Station Overview Station Location
Station Number IN-AL-39 Latitude 41.1338
Station Name Fort Wayne 7.0 NE Longitude -85.0307
County Allen Elevation (ft) 791



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 16 2.77 3.67 31 2.73 30 0.94 1 1 11 1 0.0 0 0
Nov 16 2.94 2.40 30 2.40 30 0.00 0 0 9 2 0.2 1 0
Dec 16 2.48 2.32 31 2.32 29 0.00 2 0 11 4 7.5 6 17
Jan 17 2.20 5.17 31 4.05 22 1.12 9 1 14 4 0.2 1 1
Feb 17 1.96 2.14 28 2.14 28 0.00 0 0 8 6 1.7 1 2
March 17 2.41 4.01 31 4.01 31 0.00 0 0 13 6 3.0 3 3
April 17 3.40 4.47 30 4.47 30 0.00 0 0 11 2 0.0 0 0
May 17 4.11 8.67 31 8.67 31 0.00 0 0 18 1 0.0 0 0
June 17 3.82 2.55 30 2.55 30 0.00 0 0 12 1 0.0 0 0
July 17 4.06 5.11 31 5.11 31 0.00 0 0 12 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 17 3.69 3.83 31 3.83 31 0.00 0 0 11 1 0.0 0 0
Sept 17 2.97 1.66 30 1.66 30 0.00 0 0 9 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 36.81" 46.00" 365 days 43.94" 353 2.06" 12 days 2 139 days 28 days 12.6" 12 days 23 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
10/1/2016 0.94
10/2/2016 0.12
10/3/2016 0.02
10/4/2016 0.00
10/5/2016 0.00
10/6/2016 0.01
10/7/2016 0.01
10/8/2016 0.00
10/9/2016 0.00
10/10/2016 0.00
10/11/2016 0.00
10/12/2016 0.00
10/13/2016 0.23
10/14/2016 0.00
10/15/2016 0.00
10/16/2016 0.00
10/17/2016 0.47
10/18/2016 0.00
10/19/2016 0.03
10/20/2016 0.46
10/21/2016 0.79
10/22/2016 0.00
10/23/2016 0.00
10/24/2016 0.00
10/25/2016 0.00
10/26/2016 T
10/27/2016 0.17
10/28/2016 0.00
10/29/2016 0.00
10/30/2016 0.00
10/31/2016 0.42
11/1/2016 0.00
11/2/2016 0.00
11/3/2016 0.33
11/4/2016 0.00
11/5/2016 0.00
11/6/2016 0.00
11/7/2016 T
11/8/2016 0.00
11/9/2016 0.05
11/10/2016 0.00
11/11/2016 0.00
11/12/2016 0.00
11/13/2016 0.00
11/14/2016 0.00
11/15/2016 0.00
11/16/2016 0.00
11/17/2016 0.00
11/18/2016 0.00
11/19/2016 0.57
11/20/2016 0.03
11/21/2016 0.00
11/22/2016 0.00
11/23/2016 0.09
11/24/2016 0.61
11/25/2016 0.02
11/26/2016 0.00
11/27/2016 0.00
11/28/2016 0.02
11/29/2016 0.68
11/30/2016 T
12/1/2016 0.01
12/2/2016 0.00
12/3/2016 T
12/4/2016 0.00
12/5/2016 0.27
12/6/2016 0.00
12/7/2016 0.04
12/8/2016 0.00
12/9/2016 T
12/10/2016 0.00
12/11/2016 0.24
12/12/2016 0.69
12/13/2016 0.00
12/14/2016 T
12/15/2016 0.00
12/16/2016 0.00
12/17/2016 0.06
12/18/2016 0.08
12/19/2016 T
12/20/2016 0.00
12/21/2016 0.00
12/22/2016 0.00
12/23/2016 0.00
12/24/2016 0.15
12/25/2016 0.00
12/26/2016 0.01
12/27/2016 0.67
12/28/2016 0.00
12/29/2016 0.10
12/30/2016 **
12/31/2016 **
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2017 **
1/2/2017 **
1/3/2017 **
1/4/2017 **
1/5/2017 **
1/6/2017 **
1/7/2017 **
1/8/2017 **
1/9/2017 1.12
1/10/2017 0.16
1/11/2017 0.34
1/12/2017 0.51
1/13/2017 0.71
1/14/2017 0.00
1/15/2017 0.00
1/16/2017 0.00
1/17/2017 0.70
1/18/2017 0.01
1/19/2017 0.00
1/20/2017 0.75
1/21/2017 0.01
1/22/2017 0.25
1/23/2017 0.02
1/24/2017 0.53
1/25/2017 T
1/26/2017 0.01
1/27/2017 T
1/28/2017 T
1/29/2017 T
1/30/2017 0.02
1/31/2017 0.03
2/1/2017 T
2/2/2017 T
2/3/2017 0.00
2/4/2017 0.00
2/5/2017 0.00
2/6/2017 0.00
2/7/2017 0.39
2/8/2017 0.85
2/9/2017 0.16
2/10/2017 T
2/11/2017 0.00
2/12/2017 0.19
2/13/2017 0.00
2/14/2017 0.00
2/15/2017 0.00
2/16/2017 T
2/17/2017 0.00
2/18/2017 0.00
2/19/2017 0.00
2/20/2017 0.00
2/21/2017 0.00
2/22/2017 0.01
2/23/2017 T
2/24/2017 0.15
2/25/2017 0.24
2/26/2017 T
2/27/2017 0.00
2/28/2017 0.15
3/1/2017 0.81
3/2/2017 0.05
3/3/2017 0.02
3/4/2017 T
3/5/2017 0.00
3/6/2017 0.00
3/7/2017 0.15
3/8/2017 0.05
3/9/2017 0.00
3/10/2017 0.00
3/11/2017 0.00
3/12/2017 0.00
3/13/2017 0.00
3/14/2017 0.12
3/15/2017 T
3/16/2017 T
3/17/2017 0.00
3/18/2017 0.35
3/19/2017 T
3/20/2017 0.17
3/21/2017 T
3/22/2017 0.00
3/23/2017 0.00
3/24/2017 0.06
3/25/2017 0.00
3/26/2017 0.09
3/27/2017 1.04
3/28/2017 T
3/29/2017 0.00
3/30/2017 0.25
3/31/2017 0.85
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2017 0.01
4/2/2017 0.00
4/3/2017 0.00
4/4/2017 0.57
4/5/2017 0.00
4/6/2017 1.51
4/7/2017 0.10
4/8/2017 0.00
4/9/2017 0.00
4/10/2017 0.00
4/11/2017 0.34
4/12/2017 0.00
4/13/2017 0.00
4/14/2017 0.00
4/15/2017 T
4/16/2017 0.00
4/17/2017 T
4/18/2017 0.00
4/19/2017 0.00
4/20/2017 0.04
4/21/2017 0.76
4/22/2017 0.00
4/23/2017 0.00
4/24/2017 0.00
4/25/2017 0.00
4/26/2017 0.00
4/27/2017 0.18
4/28/2017 0.09
4/29/2017 0.25
4/30/2017 0.62
5/1/2017 0.51
5/2/2017 0.04
5/3/2017 0.07
5/4/2017 0.48
5/5/2017 1.67
5/6/2017 0.09
5/7/2017 0.00
5/8/2017 0.00
5/9/2017 0.00
5/10/2017 T
5/11/2017 0.41
5/12/2017 0.00
5/13/2017 0.00
5/14/2017 0.00
5/15/2017 0.00
5/16/2017 0.00
5/17/2017 0.00
5/18/2017 0.00
5/19/2017 0.22
5/20/2017 0.09
5/21/2017 1.12
5/22/2017 0.01
5/23/2017 0.00
5/24/2017 0.00
5/25/2017 2.74
5/26/2017 0.04
5/27/2017 0.97
5/28/2017 0.01
5/29/2017 0.15
5/30/2017 0.02
5/31/2017 0.03
6/1/2017 0.00
6/2/2017 0.00
6/3/2017 0.00
6/4/2017 0.00
6/5/2017 0.03
6/6/2017 0.00
6/7/2017 0.00
6/8/2017 0.00
6/9/2017 0.00
6/10/2017 0.03
6/11/2017 0.00
6/12/2017 0.00
6/13/2017 0.00
6/14/2017 T
6/15/2017 0.13
6/16/2017 0.06
6/17/2017 0.02
6/18/2017 0.23
6/19/2017 0.00
6/20/2017 0.21
6/21/2017 0.07
6/22/2017 0.00
6/23/2017 0.35
6/24/2017 0.55
6/25/2017 0.00
6/26/2017 0.00
6/27/2017 0.14
6/28/2017 0.00
6/29/2017 0.00
6/30/2017 0.73
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2017 1.02
7/2/2017 0.02
7/3/2017 0.00
7/4/2017 0.05
7/5/2017 0.00
7/6/2017 0.00
7/7/2017 0.13
7/8/2017 0.17
7/9/2017 0.00
7/10/2017 0.00
7/11/2017 1.99
7/12/2017 0.01
7/13/2017 0.02
7/14/2017 0.00
7/15/2017 0.00
7/16/2017 0.00
7/17/2017 0.00
7/18/2017 0.00
7/19/2017 0.00
7/20/2017 0.00
7/21/2017 0.00
7/22/2017 1.10
7/23/2017 0.01
7/24/2017 0.54
7/25/2017 0.00
7/26/2017 0.00
7/27/2017 0.00
7/28/2017 0.05
7/29/2017 0.00
7/30/2017 0.00
7/31/2017 0.00
8/1/2017 0.00
8/2/2017 0.00
8/3/2017 0.00
8/4/2017 0.47
8/5/2017 0.01
8/6/2017 0.00
8/7/2017 0.00
8/8/2017 0.00
8/9/2017 0.00
8/10/2017 0.00
8/11/2017 0.01
8/12/2017 T
8/13/2017 0.00
8/14/2017 0.00
8/15/2017 0.00
8/16/2017 0.00
8/17/2017 0.34
8/18/2017 0.11
8/19/2017 0.21
8/20/2017 0.00
8/21/2017 0.00
8/22/2017 0.27
8/23/2017 0.08
8/24/2017 0.00
8/25/2017 0.00
8/26/2017 0.00
8/27/2017 0.00
8/28/2017 0.02
8/29/2017 0.03
8/30/2017 2.28
8/31/2017 0.00
9/1/2017 0.00
9/2/2017 0.00
9/3/2017 0.00
9/4/2017 0.00
9/5/2017 0.22
9/6/2017 0.00
9/7/2017 0.05
9/8/2017 0.02
9/9/2017 0.01
9/10/2017 0.00
9/11/2017 0.00
9/12/2017 0.00
9/13/2017 0.01
9/14/2017 0.05
9/15/2017 0.00
9/16/2017 0.00
9/17/2017 0.00
9/18/2017 0.02
9/19/2017 0.21
9/20/2017 1.07
9/21/2017 0.00
9/22/2017 0.00
9/23/2017 0.00
9/24/2017 0.00
9/25/2017 0.00
9/26/2017 0.00
9/27/2017 0.00
9/28/2017 0.00
9/29/2017 0.00
9/30/2017 0.00



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M 1400-1415 0.02", 1625-1755 0.08", 2230-2245 0.01", 0045-0100 0.01".
