Station Overview Station Location
Station Number WA-BT-1 Latitude 46.250674
Station Name Richland 3.3 SSW Longitude -119.3197
County Benton Elevation (ft) 564



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 0.61 0.44 31 0.44 31 0.00 0 0 8 2 0.0 0 0
Nov 15 1.07 0.93 30 0.82 28 0.11 2 1 6 6 0.4 2 1
Dec 15 1.19 2.14 31 2.14 31 0.00 0 0 14 8 4.6 3 5
Jan 16 1.07 1.51 31 1.51 31 0.00 0 0 15 3 1.0 2 2
Feb 16 0.79 0.33 29 0.33 29 0.00 0 0 7 3 0.0 0 0
March 16 0.76 0.92 31 0.92 31 0.00 0 0 10 7 0.0 0 0
April 16 0.65 0.19 30 0.19 30 0.00 0 0 3 3 0.0 0 0
May 16 0.69 0.67 31 0.40 21 0.27 10 1 1 2 0.0 0 0
June 16 0.58 0.42 30 0.07 28 0.35 2 1 1 4 0.0 0 0
July 16 0.23 0.33 31 0.33 31 0.00 0 0 5 4 0.0 0 0
Aug 16 0.18 0.00 31 0.00 31 0.00 0 0 0 2 0.0 0 0
Sept 16 0.32 0.26 30 0.26 30 0.00 0 0 4 3 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 8.14" 8.14" 366 days 7.41" 352 0.73" 14 days 3 74 days 47 days 6.0" 7 days 8 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 0.15
10/4/2015 0.02
10/5/2015 0.00
10/6/2015 0.00
10/7/2015 T
10/8/2015 0.08
10/9/2015 0.00
10/10/2015 0.00
10/11/2015 0.00
10/12/2015 0.00
10/13/2015 0.00
10/14/2015 0.00
10/15/2015 0.00
10/16/2015 0.00
10/17/2015 0.00
10/18/2015 0.03
10/19/2015 0.00
10/20/2015 0.00
10/21/2015 0.00
10/22/2015 0.00
10/23/2015 0.00
10/24/2015 0.00
10/25/2015 0.00
10/26/2015 0.02
10/27/2015 0.03
10/28/2015 0.00
10/29/2015 0.10
10/30/2015 T
10/31/2015 0.01
11/1/2015 0.26
11/2/2015 T
11/3/2015 0.00
11/4/2015 0.00
11/5/2015 0.00
11/6/2015 0.08
11/7/2015 0.00
11/8/2015 **
11/9/2015 0.11
11/10/2015 0.00
11/11/2015 0.00
11/12/2015 0.00
11/13/2015 T
11/14/2015 T
11/15/2015 0.00
11/16/2015 0.01
11/17/2015 T
11/18/2015 0.00
11/19/2015 0.11
11/20/2015 0.08
11/21/2015 0.00
11/22/2015 0.00
11/23/2015 0.00
11/24/2015 0.28
11/25/2015 T
11/26/2015 0.00
11/27/2015 0.00
11/28/2015 0.00
11/29/2015 0.00
11/30/2015 T
12/1/2015 0.00
12/2/2015 0.21
12/3/2015 0.03
12/4/2015 0.00
12/5/2015 0.00
12/6/2015 0.05
12/7/2015 0.33
12/8/2015 0.47
12/9/2015 0.02
12/10/2015 0.30
12/11/2015 T
12/12/2015 0.05
12/13/2015 0.12
12/14/2015 0.00
12/15/2015 0.00
12/16/2015 T
12/17/2015 T
12/18/2015 0.31
12/19/2015 T
12/20/2015 0.00
12/21/2015 0.06
12/22/2015 0.05
12/23/2015 0.02
12/24/2015 0.00
12/25/2015 T
12/26/2015 T
12/27/2015 0.00
12/28/2015 0.12
12/29/2015 T
12/30/2015 T
12/31/2015 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2016 0.00
1/2/2016 0.00
1/3/2016 T
1/4/2016 0.06
1/5/2016 0.00
1/6/2016 0.03
1/7/2016 0.00
1/8/2016 T
1/9/2016 0.00
1/10/2016 0.00
1/11/2016 0.00
1/12/2016 0.00
1/13/2016 0.28
1/14/2016 0.03
1/15/2016 0.00
1/16/2016 0.11
1/17/2016 0.05
1/18/2016 0.22
1/19/2016 0.00
1/20/2016 0.34
1/21/2016 0.07
1/22/2016 0.06
1/23/2016 0.08
1/24/2016 0.01
1/25/2016 0.00
1/26/2016 0.00
1/27/2016 T
1/28/2016 0.02
1/29/2016 0.03
1/30/2016 0.12
1/31/2016 0.00
2/1/2016 0.00
2/2/2016 0.00
2/3/2016 0.00
2/4/2016 0.05
2/5/2016 0.00
2/6/2016 0.00
2/7/2016 0.00
2/8/2016 0.00
2/9/2016 0.00
2/10/2016 0.00
2/11/2016 T
2/12/2016 0.05
2/13/2016 0.03
2/14/2016 0.05
2/15/2016 T
2/16/2016 0.00
2/17/2016 0.00
2/18/2016 0.06
2/19/2016 0.04
2/20/2016 T
2/21/2016 0.00
2/22/2016 0.00
2/23/2016 0.00
2/24/2016 0.00
2/25/2016 0.00
2/26/2016 0.00
2/27/2016 0.05
2/28/2016 0.00
2/29/2016 0.00
3/1/2016 0.19
3/2/2016 0.04
3/3/2016 0.01
3/4/2016 0.00
3/5/2016 T
3/6/2016 0.23
3/7/2016 T
3/8/2016 0.00
3/9/2016 0.00
3/10/2016 0.11
3/11/2016 T
3/12/2016 0.09
3/13/2016 T
3/14/2016 0.13
3/15/2016 0.00
3/16/2016 0.00
3/17/2016 0.00
3/18/2016 0.00
3/19/2016 0.00
3/20/2016 0.00
3/21/2016 0.07
3/22/2016 0.04
3/23/2016 T
3/24/2016 0.01
3/25/2016 0.00
3/26/2016 0.00
3/27/2016 T
3/28/2016 0.00
3/29/2016 T
3/30/2016 0.00
3/31/2016 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2016 0.00
4/2/2016 0.00
4/3/2016 0.00
4/4/2016 0.02
4/5/2016 T
4/6/2016 0.00
4/7/2016 0.00
4/8/2016 0.00
4/9/2016 0.00
4/10/2016 0.00
4/11/2016 0.00
4/12/2016 0.02
4/13/2016 0.00
4/14/2016 0.15
4/15/2016 T
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 0.00
4/22/2016 0.00
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 0.00
4/29/2016 0.00
4/30/2016 T
5/1/2016 0.00
5/2/2016 0.00
5/3/2016 0.00
5/4/2016 T
5/5/2016 0.40
5/6/2016 0.00
5/7/2016 0.00
5/8/2016 0.00
5/9/2016 0.00
5/10/2016 T
5/11/2016 0.00
5/12/2016 0.00
5/13/2016 **
5/14/2016 **
5/15/2016 **
5/16/2016 **
5/17/2016 **
5/18/2016 **
5/19/2016 **
5/20/2016 **
5/21/2016 **
5/22/2016 0.27
5/23/2016 0.00
5/24/2016 0.00
5/25/2016 0.00
5/26/2016 0.00
5/27/2016 0.00
5/28/2016 0.00
5/29/2016 0.00
5/30/2016 0.00
5/31/2016 0.00
6/1/2016 0.00
6/2/2016 T
6/3/2016 0.00
6/4/2016 0.00
6/5/2016 0.00
6/6/2016 0.00
6/7/2016 0.00
6/8/2016 T
6/9/2016 T
6/10/2016 0.07
6/11/2016 0.00
6/12/2016 0.00
6/13/2016 0.00
6/14/2016 0.00
6/15/2016 0.00
6/16/2016 0.00
6/17/2016 T
6/18/2016 **
6/19/2016 0.35
6/20/2016 0.00
6/21/2016 0.00
6/22/2016 0.00
6/23/2016 0.00
6/24/2016 0.00
6/25/2016 0.00
6/26/2016 0.00
6/27/2016 0.00
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 T
7/7/2016 0.00
7/8/2016 0.17
7/9/2016 0.10
7/10/2016 0.00
7/11/2016 0.04
7/12/2016 0.00
7/13/2016 0.01
7/14/2016 0.00
7/15/2016 0.00
7/16/2016 0.00
7/17/2016 0.00
7/18/2016 0.00
7/19/2016 T
7/20/2016 0.01
7/21/2016 0.00
7/22/2016 T
7/23/2016 T
7/24/2016 0.00
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 0.00
7/31/2016 0.00
8/1/2016 0.00
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 T
8/10/2016 0.00
8/11/2016 0.00
8/12/2016 0.00
8/13/2016 0.00
8/14/2016 0.00
8/15/2016 0.00
8/16/2016 0.00
8/17/2016 0.00
8/18/2016 0.00
8/19/2016 0.00
8/20/2016 0.00
8/21/2016 0.00
8/22/2016 0.00
8/23/2016 0.00
8/24/2016 0.00
8/25/2016 0.00
8/26/2016 0.00
8/27/2016 0.00
8/28/2016 0.00
8/29/2016 0.00
8/30/2016 0.00
8/31/2016 T
9/1/2016 0.00
9/2/2016 0.03
9/3/2016 0.00
9/4/2016 0.00
9/5/2016 T
9/6/2016 0.05
9/7/2016 0.17
9/8/2016 0.00
9/9/2016 0.00
9/10/2016 0.00
9/11/2016 0.00
9/12/2016 0.00
9/13/2016 0.00
9/14/2016 0.00
9/15/2016 0.00
9/16/2016 0.00
9/17/2016 0.00
9/18/2016 T
9/19/2016 0.00
9/20/2016 0.00
9/21/2016 0.00
9/22/2016 0.00
9/23/2016 0.00
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 0.00
9/30/2016 T



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2015 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed, 09/30: Low 46°F, High 77°F, RH 27-84% || Thu 0640 PDT: 59°F, RH 48%, BAR 29.93, broken thin clouds, NW Light Breezes |||| September 2015 summary: Precip 0.08 from 3 days & 0 days w/ a Trace; 2015 CYTD Precip 4.80, CoCoRaHS lists 1,183 stations in WA (added 12 more during September) with 465 active. Benton County remains at 18 stations with 9 active.
10/2/2015 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu, 10/01: Low 58°F, High 79°F, RH 28-71%, MOTS (More Of The Same) :-) || Fri 0645 PDT: 54°F, RH 74%, BAR 30.01, clear, calm
10/3/2015 6:59 AM 0.15 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri, 10/02: Low 53°F, High 78°F, RH 34-82%, mix of clouds & sun, westerly Moderate Breezes afternoon w/ gust to 21 mph || Sat 0659 PDT: 55°F, RH 84%, BAR 29.93, overcast, drizzle at Obs, drizzle to light rain since 0215 for 0.15 inch
10/4/2015 6:55 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat, 10/03: Low 54°F, High 76°F, RH 43-53%, intermittent drizzle & light rain until 0945 for additional strong 0.02 inch, event totaled 0.17 inch; || Sunday 0655 PDT: 54°F, RH 62%, BAR 29.99, clear calm; Hi, Jim
10/5/2015 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday, 10/04: Low 54°F, High 74°F, RH 31-62%, sunny, scattered clouds, little hazy || Mon 0635 PDT: 44°F, RH 91%, BAR 29.96, clear, calm
10/6/2015 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon, 10/05: Low 44°F, High 74°F, RH 36-91%, MOTS (More Of The Same) || Tue 0645 PDT: 46°F, RH 87%, BAR 30.02, clear, calm
10/7/2015 6:59 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue, 10/06: Low 45°F, High 73°F, RH 41-88%, hazy sun and varied cloudiness || Wed 0659 PDT: 67°F, RH 51%, BAR 30.03, overcast, felt a couple drops at Obs, westerly Gentle Breezes
10/8/2015 6:50 AM 0.08 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed, 10/07: Low 60°F, High 69°F, RH 45-86%, light rain began 0930, off & on light showers all day for 0.04 by 1800, plus 0.04 overnight for 0.08 inch || Thu 0650 PDT: 58°F, RH 90%, BAR 30.20, thin overcast, calm
10/9/2015 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu, 10/08: Low 58°F, High 70°F, RH 63-91%, cloudy all day, sun came out late afternoon || Fri 0645 PDT: 57°F, RH 92%, BAR 30.03, partly cloudy, hazy, westerly Light Airs
10/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
10/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
10/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
10/13/2015 7:05 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon, 10/12: Low 47°F, High 78°F, RH 27-81%, nice autumn day, returned from last RV outing for the season || Tue 0705 PDT: 52°F, RH 78%, BAR 30.10, scattered clouds, calm
10/14/2015 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue, 10/13: Low 52°F, High 79°F, RH 39-79% || Wed 0650 PDT: 47°F, RH 79%, BAR 30.18, clear, calm
10/15/2015 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed, 10/14: 72°F/46°F, RH 83/32%, mostly sunny, high thin clouds afternoon || Thu 0635 PDT: 52°F, RH 50%, BAR 30.21, clear, calm
10/16/2015 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu, 10/15: 71°F/50°F, RH 61/33%, mix of sun & clouds || Fri 0645 PDT: 46°F, RH 69%, BAR 30.09, clear, calm
10/17/2015 7:10 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri, 10/16: 71°F/46°F, RH 71/34%, mix of sun & clouds || Sat 0710 PDT: 48°F, RH 76%, BAR 29.84, scattered clouds, calm
10/18/2015 6:55 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat, 10/17: 75°F/48°F, RH 79%/32%, partly cloudy, hazy, then cloudy evening || Sunday 0655 PDT: 62°F, RH 70%, BAR 29.90, light rain or drizzle from ~ 0100 to 0600, overcast; Hi, Faye
10/19/2015 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday, 10/18: 73°F/54°F, RH 80%/45%, variable sun & clouds || Mon 0645 PDT: 55°F, RH 82%, BAR 29.89, mostly cloudy, calm
10/20/2015 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon, 10/19: 72°F\52°F, RH 88%\46%, cloudy morning, sunny afternoon || Tue 0640 PDT: 58°F, RH 68%, BAR 30.14, mostly cloudy but can see some stars, NW Light Breezes
10/21/2015 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue, 10/20: 72°F/49°F, RH 76%/34%, mostly sunny || Wed 0645 PDT: 42°F, RH 91%, BAR 30.19, scattered thin clouds, calm
10/22/2015 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed, 10/21: 67°F/41°F, RH 93%/46%, mix of sun & clouds || Thu 0635 PDT: 54°F, RH 70%, BAR 30.12, partly cloudy, westerly Light Breezes
10/23/2015 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu, 10/22: 68°F/47°F, RH 79%/41%, mix of sun & clouds again || Fri 0645 PDT: 40°F, RH 91%, BAR 30.20, partly cloudy, calm; first night this season for the furnace to kick in
10/24/2015 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri, 10/23: 60°F/40°F, RH 92%/49%, sunshine and clouds mixed || Sat 0640 PDT: 48°F, RH 78%, BAR 30.05, mostly cloudy, calm
10/25/2015 7:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat, 10/24: 56°F/44°F, RH 81%/58%, gloomy gray day, but got a sun break at 1700 || Sunday 0750 PDT: 42°F, RH 82%, BAR 29.93 and falling, partly cloudy, calm; Late this morning - spent half the night in ER. Hi, Jim
10/26/2015 6:55 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday, 10/25: 40°F/63°F, RH 89%/43%, mostly sunny day, overcast late afternoon, light rain began 1700 for 0.02 by 1830 || Mon 0655 PDT: 53°F, RH 72%, BAR 29.96, heard drops on the window during the night and had sprinkles on me getting the paper at 0515, added < 0.01; mostly cloudy, westerly Gentle Breezes and gusty
10/27/2015 6:45 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon, 10/26: 63°F/49°F, RH 83%/54%, overcast, light rain 1000 - 1100 for 0.03, sun out 1415 || Tue 0645 PDT: 43°F, RH 88%, BAR 30.09, clear, WSW Light Airs, beautiful sky last night with scattered clouds and a bright full moon
10/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Change in the weather forecast.
