Station Overview Station Location
Station Number MN-HN-78 Latitude 44.891293
Station Name Richfield 1.9 WNW Longitude -93.314089
County Hennepin Elevation (ft) 892



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 2.51 3.88 31 3.88 31 0.00 0 0 10 1 0.0 0 0
Nov 16 1.86 2.15 30 2.15 30 0.00 0 0 8 0 2.2 2 2
Dec 16 1.19 2.25 31 2.25 31 0.00 0 0 10 9 19.1 7 22
Jan 17 0.96 1.05 31 1.05 31 0.00 0 0 10 3 8.6 7 28
Feb 17 0.77 0.88 28 0.88 28 0.00 0 0 4 2 0.0 0 0
March 17 1.80 0.98 31 0.98 31 0.00 0 0 9 3 4.4 2 2
April 17 2.80 4.47 30 4.47 30 0.00 0 0 13 0 2.3 1 0
May 17 3.65 6.55 31 6.55 31 0.00 0 0 15 0 0.0 0 0
June 17 4.39 4.13 30 4.13 30 0.00 0 0 12 0 0.0 0 0
July 17 4.35 4.48 31 4.48 31 0.00 0 0 7 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 17 4.36 7.37 31 7.37 31 0.00 0 0 14 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 17 3.43 1.51 30 1.51 30 0.00 0 0 8 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 32.07" 39.70" 365 days 39.70" 365 0.00" 0 days 0 120 days 18 days 36.6" 19 days 54 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 0.00
10/2/2016 0.00
10/3/2016 0.00
10/4/2016 0.00
10/5/2016 0.75
10/6/2016 0.17
10/7/2016 0.93
10/8/2016 0.02
10/9/2016 0.00
10/10/2016 0.00
10/11/2016 0.00
10/12/2016 0.04
10/13/2016 0.00
10/14/2016 0.00
10/15/2016 0.00
10/16/2016 T
10/17/2016 0.01
10/18/2016 0.89
10/19/2016 0.00
10/20/2016 0.00
10/21/2016 0.00
10/22/2016 0.00
10/23/2016 0.00
10/24/2016 0.00
10/25/2016 0.00
10/26/2016 0.87
10/27/2016 0.10
10/28/2016 0.00
10/29/2016 0.00
10/30/2016 0.10
10/31/2016 0.00
11/1/2016 0.01
11/2/2016 0.00
11/3/2016 0.00
11/4/2016 0.00
11/5/2016 0.00
11/6/2016 0.00
11/7/2016 0.00
11/8/2016 0.00
11/9/2016 0.00
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 0.64
11/20/2016 0.00
11/21/2016 0.00
11/22/2016 0.00
11/23/2016 0.50
11/24/2016 0.04
11/25/2016 0.04
11/26/2016 0.00
11/27/2016 0.00
11/28/2016 0.20
11/29/2016 0.66
11/30/2016 0.06
12/1/2016 0.07
12/2/2016 0.00
12/3/2016 T
12/4/2016 0.09
12/5/2016 0.09
12/6/2016 T
12/7/2016 0.00
12/8/2016 T
12/9/2016 T
12/10/2016 T
12/11/2016 0.23
12/12/2016 0.27
12/13/2016 T
12/14/2016 0.00
12/15/2016 0.00
12/16/2016 0.04
12/17/2016 0.31
12/18/2016 0.06
12/19/2016 0.00
12/20/2016 0.00
12/21/2016 0.00
12/22/2016 0.00
12/23/2016 0.00
12/24/2016 0.09
12/25/2016 T
12/26/2016 1.00
12/27/2016 T
12/28/2016 T
12/29/2016 0.00
12/30/2016 0.00
12/31/2016 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2017 0.00
1/2/2017 0.00
1/3/2017 0.03
1/4/2017 0.00
1/5/2017 0.00