10/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
10/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Brief shower about 6pm.
10/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M A couple lt showers between 6:15-6:45pm.
10/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.23 M M M M 10:15-10:30 0.03"; 18:15-19:00 0.05"; -20:00 0.04"; -21:00 0.04"; -22:00 0.02"; -23:00 0.02"; -23:30 0.03"
10/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.47 M M M M 11:45-12:00 0.03"; 12:00-12:30 0.20"; 12:30-13:00 0.13"; 13:00-13:40 0.09"; 14:15-14:30 0.02".
10/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Lt rain between 20:15-20:45.
10/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.46 M M M M T around 2145-2215; 00:50-02:30 0.27" (01:40-02:10 0.16"); 04:00-now 0.19" (04-05 0.02", -06 0.09", -07 0.08").
10/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.79 M M M M 0700-0800 0.06", -0900 0.11", -1000 0.04", -1100 0.04", -1200 0.11", -1300 0.06", -1400 0.09", -1500 0.07", -1600 0.01", -1630 0.01", break from 1630-1955, 1955-2000 0.01", -2100 0.08", -2155 0.03", break from 2155-0235, 0235-0300 0.01", -0400 0.03", -0500 0.02", -0545 0.01".
10/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/26/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Light sprintzing began about 6:45am
10/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.17 M M M M Spritzing at 0700 yesterday continued for an hour then turned to lt rain from 0805-0850 leaving 0.09". Very lt rain from about 1830-2100 left 0.05"; and continued occ drizzle/lt rain from about 2330-0500 left just 0.03".
10/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.42 M M M M Showers in the morning from 08:30-11:45. First, two brief heavy showers: 08:15-08:30 0.11" and 09:55-10:10 0.12". Then one longer moderate shower 10:50-11:45 0.17". The remaining 0.02" in lt rain/drizzle between first two showers.
11/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.33 M M M M Brief light shower around 2200 left 0.01", then heavy shower from 2230-2245 0.15" (with lightning/thunder) continuing as light (occasionally moderate) rain through 2335 0.17".
11/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/7/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Sometime overnight, completely covered bottom of gauge but not much more.
11/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Lt rain to drizzle from 0945-1100; sprinkles/mist continued through noon-ish.
11/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.57 T T 0.0 M At 18:40, winds up to Near Gale presaged line of heavy thundershowers, starting lt-mod 18:45-19:05 0.07" then heavy 19:05-19:20 0.20". Lt-mod showers followed until after midnight: 19:20-20:00 0.07", 20:00-21:00 0.07", -22:00 0.04", -23:00 0.01", -00:00 0.10, -00:35 0.01". Sometime before dawn some snow pellets fell, leaving a trace (only) on the patio table cover (about 1/8 cup in valleys of the 8' diameter cover).
11/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 0.2 0.03 0.0 M All of this fell as snow in many lt-mod snow showers (none lasting more than 15 minutes) morning through mid-afternoon. Accumulation is an estimate assuming an 8-1 snow-water ratio; occasionally snow lasted a few minutes after contact with grass/mulch; but never more than a sprinkling. Patio table cover was solid white a couple of times.
11/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M Precip started between 3-4am. Above freezing all night so no icing.
11/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.61 M M M M Lt-mod rain had begun at 03:30 (11/23) and continued until about 23:00. Hourly totals during this reporting period: 0700-0800 0.04", -0900 0.06", -1000 .02", -1100 0.01", -1200 0.02", -1300 0.02", -1400 0.07", -1500 0.05", -1600 0.03", -1700 0.06", -1800 0.09", -1900 0.06", -2000 0.03", -2100 0.02", -2200 0.02", -2300 0.01". Storm total (0330-2300) was 0.70". No snow flakes were observed, but long periods were unobserved; temperatures from early morning to sunset were 32.7-39F, temperatures continued to rise slowly after sunset to 41.7 at midnight, maxing at 45.9 0220-0325 (11/24) then slowly falling to 44.3 at 0700 (obs time).
11/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Periods of mist to very lt rain throughout the day and overnight.
11/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Lt rain began about 6:30am.
11/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.68 M M M M Lt rain 0700-0800 (11/28) 0.05"; mist/drizzle through morning added 0.01"; lt-mod rain began 1155 ended about 2300: 1155-1300 0.04", -1400 0.04", -1500 0.04", -1600 0.04", -1700 0.08", -1800 0.05", -1900 0.07", -2000 0.10", -2100 0.06", -2200 0.08", -2300 0.01"; mist/drizzle thru about 0115 added final 0.01". Typical ponding in low corner of yard.
11/30/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Just enough to cover bottom of inner tube. Happened sometime after sunset, did not observe when.
12/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 T T M M A few brief periods of lt rain, lt rain mixed with graupel or sleet, and just graupel/sleet between about 10pm and 2am.
12/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/3/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M A couple periods of drizzle, at least one with some bits of sleet surviving (the sleet was observed while away from the house, so nothing observed on site).
12/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.27 1.0 M 0.5 M Lt rain mixed with a little snow started about 14:45, changed to all snow by 16:00, which continued until about 21:00. Temps remained above freezing throughout (actually rising from 32 to 34 between 21:00 and midnight), so actual snowfall probably underreported a few tenths. Snowfall was measured at 22:15. Snow depth is as of obs time.
12/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
12/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M 0.0 M Lt rain/drizzle from 10:45 to about 15:00.
12/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/9/2016 7:00 AM T T M T M Several periods of lt snow, with occasional (and sometimes overlapping) peeks of sun/moon thruout the day and overnight. Never more than a dusting. Rather breezy so the gauge didn't catch much (less than 1/4 of the bottom of the outer cylinder covered) and it all blew off the snowboard.
12/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/11/2016 8:00 AM 0.24 2.5 0.24 2.5 M Blob of lake effect reached us about 1100 yesterday morning with lt snow lasting thru about 1230, with flurries/occ lt snow thru about 1415; amounted to a bit more than 1/4" snow. Lt snow began about 2100 last night, with about 1 1/2" so far at 0200 this morning. At 0815 this morning had 2.5" on most hard surfaces and snow board; on lawn about 3" but grass hasn't been flattened yet. Gauge caught 0.22" SWE, board core is 0.24" SWE.
12/12/2016 8:00 AM 0.69 3.6 0.69 5.5 M Lt to occ. mod snow continue til about 15:30 yesterday, then changed over to freezing drizzle then a little more light snow before mostly ending (by midnight). At 12:30 had about 2 1/4" new snow; at 17:00 had 3.3" new snow on the board and a thin coating of ice (0.1" or less) on the outside of the gauge. By 22:00 had new snow (on cleared surfaces) of 0.3". This morning, depth on snow board was 3.4" with an icy crust. Temperatures rose thru out the day from 24F at 08:00, 27F at noon, 31F at 17:00, 32F at 19:00, 33.7F at 01:00, peaking at 33.8F at 04:31, and down to 32F at 08:00. Storm Total snowfall 6.1", 0.93" SWE.
12/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.5 M
12/14/2016 7:00 AM T 0.1 T 4.5 M Lt snow for 15-20 minutes about 11am covered cleared surfaces.
12/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
12/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
12/17/2016 8:00 AM 0.06 0.1 M 4.0 M Around 10pm had some light snow that left 0.1"; sometime overnight had freezing drizzle or lt rain which left less than 0.1" coating on everything.
12/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.08 0.2 M 4.5 M Occ freezing mist/drizzle throughout the day added about 0.05" accretion (storm total 0.1"). Lt snow, mostly after midnight, left 0.2" snow. Gauge WE is reported (did not take board core) and includes ice and snow.
12/19/2016 7:00 AM T T M 4.5 M About 15 min lt-mod snow shower around 3pm; if anything landed in the gauge it sublimated before this morning. Low this morning was -5.9F, coldest December morning in my 12 years of keeping track here (previous was -2.2F 12-21-2008). The low for all of December 2015 was 20.3F ... what a difference a year makes!
12/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.5 M
12/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
12/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M Despite the air temp at ~2m going above freezing about 1pm and remaining there until nearly 4am, very little change to snow cover. Maxed out at 36.7F at 11pm.
12/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M Despite temperatures above freezing during daylight hours, and staying above 38F from about 11am to 4pm, and a few periods of actual sunshine, the snow cover remains steadfast at 4"; but the ice is gone from the sidewalks.
12/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.15 0.0 M 3.5 M Lt rain began around dusk; temperature stayed above freezing overnight, rising from 33.5F at 6pm to 37.3F at 4am (about when precip ended) before dropping back to 36F at 7am. No snowflakes were observed.
12/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M Under the trees in front (south side) there are some bare patches; otherwise a (dingy) White Christmas here!
12/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 1.0 M Misty at times during the day; became foggy overnight with occ mist/drizzle. Temperature rose from 38F @ 4:40am to 48F @ 5:30am ... still 48F @ 7am. Suspect the leveling off is partially due to energy expended melting the snow cover.
12/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.67 0.0 M 0.0 M Lt-mod showers from 10:50 to 17:55 -- 10:50-11:30 0.09"; 12:00-12:50 0.13"; 13:25-14:15 0.24"; 15:10-15:50 0.07"; 17:20-17:55 0.14". Most in 10 minutes was 0.14" 13:45-13:55. All snow cover had melted by 11am. More ponding than normal (for rainfall amount) due to rain+snow melt+frozen ground.