10/29/2015 6:55 AM 0.10 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed, 10/28: 43°F\55°F, RH 67%\91%, overcast, gloomy day, light rain 1630 - 2115 & a shower ~0100 for 0.10 at the bottom of the meniscus || Thu 0655 PDT: 48°F, RH 95%, BAR 30.01, scattered clouds, westerly Light Breezes
10/30/2015 6:10 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu, 10/29: 47°F\68°F, RH 42%\95%, mostly sunny || Fri 0610 PDT: 58°F, RH 60%, BAR 29.84, overcast, westerly Fresh Breezes with gusts to 34 mph; Sprinkles in the air (Trace) while re-checking for late newspaper at 0600.
10/31/2015 6:55 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri, 10/30: 57°F\74°F, RH 41%\78%, mostly cloudy morning, mostly sunny afternoon, very windy, blowing dust, highest gust 44 mph noon hour, light rain overnight for 0.01 || Sat 0655 PDT: 65°F, RH 69%, BAR 29.66, partly cloudy, westerly Fresh Breezes with gusts to 30 mph
11/1/2015 6:45 AM 0.26 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 10/31: 71°F\53°F, RH 85%\48%, sprinkles at 1400, light rain began at 1500 and moderate rain at 1600, by 2130 had exactly 0.25, plus another 0.01 over night; Out of candy 1910 after 102 "kids"-I’m 6 foot and some were taller than me but wife loves the little ones so we play 'til the candy’s gone || Sunday 0645 PST: 56°F, RH 60%, BAR 29.75, clear, southerly Gentle Breezes but gusts to 30 mph |||| October 2015 summary: Precip 0.44 from 8 days plus 2 days with a Trace; 2015 CYTD Precip 5.24, CoCoRaHS lists 1,204 stations in WA (added 21 more during October) with 474 active. Benton County remains at 18 stations with 9 active.
11/2/2015 6:40 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 11/01: 61°F\51°F, RH 82%\45%, mostly sunny, windy, sprinkles 1100 for < 0.01; finally got off the stupid Daylight Savings Time! || Mon 0640 PST: 48°F, RH 75%, BAR 29.87, evidence of light rain prior to 0400 but still not enough to get a 0.01, mostly cloudy, westerly Gentle Breezes
11/3/2015 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 11/02: 64°F\43°F (I question the neighbor’s Weather Station ID: KWARICHL27 that dropped to 23.3°F at 2153 for less than 10 minutes.), RH 80%\45%, mostly sunny, nice autumn day, westerly clouds took over late afternoon || Tue 0645 PST: 42°F, RH 73%, BAR 29.92, mostly cloudy, westerly Light Airs
11/4/2015 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 11/03: 39°F\54°F, RH 82%\48%, cloudy AM, mostly sunny afternoon || Wed 0650 PST: 34°F, RH 79%, BAR 30.17, scattered clouds, calm, light frost - first for the season, saw 32°F+ about 0500; Richland Airport AWOS weather conditions for NWS down since 0744 11/03/2015
11/5/2015 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 11/04: 33°F\54°F, RH 42%\82%, sunny, cool day || Thu 0640 PST: 47°F, RH 71%, BAR 30.11, overcast, westerly Moderate Breezes; Richland Airport AWOS weather conditions for NWS down since 0744 11/03/2015
11/6/2015 6:50 AM 0.08 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 11/05: 59°F\43°F, RH 94%\48%, mostly cloudy, windy, sprinkles noon time, light rain 1705 and moderate rain at 1800; Richland Airport AWOS weather conditions for NWS came back up after 49 hours. || Fri 0650 PST: 35°F, RH 95%, BAR 30.35, fog with 0.50 mile visibility
11/7/2015 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 11/06: 35°F\51°F, RH 96%\79%, mostly cloudy, typical Tri-Cities' late Autumn day || Sat 0655 PST: 35°F, RH 94%, BAR 30.14, clouds on horizon, calm, hazy fog
11/10/2015 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 11/09: 42°F\52°F, RH 90%\68%, another dreary, gray, chilly day in the Tri-Cities || Tue 0645 PST: 34°F, RH 90%, BAR 30.18, clear, calm, light frost; United States Marine Corps’ 240th Birthday; Hi, Faye - had to file a Multiple Day Report for Sunday & Monday 0700
11/11/2015 6:15 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 11/10: 33°F\52°F, RH 91%\61%, mostly sunny with light haze || Wed 0615 PST: 47°F, RH 62%, BAR 30.09, broken clouds, SW Fresh Breeze; Veterans Day - Never forget what they and their families gave for us!
11/12/2015 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 11/11: 45°F\59°F, RH 75%\27%, cloudy morning then mostly sunny, windy, gusts to 38 mph || Thu 0645: 37°F, RH 81%, BAR 30.34, clear, calm, widely scattered light frost
11/13/2015 6:55 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 11/12: 36°F\53°F, RH 84%\52%, cloudy with a cold wind - at least to these 73 old bones || Fri 0655: 57°F, RH 59%, BAR 29.94, mostly cloudy, gusts to 24 mph, few sprinkles for a Trace at 0500 when I went out for the newspaper
11/14/2015 6:50 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 11/13: 53°F\65°F, RH 53%\66%, cloudy, windy, some blowing dust || Sat 0650: 57°F, RH 67%, BAR 29.75, mostly cloudy, SW Gentle Breezes, neighbor’s drive was damp ~0030 for a Trace
11/15/2015 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 11/14: 62°F\49°F, RH 78%\49%, cloudy with a couple weak sun breaks, breezy || Sunday 0650: 41°F, RH 91%, BAR 29.41 and falling, partly cloudy, calm; Hi, Jim
11/16/2015 6:40 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 11/15: 55°F\39°F, RH 91%\53%, overcast, breezy, noon light rain for a 0.01 inch || Mon 0640: 40°F, RH 55%, BAR 30.14, clear, Gentle Breezes
11/17/2015 6:55 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 11/16: 37°F\50°F, RH 36%\69%, mostly sunny morning, mostly cloudy afternoon, evening light rain <0.01 for a Trace || Tue 0655: 58°F, RH 60%, BAR 29.88, scattered clouds, high wind warning, gusts exceeding 40 mph already, trash barrels blowing over and trash all over neighborhood
11/18/2015 6:20 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 11/17: 65°F\48°F, RH 69%\48%, partly cloudy, blowing dust, high winds, local gusts to 54 mph, Hanford Waste Treatment Plant shut down at 1415, some sites exceeded 70 mph gusts; schools called parents to pickup kids that usually walk home; visibility < 1 mile at times in afternoon || Wed 0620: 43°F, RH 58%, BAR 30.16 rising, clear, SW Moderate Breezes
11/19/2015 7:01 AM 0.11 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 11/18: 42°F\51°F, RH 45%\68%, partly cloudy then mostly cloudy || 0701: 41°F, RH 91%, BAR 30.13, light rain since ~0300 continues for 0.11 at catch - enough to settle dust but probably will not wash away dust on walks
11/20/2015 6:45 AM 0.08 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 11/19: 46°F\40°F, RH 67%\93%, light rain all morning for <0.07 by noon & total 0.08 by 1330 || Fri 0645: 30°F, RH 94%, BAR 30.53 rising, clear, calm, heavy frost, ice crystals in small tube - time to bring it in, heading for lows in the 20s. Richland Airport AWOS (KRLD) Current Conditions & Forecast Details locked up Friday at 1114 on NWS webpage
11/21/2015 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 11/20: 43°F\29°F, RH 95%\62%, 0730 visibility <1/4 mile in fog; sunny, hazy afternoon || Sat 0650: 23°F, RH 93%, BAR 30.53, scattered clouds, calm, first hard freeze, heavy frost; Richland Airport AWOS (KRLD) Current Conditions & Forecast Details blank and locked up since Friday at 1114 on NWS webpage
11/22/2015 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 11/21: 23°F\38°F, RH 66%\96%, lots of sunshine & hazy || Sunday 0645: 28°F, RH 95%, BAR 30.36 falling, light fog, heavy frost, calm; Richland Airport AWOS (KRLD) Current Conditions & Forecast Details blank and locked up since Nov 19th at 1114 on NWS webpage - they are reporting on NWS radio
11/23/2015 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 11/22: 24°F\30°F, RH 90%\95%, morning visibility <1/4 mile in fog at times, weak sun break and finally saw summit of Badger Mtn at 1500 || Mon 0650: 30°F, RH 92%, BAR 30.06 falling, overcast, westerly Light Airs, can’t see Badger Mtn summit for low cloud cover and/or fog, scattered light frost; Richland Airport AWOS (KRLD) Current Conditions & Forecast Details blank and locked up since Nov 19th at 1114 on NWS webpage - they are reporting on NWS radio, will contact NWS in Pendleton
11/24/2015 7:05 AM 0.28 0.3 0.05 0.3 0.05 Mon 11/23: 29°F\32°F, RH 88%\93%, another damp, dreary, overcast, and foggy day in the Tri-Cities; put the snowboard out; mixed precip began ~2215 || Tue 0705: 29°F, RH 95%, BAR 29.79, mixed precip and light snow ongoing since it began last night, calm; Bechtel WTP and area schools all delayed 2 hours; 0.28 in gauge, 0.3 inch snow on thin layer of ice; Richland Airport AWOS (KRLD) Current Conditions & Forecast Details blank and locked up since Nov 19th at 1114 on NWS webpage - they are reporting on NWS radio, Pendleton NWS advised me webpage should be back up sometime today
11/25/2015 6:50 AM T 0.1 0.00 T 0.00 Tue 11/24: 29°F\38°F, RH 95%\63%, light snow most of morning, measured 0.10 on board at 1100, Richland Airport AWOS (KRLD) Current Conditions & Forecast Details came back online at 0835 || Wed 0650: 31°F, RH 61%, BAR 30.19 rising, clear, northerly Moderate Breezes, bright full moon
11/26/2015 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T 0.00 Wed 11/25: 41°F\29°F, RH 66%\48%, sunny but a cold wind; 1645 beautiful huge bright orange full moon on horizon || Thu 0645: 25°F, RH 71%, BAR 30.53 rising, clear, calm; Happy Thanksgiving
11/27/2015 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T 0.00 Thanksgiving Day 11/26: 38°F\23°F, RH 55%\89%, kinda’ cold and sunny (not complaining - we’ve got lights and heat!) || Fri 0650: 18°F dropping, RH 91%, BAR 30.59, clear, calm, heavy frost, first night in the teens, Trace of snow in shaded areas
11/28/2015 7:10 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T 0.00 Fri 11/27: 17°F\32°F, RH 71%\93%, 0800 ~ 0900 Badger Mtn disappeared in fog, rest of day sunny with light haze || Fri 0710: 17°F, RH 92%, BAR 30.54, freezing fog, calm, visibility < 1/4 mile; little late this morning - 24 MS Windows updates
11/29/2015 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T 0.00 Sat 11/28: 15°F\23°F, RH 90%\93%, frosty, foggy day, visibility 1/4 - 4 miles || Sunday 0650: 24°F, RH 92%, BAR 30.46 rising, overcast, calm, Trace of snow remains in shaded areas; Hi, Faye
11/30/2015 6:59 AM T 0.0 0.00 T 0.00 Sunday 11/29: 23°F\27°F, RH 81%\93%, cloudy, frosty day, no wonder Trace of snow doesn’t melt || Mon 0659: 24°F, RH 90%, BAR 30.37, overcast, northerly Light Airs; [EDIT] After submitting report for 0645 at 0653 I saw freezing drizzle for thin coat on hard surfaces for Trace.