1/6/2017 T
1/7/2017 0.00
1/8/2017 0.00
1/9/2017 T
1/10/2017 0.07
1/11/2017 0.20
1/12/2017 0.10
1/13/2017 0.00
1/14/2017 0.00
1/15/2017 0.00
1/16/2017 0.00
1/17/2017 0.23
1/18/2017 T
1/19/2017 0.00
1/20/2017 0.05
1/21/2017 0.00
1/22/2017 0.03
1/23/2017 0.00
1/24/2017 0.00
1/25/2017 0.05
1/26/2017 0.11
1/27/2017 0.00
1/28/2017 0.00
1/29/2017 0.00
1/30/2017 0.00
1/31/2017 0.18
2/1/2017 T
2/2/2017 0.01
2/3/2017 0.00
2/4/2017 0.00
2/5/2017 0.00
2/6/2017 0.00
2/7/2017 0.00
2/8/2017 0.11
2/9/2017 0.00
2/10/2017 0.00
2/11/2017 0.00
2/12/2017 0.02
2/13/2017 0.00
2/14/2017 0.00
2/15/2017 0.00
2/16/2017 0.00
2/17/2017 0.00
2/18/2017 0.00
2/19/2017 0.00
2/20/2017 0.00
2/21/2017 0.74
2/22/2017 0.00
2/23/2017 T
2/24/2017 0.00
2/25/2017 0.00
2/26/2017 0.00
2/27/2017 0.00
2/28/2017 0.00
3/1/2017 0.00
3/2/2017 0.08
3/3/2017 0.00
3/4/2017 T
3/5/2017 0.00
3/6/2017 0.00
3/7/2017 0.13
3/8/2017 0.00
3/9/2017 0.00
3/10/2017 0.00
3/11/2017 0.00
3/12/2017 0.00
3/13/2017 0.33
3/14/2017 T
3/15/2017 0.00
3/16/2017 0.00
3/17/2017 T
3/18/2017 0.00
3/19/2017 0.00
3/20/2017 0.00
3/21/2017 0.00
3/22/2017 0.00
3/23/2017 0.00
3/24/2017 0.23
3/25/2017 0.02
3/26/2017 0.08
3/27/2017 0.03
3/28/2017 0.00
3/29/2017 0.00
3/30/2017 0.06
3/31/2017 0.02
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2017 0.00
4/2/2017 0.00
4/3/2017 0.00
4/4/2017 0.09
4/5/2017 0.00
4/6/2017 0.00
4/7/2017 0.00
4/8/2017 0.00
4/9/2017 0.00
4/10/2017 0.18
4/11/2017 0.31
4/12/2017 0.00
4/13/2017 0.17
4/14/2017 0.00
4/15/2017 0.78
4/16/2017 0.68
4/17/2017 0.00
4/18/2017 0.00
4/19/2017 0.16
4/20/2017 1.01
4/21/2017 0.04
4/22/2017 0.00
4/23/2017 0.00
4/24/2017 0.00
4/25/2017 0.02
4/26/2017 0.63
4/27/2017 0.33
4/28/2017 0.07
4/29/2017 0.00
4/30/2017 0.00
5/1/2017 0.89
5/2/2017 0.27
5/3/2017 0.00
5/4/2017 0.00
5/5/2017 0.00
5/6/2017 0.00
5/7/2017 0.00
5/8/2017 0.00
5/9/2017 0.34
5/10/2017 0.05
5/11/2017 0.07
5/12/2017 0.00
5/13/2017 0.00
5/14/2017 0.00
5/15/2017 0.00
5/16/2017 0.32
5/17/2017 1.02
5/18/2017 1.64
5/19/2017 0.07
5/20/2017 0.00
5/21/2017 1.45
5/22/2017 0.11
5/23/2017 0.00
5/24/2017 0.07
5/25/2017 0.00
5/26/2017 0.06
5/27/2017 0.00
5/28/2017 0.00
5/29/2017 0.13
5/30/2017 0.06
5/31/2017 0.00
6/1/2017 0.00
6/2/2017 0.00
6/3/2017 0.00
6/4/2017 0.00
6/5/2017 0.00
6/6/2017 0.00
6/7/2017 0.00
6/8/2017 0.02
6/9/2017 0.00
6/10/2017 0.00
6/11/2017 0.00
6/12/2017 1.47
6/13/2017 0.23
6/14/2017 0.42
6/15/2017 0.01
6/16/2017 0.00
6/17/2017 0.00
6/18/2017 0.23
6/19/2017 0.00
6/20/2017 0.03
6/21/2017 0.25
6/22/2017 0.00