12/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.10 0.0 M 0.0 M Lt rain showers between 7-11pm.
1/10/2017 8:00 AM 0.16 T M T M Rain, mixed at times with a wee bit of snow, sleet, or graupel, fell from about 1:45am to about 3:50am. Lt rain/drizzle started about 6am and continues. At obs time, thin <0.1" film of ice on concrete sidewalk/patio/driveway, but none on trees/plants. Air temperature rose above freezing by midnight and remained above freezing all night; 35F at obs time.
1/11/2017 6:00 AM 0.34 0.0 M 0.0 M Occ lt precip to 11am (from yesterday Obs Time of 8am) brought 0.04"; mod rain 1:10-2:05pm 0.16"; lt-mod rain 5:15-6:20pm 0.05"; mod rain 7:30-7:45pm added final 0.08". Windy from about 3-10:30pm with gusts generally to Strong Breeze; but gusts up to Gale force for a few minutes around 5pm and again around 7:15pm. Ponding in low lying areas during heavier rain showers. Temperature rose steadily thruout the day until peaking at 49.9F at 7:27pm; then steadily fell to 29.5F at 5:10am; has rebounded slightly to 30.2F at Obs Time.
1/12/2017 7:00 AM 0.51 0.0 M 0.0 M Temps rose thru the day and leveled off at 50-51F by 3pm thru 8pm, when they rose again peaking at 58.7F at 11:31pm. From there it has steadily fallen to 40F at Obs Time. Rain began 11:45pm and continued to 1:40am; occ lt drizzle thru about 3:30am (added the final 0.01").
1/13/2017 7:00 AM 0.71 0.0 M 0.0 M Mod-hvy rain from 08:25-09:40 0.50"; again from 10:00-10:35 0.19"; then dwindling lt rain-sprinkles thru 11:00am added final 0.02". Temps fell all day: hi was 57.5F at midnight (yesterday), down to 40.1F at Obs Time (0700) yesterday, 37.6F at noon, 35.8F at 1500, 33.2F at 1800, 32F at 2010, 27.7F at midnight (this morning). Low this morning 20.1F at 0555, at Obs Time it is 20.7F. Significant ponding in the yard yesterday morning (a couple times a year level); receded to typical ponding by sunset; and is now frozen.
1/14/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
1/15/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/16/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/17/2017 8:00 AM 0.70 0.0 M 0.0 M Periods of mist/drizzle thru daylight, fog/mist after sunset amounted to 0.01"; lt rain 20:10-21:00 0.04"; fog/mist then mod-hvy rain showers 23:20-01:25 0.39"; fog/mist/drizzle over next four hours added 0.02"; then series of mod-hvy showers 05:50-07:40 0.24". Typical ponding in yard. Temperature rose to freezing by 09:40 yesterday, rising slowly to 37F at midnight, continued slowly rising to 41F at 04:30, then warmed quickly to 50F at 05:30, and has slowly warmed to 53F at 08:00 (Obs Time).
1/18/2017 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M Periods of drizzle/lt rain after sunset.
1/19/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/20/2017 8:00 AM 0.75 0.0 M 0.0 M Lt rain started about 11:05, became heavier from 2-6am, then quit by 7:15am. Hourly total: thru midnight 0.03", 1am 0.02", 2am 0.06", 3am 0.14", 4am 0.14", 5am 0.10", 6am 0.08", 7am 0.05", 7:15am 0.01". Dreary overcast day yesterday, temp 7am 34.4F, noon 37.0F, high 39.0F 3:29pm, 6pm 38.3F, midnight 37.4F, overnight low 36.8F 5:04am, currently (8am) 37.3F with overcast skies, pressure 29.58, dewpoint 36.3F, ENE Light Air-Light Breeze. A little bit more than typical ponding in yard.
1/21/2017 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M Another cloudy day, with occ mist/drizzle, and a couple brief light showers between 7-9pm. Temp rose steadily from 37.1F @8am to 48.2F @3pm, leveled off and peaked at 48.9F @6:36pm, cooled a bit (with lt showers) to 46.3F @10pm, fluctuated slowly between 46.3F and 49.7F thru 6am, then dropped steadily to 45.2F @7am (Obs Time). Ponding in yard finally gone this morning.
1/22/2017 7:00 AM 0.25 0.0 M 0.0 M Sunshine yesterday morning became filtered, then lower clouds moved in, overcast by sunset. By midnight fog w/ occ. mist/drizzle dampened street/sidewalk, then lt/mod rain fell between 1:25am and 3:55am. Temp followed fairly normal daylight pattern but odd bit overnight: pre-sunrise low of 43.9F @7:45am, rising to 61.7F @3:50pm, settling down to 59.1F at sunset (5:45pm), falling to 54.2F @7pm, drifting down to 50.5F @11:10pm, odd bit began as temp rebounded to 51.7 @12:15am, fell to 49.3F @1:15am, and rose sharply (as rain moved in) to 52.4F @1:45am, then (odd bit over) resumed a normal overnight drift down to 45.8F @7am (Obs Time).
1/23/2017 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 0.0 M Had an isolated shower that moved over us between 2-3pm yesterday. Temp rose to 57.8F @1:10pm then began to fall as clouds and that isolated shower moved through, but only down to 55.1F @2:55pm, recovered to 56.3F @4pm, then fell steadily to 45.4F @4am when it leveled off as fog/mist developed, then started falling again at 6:16 (with continued lt fog/mist) to 45.1F @Obs Time.
1/24/2017 7:00 AM 0.53 M M M M Lt rain from about 1pm, became mod rain after 3:30pm thru about 9pm, ended about 9:30pm -- 1-3pm 0.05", 4pm 0.04", 5pm 0.07", 6pm 0.12", 7pm 0.10", 8pm 0.06", 9pm 0.06", 9:30pm 0.02". Periods of mist/drizzle overnight added 0.01". Temps slid from 45.1F @7am yesterday to 43.2F @9am, inched up to 43.8F @noon, peaked at 44.4F @3pm, then 42.9F @6pm, 42.1 @9pm, 41.2F @midnight, 40.6F @3am, 39.7F @6am, and 39.6F @Obs Time (7am). Overcast throughout, with some lt fog overnight.
1/25/2017 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M A few lt showers between 11pm and midnight. Overcast all day. Yesterday morning low was 39F (@8:30 and 9:15); daytime high was 41F @11:20am; fairly steady at 40F thru about 5pm, then drifted down to 37.7F @midnight, then stayed between 37-38 to obs time (37.3F @6:11am is the low so far). This is the 9th consecutive day with temperatures staying above freezing, which sets a new January record and ties the all-time Winter record (Dec-Feb) in Fort Wayne.
1/26/2017 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M A couple lt showers before 10am, then mostly overcast with a couple of very brief peaks at the sun around 2pm, then wind picked up around 4pm to Moderate Breeze with gusts to perhaps Near Gale thru sunset, winds eased up to (low end) Moderate Breeze with gusts to Strong Breeze thru about 9pm then settled to Gentle Breeze gusting to Moderate Breeze overnight; some drizzle/lt rain around 1am and then occ. drizzle (perhaps very light snow, though not observed) 2-3am and perhaps a time or two up to Obs Time. Temps started 37.5F @7am yesterday and rose to 51.2F @3:30pm, then dropped from 50.2F @4:05pm to 46.1F @5pm to 42.9F @6pm, then slowly fell overnight to low of 35.0F @6:05am; at Obs Time it is 35.5F. So still above freezing since 9:55am on 16 January.
1/27/2017 7:00 AM T T M T M Occ lt snow showers thruout the day, but never anything but scattered snow grains on the ground during daylight. Temps finally went below freezing at 7:55pm; and the grass finally had a dusting of snow. While occ. snow showers may have continued overnight, still only a dusting of snow on the grass and colder elevated surfaces now. Skies were overcast, but we had a filtered view of the sun once at 2:30pm for about a minute. Winds during day were a Gentle Breeze gusting to Fresh Breeze; subsided just slightly overnight to Light-Moderate Breeze (which it still is). Daylight high was 35.8F @11:35am and 12:20pm; overnight low is the current 29.7F which first occurred @6:00am. For the Record, we spent 10 days, 10 hours, and 5 minutes at or above freezing (9:45am 1/16 to 7:50pm 1/26), or 10 days, 9 hours, and 25 minutes above freezing (9:55am 1/16 32.1F to 7:20pm 1/26 32.1F).
1/28/2017 7:00 AM T T M 0.0 M Occ lt snow showers thru mid-afternoon; overcast all day, overnight, and now. Temps started 29.7F @7am yesterday and only reached a high of 30.6F @12:10pm, overnight low was 25.2F @11:20pm, rose slightly to 26.7F @2:10am and remained there or within 0.5F lower thru morning (is 26.5F @7am today). Light-Gentle Breeze in the morning slowly intensified to Moderate Breeze gusting to Near Gale around 7pm before settling down to Gentle Breeze gusting to Strong Breeze overnight to now. No trace of snow on the ground by early afternoon.
1/29/2017 7:00 AM T T M T M A few occ. snow showers, mostly after mid-afternoon. Continued overcast. Temps stayed in the 26-30F range for the last 24 hours, with a low of 26.1F @9:20-10:30am and a high of 30.2F @5:20-6:25pm; currently 26.7F. Daytime wind Beaufort 3 gusting to 5 subsided after sunset to 2 gusting to 4.
1/30/2017 7:00 AM 0.02 0.2 0.02 0.2 M Occ. snow showers with short periods of sunshine intermixed during the day, leaving only a dusting; "more intense" (relatively) snow after dusk left 0.2" by perhaps 9pm. Clearing skies to the southwest currently, with the overnight low so far of 20.5F, with only Light Air. High yesterday 30.2F @2:25pm.
1/31/2017 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M 0.0 M Lt rain from a little after 4am to about 6am, drizzle and occ lt rain showers since. Sunshine (partly cloudy to mostly sunny) yesterday morning, increasing clouds after noon, overcast by 4pm. Lo yesterday morning 18.1F @8:15am, rose steadily to 11:50am (25.9F), then unsteadily to 3:15pm (28.1F), stayed that temp to 8pm and started to rise, reaching freezing @1:15am, and up to 36.6F @4am, currently 37.2F (@7am Obs Time). Light Breeze (B2) with occ gusts just to Fresh Breeze (B5) all day and overnight thru about 2am when began to slowly increase to 6am with Gentle Breeze (B3) gusting to Strong Breeze (B6), which we still have at Obs Time.
