on.
12/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
1/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M All lake effect flurries over by yest 7AM obs time.
1/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Temp constant 34F all night as SW wind comes in off the 42F water of Lake Michigan. Not much melting as the air is quite dry and evaporation is a cooling process.
1/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 M M Significant melting of old sleet/frzn snow/ice yest. Very lt rain 5-6AM today.
1/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M
1/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.20 0.0 0.00 M M Lt rain 2PM to dusk yest. Ocnl dense fog ovrngt. Still mild--above frz.
1/10/2016 7:00 AM M 2.9 M M M Ocnl lt rain yest aftn changed to snow at dusk. Sticky snow clinging to everything this AM--beautiful even in the dark!
1/11/2016 7:00 AM M 0.5 M M M
1/12/2016 7:00 AM M 5.8 M 8.0 M Wind, bitter cold, drifting snow and creaky bones made this measurement a little more difficult than a 7AM reading after an overnight thunderstorm in June when the sun is shining and the birds are singing but it's just the way it is here on the Lake Michigan shore.
1/13/2016 7:00 AM M 0.4 M M M
1/14/2016 7:00 AM M 0.8 M 6.0 M Considerable drifting of loose snow even before latest event began at 1:20PM. Not much new accumulation.
1/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 M M No rain but some melting during the day,then a little lt snow yest eve.
1/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 M M Lake effect flurries ovrngt.
1/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 0.2 M M M Lt rain changed to lt snow 11:30AM-12NOON, only T acc. Then more lt snow eve.
1/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 M M Lt rain ovrngt, above frz so no ice.
2/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.26 0.0 0.00 M M Lt rain began about noon--continuous all aftn.
2/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Extremely heavy frost on everything this morning but since it did not fall from the sky, it does not count.
2/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.50 0.7 M M M First flakes 2:25PM, wet snow 2:50PM, mix sleet 3:20PM, all sleet then thunder 3:33PM mostly lt rain 4PM slowly ending. Did not get thunderstorms eve.
2/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 0.2 M M M Dense fog AM bec windy with lt rain midday some lt snow overngt.
2/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 0.5 0.02 M M Lt snow, mostly midday yest.
2/6/2016 7:00 AM T T T M M
2/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 0.6 0.03 M M Fine lt snow yest eve. Did reach 32.7F ovrngt now 24.3F.
2/18/2016 7:00 AM T T T M M Few flakes yest AM when it was pt cloudy!
2/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 M M Lt rain before midngt. Temp above frz.
2/20/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 T M Sunny, warm, windy to 2:30PM, coldfropa 2:50PM, wind gust 51.0mph 4:10PM, sprinkles 6PM. Est 3" snow on gnd melted yest, only few old drifts and patches left. Most ice on Lake Michigan now gone.
2/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M
2/22/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 T M Sprinkles 7-8AM yest then sunny aftn. Actually have waves on sand in some places on our Lake Michigan beach.
2/23/2016 7:00 AM T T T T M Vry lt snow, both flakes and graupel, fell noon to about 5PM. All melted soon after contact as temp above frz. Still a few little drifts of old snow left.
2/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T T
3/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 3.0 M
3/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 2.5 M
3/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.12 1.4 0.12 3.0 M Lt snow began before 10PM yest.
3/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.05 0.8 0.05 2.5 M Light snow and graupel 7-10AM yest with some freezing drizzle mixing in around 8AM. Sunshine mid-aftn with some melting.
3/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 1.0 M RW- with short lightning/thunder 1:55AM.
3/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 First time this spring with no snow on gnd.
3/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.21 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sprinkle 11AM yest, then mosunny aftn. Lt rain last few hrs.
3/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.22 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tstm 12:30-2:00AM. No hail, nothing serious.
3/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/18/2016 7:00 AM T T T 0.0 0.00 Tiny sprinkles yest and tiny flakes of snow 6AM today.
3/19/2016 7:00 AM T 0.1 T T T Lt snow 5-7AM. Temp just dropped below frz.
3/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tiny sprinkle yest aftn then vry lt rain 6-7AM today. Temp above frz so no icing.
3/24/2016 7:00 AM M M M M M Way too slippery to go out to read gauge in the dark here at normal 7AM obs time because of the few tenths of sleet that fell yest aftn (b. 1:20PM) are now covered by a thin glaze of frz rain. Will update when conditions become safe.
3/25/2016 7:00 AM 1.37 1.0 M 1.5 M !.0" of fine, light snow fell ovrngt on top of 0.3" sleet covered with 0.2" glaze of ice from frz rain.