6/23/2017 0.45
6/24/2017 0.00
6/25/2017 0.03
6/26/2017 0.00
6/27/2017 0.00
6/28/2017 0.21
6/29/2017 0.78
6/30/2017 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2017 0.45
7/2/2017 0.00
7/3/2017 0.00
7/4/2017 0.00
7/5/2017 0.00
7/6/2017 0.00
7/7/2017 0.00
7/8/2017 0.00
7/9/2017 0.00
7/10/2017 0.00
7/11/2017 0.00
7/12/2017 0.05
7/13/2017 0.00
7/14/2017 0.00
7/15/2017 0.00
7/16/2017 0.00
7/17/2017 0.00
7/18/2017 1.25
7/19/2017 0.12
7/20/2017 1.24
7/21/2017 0.00
7/22/2017 0.00
7/23/2017 0.00
7/24/2017 0.00
7/25/2017 0.00
7/26/2017 1.10
7/27/2017 0.27
7/28/2017 0.00
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 0.27
8/5/2017 0.00
8/6/2017 0.21
8/7/2017 0.09
8/8/2017 0.00
8/9/2017 0.00
8/10/2017 0.96
8/11/2017 0.04
8/12/2017 0.00
8/13/2017 0.00
8/14/2017 1.53
8/15/2017 0.00
8/16/2017 0.58
8/17/2017 1.32
8/18/2017 0.12
8/19/2017 0.12
8/20/2017 0.00
8/21/2017 0.00
8/22/2017 0.15
8/23/2017 0.00
8/24/2017 0.00
8/25/2017 0.00
8/26/2017 1.64
8/27/2017 0.18
8/28/2017 0.16
8/29/2017 0.00
8/30/2017 0.00
8/31/2017 0.00
9/1/2017 0.00
9/2/2017 0.02
9/3/2017 0.00
9/4/2017 0.00
9/5/2017 0.08
9/6/2017 0.00
9/7/2017 0.00
9/8/2017 0.00
9/9/2017 0.00
9/10/2017 0.00
9/11/2017 0.00
9/12/2017 0.00
9/13/2017 0.00
9/14/2017 0.00
9/15/2017 0.00
9/16/2017 0.00
9/17/2017 0.05
9/18/2017 0.00
9/19/2017 0.37
9/20/2017 0.43
9/21/2017 0.00
9/22/2017 0.00
9/23/2017 0.00
9/24/2017 0.00
9/25/2017 0.14
9/26/2017 0.29
9/27/2017 0.13
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
10/1/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Happy New Year
10/2/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M The stars appear further away this morning, less distinct :-(
10/3/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M The stars appears less bright - there's a storm coming within 48 hrs
10/4/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/5/2016 5:00 AM 0.75 M M M M Rain water was originally warm, but now is VERY cold; puddles feel far colder than air temp, they are so deep and cold, so dark...Beware the Kraken!!!
10/6/2016 5:00 AM 0.17 M M M M From yesterday early am
10/7/2016 5:00 AM 0.93 M M M M So glad I'm in geographically, geologically and hydrologically boring Minnesota!!
10/8/2016 5:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Why do bugs come to my gauge to die? Why oh why dont ì have photos of the dead bug? Each year, come autumn, they immolate in the magnified sunshine. But there's nothing to do to stop next year's bugs from doing it.