2/1/2017 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Some spinkles/drizzle in the morning. Overcast otherwise. High yesterday 38.7F at 4pm, low so far this morning the current 33.7F. Breezy (B3-5) most of the day (except lighter between 11am-1pm), settled down to B1-3 overnight, and B1-2 currently.
2/2/2017 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Brief lt rain/sleet shower sometime between 1-2pm, but when I checked two hours later, not a drop in the gauge (outer cylinder only). Low yesterday morning 33.2F @8:05am; high 38.3F @3:25pm; daily low yesterday 31.3F @11:59pm; overnight low, so far, 20.4F @7am (Obs Time). Overcast morning, early afternoon, starting breaking up after 3pm; variable cloudiness until about 3:30am when it cleared (and is still clear). Winds B2-4 most of the day, increasing to B3-5 after midnight.
2/3/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly clear skies yesterday thru early afternoon, high clouds then moved in to filter sunlight, then lower clouds moved in and it was overcast by dusk. Low yesterday morning 19.4F @7:55am, daytime hi 27.6 @1:55pm, overnight low 14.5 @11:45pm, rose rapidly to 18.4F @12:55am, leveled off, currently (ObsTime) 18.1F. Winds during day yesterday B3-5, after sunset began dying down and was mostly calm from 7:40pm-15:15am, then became B2-3.
2/4/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Morning overcast began moving out about 10am, clear by 1pm, still clear. Stayed below 20F til 10am, rose to high of 28.4F @2:30pm, slid to 16.2F @10:10pm then stayed pretty flat overnight, currently (Obs Time) 15.8F. Morning light winds B1-3 began increasing after 10am, up to B4-6 from 1:30-3:30pm, then slowly waned becoming calm at 8pm, after midnight became B1-3 and still isl.
2/5/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/6/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear skies most of the day, with some scattered clouds after 3:30pm but clear again by sunset; currently clear. Lo yesterday morning was 31.7F @8:30am, high 43.5F @1:22pm, calendar day low 23.3F @11:59pm, overnight low 19.6F @6am, currently 20.4F. Daytime winds B3-5 with gusts to B6 between 2-3pm, decreasing as the sun set and calm by 8:20pm, calm overnight, and still calm.
2/7/2017 7:00 AM 0.39 0.0 M 0.0 M Occ brief showers began about 9pm, fog/mist/drizzle when not raining after about 10pm left 0.02" before midnight, another 0.02" by 2am, lt-mod rain 3:55-4:20am 0.07", brief shower 5:05-5:15 0.01", then lt-mod rain beginning 5:35am just ended 7am 0.27". High yesterday 57.0F @2:56pm, cooled to 48F @9pm, 45.9F @midnight, overnight low 43.3F @3:57am, up to 50.9F @7am Obs Time. Winds yesterday morning B0-1 to 9am, increasing to B2-4 by 11am, maxed at B3-6 from 3-5pm, died to B1-3 by 5:30pm thru 7:30pm, up to B2-5 around 8:40pm then B1-3 from 9-11pm, B0-1 until 4am, B3-5 4:30-5:30am, B1-3 since then.
2/8/2017 7:00 AM 0.85 0.0 M 0.0 M Storm total 1.21" (2/7 4am-2:05pm). Yesterday, periods of rain, sometimes mod-hvy, through about 2pm -- 7:15-8:25am 0.13", 9:25-10:05am 0.45", drizzle 10:05-10:55 0.01", 10:55-11:45am 0.17", noon-1:05pm 0.07", 1:55-2:05pm 0.02". Overcast otherwise, temp at 7am yesterday 50.9F dropped to 47.2F @8:35am, sharply rose from 47.8F @9:30am to 56.2F @10:30, then eased up to high of 59.2F @4:45pm, eased to 58.5F @5:40pm then sharply down to 54.6 @6:10pm, steadily down to 47.3F @9pm, continued to 43.7F @midnight, 36F at 3am, and is now (7am) 33.3F. Winds B1 @7am yesterday, began picking up after 10am to B2-4 by noon, B3-5 by 2pm, B3-6 by 4pm, spiked to B5-7 around 5:45pm with max gust 37mph @5:50pm, B3-5 after that til 6am, now B2-3. Ponding in yard was a bit above typical, but not quite unusual.
2/9/2017 7:00 AM 0.16 1.7 0.12 1.5 M Lt brief snow shower around 10am, lt snow began about 1:30pm, became heavier, started showing on grassy areas about 2:15pm, was moderately heavy at times (visibility <1/4 mile) 2:45-3:30pm, continued lt-mod until about 9pm. Gauge/board/core was measured at 11:30pm. Based on relative SWE, I'd guess about 2 1/4" snow actually fell, that first half inch melting on contact. Temp steady in the morning, 33.3F @7am, daytime hi 34.1 @1pm, fell below freezing @1:55pm, 29.7F @3pm, 27.4F @6pm, 25.8F @midnight, 20.5F (low so far) @7am Obs Time. Thru the day/evening wind was B1-3, began picking up around 11pm to B3-4, lull (B1-2) 3-4am, increased to current B3-5 (just gusted to 24mph). Overcast throughout period.
2/10/2017 7:00 AM T T M 1.0 M Periods of sunshine and flurries, often at same time, from about 11:30am-1pm. Skies went from overcast morning, to partly sunny most of the day, cleared to only scattered clouds near horizon at sunset; cloudy this morning. Yesterday morning low was 17.0F @8:15, daytime high was 21.3F @1:35pm (periods of sunshine evidenced by numerous notches up in temperature trace), low for the day was 13.3F @11:15pm, rose overnight to 16.2F @5:25am, leveled off, currently 16F. Winds B3-6 all day (max gust 29 @10:30am), diminished after 5pm to B2-4, weakened gradually to Calm-B1 between 4-5am, now B1-3.
2/11/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Overcast morning becoming mostly cloudy in the afternoon to partly cloudy at sunset; partly cloudy with overcast periods overnight. 17F @7am yesterday, reached 32F @1:35pm, daytime high 36.5 @4:50pm, eased to 33.3F @8:25pm, headed back up 41.9F @midnight, peaked at 44.1F @1:55am, now down to 39.2F (Obs Time). Winds B3-5 thru morning began weakening about 1pm, becoming Calm by 6:30pm; wind gradually picked up after 8:30pm reached B2-4 by midnight thru 5am, then weakened to Calm by 6:30am (still Calm). Scant traces of snow cover remain.
2/12/2017 7:00 AM 0.19 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly cloudy with occ partly cloudy during the day yesterday, rain showers began about midnight, clearing skies this morning. Winds yesterday morning peaked at B3-5 about 11:30am, mostly B1-3 after that. Low yesterday 39.0F @7:15am, high 54.1F @3:40pm, current 37.5F matches overnight low. Rain: 12:05-12:40am 0.03", 1:50-2:10am 0.01", 2:45am-4:15am 0.15".
2/13/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Partly cloudy most of the day became clear by 5pm; clear this morning. Low yesterday morning was the 37.5F @7am, high was 49.9F @2:39pm, daily low was 33.9F @11:53pm, low this morning was 28.2F @6:20am; currently 28.3F. Winds steadily picked up from Calm @7am to sustained B4 gusting to B7 by 2pm, occ sustained B5 gusting to B8 (max gust 40mph @4:47pm), thru almost 7pm when it eased some to B3 gusting to B5 thru midnight, then died down to B1 by 4am, currently B1-2.
2/14/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/15/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/16/2017 7:00 AM T T M M M Occ lt snow flurries yesterday afternoon left traces in the valleys of the patio table cover. For Feb 15: high 40.7F @12:02am, low 28.3F at 11:55pm, ave wind 7.5mph, max gust 29mph @4:57am. At Obs Time, 23F, partly cloudy, Light Breeze.
2/17/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Sunny morning, mostly cloudy to partly cloudy afternoon. Feb 16: high 35.9F @2:32pm, low 21.4F @7:59am, winds B1 gusting to B3.
2/18/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M A few high clouds in the morning, but clear most of the day. High 63.9F @3:34pm, low 27.7F @6:30am, avg wind speed 3mph, max gust 21mph @3:48pm.
2/19/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly sunny yesterday with occ high clouds; high 69.0F (!!) @3:30pm, low 46.5F @6:41am; ave wind speed 5mph, max gust 29mph @2:22pm.
2/20/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Foggy morning gave way to mostly sunny day, some high clouds; high 64.2F @3:40pm, low 39.2F @11:58pm; avg wind speed 2mph, max gust 14mph @12:40pm.
2/21/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M High thin clouds filtered the sunshine most of the day, started thickening by sunset; high 64.8F @15:58 (4th day in a row), low 34.4F @07:02; avg wind 3mph, max gust 22mph @15:33pm.
2/22/2017 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M Gauge was a little closer to 0.01 than 0.00. Cloudy day with lt rain/drizzle from 11:30-13:30 then again 17:00-18:00; some breaks in the clouds at sunset; misty fog this morning. Yesterday high 60.8F @16:00, low 41.7F @04:54; avg wind 1 mph, max gust 11 mph @00:02 (mostly calm from 4-8am and 5pm-midnight).
2/23/2017 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M A little rain, perhaps drizzly fog?, sometime overnight, closer to ObsTime as the roads are wet; not enough to cover the bottom of the (inner) gauge. Overcast yesterday; wind was B1-B2 until noon, B2-B4 (occ B5) thru sunset, then B1-B2, max gust was 18mph @13:06; high 62.7F @16:31 (now 6 consecutive days >60F, one shy of the record for Feb), low 50.0F @00:00.
2/24/2017 7:00 AM 0.15 0.0 M 0.0 M A thundershower moved through from 01:45-02:05 this morning dropping 0.13", two trailing cells (without the thunder) added 0.02" by 03:00. Clear-Partly Cloudy yesterday morning, high clouds moved in after 13:30, overcast by 15:00, skies cleared some after the showers moved through, fairly clear now but some high clouds in the west. High yesterday 67.4F @13:45 is the 7th consecutive day >60F; also 7th day at FWA, tying the record in (or beginning in) February set 1930-02-19/25; next longest streak is 4 days, set 1976-02-24/27 and 2000-02-23/26. Also, FWA high of 66F broke record 64F (2000). Low yesterday 53.8F @07:45; FWA had record warm low of 50F breaking previous 48F in 1930. Avg wind speed yesterday 3mph, max gust 19mph @02:53; during thundershower wind was nearly calm, then picked up with trailing showers to gust of 16mph around 03:00 (highest overnight).