12/1/2015 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 11/30: 26°F\24°F, RH 91-81%, heavy overcast, cold, damp; Air Stagnation Advisory to have ended Mon noon now extended ‘til Fri noon || Tue 0650: 25°F, RH 83%, BAR 30.49, overcast, calm |||| November 2015 summary: Precip 0.93 from 7 days plus 6 days with a Trace; Snowfall 0.4 from 2 days plus 0 days with a Trace; Core Precip 0.05; 2015 CYTD Precip 6.17, CoCoRaHS lists 1,215 stations in WA (added 11 more during November) with 495 active. Benton County remains at 18 stations with 9 active.
12/2/2015 6:55 AM 0.21 2.0 0.21 2.0 0.21 Tue 12/01: 25°F\29°F, RH 74-84%, cloudy, a few weak sun breaks || Wed 0655: 27°F, RH 89%, BAR 30.29, overcast, calm, light snow & little wintry mix 0100 - 0545 for 2.0 inches exact; area schools on two-hour delay; late submitting 0655 Obs - checking weighing formula for Rain and Melted Snow - then dropped core sample
12/3/2015 7:01 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 1.4 M Wed 12/02: 26°F\32°F, RH 79-92%, overcast, few minutes of light freezing mist ~1710 || Thu 0701: 32°F, RH 90%, BAR 30.84 falling, see waning moon though broken thin clouds, calm; wintry mix 0345-0615 for 0.03 inch; ALL area schools EXCEPT Richland on two-hour delay??
12/4/2015 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 12/03: 30°F\42°F, RH 74-92%, overcast, calm || Fri 0655: 44°F, RH 79%, BAR 29.87 rising, mostly cloudy, westerly Moderate Breezes, only snow left is diminishing piles from shoveling walks and driveway Tue morning
12/5/2015 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 12/04: 40°F\49°F, RH 69-84%, mix of clouds and sun, windy, snow piles gone; picked up snowboard & put small tube & funnel back out || Sat 0650: 31°F, RH 93%, BAR 30.21, partly cloudy, calm, light frost; Richland Airport AWOS (KRLD) Current Conditions & Forecast Details locked up since Dec 5th at 0315 on NWS webpage - NWS radio has not reported Richland Weather Conditions since Dec 2nd
12/6/2015 6:55 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 12/05: 46°F\31°F, RH 94-75%, mostly cloudy, weak sunshine in the morning || Sunday 0655: 37°F, RH 92%, BAR 29.89 falling, overcast, NW Light Breezes, intermittent light rain 1900-0345 for 0.05; Richland Airport AWOS (KRLD) Current Conditions & Forecast Details locked up off & on Sat morning on NWS webpage - NWS radio reported Richland Weather Conditions a few times mid day Sat; Hi, Jim
12/7/2015 6:55 AM 0.33 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 12/06: 37°F\57°F, RH 49-95%, light to moderate rain 0735-1040 for 0.06 followed by scattered clouds & sunshine, overcast afternoon, light rain began ~2000 || Mon 0655: 46°F, RH 93%, BAR 29.86, light rain overnight with moderate rain ~0130 for additional 0. 27, total catch 0.33 inch; Richland Airport AWOS (KRLD) Current Conditions & Forecast Details NWS webpage ok Sunday - NWS radio reported Richland Weather Conditions only four or five hours midday Sunday
12/8/2015 7:01 AM 0.47 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 12/07: 52°F\37°F, RH 96-72%, light rain all morning for 0.17, light rain afternoon with moderate rain at times for total of 0.42 by 1700 || Tue 0701: 59°F, RH 76%, BAR 29.83 falling, overcast, light rain at Obs, southerly Moderate Breezes with gusts to 26 mph; 0.05 overnight for catch of 0.47 inch; NWS radio reported Richland Weather Conditions Monday only from 1200 to 1500; will contact Pendleton NWS
12/9/2015 6:50 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 12/08: 68°F\38°F, record high temp, RH 97-50%, very light rain for 0.01 prior to 0900 sun break then scattered clouds to overcast, windy, intermittent light rain began ~1800 || Wed 0650: 55°F, RH 65%, BAR 29.62, overcast, westerly Strong Breezes with high gust of 51 mph at Richland Airport, light rain overnight for added 0.01 (light catch because of high winds - sounded like a downpour on windows); NWS radio reported Richland Weather Conditions only 1200 to 1500 each day since Dec 2nd
12/10/2015 6:45 AM 0.30 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 12/09: 66°F\44°F, RH 81-49%, partly cloudy and windy all day; local gusts to 40 mph; NWS radio reported Richland Weather Conditions hourly beginning 1100 || Thu 0645: 42°F, RH 91%, BAR 29.36 falling, overcast, calm, light rain 0245-0620 with heavy rain 0400-0450 for 0.30 exact; Jim’s earning his stripes this week!
12/11/2015 6:50 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 12/10: 54°F\36°F, RH 99-57%, mix of clouds & sun, < 0.01 in the gauge || Fri 0650: 36°F, RH 94%, BAR 29.62 rising, scattered clouds, calm
12/12/2015 6:55 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 12/11: 48°F\36°F, RH 91-65%, (neighbor’s wunderground station "Richland---Brookshire Estates KWARICHL27" had a weird 15 minute spike of temp to 58.8°F along with the dew point that peaked at 11:32 AM ??) mostly sunny morning, mostly cloudy afternoon || Sat 0655: 41°F, RH 87%, BAR 29.89, scattered clouds, southwesterly Gentle to Moderate Breezes, light rain overnight for 0.05 inch exact
12/13/2015 6:50 AM 0.12 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 12/12: 42°F\48°F, RH 74-90%, overcast morning, light rain 1330-1745, with moderate rain 1445-1525, 0.09 inch by 1745, + 0.03 overnight || Sunday 0650: 45°F, RH 75%, BAR 29.59, overcast, SW Fresh Breezes, gusts to 34 mph
12/14/2015 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 12/13: 49°F\41°F, RH 79-67%, overcast morning, sunny afternoon, cold wind || Mon 0645: 43°F, RH 62%, BAR 29.93 rising, clear with cloud bank on east horizon, SW Gentle Breezes with gusts to 16 mph
12/15/2015 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 12/14: 50°F\37°F, RH 73-51%, sunny morning, mostly cloudy afternoon || Tue 0650: 34°F, RH 77%, BAR 30.27, clear, calm, light frost
12/16/2015 6:35 AM T T M M M Tue 12/15: 45°F\31°F, RH 86-66%, sunny but cold wind, brought in small tube & put snow board back out || Wed 0635: 36°F, RH 87%, BAR 30.13 rising, overcast, NW Gentle Breezes, misty rain began 0545 with graupel at Obs for Trace at 0635; early report to leave for early medical appointment
12/17/2015 6:45 AM T T M T M Wed 12/16: 45°F\30°F, RH 88-35%, early misty rain & graupel for Trace then mix of clouds & sun || Thu 0645: 31°F, RH 84%, BAR 30.14 falling, overcast, westerly Light Airs, snow on the way
12/18/2015 6:55 AM 0.31 1.3 M 1.0 M Thu 12/17: 32°F\30°F, RH 76-93%, light wet snow 0930-1530 for 1.3 inches on board; wintry mix 1630-1845 & 2115-2200, || Fri 0655: 32°F, RH 91%, BAR 29.80 rising, overcast, calm, freezing rain 0545-Obs for catch of 0.31 and 1.0 inch frozen snow on board; All area schools on 2 hour delay or closed EXCEPT Richland?
12/19/2015 7:05 AM T 0.0 M T M Fri 12/18: 46°F\29°F, RH 94-70%, freezing rain ‘til 0730 for Trace, sun thru broken clouds 0845 then mix of clouds & sun || Sat 0705: 31°F, RH 95%, BAR 29.94, fog, calm, rime on walks and streets, visibility ~1 mile, ~1/8 inch average of crusty snow across yard
12/20/2015 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Sat 12/19: 29°F\33°F, RH 93-96%, foggy day, never saw Badger Mtn let alone the summit || Sunday 0655: 31°F, RH 96%, BAR 29.82 falling, fog, calm, rime on walks and streets, visibility ~1 mile; Hi, Faye
12/21/2015 6:45 AM 0.06 T M 0.0 M Sunday 12/20: 31°F\44°F, RH 71-96%, fog lifted ~0845, misty rain 0915, moderate rain with few big snowflakes 1000, over by 1100 for 0.06 inch; sunny, windy afternoon with gusts to 34 mph || Mon 0645: 44°F, RH 68%, BAR 29.59 falling rapidly, overcast, SE Light Airs
12/22/2015 6:55 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 12/21: 47°F\35°F, RH 92-57%, drippy morning for strong 0.05 inch, breezy afternoon gusts to 38 mph || Tue 0655: 38°F, RH 76%, BAR 29.51 rising, clear, cloud bank on east horizon, westerly Moderate Breezes
12/23/2015 5:45 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 12/22: 45°F\37°F, RH 89-60%, mostly sunny morning, clouding over afternoon, drizzle - light rain 2100-2230 for 0.02 inch || Wed 0545: 39°F, RH 74%, BAR 29.55 rising, partly cloudy, SW Strong Breezes, gusts to 32 mph; early morning medical procedure
12/24/2015 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 12/23: 37°F\45°F, RH 88-62%, sunny to cloudy day, windy, gust to 41 mph || Thu 0645: 38°F, RH 75%, BAR 29.61 rising, scattered clouds, Westerly Moderate Breezes with gusts to 28 mph
12/25/2015 6:50 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 12/24: 43°F\25°F, RH 92-65%, overcast with light rain around 1000 for Trace, afternoon mix of sunshine and clouds; our traditional homemade chili & cinnamon rolls for Christmas Eve || MERRY CHRISTMAS 0650: 27°F, RH 94%, BAR 30.09 rising, overcast, calm, fog, light frost; a rare full moon for Christmas Eve & Christmas morning
12/26/2015 6:45 AM T T T T M Christmas 12/25: 23°F\35°F, RH 81-94%, frost & a few tiny snowflakes mid morning - my kinda white Christmas! || Sat 0645: 27°F, RH 90%, BAR 30.65 rising, overcast, calm, skiff of snow earlier this morning for a Trace
12/27/2015 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 12/26: 27°F\32°F, RH 86-93%, cloudy, couple attempted sun breaks || Sunday 0655: 28°F, RH 90%, BAR 30.34, overcast, calm; Hi, Jim
12/28/2015 6:59 AM 0.12 1.3 0.12 1.3 0.12 Sunday 12/27: 28°F\31°F, RH 87-92%, light snow began just after Obs ‘til 1500 for 1.0 inch, || Mon 0659: 29°F, RH 91%, BAR 30.12 rising, overcast, calm, light snow early morning for added 0.3 inch, very light snow at Obs
12/29/2015 6:45 AM T T T 0.5 M Mon 12/28: 29°F\made 37°F briefly 1130, RH 79-98%, overcast, light snow flurries off & on all day for Trace || Tue 0645: 29°F, RH 94%, BAR 30.21, overcast, calm
12/30/2015 6:50 AM T T T T M Tue 12/29: 33°F\29°F, RH 89-84%, overcast, occasional snowflakes all day for Trace; NWS issued "Air stagnation advisory in effect until 10 am PST Monday" || Wed 0650: 28°F, RH 87%, BAR 30.42 rising, see moon thru broken cloud cover, calm
12/31/2015 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Wed 12/30: 34°F\19°F, RH 89-67%, cold but sunshine! || Thu 0640: 22°F, RH 86%, BAR 30.75 rising, overcast, northerly Light Airs, light frost
1/1/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Thu 12/31: 29°F\16°F, RH 90-70%, mix of clouds & sun || Fri 0650: 19°F, RH 88%, BAR 30.74, overcast, calm, light frost |||| December 2015 summary: Precip 2.14 from 14 days plus 8 days with a Trace; Snowfall 4.6 from 3 days plus 8 days with a Trace; Core Precip 0.33; 2015 CYTD Precip 8.31, Snowfall 6.0, Core Precip 0.51; CoCoRaHS lists 1,228 stations in WA (added 13 more during December) with 495 active. Benton County remains at 18 stations with 9 active. |||| HAPPY NEW YEAR!
1/2/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Fri 01/01: 23°F\18°F, RH 89-74%, gray, cold start for 2016, afternoon mix of sun & clouds || Sat 0645: 17°F, RH 81%, BAR 30.53, overcast, calm
1/3/2016 6:55 AM T T T T M Sat 01/02: 20°F\15°F, RH 86-80%, 0915-1600 very tiny snowflakes for Trace || Sunday 0655: 16°F, RH 85%, BAR 30.29, broken cloud cover, calm, light frost, snow in gauge yielded a couple drops precip
1/4/2016 6:45 AM 0.06 0.5 0.06 0.5 0.06 Sunday 01/03: 11°F\23°F, RH 81-90%, 1015 light snow began - more like dandruff all day than the "dandelion fluff" in the northeast WA mountains; 1530 blew 0.5 inch off sidewalk followed by a dusting in the evening || Mon 0645: 24°F, RH 84%, BAR 29.95, overcast, SW Gentle Breezes
1/5/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Mon 01/04: 23°F\29°F, RH 78-91%, overcast, NWS extended “Air stagnation advisory in effect until 10 am PST Thursday.” || Tue 0655: 27°F, RH 90%, BAR 29.77, overcast, calm
1/6/2016 7:05 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 T M Tue 01/05: 25°F\32°F, RH 86-92%, overcast, few sprinkles 1300 & 1500; Mon Jan 4th set record that I’ve seen with WA State’s 125 Daily Comments. || Wed 0705: 32°F, RH 93%, BAR 29.78, freezing mist, light rain all night for 0.03; untreated walks and streets are skating rinks, area schools closed or on 2 hour delay, Hanford WTP delayed ‘til 1000
1/7/2016 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Wed 01/06: 31°F\36°F, RH 90-95%, overcast, "skating rink" streets just wet by 1000 || Thu 0635: 35°F, RH 91%, BAR 29.90 rising, overcast, light fog, calm
1/8/2016 6:45 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 01/07: 32°F\38°F, RH 90-99%, overcast, few light sprinkles late morning, drizzle & mist in afternoon, snow's gone; NWS extended "Air stagnation advisory remains in effect until 10 am PST Tuesday." || Fri 0645: 32°F, RH 99%, BAR 30.12 rising, mist continued overnight - only drops in gauge, wouldn't pour out; overcast, light fog, calm
1/9/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 01/08: 34°F\40°F, RH 87-95%, damp, cloudy, foggy day || Sat 0655: 36°F, RH 92%, BAR 30.17 rising, overcast, calm; National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day (L.E.A.D.) Thank you law enforcement officers for your service!