3/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T T
3/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
3/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.24 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.28 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fog and ocnl lt rain AM yest then weak tstm 3-3:30PM.
4/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.05 T T T T Line of rain showers 7PM yest, snow flurries 5AM.
4/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.09 1.7 0.09 T T Lt snow 10AM-1:30PM yest then some sunshine melting most of snow but a quick shower of graupel 5PM with a little more lt snow eve.
4/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 T T 0.0 0.00 Few flakes midday, lt rain eve.
4/5/2016 7:00 AM T T T 0.0 0.00 Ocnl vry lt flurries some even when sun was shining.
4/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.46 0.1 M 0.0 0.00 Combination of lt rain, sleet and snow briefly at 10PM yest acc 0.1" then just rain for few hrs before obs time.
4/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.06 T T T T
4/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 0.0 0.00 Nrly cont lt snow grains all AM.
4/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/14/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Two very tiny sprinkles early yest aftn--wish I could report a "T-" for pecip.
4/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 First waves here on Lake Michigan in a week, it has been very quiet with only slight breezes.
4/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Little light rain late yest AM and a little more ovrngt.
4/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.18 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.18 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Nothing but ocnl fog yest but brief RW+ 2:25AM with R- until 2:40AM.
4/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sprinkle at noon, lt rain mid-aftn.
4/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.24 T M 0.0 0.00 Vry lt rain early aftn yest then minor thunderstorms eve until hail up to 5/8" 9:33-9:35PM. Not much wind, no damage.
4/27/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Drizzle late yest morn from low clouds, damp and cold.
4/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Nice yest, vry lt rain past few hrs.
4/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.34 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
4/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sprinkles/drizzle yest AM, bec sunny by mid-aftn.
5/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.55 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain began 4:30PM yest.
5/2/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Drizzle yest AM only, no rain ovrngt.
5/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.24 M M M M Sunny yest, incr clds late aftn, lt rain ovrngt=perfect timing!
5/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.12 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cold lt rain all yest aftn, 2PM temp only 40.5F.
5/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Vry lt rain past few hrs before obs time.
5/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.26 M M M M Lt rain 1-8PM yest.
5/12/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Distant lightning/thunder 4-4:30AM, sprinkles 4:30-5AM. That it.
5/13/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Fog with some drizzle yest aftn but no rain.
5/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.44 M M M M Lt rain began 4:30PM yest.
5/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.04 0.2 M T M Convective rain showers mixed with sleet yest AM, then snow accumulating on ground before 5AM, some crunchy and frozen to deck. 5AM temp 33.4F but Mars, Saturn and a few stars visible so some clearing allowing the slush to freeze. Still a trace left at 7AM obs time.
5/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
5/17/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Sprinkles 9-9:30AM yest, mostly sunny and pleasant aftn.
5/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/20/2016 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 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/25/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Saw trace of raindrop marks in the pollen dust.
5/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
5/27/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M
5/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
5/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
5/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/1/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Only sprinkles since 5AM.
6/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M
6/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.16 M M M M Mostly sunny AM, sprinkle 2:30PM, Lt rain 4-7PM.
6/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.26 M M M M Fog, ocnl drizzle AM, strong shower with wind gust of 34.7mph at 8:40PM.
6/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Few drops from sprinkle at noon then ocnl lt rain yest eve and ovrngt.
6/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Lt drzl yest AM (cold), lt shwr ovrngt.
6/9/2016 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
6/25/2016 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 0.92 M M M M Thunderstorm with shelf cloud 7:15-8AM, rain to 11AM. Welcome, very beneficial rain. Thank you.
6/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.40 0.0 0.00 M M Mostly sunny daytime yest, incr clds eve, rain ovrngt--what could be sweeter?
7/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 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 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 M M Dsnt ltg SW-S 4AM to sunrise(6:11AM). Lt rain 5:30-6AM.
7/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 0.00 M M
7/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.10 0.0 0.00 M M 1st distant thunder 4AM, TRW- RB 4:45AM to 7AM obs. No wind, no hail, no heavy rain.
7/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.30 0.0 0.00 M M Precip done by noon, sunny, hazy, humid, breezy, very warm aftn.
7/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly sunny, hazy, warm and windy all day--no storms here at the Lake Michigan shore.
7/14/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 M M Thunder from close tstm late yest morn but only a single sprinkle 11:50AM--that's it, nothing more rest of day or night. Would have appreciated that rain.