2/25/2017 7:00 AM 0.24 T M 0.0 M Mostly sunny morning rather quickly became mostly cloudy about 11:30, halting the rapid morning warming (47.1F @07:45 to 68.7F @11:20); afternoon was overcast with periods of mostly cloudy; sprinkles around 14:45 and 15:15; thundershower 17:05-17:15 0.01"; heavy rain shower 19:45-20:05 0.05"; heavy thundershower 20:10-20:20 0.07"; series of moderate showers 20:25-21:00 0.04"; moderate-heavy shower 21:10-21:30 then light 21:30-21:40 0.07". High 69.6F @13:12, fell just short of being only the 3rd day ever in February >70F, but set the record for 8th consecutive day in (or beginning in) February with highs >60F exceeding the 7 day stretch 2/19-25/1930; at FWA the high was 71F, breaking the record for the day of 64F in 1930, tied for the 2nd highest Feb and Winter (Dec-Feb) day ever (71F on 2/11/1999, warmest was 73F on 2/25/2000). Low 43.1 @23:58 made it the 7th consecutive day with lows above 32F, the third longest stretch in February, exceeded by two stretches of 9 days 2/18-26/1930 and 2/16-24/1981. Breezy from 10:00-14:00 B3 gusting to B6 (max 30mph multiple times); B2 gusting to B4 thru 20:00; back up to B3 gusting to B6 by midnight; mostly B3 gusting to B5 since then. Currently snow flurries.
2/26/2017 7:00 AM T T M 0.0 M Occ snow showers most of the daylight hours; partially covered roofs around 09:50; a little more, plus heavily salted mulched areas and lightly salted grass with snow pellets around 14:10. No precip after sunset. Nothing landed, or at least survived overnight, in the gauge. High 43.1F @00:00, low 25.9F @23:17; ave wind speed 7mph, max gust 27mph @00:00.
2/27/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly sunny yesterday; high 44.6F @15:58, low 21.5F @07:32; avg wind speed 5mph, max gust 34mph @16:06.
2/28/2017 8:00 AM 0.15 0.0 M 0.0 M Overcast morning becomes partly sunny by sunset returns to overcast overnight; very lt rain/drizzle shower 03:30-04:00 T, then rain 06:25-07:35 0.15". Yesterday high 50.7F @13:51, low 30.0F @07:30; avg wind 2.0mph, max gust 18mph @11:13.
3/1/2017 8:00 AM 0.81 0.0 M 0.0 M Overcast day; [edited rain breakdown @09:50, discovered Vantage Pro2 used to estimate breakdown had become clogged by tree buds during early morning storm] heavy thundershower 18:35-19:10 dropped 0.19" (0.13" in five minutes beginning 18:55), lt shower around 22:45 0.02", heavy windy thunderstorm (bowing line, tornado warning here) 02:40-03:00 0.38", followed by showers 03:00-04:00 0.04", lt-mod showers thru 06:15 0.14", mod shower 06:45-07:15 0.04". Temps yesterday started with low 39.9F @00:00 and climbed thruout the day to high 63.1F @22:55, leveled off thru 00:45 with overnight high of 63.4F @00:36, dropped to 59.9F @02:40 then plummeted 49.9F @03:15 and bottomed out at 48.8F @04:21, now 52.4F. Winds steadily increased thruout the day with B1-B3 to sunrise, B2-B4 mid-afternoon, B2-B5 thru 22:00, B3-B6 to 02:40, B5-B8 02:40-02:50 with max gust of 45mph @02:40, died down to Calm by 04:00, B2-B5 since then.
3/2/2017 8:00 AM 0.05 T M T M A few lt rain showers during the daylight hours, and some lt snow showers after sunset. A little snow nestled under the blades of grass, a little more on patio furniture covers (but not completely covered). Winds B4-B6 from 11:00-15:00 then B4-B5 to midnight, max gust (after 7am) 42mph around 14:00. High 63.4F @00:36, low 31.1F @23:59; after getting down to low 50s around sunrise, brief periods of sunshine brought the temp up to about 58F at 10:30am, then pretty steadily fell to 32F around 21:00 and leveled off.
3/3/2017 7:00 AM 0.02 0.2 0.02 0.2 M 3.2g (0.016") from core, 2.0g (0.01") caught in gauge; though there were flurries a time or two yesterday afternoon, this snow fell sometime between midnight and 6am. Partly sunny yesterday morning thru about 2pm, then mostly cloudy-overcast; partly sunny this morning. Winds B3-B5 daylight hours subsided after sunset to Calm-B1 between 11:30pm and 2am, since then B1-B3; max gust 26mph about 3pm. High yesterday 37.1F @1:38pm, low 26F @11:59pm.
3/4/2017 8:00 AM T T M 0.0 M Some lt snow showers in the morning, becoming mostly sunny by noon, clear by sunset, clouds moved back in by 8pm. Winds B2-B4, increasing to B3-B5 by 11am, began subsiding at sunset, calm by 9pm, B1 from 3am-6am, increasing to B3-B5 at Obs Time. High yesterday 31.7F @15:13, low 21.3F @22:23; ave wind 5mph, max gust 24mph @12:48.
3/5/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Yesterday cloudy from sunrise to noon, rapid transition to partly cloudy, then becoming mostly sunny by 3pm with only occ clouds thru 10pm, then clear til some scattered clouds moved thru after 5am. Winds B2-B3 at sunrise became B3-B5 by 9am, subsided to B2-B4 after sunset, continued overnight. High yesterday 34.5 @16:07, low 22.0F @00:08, mean 27.2F; avg wind 6mph, max gust 22mph @09:44.
3/6/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Clear start yesterday, with high clouds moving in after noon, overcast after 3pm; winds B3-B5 in the morning, B2-B4 after noon, decreasing after sunset, calm after 10pm, ave wind 5mph, max gust 22mph @10:15am; low 23.9F @4:03am, high 60.1F @4:20pm, mean 41.4F.
3/7/2017 7:00 AM 0.15 0.0 M 0.0 M Overcast day with periods of lt rain/drizzle from about 9am-4pm 0.02", then just overcast thru 3:30am, shower 3:40-3:50 0.03", again 5:25-5:55 0.08", a couple more showers between 6:15 and Obs Time 0.02". Low yesterday 50.1F @7:16am, high 57.5F @11:49pm, mean 53.4F; avg wind speed 4.6mph, max gust 27mph @8:37pm.
3/8/2017 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 M 0.0 M Occ lt showers/drizzle thru about noon; clouds thinned became partly cloudy by 3pm, then mostly clear by sunset, still clear. Winds B2-B4 yesterday morning, increased to B3-B6 by 11am, diminishing after 4pm to B2-B4 by 7pm, became gustier after 3am (today) B2-B5; avg windspeed yesterday 6.9mph, max 29mph @10:22. Began yesterday warming to high 59.9F @03:27, cooled to 54.7F @09:50, gently warmed to 56.5F @12:15, dropped to 49.0F @13:30, warmed back to 53.7F @15:00 then 54.1 @15:45 before steady cooling to low 41.9F @23:31; yesterday's mean 52.8F.
3/9/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly clear yesterday and windy; before 02:30 only B2-B4, then B3-B5 to about 09:00, ramped up to B4-B6 by 11:00, then sustained B5 with frequent gusts to B8 thru 16:00 (max gust 48mph @11:26), eased slightly to sustained B4-B5 with gusts to B7 thru 18:30, then eased gradually down to B2-B4 by 22:30. No damage here, just a lot of <=1" diameter branches down. High yesterday 55.9F @15:45, low 39.5F @01:36, mean 47.4F.
3/10/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly sunny morning became partly cloudy by 11:00 and mostly cloudy by 13:00. High yesterday 49.4F @15:40, low 29.1F @07:11, mean 40.4F; avg wind speed 2.4mph, max 18mph @19:41.
3/11/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Yesterday skies varied between partly sunny and partly cloudy; winds sustained B3-B4 during daylight hours with gusts to B6, after sunset diminished to Calm-B1 by midnight, remained Calm thru Obs Time this morning, ave wind speed for 3/10 8mph, max gust 30mph @13:28; high for 3/10 was 34.2F @00:00, lowest morning 28.7F @06:40, highest afternoon 33.4F @13:25, daily low 17.8F @23:57.
3/12/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Yesterday mostly sunny mixed with partly cloudy periods; calm early then after 09:00 became B2-B3 with gusts to B5 through midnight, avg wind for date 4.5mph, max 21mph @14:20; low yesterday 16.0F @06:46, high 32.3F @15:54, mean 23.2F.
3/13/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Radar indicates there may have been some lt snow between 3-5am today, but I don't see any trace of it. Yesterday mostly clear morning, becoming partly cloudy early afternoon, with mostly cloudy moving in after 5pm. Yesterday began with winds dying from B2 gusting to B4 at midnight to calm by 5am, at 9am winds quickly ramped back up to B2-B4, weakened to B1-B3 after noon, then B1-B2 from 5-6:30pm, then back to B2-B4 thru midnight; ave wind speed 2.9mph, max 16mph @00:17. Yesterday's low 12.8F @08:14, high 34.5F @17:23, mean 25.0F.
3/14/2017 7:00 AM 0.12 1.4 0.12 1.4 M Lt snow began about 8:30am and ended by 9pm. Gauge caught 0.113", board core was 0.118" (by weight). Mostly clear this morning, 15.3F, wind gusts to B3. Yesterday winds B2/B3 with occ gusts to B4/B5, avg wind 5.3mph, max 21mph @20:05. High 27.8F @00:00, morning low 23.1F @09:50, afternoon high 26.4F @14:50, low 21.0F @23:59, mean 25.0F.