1/10/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 01/09: 35°F\40°F, RH 86-95%, More Of The Same (MOTS) overcast, damp, light fog || Sunday 0650: 35°F, RH 95%, BAR 30.39, overcast, calm; Hi, Faye
1/11/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 01/10: 39°F\34°F, RH 95-83%, overcast, damp, light fog || Mon 0640: 29°F, RH 92%, BAR 30.37, appears mostly clear - first time this year, NW Light Airs [EDIT] Light scattered frost - could not see at obs
1/12/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 01/11: 37°F\26°F, RH 94-79%, SUNSHINE in morning - first this year, overcast afternoon with a sun break late || Tue 0645: 31°F, RH 90%, BAR 30.29, partly cloudy, calm, light frost
1/13/2016 6:55 AM 0.28 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 01/12: 29°F\37°F, RH 85-95%, overcast, light to moderate rain 1400-2200 for 0.28 || Wed 0655: 34°F, RH 92%, BAR 29.76, overcast, calm; This morning’s newspaper said we’ve had more snow for our mountains snow pack in a month than we had last year.
1/14/2016 6:40 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 01/13: 34°F\43°F, RH 72-95%, few breaks in overcast 0815, 0.03 from light rain 1230-1400 & drizzle for several minutes 1500 || Thu 0640: 41°F, RH 79%, BAR 30.02, mostly cloudy, SW Moderate Breezes with gusts to 26 mph
1/15/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 01/14: 50°F\34°F, RH 87-50%, mix of sun & clouds || Fri 0645: 32°F, RH 93%, BAR 30.02 rising, overcast, calm, light frost
1/16/2016 7:05 AM 0.11 0.5 0.11 0.5 0.11 Fri 01/15: 29°F\41°F, RH 76-94%, overcast with several sun breaks || Sat 0705: 33°F, RH 93%, BAR 29.93 falling, overcast, calm, 0400 light rain turned to snow, ended or paused 0700 for .5 inch with 0.11 melted
1/17/2016 6:55 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 01/16: 33°F\39°F, RH 85-95%, a little freezing rain after Obs, light rain ~1500 for 0.05 followed by 180° dim rainbow at 1400 || Sunday 0655: 35°F, RH 96, BAR 30.01 falling, overcast, calm, fog - visibility 1.5 miles; Hi, Jim
1/18/2016 6:50 AM 0.22 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 01/17: 34°F\39°F, RH 91-96%, 1000-1430 light to moderate rain (for us anyway) for 0.18, 2015-2200 collected 0.04 || Mon 0650: 37°F, RH 93%, BAR 30.07 rising, clear overhead, fog around, SW Light Airs
1/19/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 01/18: 35°F\40°F, RH 90-96%, bright sun first half AM, fog settled in, visibility 1-3 miles; overcast || Tue 0640: 35°F, RH 94%, BAR 29.95 falling, mostly cloudy, calm
1/20/2016 6:45 AM 0.34 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 01/19: 34°F\43°F, RH 79-95%, 0730 light to moderate rain all morning for 0.04 at noon, short break, light to moderate rain all afternoon for added 0.25 at 1700, ended 1915 for catch of 0.34 || Wed 0645: 43°F, RH 79%, BAR 30.09 rising, partly cloudy, SW Fresh Breezes with gusts to 31 mph
1/21/2016 6:55 AM 0.07 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 01/20: 52°F\41°F, RH 84-61%, sunny, breezy || Thu 0655: 40°F, RH 92%, BAR 30.17, overcast, SW Light Airs, drizzle and light rain since ~ 2330 with short breaks for 0.07 at catch
1/22/2016 6:45 AM 0.06 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 01/21: 40°F\44°F, RH 82-93%, intermittent drizzle or light rain until ~1030 for 0.03, intermittent drizzle remainder of day added 0.01 by 1700 || Fri 0645: 40°F, RH 93%, BAR 29.81, overcast, calm, 0.02 from intermittent drizzle or light rain ~0100-0500 for catch of 0.06
1/23/2016 6:59 AM 0.08 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 01/22: 40°F\59°F, RH 54-94%, overcast AM and drizzle for a Trace then mostly sunny, pleasant day || Sat 0659: 41°F, RH 90%, BAR 29.76, overcast, NW Light Airs, light rain began 0400, moderate rain 0625 for catch of 0.08 as light rain continues
1/24/2016 6:55 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 01/23: 40°F\51°F, RH 72-92%, light rain ended by 0730 for 0.01, overcast with sun breaks || Sunday 0655: 43°F, RH 73%, BAR 30.06 rising, clear, W Light Breezes
1/25/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 01/24: 54°F\35°F, RH 89-49%, beautiful sunny day || Mon 0650: 30°F, RH 93%, BAR 30.31 rising, clear, calm, light frost
1/26/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 01/25: 29°F\43°F, RH 75-95%, mostly sunny but cool day || Tue 0645: 34°F, RH 90%, BAR 30.42, overcast, E Light Airs
1/27/2016 6:25 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 01/26: 33°F\40°F, RH 79-94%, sun break late AM, light rain 1330 for a Trace, broken clouds late afternoon || Wed 0625: 37°F, RH 90%, BAR 30.41, overcast, calm
1/28/2016 6:59 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 01/27: 36°F\44°F, RH 77-91%, sprinkles early AM for Trace, and then sun breaks || Thu 0659: 39°F, RH 94%, BAR 29.93 falling, overcast, calm, light rain began 0505 and drizzle continues at Obs for 0.02
1/29/2016 6:50 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 01/28: 38°F\55°F, RH 68-95%, continuing light rain until 1045 for 0.03 then sun breaks mixed with sprinkles for added Trace || Fri 0650: 40°F, RH 90%, BAR 29.82 falling, overcast, calm; J Day - met my bride of 30+ years 33 years ago this evening.
1/30/2016 6:55 AM 0.12 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 01/29: 39°F\53°F, RH 52-94%, 0710 light rain all morning (0915 moderate rain for 35 minutes) for 0.12, partly cloudy afternoon || Sat 0655: 40°F, RH 78%, BAR 29.87 rising, partly cloudy, westerly Gentle Breezes
1/31/2016 7:05 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 01/30: 39°F\51°F, RH 47-83%, mix of clouds and mostly sunny - nice! || Sunday 0705: 37°F, RH 74%, BAR 30.02, cloudless sky, W-ly Light Breezes; Hi, Faye - I almost forgot today
2/1/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 01/31: 35°F\48°F, RH 48-81%, bright blue sky, sunny, but cool & breezy || Mon 0640: 34°F, RH 84%, BAR 30.14 rising, partly cloudy, NW Light Breezes, light frost |||| January 2016 summary: Precip 1.51 from 15 days plus 3 days with a Trace; Snowfall 1.0 from 2 days plus 1 day with a Trace; Core Precip 0.17; 2016 CYTD Precip 1.51, Snowfall 1.0, Core Precip 0.17; CoCoRaHS lists 1,233 stations in WA (added 5 more during January) with 494 active. Benton County remains at 18 stations with 9 active.
2/2/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 02/01: 31°F\49°F, RH 54-88%, mostly sunny, another nice day || Tue 0645: 28°F, RH 92%, BAR 30.22 rising, clear, calm, light frost; Sure hope the groundhog “meteorologists” emerge to cloud cover! Get the idea I don’t care for winter at my elevation?
2/3/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 02/02: 27°F\42°F, RH 67-93%, mostly sunny with some afternoon clouds || Wed 0640: 29°F, RH 91%, BAR 30.32 rising, mostly cloudy, calm, frost
2/4/2016 6:50 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 02/03: 27°F\41°F, RH 72-93%, mostly sunny morning to overcast afternoon, 1830-2115 light to moderate rain for 0.05 || Thu 0650: 40°F, RH 84%, BAR 30.26 rising, partly cloudy, W-ly Light Breezes
2/5/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 02/04: 38°F\54°F, RH 64-89%, mix of sun and clouds - mostly clouds || Fri 0640: 34°F, RH 92%, BAR 30.42 falling, partly cloudy, calm
2/6/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 02/05: 33°F\53°F, RH 53-95%, mostly sunny but hazy morning, mostly cloudy afternoon, || Sat 0645: 44°F, RH 70%, BAR 30.35 rising, partly cloudy, W-ly Moderate Breezes, gusts to 25 mph
2/7/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 02/06: 35°F\51°F, RH 57-87%, overcast day || Sunday 0655: 32°F, RH 89%, BAR 30.63 rising, clear, calm, light frost; Hi, Jim
2/8/2016 6:25 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 02/07: 30°F\50°F, RH 61-91%, partly cloudy, hazy sunshine || Mon 0625: 31°F, RH 91%, BAR 30.68 rising, clear, calm, light frost
2/9/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 02/08: 31°F\54°F, RH 54-91%, sunny, NWS-Air Stagnation Advisory in effect until 10 am PST Saturday; Don’t have to shovel that and our snow pack is a little above normal. || Tue 0650: 30°F, RH 91%, BAR 30.49, clear, calm, light frost
2/10/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 02/09: 30°F\52°F, RH 57-93%, sunny but thin haze under on-going inversion || Wed 0645: 32°F, RH 93%, BAR 30.28 falling, partly cloudy, W-ly Light Airs, light frost
2/11/2016 6:55 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 02/10: 31°F\51°F, RH 67-95%, hazy and mostly cloudy with sun breaks || Thu 0655: 41°F, RH 86%, BAR 30.32, overcast, calm, 0515 sprinkles for few drops on funnel
2/12/2016 6:45 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 02/11: 40°F\51°F, RH 66-93%, mostly cloudy with sun break mid day, 1430-1545 light rain for 0.01, again 1845-1930 for 0.04 || Fri 0645: 41°F, RH 94%, BAR 30.23, overcast, calm, light fog
2/13/2016 6:40 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 02/12: 40°F\55°F, RH 73-95%, cloudy with sun breaks, 1630-1930 intermittent light rain for 0.03 || Sat 0640: 46°F, RH 74%, BAR 30.27 rising, partly cloudy, W-ly Fresh Breezes with gusts to 31 mph
2/14/2016 6:50 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 02/13: 45-53°F, RH 50-83%, overcast, W-ly Moderate Breezes, light rain 1555-1845 for 0.05 || Sunday 0650: 49°F, RH 80%, BAR 30.11, overcast, W-ly Fresh Breezes, gusts to 31 mph
2/15/2016 6:55 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 02/14: 46-60°F, RH 65-76%, intermittent sprinkles right after Obs and all morning for “a pourable T but not .01”, cloudy afternoon with sun breaks, W-ly Moderate to Fresh Breezes || Mon 0655: ~56°F, RH ~64%, BAR ~30.04, partly cloudy, W-ly Fresh to Strong breezes, highest local gust I saw ~0500 was 31 mph, Richland Airport gust to 39 mph; at Obs neighbor’s Weather Underground (WU) station is down and no local WU stations showing wind gust speeds
2/16/2016 7:05 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 02/15: 53-64°F, RH 48-74%, mix of clouds and sun, W-ly Moderate to Fresh breezes || Tue 0705: 51°F, RH 74%, BAR 29.99 rising, scattered clouds, W-ly Moderate Breezes
2/17/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 02/16: 48-61°F, RH 53-79%, mostly sunny morning, overcast afternoon, winds calmed down || Wed 0640: 46°F, RH 82%, BAR 29.62 falling, overcast [not sure where 3 weather links are getting clear??], calm
2/18/2016 6:45 AM 0.06 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 02/17: 46-57°F, RH 62-86%, overcast morning, sun breaks afternoon || Thu 0645: 46°F, RH 75%, BAR 29.32, mostly cloudy, W-ly Moderate Breezes, gusts to 30 mph; intermittent light rain 2215-0330 for 0.06 catch
2/19/2016 6:59 AM 0.04 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 02/18: 45-56°F, RH 48-84%, mostly sunny morning, overcast afternoon, intermittent light rain or drizzle 1430-2130 || Fri 0659: 51°F, RH 84%, BAR 29.79, overcast, S-ly Light Breezes, intermittent light rain or drizzle since 0400, total catch 0.04; wife’s Japanese iris are up and in full bloom - neighborhood walkers pause to admire
2/20/2016 6:55 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 02/19: 44-57°F, RH 51-84%, overcast, sun breaks, intermittent sprinkles all day for <0.01, windy afternoon and overnight, gust to 41 mph || Sat 0655: 42°F, RH 71%, BAR 30.33 rising, clear, SW Gentle to Moderate Breezes
2/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 02/20: 35-53°F, RH 44-81%, sunny, breezy day || Sunday 0700: ~29°F, RH ~95%, BAR ~30.28, clear, calm, frost; Frontier IP down Saturday evening ‘til 1045 Sunday; Hi, Faye
2/22/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 02/21: 32-47°F, RH 59-86%, mix of clouds and sun; bright full moon all night || Mon 0645: 41°F, RH 66%, BAR 30.38 rising, clear, W-ly Gentle Breezes
2/23/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 02/22: 34-57°F, RH 39-82%, mix of clouds & sun || Tue 0640: 31°F, RH 88%, BAR 30.40, clear, calm, frost
2/24/2016 7:05 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 02/23: 29-54°F, RH 40-90%, mostly sunny || Wed 0705: 32°F, RH 87%, BAR 30.29, scattered clouds, calm
2/25/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 02/24: 32-55°F, RH 39-88%, mix of clouds & mostly sun; nice enough to open the windows a bit for a couple hours || Thu 0640: 33°F, RH 85%, BAR 30.34, a few clouds, Calm, light scattered frost
2/26/2016 7:05 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 02/25: 32-57°F, RH 42-86%, abundant sunshine with some light haze || Fri 0705: 34°F, RH 86%, BAR 30.16 falling, partly cloudy, Calm, light scattered frost on roof tops
2/27/2016 6:20 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 02/26: 34-57°F, RH 47-88%, sunny morning, cloudy afternoon, light rain 2130-0200 for 0.05 || Sat 0620: 51°F, RH 81%, BAR 29.96, scattered clouds, W-ly Gentle Breezes with gusts to 18 mph
2/28/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 02/27: 47-65°F, RH 44-87%, mix of clouds & sun || Sunday 0655: 41°F, RH 88%, BAR 29.93 falling, cloudy, Calm; Hi, Jim
2/29/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 02/28: 41-60°F, RH 33-88%, mostly cloudy, filtered to bright sun breaks, W-ly Fresh Breezes, gusts to 33 mph || Mon 0640: 44°F, RH 68%, BAR 30.24 rising, mostly cloudy, SW Gentle Breezes
3/1/2016 6:55 AM 0.19 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 02/29: 42-58°F, RH 39-75%, sunny with Light Breezes, || Tue 0655: 40°F, RH 92%, BAR 29.98 falling, overcast, Calm, light rain 0130-0615 for 0.19 |||| February 2016 summary: Precip 0.33 from 7 days plus 3 days with a Trace; Snowfall 0.0; Core Precip 0.00; 2016 CYTD Precip 1.84, Snowfall 1.0, Core Precip 0.17; CoCoRaHS lists 1,237 stations in WA (added 4 new during February) with 491 active (but lost 3 active from January). Benton County remains at 18 stations with 9 active.