7/15/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 M M
7/16/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 M M
7/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 M M Lt rain 10-11:15AM yest. No ltg/thunder. Bec sunny, warm, humid and very windy aftn.
7/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/20/2016 7:00 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 0.20 0.0 0.00 M M Tstm midday--outflow hits at 12:03PM with 39.4mph gust. No damage, not much rain either.
7/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/24/2016 7:00 AM 2.85 0.0 0.00 M M First distant thunder just before 4AM, lt rain began 5AM, real tstm 5:20-7AM obs time. No wind, no hail.
7/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.59 0.0 0.00 M M 8 hour total 5AM 7/24 to 1PM 7/25 is 3.44" split by 7AM obs yest.
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
7/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.16 0.0 0.00 M M Heard thunder and saw the Cb that formed just east of us on the lake breeze front yest aftn but no rain then. Lt rain/TRW- began 4AM done by obs time.
7/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/1/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 M M Sprinkle late yest aftn.
8/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 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 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/12/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 M M Sprinkle 7:30PM yest eve. Lightning and ocnl distant thunder 3:30-5:30AM but no rain.
8/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 M M RW- just prior 5AM. We need more rain here--missed all of Monday's tropical soaking.
8/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/24/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 M M Sprinkles 5:40AM.
8/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.08 0.0 0.00 M M Only 0.01" with mdt wind gusts late AM yest, lt. rain with few ltg/th 5:45-6:30AM today.
8/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/30/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 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
9/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
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 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/7/2016 7:00 AM 1.24 0.0 0.00 M M Rain began 6:35PM yest with a noisy tstm--not alot of rain but numerous close ltg/th 7-8PM. More TRW/RW+ ovrngt brought much more rain. Very beneficial as we have been very dry and there was no hail, no power outages and very little wind.
9/8/2016 7:00 AM 3.78 0.0 0.00 M M Heaviest rain here in years, most from a thunderstorm 6:30-7:30PM yesterday. Fortunately, I found very little erosion but sunrise is still many minutes away. Will check out more with real daylight. Once again, there was no hail and only minimal wind.
9/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.26 0.0 0.00 M M No thunderstorms here. Highest wind gust 26.2 mph 11:12AM, no damage.
9/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M No rain yet at 7AM obs time but lightning west with distant thunder.
9/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.08 0.0 0.00 M M Lt. rain late aftn/early eve.
9/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.63 0.0 0.00 M M TRW+ 7:50-11AM yest.
9/23/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 M M Sprinkles ovrngt.
9/24/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 M M Sprinkles mid-aftn, shower vsbl over lake. Mosquitoes terrible.
9/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/26/2016 7:00 AM 1.38 0.0 0.00 M M Heavy rain 11:20-11:50PM yest eve, not much lightning, very little thunder but winds gusted 27.1 mph. No hail, no damage.
9/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.28 0.0 0.00 M M Few sprinkles 1-2PM then lt. rain 5:30PM on thru the ngt.
9/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 M M lt sprinkle early aftn, lt rain late aftn.



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
9/21/2015 10/02/2015 7:00 AM 12 0.38 0.0 M
11/28/2015 12/08/2015 7:00 AM 11 0.85 M 0.00
2/7/2016 2/16/2016 7:00 AM 10 0.30 M M
2/25/2016 3/02/2016 7:00 AM 7 0.43 4.0 M
3/10/2016 3/15/2016 7:00 AM 6 0.20 0.0 0.00
3/24/2016 3/25/2016 7:00 AM 2 1.37 1.5 M
4/9/2016 4/11/2016 8:00 AM 3 0.15 0.0 0.00
6/10/2016 6/17/2016 7:00 AM 8 1.19 0.0 0.00
6/21/2016 6/24/2016 7:00 AM 4 0.10 0.0 0.00
8/13/2016 8/15/2016 7:00 AM 3 0.49 0.0 0.00
8/20/2016 8/22/2016 7:00 AM 3 0.51 0.0 0.00
8/27/2016 8/29/2016 7:00 AM 3 0.70 0.0 0.00
9/14/2016 9/18/2016 7:00 AM 5 0.15 0.0 0.00
9/30/2016 10/03/2016 7:00 AM 4 0.86 0.0 0.00



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
4/25/2016 9:23 PM 5/8" NA 1/4" Pea Size Hard|Clear Ice 2 1min no damage Continuous False After rain Same time as smaller hail 10-20