3/15/2017 7:00 AM T T M 0.5 M Mostly clear morning became partly cloudy by noon then eventually only partly sunny with "bubbles" of lake effect snow showers moving through; no accumulation despite visibility dropping below 1/2 mile at times. No trace left in the gauge as of this morning. Snow, up to 1", covers about 75% (south-facing slopes clear). Winds B1/B2 gusting to B4 from midnight to noon, B3 gusting to B5 (briefly to B6) to about 8pm, then back to B2-B4 rest of day; ave wind 4.5mph, max 29mph @16:55. Low yesterday 14.7F @08:09, high 25.2F @13:05, mean 20.1F. Min wind chill 3.3F @08:51.
3/16/2017 7:00 AM T T M T M Occ flurries and brief lt snow showers in the afternoon; no accumulation. This morning snow cover (up to ~0.5") only in mostly shaded areas. Yesterday mostly clear thru 10:00, mostly cloudy by 13:00, cleared up around 20:00. Winds B2-B3 thru 09:00, ramped up to B3-B5 by 12:00, continued B3-B5 with a couple B6 gusts thru 20:00, then died to calm by 23:30; ave wind 6.6mph, max 29mph @12:55pm. Low yesterday 13.2F @07:58, high 31.6 @17:09, mean 22.2F; lowest wind chill 3.2F @07:41.
3/17/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Snow is imminent, it's just arrived here at the height of the 0.5° radar beam. Snow cover only in always shaded north side of house. Clear most of yesterday, high clouds in the western sky by 18:00. Winds calm thru 02:00, B1-B2 thru 08:30, ramped up to B2/B3-B5 by 11:30, began diminishing about 16:30, became calm about 20:30; avg wind 3.4mph, max 19mph @11:35 (several times after). Low yesterday 19.5 @07:35, high 41.6F @16:30, mean 29.2F. Barometer 30.32 @00:00, 30.29 @05:20, 30.36 @11:15, 30.28 @16:30, 30.26 @23:12, 30.27 @23:55.
3/18/2017 7:00 AM 0.35 1.4 0.35 T M Snow began after 07:00, changed to sleet by 10:00 (1.3" on ground then), then mixed in with freezing drizzle by 11:00, only freezing mist/drizzle by 11:20, mostly done by 13:30. At 13:45, a thin film of ice on outside of gauge (<1mm), 1.4" snow/sleet accumulation; gauge held 66.4g SWE (0.329"), board core held 70.7g SWE (0.35"). Became foggy by dusk, gradually thickened to 1/2-3/4mi visibility by midnight, began thinning after 03:00 this morning (as snow cover thinned to T). Winds yesterday calm until 06:00, then B1/B2 thru 09:00, became B2/B3 with gusts up to B5 at 10:30, gradually weakened after 14:30 becoming calm by 23:00; avg wind 2.6mph, max 18mph @10:55ff. Low yesterday 21.8F @02:50, rose to 30.8F @08:15, cooled (as snow intensified) to 28.5F @09:10, then gradually/steadily warmed to high 36.5F @23:59; mean 30.6F.
3/19/2017 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Overcast all day, some sprinkles between 11:00-13:00. Temps rose from daily low 36.5F @00:00 to 40.5 @02:20, dropped to 36.8F @07:55, then bumpy climb to daily high 40.7F @14:35, then cooled to 37.3F @23:55; mean 38.3F. Wind calm until 02:00, then B1/B2 gusting to B4 thru noon, then B3 gusting to B5 thru 20:00, then B2 gusting to B4 thru midnight; avg wind 5.8mph, max 24mph @16:00. No snow cover, only remnants of human-piled snow.
3/20/2017 7:00 AM 0.17 0.0 M 0.0 M First shower this morning 04:45-05:00 0.03", main shower with occ thunder 05:10-05:40 0.12" (0.09" in first 10 minutes), followup showers 06:30-07:00 0.02" (just ended). Yesterday overcast until about 16:30, started breaking up in the west, occ sunshine after 17:30, mostly clear by 20:00, became partly cloudy after 23:00, overcast moved in after 04:00 this morning. Yesterday morning low 36.1F @07:35, high 45.4F @16:15, daily low 33.6F @23:59; mean 38.8F. Winds started B3-B5, diminished to B1/B2 by 05:30, B2-B3 between 09:00-11:00, B1/B2 occ B3 gusts thru 16:20, then B2-B4 thru 19:20, diminished to calm by 23:00; avg speed 2.9mph, max 20mph @00:05 (several times thru 01:10).
3/21/2017 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Early morning rain ended just at Obs Time yesterday morning, that large mass of rain having just moved south of us and continued to move away. Thundershowers that moved thru the county between 13:30 and 17:00 tracked either south (a few miles) or north (less than two miles) of us, leaving at most a few scattered drops visible on concrete surfaces. Morning clouds thinned out by 10:30 with hazy sunshine then clouds developing after noon, quickly becoming mostly cloudy except for brief breaks around 17:00. Winds yesterday mostly B1-B3 (or less) except between 10:30 and 13:00 with B2/B3-B4 and some B5 gusts between 11:25-11:50; avg wind 2.6mph, max gusts 19mph. Yesterday began with daily low 33.6F @00:05 then rose above 50F by 12:10, peaked at 53.6F @14:10, stayed above 50F to 20:30, ended the day at 45.4F; mean 44.1F.
3/22/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M A pleasant, if blustery, day yesterday. High 57.6F @14:30, low 34.1F @23:59, mean 44.8F. Avg wind 5.3mph, max gust 29mph @16:55.
3/23/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Clear all day until after 18:30 with high clouds moving thru, clear again by midnight. High 37.1F @17:06, low 20.9F @07:55, mean 29.8F. Avg wind 3.6mph, max 22mph @02:35.
3/24/2017 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 M 0.0 M Rain shower between 23:20 and 23:40. Partly cloudy yesterday morning became overcast from about 11:30-15:30 then mostly sunny for an hour, scattered high clouds filled in and lowered becoming overcast by sunset, back to partly cloudy after 02:00 this morning. Winds B1 gusts B2 before sunrise, B2/B3 gusts B4/B5 during daylight, then B2 gusts B3 dying to B1 gusts B3 by 22:30, with short-lived B3 gusts B5 between 23:20-23:30; avg wind 5.3mph, max 24mph @13:45. Low 22.3F @07:03, high 49.2F @18:07, mean 35.5F.
3/25/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Partly cloudy morning, cleared by 10:00, scattered clouds moved in around 15:30, became mostly cloudy around 20:00, then overcast after 04:00 this morning. Winds B1 gusts B3 from midnight thru 09:00 yesterday, increased to B3/B4 gusts B5-B7 by 10:30, continued thru 19:30, decreased to B1/B2 gusts B3 by 23:00; avg wind 6.4mph, max 38mph @17:15. Yesterday's low 43.1F @00:35, high 77.2F @16:50, mean 61.4F. First >=70F day of the year and first since Nov 18; warmest high since Nov 2 (also 77.2F).
3/26/2017 7:00 AM 0.09 0.0 M 0.0 M Several lt showers after midnight, most of the rain fell between 04:55-06:10 (0.07"). Overcast most of the day yesterday, with occ veiled partial clearing/filtered sun in the afternoon; overcast/showers overnight. Winds decreased from B1 gB3 at midnight to just B1 by 01:00, then mostly Calm from about 05:00-07:30, then slowly increased to B2 gB4 by 11:00 then B3 gB5 by 14:30, started easing after 19:30 to B1 gB3 by 23:00; avg windspeed 4.5mph, max 24mph @17:50. Yesterday temps fell to 53.9F @08:00, rose to daily high of 65.4F @14:40, steadily fell from 65.2F @15:20 to 49.9F @18:55 to daily low 41.8F @23:56; mean 55.8F.
3/27/2017 7:00 AM 1.04 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly overcast yesterday, occ veiled sunshine between showers. Drizzle/lt rain between 07:00-07:30 0.01", lt rain 08:05-08:35 0.05", 09:10-09:30 0.02", 10:10-10:40 0.02", quick hvy rain 14:10-14:20 0.13", absolute downpour 17:10-17:30 0.43" (in 10 min ending 17:30 0.34") followed by thundershowers hvy at times 17:30-18:00 0.21" ending with lt showers 18:00-19:00 0.07", lt shower 21:00-21:10 0.01", showers occ mod 21:45-22:30 0.09", some drizzle but no measurable precip thru midnight, nothing since. Winds B1/B2 g B3 all day yesterday except g B4/B5 17:05-17:55, avg windspeed 3.5mph, max gust 21mph @17:30. Yesterday low 40:4F @03:48, high 63.2F @16:25, mean 48.1F. Typical ponding during 1700 downpour.
3/28/2017 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Rain covered bottom of gauge but meniscus not quite to .005". Overcast day, sprinkles/occ lt showers between 18:15-19:00, perhaps more sprinkles/very lt rain between 00:00-01:30. Winds B1 (occ B2) g B2-B4 until 19:00, calm 19:00-20:00, then Calm-B1 thru 22:30, then B1 g B2 thru midnight; avg windspeed 2.3mph, max gust 14mph 03:35-45 and 16:05-15. Low 50.7F @06:57, high 61.7 @16:10, mean 55.3F.
3/29/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Overcast all day; winds B1 g B2/B3 all day except B1/B2 g B3/B4 07:50-11:40; avg wind 2.4mph, max gust 14mph several times between 10:10-11:20. Began day at daily high of 54.7 @00:00, morning low 47.8F @08:50, afternoon high 50.6F @15:45, daily low 45.1 @23:59; mean 49.7F.
3/30/2017 7:00 AM 0.25 0.0 M 0.0 M Pretty hvy rain just let up so I could swap gauges @Obs Time. Ground still pretty saturated, so a bit more ponding than usual for the amount of rain. Some sprinkles around 2200 last night, then occ until first lt shower came thru 0150-0200 0.03", another lt shower 0240-0250 0.01", thunder/lightning 0400-0430 but that one stayed to our west/north, thundershower 0515-0550 0.08", shower 0615-0625 0.03", thundershower 0640-0700 (ObsTime) 0.11". Yesterday started mostly sunny with occ high clouds, then scat clouds starting moving in (from W) about 1430, became overcast by 1800, then broken clouds around sunset before becoming overcast again. Winds B1 g B2/B3 to 0800 yesterday, became B2/B3 g B4/B5 by 0945 rest of the day and overnight thru Obs Time, except g B6 2015-2045; avg windspeed 6.1mph, max 29mph @2035-40. Low temp 35.4F @0729, high 57.1F @1614, mean 46.3F.