3/2/2016 6:50 AM 0.04 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 03/01: 40°-53°F, RH 48-92%, overcast, late sun break, light rain mid-day for 0.02, 1630 more rain for +0.02 || Wed 0650: 46°F, RH 63%, BAR 30.04 rising, clear, W-ly Fresh Breezes with gusts to 36 mph
3/3/2016 6:45 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 03/02: 46-58°F, RH 38-63%, increasing clouds all day, windy, gusts to 38 mph || Thu 0645: 50°F, RH 71%, BAR 29.98 rising, mostly cloudy, SW Moderate Breezes with gusts to 23 mph, light rain 0200-0400 for 0.01
3/4/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 03/03: 41-64°F, RH 34-79%, sunny, breezy day, Calm evening || Fri 0650: 41°F, RH 82%, BAR 30.01, broken cloud cover, Calm
3/5/2016 6:59 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 03/04: 37-61°F, RH 49-88%, mix of clouds and sun, overcast by late afternoon || Sat 0659: 50°F, RH 77%, BAR 29.65 rising, intermittent light rain / drizzle 0545-0645 for Trace, break in cloud cover by 0655
3/6/2016 7:05 AM 0.23 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 03/05: 46-64°F, RH 53-92%, mostly cloudy, occasional morning sprinkles, rain began 1730; Hope I didn’t jinx myself - brought in snow shovel & snow board, then put down pre-emerge on lawn. || Sunday 0705: 50°F, RH 66%, BAR 29.49 rising, mostly cloudy with thin spots, W-ly Moderate Breezes, rain ended 0415 for 0.23
3/7/2016 6:40 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 03/06: 42-60°F, RH 38-93%, morning filtered to bright afternoon sun, windy , gusts to 28 mph || Mon 0640: 46°F, RH 65%, BAR 29.73 rising, clear, W-ly Moderate Breezes, light rain ~0200 for Trace
3/8/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 03/07: 43-59°F, RH 35-78%, mix of clouds & sun, mostly sunny, breezy, morning gusts to 30 mph || Tue 0645: 39°F, RH 77%, BAR 30.02, clear, NE Light Airs
3/9/2016 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 03/08: 39-53°F, RH 47-79%, sunny morning, overcast afternoon || Wed 0630: 40°F, RH 82%, BAR 29.94, mostly cloudy, Calm
3/10/2016 6:40 AM 0.11 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 03/09: 40-50°F, RH 66-93%, overcast, light rain/drizzle 1300-2030 for 0.09 at 1900 || Thu 0640: 51°F, RH 63%, BAR 29.76 rising, overcast, SW Gentle Breezes, another splash of light rain 0430 for total catch 0.11
3/11/2016 6:50 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 03/10: 43-62°F, RH 36-94%, rain drops on kitchen window 0710 for Trace, overcast ‘til mid afternoon then sunshine || Fri 0650: 39°F, RH 80%, BAR 29.84 falling, overcast, Calm
3/12/2016 6:45 AM 0.09 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 03/11: 36-51°F, RH 64-90%, overcast, intermittent light rain began 1130 for 0.07 by 1930 w/ sprinkles again, +0.02 ~midnight || Sat 0645: 44°F, RH 89%, BAR 29.60 falling, overcast, NE-ly Light Airs
3/13/2016 6:40 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 03/12: 42-55°F, RH 55-91%, intermittent misty rain all morning for <0.01 by noon, sunny afternoon, windy, gusts to 27 mph || Sunday 0640 Daylight Stupid Time (DST): 40°F, RH 76%, BAR 29.69 falling, mostly cloudy, N-ly Light Breezes; Hi, Faye
3/14/2016 6:45 AM 0.13 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 03/13: 38-59°F, RH 46-90%, 1000-1135 light rain (30 minutes moderate rain at 1045) for 0.11, 1400-1430 rain with wind gusts to 32 mph for +0.02, followed by blue sky & sunshine || Mon 0645 DST: 42°F, RH 75%, BAR 29.74 rising, partly cloudy, SW Moderate Breezes with gusts to 29 mph
3/15/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 03/14: 42-56°F, RH 39-77%, mix of clouds & sun, SW winds with gusts to 32 mph || Tue 0640 DST: 40°F, RH 79%, BAR 30.15, partly cloudy, W-ly Moderate Breezes with gusts to 25 mph
3/16/2016 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 03/15: 40-54°F, RH 39-80%, thin overcast then mix of clouds & sun, breezy || Wed 0635 PDT: 41°F, RH 73%, BAR 30.25, clear, Calm
3/17/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 03/16: 36-59°F, RH 30-85%, mostly sunny, beautiful spring day || Thu 0640 PDT: 42°F, RH 49%, BAR 30.31 rising, clear, Calm
3/18/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 03/17: 38-54°F, RH 24-57%, cloudless morning sky, cool NE-ly Gentle Breezes || Fri 0645 PDT: 33°F, RH 77%, BAR 30.30, clear, W-ly Light Airs, light frost, orchard wind fans are running, down to 25°F around us
3/19/2016 7:05 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 03/18: 32-57°F, RH 28-78%, mostly sunny, cool breezes || Sat 0705 PDT: 37°F, RH 69%, BAR 30.21, partly cloudy, Calm, pretty sunrise with orange & purple bands of clouds on east horizon
3/20/2016 7:25 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 03/19: 36-62°F, RH 34-71%, mix of sun and thin clouds || Sunday 0725 PDT: 44°F, RH 70%, BAR 29.94, scattered clouds, Calm, Spring Equinox; Hi, Jim
3/21/2016 6:45 AM 0.07 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 03/20: 44-60°F, RH 41-83%, clouded over by 0930, couple weak sun breaks, light rain 1435-1800 for 0.06, started raining again 1830 for +0.01 || Mon 0645 PDT: 45°F, RH 83%, BAR 29.86, scattered clouds, Calm
3/22/2016 6:50 AM 0.04 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 03/21: 43-64°F, RH 38-88%, mix of clouds & sun, light rain overnight for 0.04 || Tue 0650 PDT: 44°F, RH 77%, BAR 29.83 rising, overcast, W-ly Fresh Breezes with gusts to 28 mph; (NOTE: weather data, other than CoCoRaHS precipitation, is from neighbor’s Weather Underground PWS ~0.1 mile west of me - Richland---Brookshire Estates KWARICHL27)
3/23/2016 6:40 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 03/22: 44-64°F, RH 29-79%, overcast, breezy morning, few sprinkles on windows late morning for Trace, 1630 broken cloud cover & sunshine || Wed 0640 PDT: 44°F, RH 75%, BAR 30.23 rising, clear, S-ly Moderate Breezes
3/24/2016 6:45 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 03/23: 44-60°F, RH 39-76%, mix of sun & clouds then overcast afternoon, breezy, gusts to 26 mph, light rain at 2030-2115 for 0.01 || Thu 0645 PDT: 48°F, RH 63%, BAR 30.02 rising, clear overhead, W-ly Moderate Breezes, gusts to 27 mph
3/25/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 03/24: 43-60°F, RH 28-70%, another mix of sun & clouds, windy, gusts to 31 mph || Fri 0640 PDT: 43°F, RH 70%, BAR 30.13, mostly cloudy, SW Gentle Breezes
3/26/2016 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 03/25: 40-60°F, RH 28-77%, mix of sun & clouds || Sat 0635 PDT: 41°F, RH 72%, BAR 30.15, partly cloudy, Calm; 0630 a blue heron gliding to the pond crossed in front of a 92% full, hazy moon
3/27/2016 6:50 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 03/26: 38-62°F, RH 22-82% || Easter Sunday 0650 PDT: 50°F, RH 67%, BAR 29.87, mostly cloudy, front came in 0600 with SW Fresh Breezes and gusts to 23 mph, drops on windows for Trace
3/28/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 03/27: 43-60°F, RH 24-69%, mostly sunny with clouds, SW-ly Fresh Breezes, gusts to 32 mph || Mon 0645 PDT: 41°F, RH 62%, BAR 30.04, clear, W-ly Gentle Breezes; Current Weather Conditions for Richland Airport, WA. KRLD (NWS/FAA), locked up since 0155, 03/28/2016.
3/29/2016 6:30 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 03/28: 40-55°F, RH 43-82%, overcast with sun breaks, 1255-1350 misty rain followed by light rain for Trace, || Tue 0630 PDT: 37°F, RH 85%, BAR 30.08, clear, Calm, scattered light frost
3/30/2016 7:15 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 03/29: 34-67°F, RH 25-90%, sunny, clear, N-ly Light to Moderate Breezes || Wed 0715 PDT: 44°F, RH 67%, BAR 30.08 rising, clear, calm
3/31/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 03/30: Weather Underground (WU) history and trying to change the PWS is wacko; sunny, mostly clear || Thu 0640 PDT: 46°F, RH 70%, BAR 30.07, clear, Calm
4/1/2016 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 03/31: 45-74°F, RH 30-76%, sunny, mostly clear; NOAA NWS Weather Radio WWF56, 162.450MHz, on Rattlesnake Mtn, NW of Richland, WA back on air after being down since Monday || Fri 0635 PDT: 43°F, RH 85%, BAR 30.14 rising, clear, Calm, heavy dew |||| March 2016 summary: Precip 0.92 from 10 days plus 7 days with a Trace; Snowfall 0.0; 2016 CYTD Precip 2.76, Snowfall 1.0, Core Precip 0.17; CoCoRaHS lists 1,240 stations in WA (added 3 new during March) with 493 active. Benton County remains at 18 stations with 9 active.
4/2/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 04/01: 42-78°F, RH 25-86%, sunny, light haze || Sat 0645 PDT: 54°F, RH 69%, BAR 30.06, clear, W-ly Light Airs
4/3/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 04/02: 50-79°F, RH 28-75%, sunny, light haze, occasional gusty winds in afternoon || Sunday 0655 PDT: 52°F, RH 62%, BAR 30.05, partly cloudy, SW-ly Light Airs; Hi, Faye
4/4/2016 6:45 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 04/03: 49-77°F, RH 16-72%, partly cloudy, sunny || Mon 0645 PDT: 51°F, RH 67%, BAR 30.06 rising, overcast, SW-ly Moderate Breezes, gusts to ~44 mph earlier (rattled windows at 0330), intermittent rain 0330-0600 for 0.02 + 2 insects in gauge
4/5/2016 6:55 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 04/04: 47-65°F, RH 28-70%, 0715 few drops on window for Trace, variable clouds & sun, gusts to 33 mph mid day || Tue 0655 PDT: 47°F, RH 58%, BAR 30.45 rising, mostly cloudy, SW-ly Gentle Breezes
4/6/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 04/05: 45-64°F, RH 31-67%, mostly sunny, some clouds; Kennewick Irrigation District (KID) water came on || Wed 0650 PDT: 42°F, RH 83%, BAR 30.42, partly cloudy, Calm
4/7/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 04/06: 42-73°F, RH 27-84%, variable clouds & lots of sunshine || Thu 0655 PDT: 49°F, RH 71%, BAR 30.19, clear, Calm
4/8/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 04/07: 48-81°F, RH 26-72%, sunny w/ light haze || Fri 0650 PDT: 50°F, RH 75%, BAR 29.93, clear, Calm
4/9/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 04/08: 49-81°F, RH 28-77%, sunny, light haze || Sat 0655 PDT: 56°F, RH 76%, BAR 29.69, clear, Calm
4/10/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 04/09: 55-81°F, RH 22-78%, sunny, light haze || Sunday 0640 PDT: 49°F, RH 66%, BAR 29.79, clear, Calm; Hi, Jim
4/11/2016 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 04/10: 49-76°F, RH 24-67%, another Tri-Cities’ “300 days of sunshine” || Mon 0635 PDT: 51°F, RH 70%, BAR 29.94 rising, clear, W-ly Light Breezes
4/12/2016 6:45 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 04/11: 50-77°F, RH 29-71%, sunny || Tue 0645 PDT: 53°F, RH 78%, BAR 30.02 rising, rain shower 0430-0500 for 0.02, overcast, SW Moderate Breezes
4/13/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 04/12: 53-69°F, RH 32-78%, mix of sun & clouds, windy w/ gusts to 29 mph || Wed 0650 PDT: 48°F, RH 70%, BAR 30.09 rising, mostly cloudy, SW Moderate Breezes w/ gusts to 20 mph
4/14/2016 6:55 AM 0.15 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 04/13: 47-63°F, RH 34-77%, sunny morning, cloudy afternoon, light rain 1930-2030 || Thu 0655 PDT: 44°F, RH 73%, BAR 29.74 rising, clear but cloud bank N & E, W-ly Light Airs, rain 0300-0430 for 0.15
4/15/2016 6:40 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 04/14: 42-63°F, RH 36-87%, sunny w/ variable clouds, breezy - gust to 27 mph, 1500-1600 rain drops on windows for Trace, then sunshine || Fri 0640 PDT: 48°F, RH 64%, BAR 30.15 rising, broken clouds, SW Light Breezes
4/16/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 04/15: 47-67°F, RH 35-75%, mostly sunny w/ variable clouds || Sat 0655 PDT: 44°F, RH 81%, BAR 30.36 rising, clear, Calm
4/17/2016 7:10 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 04/16: sunny w/ some cloud cover mid day || Sunday 0710 PDT: Weather Underground neighbor’s PWS is down. NOAA NWS Weather Radio WWF56, 162.450MHz, on Rattlesnake Mtn, NW of Richland, WA, has had no signal since Saturday morning. Most reliable method of go outside: clear, SW-ly Light Airs
4/18/2016 6:20 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 04/17: 43-78°F, RH 28-82%, beautiful, sunny day || Mon 0620 PDT: 49°F, RH 75%, BAR 30.22, cloudless sky, SW Light Airs; NOAA NWS Weather Radio WWF56, 162.450MHz, on Rattlesnake Mtn, NW of Richland, WA, has had no signal since Saturday morning. Will contact Pendleton, OR today.
4/19/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 04/18: 48-82°F, RH 25-76%, Called NWS 1000 about Rattlesnake Mtn transmitter being down since Saturday AM. Back on air prior 1430 - not sure just when; sunny w/ light haze || Tue 0645 PDT: 50°F, RH 81%, BAR 30.08 rising, clear, calm, heavy dew
4/20/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 04/19: 46-83°F, RH 16-85%, sunny & warm || Wed 0640 PDT: 50°F, RH 76%, BAR 29.88, clear, Calm
4/21/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 04/20: 48-86°F, RH 27-78%, early summer instead of spring - NOT complaining! || Thu 0655 PDT: 65°F, RH 55%, BAR 29.75, clear, Calm
4/22/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 04/21: 61-80°F, RH 24-61%, increasing clouds all morning, overcast afternoon || Fri 0645 PDT: 58°F, RH 61%, BAR 29.53 falling, overcast, SW Light Airs
4/23/2016 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 04/22: 57-78°F, RH 28-66%, overcast to partly cloudy morning, mostly cloudy afternoon, windy w/ gusts to 28 mph || Sat 0635 PDT: 56°F, RH 57%, BAR 29.88 rising, mostly cloudy, SW-ly Moderate Breezes, forecast for patchy blowing dust
4/24/2016 5:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 04/23: 54-75°F, RH 26-66%, variable cloudiness, windy w/gusts to 28 mph || Sunday 0555 PDT: 52°F, RH 70%, BAR 29.94 rising, overcast, SW-ly Moderate Breezes; Hi, Faye
4/25/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 04/24: 50-68°F, RH 17-71%, scattered clouds, breezy || Mon 0640 PDT: 46°F, RH 54%, BAR 30.05 rising, clear, SW Gentle Breezes
4/26/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 04/25: 45-68°F, RH 25-57%, sunny, partly cloudy, light breezes || Tue 0645 PDT: 49°F, RH 51%, BAR 30.07, clear, SW-ly Gentle Breezes
4/27/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 04/26: 47-69°F, RH 24-57%, sunny, partly cloudy, light breezes || Wed 0640 PDT: 53°F, RH 54%, BAR 29.91 rising, overcast, Calm
4/28/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 04/27: 50-66°F, RH 34-60%, mix of clouds & sun, breezy || Thu 0645 PDT: 53°F, RH 58%, BAR 30.00 rising, mostly cloudy w/ one hole letting sun rays through, SW-ly Light Breezes
4/29/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 04/28: 50-74°F, RH 32-67%, mostly cloudy morning, sunny afternoon w/ few clouds || Fri 0640 PDT: 52°F, RH 70%, BAR 29.94, few clouds, SW-ly Moderate Breezes
4/30/2016 6:45 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 04/29: 51-65°F, RH 43-72%, sun lost out to overcast by 0900, sprinkles on windows by 1030 followed by very light intermittent rain showers ‘til noon for a catch of dust & 3 tiny insects; sun breaks after 1650 || Sat 0645 PDT: 54°F, RH 53%, BAR 30.20 rising, overcast, NW Light Airs
5/1/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 04/30: 52-72°F, RH 33-68%, sunny, cumulus clouds || Sunday 0650 PDT: 54°F, RH 73%, BAR 30.21, cloudless sky, Calm |||| April 2016 summary: Precip 0.19 from 3 days plus 3 days with a Trace; Snowfall 0.0; 2016 CYTD Precip 2.95, Snowfall 1.0, Core Precip 0.17; CoCoRaHS lists 1,242 stations in WA (added 2 new during April) with 490 active. Benton County remains at 18 stations with 9 active. Hi, Jim
5/2/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 05/01: 50-77°F, RH 27-78%, sunny, beautiful day || Mon 0645 PDT: 55°F, RH 70%, BAR 30.05 rising, cloudless sky, Calm
5/3/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 05/02: 49-85°F, RH 18-78%, clear, few clouds on horizon || Tue 0650 PDT: 57°F, RH 63%, BAR 29.99 rising, clear, W-ly Light Airs
5/4/2016 6:55 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 05/03: 53-89°F, RH 17-72%, few clouds morning to mostly cloudy afternoon || Wed 0655 PDT: 62°F, RH 68%, BAR 29.95 falling, mostly cloudy, early morning gusty Moderate Breezes died down to SW-ly Light Airs [EDIT: After reading WA-BT-13 report this morning, I saw dried big drops on the west window for a Trace - figures since had just cleaned them Tuesday morning.]
5/5/2016 6:40 AM 0.40 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 05/04: 60-80°F, RH 33-85%, variable cloudiness, sprinkles on east windows at 1430 for Trace, NWS Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1942 with rain beginning 1930 and distant peals of thunder, wind & hard rain 2030 for exactly 0.40 inch || Thu 0640 PDT: 58°F, RH 86%, BAR 29.90, mostly cloudy, W-ly Light Airs
5/6/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 05/05: 57-74°F, RH 48-88%, mix of sun & clouds || Fri 0650 PDT: 62°F, RH 50%, BAR 29.99, few horizon clouds, N-ly Gentle Breezes
5/7/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 05/06: 59-83°F, RH 37-60%, mix of sun & clouds, Moderate Breezes || Sat 0640 PDT: 63°F, RH 62%, BAR 29.84, clear, horizon light haze, Calm
5/8/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 05/07: 59-86°F, RH 28-71%, sunny, light haze || Sunday 0645 PDT: 65°F, RH 54%, BAR 29.73, clear, W-ly Light Airs; Happy CoCoRaHS Mother’s Day
5/9/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 05/08: 56-81°F, RH 18-57%, sunny, windy afternoon, gusts to 27 mph || Mon 0640 PDT: 52°F, RH 47%, BAR 29.90 rising, mostly cloudy, NW-ly Gentle Breezes
5/10/2016 6:45 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 05/09: 50-70°F, RH 24-65%, partly cloudy morning, sporadic light showers 1310 - 1530 for <0.01, then sun breaks || Tue 0645 PDT: 51°F, RH 76%, BAR 30.23 rising, clear, Calm
5/11/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 05/10: 45-75°F, RH 24-82%, sunny, light breezes, beautiful day || Wed 0650 PDT: 50°F, RH 78%, BAR 30.16, some high thin clouds, Calm
5/12/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 05/11: 46-83°F, RH 13-82%, sunny || Thu 0640 PDT: 62°F, RH 44%, BAR 29.93 rising, partly cloudy, NW-ly Light Airs; Thank you, Faye!
5/23/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 05/22: 53-74°F, RH 28-76%, variable cloudiness, windy w/ gusts to 35 mph; multiday report posted for May 13-22, 0.27 inch precip; || Mon 0645 PDT: 53°F, RH 73%, BAR 29.87 rising, mostly cloudy, W-ly Moderate Breezes; Hi, Jim
5/24/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 05/23: 51-73°F, RH 30-78%, variable cloudiness, breezy || Tue 0650 PDT: 57°F, RH 63%, BAR 29.88 rising, partly cloudy, W-ly Light Breezes
5/25/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 05/24: 56-78°F, RH 28-64%, mostly sunny || Wed 0655 PDT: 60°F, RH 64%, BAR 29.99 rising, cloudless sky, SW-ly Light Breezes
5/26/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 05/25: 56-79°F, RH 30-69%, sunny day with evening scattered clouds & windy || Thu 0645 PDT: 56°F, RH 70%, BAR 30.05 rising, thin clouds, chilly SW-ly Moderate Breezes
5/27/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 05/26: 54-73°F, RH 31-73%, variable clouds, windy w/ gusts to 29 mph || Fri 0640 PDT: 52°F, RH 55%, BAR 30.07 rising, broken cloud cover, SW-ly Gentle Breezes
5/28/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 05/27: 51-72°F, RH 20-57%, variable clouds, brief front (just wind) came through ~1500 || Sat 0655 PDT: 53°F, RH 60%, BAR 30.08 rising, high thin clouds, WSW Gentle Breezes
5/29/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 05/28: 50-76°F, RH 26-66%, variable clouds, sun dogs 1930 from back patio while cooking hamburgers || Sunday 0650 PDT: 61°F, RH 56%, BAR 30.01 rising, few clouds, southerly Gentle Breezes
5/30/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 05/29: 59-81°F, RH 23-58%, variable clouds, breezy, wind gust to 27 mph || Memorial Day 0645 PDT: 58°F, RH 50%, BAR 30.24 rising, clear, calm; Moment of Silence 1500 at Sunset Memorial Gardens with over 1,000 casket flags flying
5/31/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Memorial Day 05/30: 48-76°F, RH 18-66%, mostly high thin clouds, Light Breezes barely moved flags at Sunset Memorial Gardens || Tue 0640 PDT: 55°F, RH 61%, BAR 30.15, clear, easterly Light Airs
6/1/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 05/31: 47-84°F, RH 21-71%, sunny, light haze || Wed 0645 PDT: 60°F, RH 65%, BAR 29.89, mostly thin cloud cover w/ filtered sunshine, Calm winds |||| May 2016 summary: Precip 0.67 from 4 days plus 4 days with a Trace; Snowfall 0.0; 2016 CYTD Precip 3.62, Snowfall 1.0, Core Precip 0.17; CoCoRaHS lists 1,248 stations in WA (added 6 new during May) with 484 (lost 6 active during May) active. Benton County remains at 18 stations with 8 active (lost WA-BT-14, Hanford Weather Station’s CoCoRaHS). CoCoRaHS stations are considered “active” if they make at least one observation in the past 12 months.
6/2/2016 6:45 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 06/01: 56-89°F, RH 12-70%, mostly cloudy then overcast afternoon, variable winds || Thu 0645 PDT: 66°F, RH 61%, BAR 29.93 rising, overcast, SW Moderate Breezes, noticed several drops on kitchen window at 0500 and again 0640 for Trace
6/3/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 06/02: 65-80°F, RH 32-68%, mostly cloudy, windy, gusts to 35 mph at 1150 || Fri 0640 PDT 64°F, RH 68%, BAR 30.19 rising, partly cloudy, Calm wind
6/4/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 06/03: 61-85°F, RH 29-69%, beautiful day || Sat 0650 PDT 66°F, RH 57%, BAR 30.15, cloudless sky, northerly Light Air wind, first heat wave of summer begins
6/5/2016 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 06/04: 63-95°F, RH 20-58%, hot, high thin clouds || Sunday 0800 PDT 74°F, RH 49%, BAR 29.93, partly cloudy, variable Light Airs; running late - 0600 brought the wife’s 5th wheel home to clean and de-winterize; Hi, Faye
6/6/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 06/05: 64-98°F, RH 15-66%, hot, variable clouds, no CoCoRaHS precipitation reported in WA State || Mon 0645 PDT 70°F, RH 65%, BAR 29.80 rising, cloudless sky, easterly Light Air winds
6/7/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 06/06: 66-102°F, RH 17-73%, sunny, hot, day 2 with no CoCoRaHS precip reports in WA State || Tue 0650 PDT 74°F, RH 46%, BAR 29.73, clear, NE-ly Light Airs
6/8/2016 6:45 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 06/07: 69-100°F, RH 16-46%, last of 4 day heat wave, gusty winds to 26 mph late evening || Wed 0645 PDT 75°F, RH 41%, BAR 29.66, mostly cloudy, Calm winds, at 0640 got 12 big drops of the forecast 20% for Trace; radar shows short lived spotty T storms around
6/9/2016 6:50 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 06/08: 65-84°F, RH 29-49%, cloudy day, 1400 light rain followed by intermittent sprinkles for <0.01, 1700 wind gusting to 31 mph and evening sunshine || Thu 0650 PDT 61°F, RH 60%, BAR 29.90 rising, cloudless sky, SW-ly Light Breezes
6/10/2016 6:55 AM 0.07 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 06/09: 60-82°F, RH 28-67%, mostly sunny to mostly cloudy, breezy evening, few sprinkles 2105 || Fri 0655 PDT 57°F, RH 78%, BAR 29.90 rising, overcast, SW Moderate Breezes and gusty, light rain ~0130-0330 for 0.07
6/11/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 06/10: 55-73°F, RH 22-86%, mostly then partly cloudy, windy, gust to 28 mph mid-afternoon || Sat 0640 PDT 53°F, RH 71%, BAR 30.13 rising, clear, SW-ly Moderate to Fresh Breezes
6/12/2016 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 06/11: 51-74°F, RH 27-75%, windy morning gusts to 28 mph then pretty day, blue sky with white cumulus clouds || Sunday 0635 PDT 56°F, RH 64%, BAR 30.24 rising, cloudless sky, Calm wind; Hi, Jim
6/13/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 06/12: 53-81°F, RH 22-69%, nice day, wispy thin clouds || Mon 0645 PDT 62°F, RH 58%, BAR 29.94, partly cloudy, WSW Moderate Breezes; chilly walk in short-sleeved shirt
6/14/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 06/13: 60-76°F, RH 21-60%, mostly cloudy afternoon & gusty winds to 33 mph || Tue 0640 PDT 52°F, RH 66%, BAR 29.90, few clouds, SW-ly Moderate Breezes, gusts to 23 mph
6/15/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 06/14: 50-70°F, RH 22-70%, partly cloudy, gusty winds to 34 mph || Wed 0645 PDT 52°F, RH 63%, BAR 29.95, mostly clear, NE-ly Light Airs
6/16/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 06/15: 46-71°F, RH 24-73%, few morning clouds to overcast late afternoon, Light Airs || Thu 0640 PDT 53°F, RH 66%, BAR 29.95, mostly cloudy, SW-ly Gentle Breezes but gusty
6/17/2016 6:30 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 06/16: 51-72°F, RH 25-71%, variable clouds and breezy, light sprinkles 1710 for Trace || Fri 0630 PDT 50°F, RH 66%, BAR 30.14 rising, partly cloudy, Calm; June 17th - CoCoRaHS Day! Happy Eighteenth Anniversary!