3/31/2017 7:00 AM 0.85 0.0 M 0.0 M Storm total yesterday 1.10". Ponding a little worse than normal for the amount of rain. End of thundershower ongoing at obs time yesterday 0700-0715 0.06", shower ending 0835 0.01", thundershower 0900-0935 0.05", shower ending 1025 0.01", shower 1045-1050 0.02", shower 1340-1345 0.02", heavy thundershower 1400-1430 0.22" (0.14" in first 5 min), shower 1510-1525 0.03", thundershower 1745-1830 0.18" (0.12" in first 10 min), thundershower 2030-2100 0.17", 2105-2115 0.02", 2125-2150 0.05", final little shower ended 2215 0.01". Overcast with periods of broken overcast; winds B3 g B5/B6 00-07, B2 g B5 07-10, B3 g B5/B6 10-17, B2 g B5 17-19, B3 g B4 19-20, B3/B2 g B5 2000-2020, B1 g B2 2020-2320, B2 g B3 2320-midnight; avg windspeed 7.9mph, max gust 29mph @0620. Daily low 40.8F @0745, high 47.5 @1657, mean 44.0F.
4/1/2017 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Foggy overcast day, occ sprinkles, then period of mist/lt rain after sunset.
4/2/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/3/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/4/2017 7:00 AM 0.57 M M M M Lt rain 0750-0840 0.06", 1830-1905 0.04", 1925-1955 0.07", mod rain 2010-2025 0.12" followed by lt rain 2025-2045 0.01", 2215-2225 0.02", mod then lt rain 2340-0045 0.22", lt rain 0100-0120 0.02", a final brief shower 0255-0300 0.01"
4/5/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/6/2017 7:00 AM 1.51 M M M M For hour starting 09 0.02", 14 0.01", 15 0.18", 16 0.12", 17 0.08", 18 0.02", 19 0.16", 20 0.01", 21 0.42", 22 0.15", 23 0.02", 02 0.15", 03 0.13", 04 0.01", 05 0.01", 06 0.02". [Corrected, original report omitted rainfall between midnight and ObsTime].
4/7/2017 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M For hour starting 07 0.06", 16 0.01", 17 0.01", 18 0.02".
4/8/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/9/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/10/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/11/2017 7:00 AM 0.34 M M M M brief lt shower @1540 0.01", @1750 0.01", brief mod thundershower 2310-2315 0.05", intense thunderstorm downpour 2335-2345 0.24" (0.17" in 1st five min), lt thundershower 2350-0000 0.02", brief lt shower @0430 0.01". Quite windy for a period yesterday 1320-1540 with B3-B4 (9-15 mph per 5 min period) sustained and gusts to B8 (max 42 mph several times 1445-1455 and 1515-1525) suddenly died down to B2 gusting to B4-B5 as the 1540 shower passed over; avg wind speed yesterday 5.1mph. Yesterday morning low 59.6F @0550, daily high 75.1F @1424, daily low 58.3 @23:52, mean 64.9F (warmest mean so far in 2017).
4/12/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/13/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/14/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/15/2017 7:00 AM T M M M M Rain did not quite cover bottom of inner tube; radar indicates showers passing thru the area between 0150-0420 this morning.
4/16/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M First 80+F day of the year, last 80+F day was 2016-10-17. High was 81.9F @1700, low 52.9F @0608, mean 67.8F (first mean >65F this year). Blustery afternoon with 5 min ave 10-14mph from 1500-1900 with many B7-B8 gusts 1600-1900; max gusts 43mph a few times 1705-1715 and 1735-1745. Scattered showers passed by overnight, but no indication of anything here.
4/17/2017 7:00 AM T M M M M Sprinkles for a minute or so at 16:46 yesterday left about 10 drops per square foot, none landed in the gauge.
4/18/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/19/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/20/2017 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Lt showers between 1730-1840.
4/21/2017 7:00 AM 0.76 M M M M Brief shower 1425 0.01", brief hvy shower 1450-1500 0.16", mod shower 1510-1525 0.07", thundershower with intense downpour 1820-1900 0.52" (10 min max 1835-1845 0.25", 25 min heavy core 1825-1850 0.47").
4/22/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/23/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/24/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/25/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/26/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/27/2017 7:00 AM 0.18 M M M M Lots of near misses between about 2000-2200 with intense lightning in those storms; but only rain here was 2115-2135 (0.16" in first 10 minutes).
4/28/2017 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M Brief downpour between 1055-1105; long thin (NNE-SSW) line of precip on radar (along a cold front, apparently).
4/29/2017 7:00 AM 0.25 M M M M Occ mod showers with long periods of sprinkles/lt showers from about 1600-0030. Hourly totals: 1600-1659 0.03", 17 0.02", 18 0.02", 19 0.07", 20 0.01", 21 0.01", 22 0.01", 23 0.07", 00 0.01". Heaviest 2335-0000 0.07".
4/30/2017 7:00 AM 0.62 M M M M Spinkles/lt rain from about 0900-1050 0.04", lt showers 1130-1230 0.02", lt (briefly mod) showers 1300-1415 0.06", lt (briefly mod) showers 2215-2245 0.04", intense downpour 0010-0020 0.26" (occ thunder here but copious lightning further west then north) followed by lt-mod rain thru 0120 0.19", followed by lt rain/sprinkles thru 0145 0.01".
5/1/2017 7:00 AM 0.51 M M M M Several lt-mod showers and one heavy shower (0530): 1030-1105 0.01", 1545-1605 0.04", 1715-1725 0.02", 1820-1830 0.01", 2020-2035 0.07", 2045-2105 0.04", 0225-0235 0.04", 0340-0350 0.02", 0455-0505 0.05", 0530-0555 0.19" (0530-0540 0.16"), 0630-0635 0.02".
5/2/2017 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Brief lt shower 0905-0910 0.01", lt rain between about 0200-0300 0.03".
5/3/2017 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Showers between 0930-1005 0.05", occ showers/sprinkles mid-afternoon and overnight 0.02".
5/4/2017 7:00 AM 0.48 M M M M Lt-mod rain began about 0150 and continues at Obs Time. Hourly amounts: 0200-0259 0.05", 03 0.12", 04 0.12", 05 0.12", 06 0.07". Minor ponding has begun in typical places.
5/5/2017 7:00 AM 1.67 M M M M Lt-mod rain from continuing at Obs Time (0700) yesterday thru 1800, then occ lt rain thru 0130. Lt showers resume after 0530 and continue at Obs Time (0700) today. Hourly rainfall: 0700-0759 0.12", 08 hr 0.15", 09 0.05", 10 0.13" 11 0.14", 12 0.18", 13 0.21", 14 0.18", 15 0.07", 16 0.17", 17 0.09", 18 0.01", 19 0.05", 20 0.02", 21 none, 22 0.01", 23 0.01", 00 0.04", 01 0.02", 02-05 none, 06 0.02". Ponding at level to flow to street all daytime yesterday, but never an unusually high flow level.
5/6/2017 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M Lt rain showers continuing from Obs Time (0700) yesterday thru about 1100; hourly totals 0700-0759 0.02", 0800-0859 0.03", 09 0.02", 10 0.02". Storm Total (2am Thursday - 11am Friday): 2.24".
5/7/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/8/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/9/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/10/2017 7:00 AM T M M M M A few sprinkles in the afternoon; only a few drops per square foot.
5/11/2017 7:00 AM 0.41 M M M M Lt, occ mod, rain showers between midnight and 2am, with little more lt rain between 3-3:30am. Hourly totals: 0000-0059 0.11", 01 0.28", 03 0.02". Top two 10 minute totals: 0105-0115 0.11", 0140-0150 0.09".
5/12/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/13/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/14/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/15/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/16/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/17/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/18/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/19/2017 7:00 AM 0.22 M M M M Heavy shower 15:50-16:00 0.17"; lt-mod showers 19:50-20:20 0.05".
5/20/2017 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M Lt rain 15:30-16:00 0.05", then mod-heavy brief shower between 16:05-16:10 0.04".
5/21/2017 7:00 AM 1.12 M M M M Lt shower 12:45-13:05 0.02"; downpour 13:25-13:40 0.5" followed by lt-mod rain 13:40-14:40 0.19"; mod-hvy shower 00:35-00:45 0.09"; mod-hvy rain 03:25-03:55 0.28"; lt shower 06:20-06:25 0.01"
5/22/2017 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Lt shower about 12:15pm
5/23/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/24/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/25/2017 7:00 AM 2.74 M M M M Hourly totals (XX00-XX59): 14 0.19", 15 0.14", 16 0.12", 17 0.79", 18 0.45", 19 0.32", 20 0.10", 21 0.06", 22 0.03", 23 0.02", 00 0.17", 01 0.14", 02 0.17", 03 0.02", 04 none, 05 0.02". Most in 5 minutes 1740-1745 0.21"; in 15 minutes 1735-1750 0.32"; in 30 minutes 1740-1810 0.62"; in 45 minutes 1730-1815 0.84"; in one hour 1725-1825 0.92". Typical ponding, overflow drainage seen a couple times a year. Note: occasional lingering light showers after the "Precipitation Ended" time below. Primary storm complex 11.5 hours, total 2.70".
5/26/2017 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Lt rain showers between 1245-1415.
5/27/2017 7:00 AM 0.97 M M M M Lt rain showers 2040-2240, then thundershowers 2240-2350 and 0005-0035, lt rain 0110-0130 and again finally around 0230. Hourly (XX00-XX59): 20 0.02", 21 0.01", 22 0.18", 23 0.56", 00 0.17", 01 0.02", 02 0.01". Heaviest 15 min 2305-2320 0.39".
5/28/2017 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Stray lt shower around 9am yesterday.
5/29/2017 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M Brief hvy shower 1410-1420 0.06"; brief lt shower 1730-1735 0.01"; glancing blows from several thundershowers (brief lt-mod here) 2000-2115 0.08".
5/30/2017 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Occ lt showers between 5-7pm.
5/31/2017 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M A few occ. lt showers between 2330-0230.
6/1/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/2/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/3/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/4/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/5/2017 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Scattered thundershowers grazed us yesterday afternoon never giving us more than brief sprinkles; did get a brief shower around 12:35am giving us our measurable precip..