6/20/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 06/19: 49-74°F, RH 25-74%, variable clouds; filed multi-day 0.35 precip report for Saturday & Sunday; Sure played havoc with our weekend trip in the wife’s fifth wheel. || Mon 0640 PDT 62°F, RH 53%, BAR 30.14, partly cloudy, N-ly Light Breezes; Summer solstice at 1534 PDT and a full moon for first time in nearly 70 years
6/21/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 06/20: 59-86°F, RH 19-55%, sunny, partly cloudy at times || Tue 0645 PDT 60°F, RH 58%, BAR 30.15 rising, clear, SW-ly Moderate Breezes
6/22/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 06/21: 59-83°F, RH 25-61%, sunny & breezy, good day to have carpets cleaned early and leave house open most of day || Wed 0650 PDT 62°F, RH 68%, BAR 30.03, clear, Calm; Richland Airport AWOS (KRLD) Current Conditions locked up since Jun 21 at 1835 on NWS webpage
6/23/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 06/22: 56-86°F, RH 24-72%, partly cloudy, variable breezes; Richland Airport AWOS (KRLD) Current Conditions back online Jun 22 at 0735 on NWS webpage || Thu 0640 PDT 65°F, RH 49%, BAR 29.92 rising, mostly cloudy, gusty SW-ly Moderate Breezes
6/24/2016 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 06/23: 65-83°F, RH 21-54%, mix of sun & clouds, windy, gusts to 30 mph || Fri 0635 PDT 56°F, RH 65%, BAR 30.06 rising, scattered clouds, SW Moderate Breezes
6/25/2016 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 06/24: 55-77°F, RH 26-70%, mostly clear, windy, gusts to 27 mph || Sat 0630 PDT 62°F, RH 60%, BAR 30.23 rising, clear, SW-ly Light Breezes
6/26/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 06/25: 55-81°F, RH 26-77%, sunny, light breezes, very nice day before heat wave hits Monday for at least a week || Sunday 0640 PDT 65°F, RH 61%, BAR 30.15, cloudless sky, Calm; Hi, Faye
6/27/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 06/26: 57-89°F, RH 22-72%, sunny & warm || Mon 0640 PDT ~70°F, RH 45%, BAR 30.10, clear, Calm
6/28/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 06/27: 66-97°F, RH 17-55%, heat wave has begun! || Tue 0645 PDT 75°F, RH 50%, BAR 30.05, clear, SW-ly Light Airs
6/29/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 06/28: 68-96°F, RH 23-63%, sunny & hot || Wed 0655 PDT 73°F, RH 50%, BAR 29.99 rising, clear, W-ly Light Breezes
6/30/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 06/29: 72-98°F, RH 19-55%, sunny & hot again (not complaining after the cold, gray winter days) || Thu 0640 PDT 68°F, RH 57%, BAR 30.00, clear, SW Light Breezes
7/1/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 06/30: 67-95°F, RH 13-59%, cloudless sky, breezy, hot || Fri 0645 PDT 66°F, RH 58%, BAR 29.96 rising, cloudless sky but could smell some smoke and see it on E horizon at 0515, W-ly Gentle Breezes |||| June 2016 summary: Precip 0.42 from 2 days plus 4 days with a Trace; Snowfall 0.0; 2016 CYTD Precip 4.04, Snowfall 1.0, Core Precip 0.17; CoCoRaHS lists 1,249 stations in WA (added 1 new during June) with 484 active (same as during May). Benton County remains at 18 stations with 8 active (lost WA-BT-14, Hanford Weather Station’s CoCoRaHS in May). CoCoRaHS stations are considered “active” if they post at least one observation in the past 12 months.
7/2/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 07/01: 64-94°F, RH 17-62%, mostly sunny with variable clouds || Sat 0650 PDT 71°F, RH 59%, BAR 29.90, mostly cloudy, Variable Light Airs
7/3/2016 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 07/02: 65-93°F, RH 20-71%, overcast morning & muggy working in yard, sunny afternoon || Sunday 0635 PDT 71°F, RH 54%, BAR 29.93 rising, clear, Calm; Hi, Jim
7/4/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 07/03: 65-87°F, RH 21-60%, sunny, gusty breezes but no “patchy blowing dust” || Independence Day 0650 PDT 64°F, RH 53%, BAR 30.03, cloudless sky, W-ly Light Breezes
7/5/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Independence Day 07/04: 59-84°F, RH 23-63%, sunny, breezy || Tue 0645 PDT 61°F, RH 60%, BAR 30.02 rising, partly cloudy, SW-ly Light Breezes
7/6/2016 6:50 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 07/05: 57-82°F, RH 25-65%, sun & clouds mixed, 1830 misty precip for Trace || Wed 0650 PDT 61°F, RH 54%, BAR 30.01 rising, scattered clouds NE horizon, NW-ly Light Airs
7/7/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 07/06: 58-82°F, RH 25-61%, beautiful early summer day || Thu 0655 PDT 68°F, RH 53%, BAR 29.89, broken clouds w/ filtered sunshine, SW-ly Light Breezes
7/8/2016 7:05 AM 0.17 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 07/07: 62-83°F, RH 29-79%, overcast morning w/ few sun breaks, sprinkles 1700, overnight intermittent light rain began 2130 || Fri 0705 PDT 61°F, RH 80%, BAR 29.89, overcast, southerly Gentle Breezes w/ higher gusts, 0705 catch 0.17 w/ light rain
7/9/2016 7:15 AM 0.10 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 07/08: 61-81°F, RH 39-84%, precip ended 0745 for 0.01+, midday-broken clouds, evening-scattered clouds, 2100 light rain began || Sat 0715 PDT 63°F, RH 71%, BAR 29.95, sunny, few clouds, SW-ly Moderate Breezes, 0.09 precip overnight for 0.10+ catch
7/10/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 07/09: 60-82°F, RH 24-82%, sunny, breezy || Sunday 0650 PDT 61°F, RH 61%, BAR 29.90, mostly cloudy, SW-ly Moderate Breezes
7/11/2016 6:45 AM 0.04 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 07/10: 61-75°F, RH 37-65%, 1345-1445 Moderate to Heavy rain at 1400 for 0.04 (washed out my morning product to subdue Bermuda grass in lawn), sun broke out for evening || Mon 0645 PDT 61°F, RH 68%, BAR 30.01, broken cloud cover, westerly Light Breezes & gusty
7/12/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 07/11: 60-82°F, RH 23-72%, sunny, breezy || Tue 0650 PDT 65°F, RH 56%, BAR 29.89 rising, mostly cloudy, Calm
7/13/2016 6:45 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 07/12: 62-85°F, RH 25-71%, 0740-0810 light rain f/ 0.01, 0900 broken cloud cover w/ filtered sunshine || Wed 0645 PDT 65°F, RH 59%, BAR 30.12 rising, a few clouds, W-ly Gentle Breezes
7/14/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 07/13: 62-86°F, RH 22-60%, sunny, Gentle Breezes || Thu 0640 PDT 65°F, RH 57%, BAR 30.13, cloudless sky, Calm
7/15/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 07/14: 59-93°F, RH 10-70%, sunny, warm || Fri 0655 PDT 66°F, RH 46%, BAR 30.04, cloudless sky, W-ly Light Airs
7/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 neighbors confirmed no precip in last 24 hours
7/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Neighbors confirmed no precip in the previous 24 hours. Hi, Faye
7/18/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 07/17: 63-87°F, RH 32-66%, partly cloudy, breezy || Mon 0645 PDT 66°F, RH 63%, BAR 29.85, broken cloud cover, WSW Gentle Breezes
7/19/2016 6:40 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 07/18: 64-79°F, RH 41-68%, 0900-1000 light rain f/ Trace to float insects in gauge, variable cloudiness || Tue 0640 PDT 65°F, RH 62%, BP 30.04, broken cloud cover, W-ly Light Airs
7/20/2016 6:50 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 07/19: 63-81°F, RH 38-74%, 1150 sprinkles, 1310-1430 intermittent light rain f/ 0.01 || Wed 0650 PDT 65°F, RH 59%, BP 30.07, hazy eastern horizon, NW Light Breezes
7/21/2016 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 07/20: 59-89°F, RH 21-75%, start of warming trend || Thu 0630 PDT 68°F, RH 56%, BP 30.01, clear, Calm
7/22/2016 7:05 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 07/21: 62-98°F, RH 16-65%, sunny, hot; No precip 07/21/16 - Weather Underground PWS Richland---Brookshire Estates KWARICHL27, reported false 1.28 inches ~0400 07/21/16 || Fri 0705 PDT 66°F, RH 73%, BP 30.04, broken cloud cover, SW Moderate Breezes; in spite of radar showing moderate rain, I got just a few sprinkles prior to 0705 for Trace
7/23/2016 6:55 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 07/22: 65-86°F, RH 27-75%, 0825 sprinkles f/ Trace, mostly sunny afternoon, cooler || Sat 0655 PDT 65°F, RH 58%, BP 30.16, scattered clouds, SW-ly Light Airs
7/24/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 07/23: 60-85°F, RH 29-72%, nice day || Sunday 0645 PDT 67°F, RH 61%, BP 30.07, cloudless sky, Calm; Hi, Jim
7/25/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 07/24: 59-91°F, RH 19-73%, sunny || Mon 0640 PDT 69°F, RH 59%, BP 29.96 rising, cloudless sky, Calm; Four years of daily entries since July 25, 2012, after signing up June 1, 2008.
7/26/2016 7:05 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 07/25: XX-XX°F, RH XX-XX%, heat wave is on! || Tue 0705 PDT XX°F, RH XX%, BP 29.XX, neighbor's wunderground.com PWS down this morning; clear, SW-ly gusty Gentle Breezes
7/27/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 07/26: 74-100°F, RH 15-59%, sunny, hot || Wed 0655 PDT 75°F, RH 50%, BP 30.01 rising, clear, E-ly Light Airs
7/28/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 07/27: 70-97°F, RH 25-59%, sunny except cloudy early afternoon || Thu 0645 PDT 74°F, RH 51%, BP 30.01 rising, cloudless sky, horizon haze, W-ly Light Airs
7/29/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 07/28: 72-100°F, RH 17-53%, MOTS (More Of the Same) || Fri 0640 PDT 77°F, RH 45%, BP 29.90 rising, cloudless sky, horizon haze, Calm; STATS OTHER THEN PRECIP ARE APPROXIMATE - I question calibration of Richland---Brookshire Estates, KWARICHL27, neighbor’s PWS 900’ WSW of me
7/30/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 07/29: 75-104°F, RH 15-52%, hide behind AC day || Sat 0655 PDT 77°F, RH 43%, BP 29.74, clear, W-ly Gentle Breezes
7/31/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 07/30: 74-98°F, RH 12-45%, sunny, cooler, horizon haze / smoke?, could smell smoke by 2130 || Sunday 0640 PDT 66°F, RH 49%, BP 29.89 rising, smoke-filled sky from Oregon fire, sprinkling of small ashes on glass table, SW Light Breezes; EDIT 1100 7/31/16: CoCoRaHS station WA-BT-13 corrected what fire is responsible for our smoke & ashes. It is the one in the Rattlesnake Hills. http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article92931342.html
8/1/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 07/31: 65-90°F, RH 18-56%, cooler, heat wave broke but couldn’t open house with smoke from area fires || Mon 0645 PDT 67°F, RH 46%, BP 30.01 rising, cloudless sky with smoke from at least 5 fires in eastern WA & OR; another sprinkling of small ashes on glass table top, NW Light Airs |||| July 2016 summary: Precip 0.33 from 5 days plus 4 days with a Trace; Snowfall 0.0; 2016 CYTD Precip 4.37, Snowfall 1.0, Core Precip 0.17; CoCoRaHS lists 1,253 stations in WA (added 4 new during July) with 482 active (2 less than last month). Benton County remains at 18 stations with 8 active (lost WA-BT-14, Hanford Weather Station’s CoCoRaHS May 27, 2015). CoCoRaHS stations are considered “active” if they post at least one observation in the past 12 months.
8/2/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 08/01: 61-89°F, RH 24-60%, Firefighters had to set a backfire on the NE slope of Rattlesnake Mtn (it’s black to the top) to protect Hanford & Benton City. || Tue 0650 PDT 67°F, RH 57%, BP 29.92 rising, cloudless sky with smoke, SW Gentle Breezes & gusty
8/3/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 08/02: 65-83°F, RH 23-58%, few cumulus clouds, afternoon Moderate Breezes with higher gusts cleared most of smoke || Wed 0640 PDT 63°F, RH 51%, BP 30.17 rising, cloudless sky, W-ly Light Breezes
8/4/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 08/03: 61-86°F, RH 27-56%, sunny, emptied gauge of few ashes from Sun & Mon fires || Thu 0640 PDT 63°F, RH 67%, BP 30.05, cloudless sky, Calm
8/5/2016 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 08/04: 59-93°F, RH 20-70%, sunny with horizon haze || Fri 0635 PDT 65°F, RH 58%, BP 29.80, light horizon haze, Calm
8/6/2016 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 08/05: 63-96°F, RH 16-61%, sunny, few cumulus on horizons || Sat 0630 PDT 65°F, RH 51%, BP 29.82 rising, scattered clouds, W-ly Light Breezes
8/7/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 08/06: 65-90°F, RH 14-53%, sunny, light smell of smoke 2130 ‘til 0600 Sunday || Sunday 0640 PDT 63°F, RH 59%, BP 29.78, clear overhead, broken cloud cover East horizon, SW-ly Gentle Breezes but gusty; Hi, Faye
8/8/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 08/07: 62-85°F, RH 21-62%, sunny, windy, gusts to 27 mph || Mon 0650 PDT 59°F, RH 63%, BP 29.91 rising, clear, W-ly Gentle Breezes
8/9/2016 6:30 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 08/08: 58-79°F, RH 31-65%, beautiful, sunny, autumn day in August; cooler; light breezes; clouded over late afternoon (EDIT: missed Trace in gauge from Monday evening) || Tue 0630 PDT 61°F, RH 72%, BP 29.92 rising, broken cloud cover, SW Gentle Breezes
8/10/2016 7:10 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 08/09: 58-81°F, RH 33-84%, variable clouds all day || Wed 0710 PDT 63°F, RH 66%, BP 29.98 rising, clear, SW-ly Gentle Breezes; Issues with both computers after last night’s Windows 10 update !@*%
8/11/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 08/10: 62-86°F, RH 26-68% || Thu 0645 PDT 65°F, RH 71%, BP 30.06 rising, clear, Calm
8/12/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 08/11: 59-91°F, RH 22-79%, sunny, heatin’ up || Fri 0640 PDT 64°F, RH 68%, BP 30.06 rising, cloudless sky, Calm, heading to triple digits for the weekend
8/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Hot, no precip
8/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Hot! Thankful for air conditioning. Hi, Jim
8/15/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 08/14: 67-98°F, RH 18-68%, hot, hazy || Mon 0655 PDT 70°F, RH 49%, BP 29.95 rising, cloudless sky, NW Light Breezes
8/16/2016 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 08/15: 66-97°F, RH 16-52%, heat wave continues || Tue 0635 PDT 67°F, RH 69%, BP 29.95; few high, thin clouds; moderate dew on grass; Calm
8/17/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 08/16: 65-97°F, RH 18-72%, More Of The Same (MOTS) || Wed 0640 PDT 68°F, RH 63%, BP 29.93 rising; hazy sunrise, Calm
8/18/2016 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 08/17: 67-97°F, RH 21-63%, Richland summer time! || Thu 0635 PDT 75°F, RH 37%, BP 29.96 rising; cloudless sky, Calm
8/19/2016 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 08/18: 72-97°F, RH 12-54%, hot, hazy, no measurable precip in Washington State, just 5 recorded a Trace; smelled smoke at 2115 || Fri 0630 PDT 69°F, RH 37%, BP 30.07 rising, hazy (some smoke?) variable Light Airs
8/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 08/19: 69-90°F, RH 15-43%, Day 2 - no measurable precip reported in Washington State || Sat 0700 PDT, late post - back from overnight in Coeur d’Alene; no precip
8/21/2016 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 08/20: 58-95°F, RH 13-69%, Day 3 - no measurable precip reported in Washington State || Sunday 0635 PDT 64°F, RH 58%, BP 29.74 rising, cloudless sky, Calm wind
8/22/2016 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 08/21: 62-98°F, RH 10-72%, hot || Mon 0630 PDT 62°F, RH 45%, BP 29.93 rising, scattered clouds, SW-ly Light Breezes, heat wave broke but can smell smoke
8/23/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 08/22: 60-83°F, RH 17-52%, nice “autumn” day in August || Tue 0640 PDT 58°F, RH 57%, BP 30.10 rising, clear, Calm
8/24/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 08/23: 56-84°F, RH 26-67% || Wed 0645 PDT 66°F, RH 50%, BP 30.16 rising, clear, Calm
8/25/2016 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 08/24: 65-88°F, RH 21-50% some cumulus clouds around || Thu 0635 PDT 63°F, RH 52%, BP 30.11 rising, smoke/haze on horizon prior to sunrise, few clouds, Calm
8/26/2016 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 08/25: 63-90°F, RH 16-53%, no measurable precip in Washington State, just 1 recorded a Trace; || Fri 0830 PDT 67°F, RH 56%, BP 29.96 rising, few thin clouds to east, E-ly Light Airs; late post - had to install new modem-router for internet
8/27/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 08/26: 58-92°F, RH 20-66%, Day 2 - no reported measurable precip in Washington State, just 1 reported a Trace || Sat 0645 PDT 73°F, RH 38%, BP 29.73, scattered thin clouds, W-ly variable breezes; still have issues with internet connection
8/28/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 08/27: 65-92°F, RH 22-63%, mostly cloudy afternoon w/ sun breaks, gusty winds to 26 mph; beautiful sunset but hate that smoke added to it; clouds & patchy smoke blocked view of the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter || Sunday 0640 PDT 62°F, RH 62%, BP 29.98 rising, slight smoke smell 0530, now broken cloud cover, W-ly Light Airs; Hi, Faye
8/29/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 08/28: 59-89°F, RH 20-68%, few evening patchy smoke “clouds” || Mon 0650 PDT 63°F, RH 54%, BP 29.99, beautiful sunrise through a variety of clouds, Calm
8/30/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 08/29: 63-93°F, RH 20-57%, afternoon mix of clouds & appeared to be some smoke || Tue 0645 PDT 68°F, RH 44%, BP 29.90, sun just broke clear of eastern horizon cloud bank, variable Light Airs
8/31/2016 7:05 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 08/30: 67-82°F, RH 26-56%, few tiny drops in air at 0830 for hardly a Trace, mostly cloudy with sun breaks, light shower 1725 - still not enough to dampen the dust in the bottom of the gauge || Wed 0705 PDT 62°F, RH 66%, BP 29.91, clear, SW-ly Gentle Breezes with gusts to 19 mph, needed long sleeve shirt for morning walk
9/1/2016 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 08/31: 61-87°F, RH 23-67%, beautiful day || Thu 0635 PDT 61°F, RH 66%, BP 29.99 rising, scattered clouds, W-ly Gentle Breezes |||| August 2016 summary: Precip 0.00 from 0 days plus 2 days with a Trace; Snowfall 0.0; 2016 CYTD Precip 4.37, Snowfall 1.0, Core Precip 0.17; CoCoRaHS lists 1,257 stations in WA (added 4 new during August) with 480 active (2 less than last month & 4 less last 2 months). Benton County remains at 18 stations with 8 active (lost WA-BT-14, Hanford Weather Station’s CoCoRaHS May 27, 2015). CoCoRaHS stations are considered “active” if they post at least one observation in the past 12 months.
9/2/2016 6:45 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 09/01: 58-75°F, RH 30-70%, afternoon overcast, 1845 light showers & some overnight for 0.03 || Fri 0645 PDT 59°F, RH 78%, BP 29.94, scattered clouds, SW-ly Moderate Breezes, first measurable precip since July 20th 0.01
9/3/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 09/02: 58-76°F, RH 33-79%, love this autumn weather instead of dog days || Sat 0655 PDT 53°F, RH 78%, BP 29.98, scattered clouds, Calm
9/4/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 09/03: 52-74°F, RH 33-80%,clear blue sky with white cumulus clouds - beautiful autumn day in late summer || Sunday 0645 PDT 51°F, RH 76%, BP 29.91 rising, clear, Calm; Hi, Jim
9/5/2016 6:50 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 09/04: 50-77°F, RH 27-76%, 1815 light shower for Trace || Mon 0650 PDT 57°F, RH 58%, BP 29.95 rising, scattered clouds, variable Light Airs
9/6/2016 7:01 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 09/05: 56-78°F, RH 28-64%, mostly sunny ‘til evening overcast || Tue 0701 PDT 58°F, RH 68%, BP 29.89, overcast, periodic sprinkles since ~0330 then light rain at 0625 for 0.05 catch, variable Light Breezes
9/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.17 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed report: precip continuing at Tue 0700 catch until 1030 for added 0.17 inch
9/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 nada
9/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 nada
9/10/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 09/09: 50-78°F, RH 26-72%, sunny || Sat 0645 PDT 52°F, RH 83%, BP 30.13 falling, few clouds to the East, Calm
9/11/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 09/10: 50-90°F, RH 20-85%, sunny, breezy, afternoon SW-ly gusts to 20 mph || Sunday 0640 PDT 59°F, RH 70%, BP 29.98 rising, mostly cloudy, Calm; NEVER FORGET September 11, 2001
9/12/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 09/11: 58-78°F, RH 25-72%, partly cloudy but sunny || Mon 0645 PDT 53°F, RH 57%, BP 30.15, cloudless sky, variable Light Airs, Red Flag Warning 1100-1900
9/13/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 09/12: 53-74°F, RH 21-57%, sunny, windy, dust in the air, gust to 27 mph || Tue 0650 PDT 49°F, RH 57%, BP 30.10, cloudless sky, Calm
9/14/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 no precip; desktop internet crashed again after Windows 10 update last night. How I miss the older versions (XP and even 7) of Windows!!
9/15/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 09/14: 46-82°F, RH 15-83%, sunshine || Thu 0640 PDT 52°F, RH 71%, BP 30.08, clear, Calm
9/16/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 09/15: 50-84°F, RH 26-75%, mostly clear day, but evening smoke cloud on W horizon || Fri 0645 PDT 52°F, RH 80%, BP 30.04, mostly clear, haze/smoke? on horizons, Calm
9/17/2016 6:50 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 09/16: 51-88°F, RH 15-83%, sunny morning, clouds moved in for afternoon || Sat 0650 PDT 71°F, RH 43%, BP 29.86, overcast, SW-ly Moderate Breezes with gusts to 28 mph
9/18/2016 6:55 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 09/17: 63-75°F, RH 30-72%, 0800 intermittent sprinkles all day for Trace, SW winds, gusts to 37 mph || Sunday 0655 PDT 61°F, RH 73%, BP 29.99 rising, mostly cloudy, W-ly Light Airs; Hi, Faye
9/19/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 09/18: 57-77°F, RH 37-79%, mix of clouds & sun || Mon 0645 PDT 57°F, RH 66%, BP 30.07 rising, thin clouds made beautiful sunrise, SW Gentle Breezes
9/20/2016 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 09/19: 53-70°F, RH 40-72%, overcast, breezy, gusts to 27 mph || Tue 0635 PDT 51°F, RH 71%, BP 30.12, partly cloudy, Calm
9/21/2016 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 09/20: 50-72°F, RH 29-74%, mostly sunny with clouds || Wed 0730 PDT 46°F, RH 82%, BP 30.04 rising, mostly thin clouds, filtered sunshine, Calm; report a little late - taking care of neighbor’s dog while he’s gone battling cancer.
9/22/2016 7:15 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 09/21: 45-72°F, RH 31-82%, mix of clouds & sun; ~2,000 south Richland homes had a 1:30-3:00 PM power outage || Thu 0715 PDT 58°F, RH 53%, BP 29.91 rising, broken cloud cover, Calm
9/23/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 09/22: 53-73°F, RH 39-81%, variable clouds w/ sunshine, pleasant 1st day of autumn || Fri 0655 PDT 54°F, RH 72%, BP 30.02 steady, partly cloudy, Calm
9/24/2016 6:15 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Fri 09/23: Brookshire Estates, KWARICHL27, neighbor’s PWS is not reporting history, mostly cloudy, light showers 1000 & 1500 for 0.01 || Sat 0615 PDT 54°F, RH 60%, BP 30.26 rising, Clear, SW-ly Moderate Breezes
9/25/2016 6:55 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sat 09/24: 53-74°F, RH 30-69%, sunny w/ few clouds || Sunday 0655 PDT 53°F, RH 71%, BP 30.37 steady, few clouds on horizons, Calm; Hi, Mike
9/26/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunday 09/25: 49-82°F, RH 26-81%, sunny || Mon 0645 PDT 57°F, RH 64%, BP 30.19 steady, few clouds, Calm
9/27/2016 6:40 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mon 09/26: 56-84°F, RH 33-70%, plentiful sunshine || Tue 0640 PDT 56°F, RH 81%, BP 30.00 rising, cloudless sky, heavy dew, Calm
9/28/2016 6:45 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Tue 09/27: 55-86°F, RH 32-84%, plentiful sunshine || Wed 0645 PDT 56°F, RH 57%, BP 30.02 rising, few clouds, Calm
9/29/2016 6:35 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wed 09/28: 54-82°F, RH 24-62%, another beautiful fall day || Thu 0635 PDT 53°F, RH 77%, BP 29.94 rising, few clouds, Calm
9/30/2016 6:55 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thu 09/29: 53-81°F, RH 33-79%, sunny & Calm than gusts to 29 mph overnight || Fri 0655 PDT 58°F, RH 59%, BP 29.95 rising, heard thunder twice just after 0605, cold wind dropped temp 4°F, gusts to 18 mph, big drops of rain 0630 for Trace to dampen sidewalks, broken cloud cover in spite of 2 out of 3 weather pages I use showing clear



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
11/8/2015 11/09/2015 6:55 AM 2 0.11 0.0 0.00 Sat 11/07: 34°F\61°F, RH 96%\41%, morning fog, visibility to 0.25 mile at times, cloudy afternoon, sprinkles at 1630, light evening rain || Sunday 11/08: 49°F\58°F, RH 87%\55%, light morning rain, mix of clouds & sun in afternoon; strong 0.10 inch at 1400 Sunday when I got home || Mon 0655 PST: 42°F, RH 89%, BAR 29.82, broken clouds, westerly light airs; enough precip overnight to move 2 day catch to 0.11 inch; Multiple Day Report Sat 0700 to Mon 0700
5/13/2016 5/22/2016 6:30 AM 10 0.27 0.0 0.00 0.27 inch precip, meaningful precip would have been reported May 15, 16, 22
6/18/2016 6/19/2016 11:00 AM 2 0.35 0.0 0.00 neighbor’s PWS shows 0.36 June 18th 0320-1400



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