6/6/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/7/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/8/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/9/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/10/2017 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Shower 0835-0840 0.02", 1440-1445 0.01".
6/11/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/12/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Yesterday was first day of 2017 with temperature >= 90F: high 91.3F.
6/13/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/14/2017 7:00 AM T M M M M Occ sprinkles brief lt rain in the afternoon. Covered bottom of gauge a little less than halfway to 0.01".
6/15/2017 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M There were occ sprinkles in the afternoon, and possibly overnight; but most of the rain fell in lt showers between 2100-2245 last night.
6/16/2017 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M Moderate shower 1805-1815 followed by lt rain thru 1830.
6/17/2017 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Lt shower 2120-2130.
6/18/2017 7:00 AM 0.23 M M M M Heavy shower 1955-2005 0.12"; lt showers 0125-0320 0.10"; final shower 0555-0600 0.01".
6/19/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/20/2017 7:00 AM 0.21 M M M M Lt thundershower 1415-1430 0.03", another 1616-1635 0.02", brief one around 1710 0.01" and again around 1810 0.01", brief mod thundershower about 1825 0.03", period of lt thundershowers 1855-2005 0.11".
6/21/2017 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Several lt showers between 1915-2130.
6/22/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/23/2017 7:00 AM 0.35 M M M M Lt shower 1845-1850 0.01", Lt-mod rain 0335-0415 0.09", Mod (briefly heavy) rain 0435-0455 0.11", Mod-hvy thundershower 0605-0625 0.13", Lt shower 0645-0650 0.01".
6/24/2017 7:00 AM 0.55 M M M M Very lt rain was ongoing at 0700 yesterday, became a steady lt-mod rain by 0715 which continued thru 0935; with briefly heavy rain around 0840-0845, 0900-0910, and 0925-0930. Hourly totals: 07 0.16", 08 0.23", 09 0.16". There were a few brief periods of sprinkles/very lt rain during the early afternoon; but nothing measurable.
6/25/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/26/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/27/2017 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M A small set of light-moderate showers between 1650-1825, with one mod-heavy shower 1755-1810 (0.08").
6/28/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/29/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/30/2017 7:00 AM 0.73 M M M M Brief thundershower 2300-2305 0.01" then thundershower with briefly heavy rain 2315-2330 0.07". Brief shower 0045-0050 0.01", then heavy downpour followed by mod then lt rain 0110-0220 0.53", tagalong shower 0225-0235 0.03", then final short heavy burst of rain 0305-0310 0.07". Most in 5 minutes 0115-0120 0.25"; 10 minutes 0115-0125 0.30", 15 minutes 0110-0125 0.33", 20 minutes 0110-0130 0.37", 30 minutes 0110-0140 0.42".
7/1/2017 7:00 AM 1.02 M M M M Hvy-mod shower 1440-1515 0.39", mod shower 1520-1540 0.12", lt shower 1550-1600 0.02", intense downpour 1630-1645 0.35", lt rain 1650-1710 0.05", then period of lt showers 1720-2130 0.09". Most in 5 minutes 1635-1640 0.22", in 10 minutes 1630-1640 0.32", in 15 minutes 1630-1645 0.35".
7/2/2017 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Brief lt shower around 1645. Just over halfway between 0.01 and 0.02.
7/3/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/4/2017 8:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Light showers between 6:40 and 7am this morning.
7/5/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/6/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/7/2017 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M Heavy shower between 0630-0640 this morning.
7/8/2017 7:00 AM 0.17 M M M M A couple lt showers between 1030-1100 0.02", lt to briefly mod rain 1215-1255 0.07", lt shower 1315-1335 0.02", lt shower ~1430 0.01", lt thundershowers 1505-1555 0.05".
7/9/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/10/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/11/2017 7:00 AM 1.99 M M M M Thundershower 0750-0805 0.15", brief shower ~0955 0.01", mod-heavy thundershowers (no wind) 1030-1120 0.81", mod thundershower 1130-1145 0.09", lt precursor thundershower 1935-1950 0.04", mod-heavy thundershower 1955-2030 0.47", mod-intense thundershower 2110-2130 0.42". Most in 5 minutes 2120-2125 0.30", 10 minutes 2115-2125 0.38".
7/12/2017 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Brief lt showers as an outflow boundaries (moving north out of large storm around Indy) moved through between 1400-1500.
7/13/2017 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Lt shower from 0400-0415.
7/14/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/15/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/16/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/17/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/18/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/19/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/20/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/21/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/22/2017 7:00 AM 1.10 M M M M Lt rain began about 02:05am today, became very light after 02:30, then sudden intense thunderstorm dumped 0.47" between 02:55-03:05. Returned to lt rain thru 03:50, mod-hvy thundershower 03:50-04:00 (~0.10"), then lt-mod to lt to very light rain ending 06:30. Hourly totals: 02:00-02:59 0.47", 03xx 0.30", 04xx 0.22", 05xx 0.08", 06xx 0.03".
7/23/2017 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M Lt showers sometime between 9-10am yesterday.
7/24/2017 7:00 AM 0.54 M M M M Breezy storm (very little thunder, winds gusting to ~27mph) from 17:25 to 18:00 accounted for all the rain; of which 0.45" fell in the first 15 minutes.
7/25/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/26/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/27/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/28/2017 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Short lt shower 13:50-13:55 left a little over 0.01"; a bit longer lt-mod shower 18:05-18:15 left the rest.
7/29/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/30/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/31/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/1/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/2/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Thunderstorms passed just to our north between 15:00-16:30 (lightning within 1.4 miles at one point) while I was out mowing, but never saw or felt a drop. The breezy 10° drop in temperature was welcome relief.
8/3/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/4/2017 7:00 AM 0.47 M M M M Thundershower 1600-1645 0.06", Lt rain 2005-2125 0.09", hvy shower 0230-0300 0.18" (heavy 0230-0240 0.16"), mod-hvy shower 0330-0350 0.14".
8/5/2017 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Lt shower around 8:15-8:20am yesterday. Then unusually cool breezy day with temps hovering 60F-62F after 1:30pm; overnight low 56F.
8/6/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/7/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/8/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/9/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/10/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/11/2017 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Lt shower around 3:50am.
8/12/2017 7:00 AM T M M M M A brief (<2 minutes) shower around 4:45pm; but almost 1/3 of a hundredth.
8/13/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/14/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/15/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/16/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/17/2017 7:00 AM 0.34 M M M M Small cell developed right over us (on radar) provided 0.03" in <5 minutes around 1:50am; heavy shower 4:40-4:55am dumped 0.26"; tag-along shower then added 0.05" 5:00-5:10am.
8/18/2017 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Lt-mod showers from noon to 12:40pm.
8/19/2017 7:00 AM 0.21 M M M M Three lt-mod showers between 4-5am.
8/20/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/21/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/22/2017 7:00 AM 0.27 M M M M Lt-mod rain began at 5am and continues (light and diminishing) at Obs Time.
8/23/2017 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Yesterday's early morning rain added 0.01" as it ended (7:00-7:05am). Three lt-mod showers between 7:35-8:35am provided the other 0.07".
8/24/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/25/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/26/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/27/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/28/2017 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M Lt rain between 5:30-6:10 this morning.
8/29/2017 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Lt showers from 7-10am yesterday.
8/30/2017 7:00 AM 2.28 M M M M Rain began about 7:50am with periods of heavy rain thru 9:20am, then lt-mod rain becoming just lt rain after 11:30am, finally done by 12:20pm. Three heaviest five minute intervals (estimated from colocated Davis VantagePro2): (ending at) 7:55 0.18"; 8:30 0.21"; 8:50 0.25". Three heaviest ten minute amounts: 8:00 0.27"; 8:35 0.30", 8:55 0.39". Longest period with >0.1" each five minutes: 8:45-9:10 0.78".
8/31/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/1/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/2/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/3/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/4/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/5/2017 7:00 AM 0.22 M M M M All precip from one thunderstorm with 30mph winds, 1900-1930.
9/6/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 M M M M
9/7/2017 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Lt shower around 1:45pm 0.01"; the rest from lt shower 2:50-3:05pm.
9/8/2017 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M According to my VantagePro2 there was a shower between 7:55-8:00pm last evening; I didn't notice it; but the CoCoRaHS gauge did.
9/9/2017 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Brief shower 10-10:05am
9/10/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/11/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/12/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/13/2017 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M A light shower or two overnight (sometime after 1am).
9/14/2017 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Occ showers, measurable by VantagePro2 at 10:40-45am and 2:40-45pm, lighter sprinkles/mist/drizzle at other times.
9/15/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 M M M M
9/16/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 M M M M
9/17/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/18/2017 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Occ lt showers since about 5am today.
9/19/2017 7:00 AM 0.21 M M M M Occ lt showers til 10am yesterday (0.09"), this morning heavy rain started a little after 6:50am (0.12" thru 7am). Hvy rain @Obs Time.
9/20/2017 7:00 AM 1.07 M M M M Hvy rain at Obs Time yesterday (7am) continued thru 7:10 adding 0.23", then mod thru 8am 0.22", then light to 8:40 0.05". Lt shower around 11:15-11:20am 0.01". Downpour thundershower 2:35-2:55pm 0.52", then mod-light rain thru 3:15pm added final 0.04". Heaviest 5 minutes 2:40-2:45pm 0.23"; 10 minutes 2:40-2:50pm 0.37".
9/21/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/22/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/23/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/24/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/25/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/26/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/27/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/28/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/29/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/30/2017 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
9/26/2016 10/01/2016 7:00 AM 6 0.94 M M Calendar day totals: 9/26 0.25", 9/27 0, 9/28 0.04", 9/29 0.15", 9/30 0.24", plus 0.25" since midnight today (based on co-located Davis VantagePro2 report).
12/30/2016 1/09/2017 8:00 AM 11 1.12 0.5 M Snowboard has 0.4" snow on it. Co-located automated gauge: 0.45" rain from 8pm Jan 02 to 7am Jan 03; then 0.59" from 2pm to 10pm Jan 03 (plus another 0.01" before 7am Jan 04). Automated gauge not heated so snowfall not registered. Temps fell below freezing about 3:30am Jan 04 and have remained below freezing since (bottoming out at 0.6F @ 6:21am Jan 07).



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