10/9/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Just reporting at a different time. Observations still at same moment.
10/10/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/11/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/12/2016 5:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Brrrrr! Winds at 8, gusting to 16, out of the North, NorthNorthwest
10/13/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Supposed to go below freezing tonight, but that's not happening here! 38.7° at 04:45 - not a chance!!
10/14/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/15/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Maybe some later. Growing season STILL happening here - day 193!
10/16/2016 5:00 AM T M M M M
10/17/2016 5:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Disgusting like a summer morning out there
10/18/2016 5:00 AM 0.89 M M M M
10/19/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/20/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/21/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/22/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Not a cloud in the sky...and when bunnies hop in the darkness, in the fallen leaves - Man, oh, Man! Does that scare the precipitation right out of you!!!
10/23/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/24/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/25/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Tomorrow
10/26/2016 5:00 AM 0.87 M M M M Brr! Still haven't had a frost yet here in Minneapolis, much less a hard freeze so still growing things! This happened last yr too: zombie geraniums where they appear to die from the season but no frost so suddenly, inexplicably - it buds and flowers in NOVEMBER! ZOMBIE PLANTS!!
10/27/2016 5:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Weeee bit of rain in AM but then misty crap all the rest of the day. Rain = .08; misty crap = .02!! (that's a lot of misty crap!)
10/28/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/29/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/30/2016 5:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Full day of mist and dripping
10/31/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/1/2016 5:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
11/2/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/3/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/4/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M The Twin Cities Metro area has not yet faced a frost or freeze, with a growing season about to break the all time record for duration of 207 days if no frost/freeze by 5 November 20:07. The forecast is for highs/lows 68/42 - the record is going to be shattered by at least 7-10 days!
11/5/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Record for longest growing season is now broken & each day is the new record is extended another day!!
11/6/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M The record setting continues unabated thru nexl Saturday, 18 November
11/7/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/8/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Be safe & secure, each and every one.
11/9/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M England not Canada
11/10/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/11/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/12/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 215 day growing season
11/13/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Still no frost/freeze - growing season now over 215 days and no çold temps in sight
11/14/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/15/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/16/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/17/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Last day of growing season here. The record will never be broken. Winter storm tomorrow.
11/18/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/19/2016 5:00 AM 0.64 0.2 0.11 T M .64" rain before snow started at 14:01; switched to 95% snow/5% rain/sleet until 22:15. Snow 0.20" accumulated but 0.10 remaining which is Trace (not 0 but closer to 0 than to 0.50"). Learning curve on 1st snowfall!!
11/20/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T 0.08
11/21/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T 0.06
11/22/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M There's going to be some shortly (stiff, sniff) smells like rain mixed with snow.
11/23/2016 5:00 AM 0.50 2.0 0.44 0.2 0.44 .5" rain crap with 7/16 ice accretion (really fun afternoon!!); switched from rain/sleet/freezing rain crap to 95% snow/5% rain then all snow at 21:00 (temp still 33.5 degrees all night long, praise God! Saved lives on this holiday week & made the broken hanger on my gauge hold onto gauge!). The snow/SWE was all snow in gauge - no water at all - this was VERY wet snow (heart attack snow). 2" (in gauge) weighed close to a pound (w gauge)!
11/24/2016 5:00 AM 0.04 M M 1.0 M
11/25/2016 5:00 AM 0.04 T T T M
11/26/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/27/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/28/2016 5:00 AM 0.20 M M M M Drizzle and RISING temps! 48° with barometric pressure at 29.09 and still dropping (my barometer alarms sounded- spooked the hell out of the cat (& me!!!) As I'd never measured anything that low before! Heard of it on the real winter storms of the 1970s to mid1980s, but after that - bunch of babies!
11/29/2016 5:00 AM 0.66 M M M M .36 received in morning storm with heavy rainfall & thunder/lighting. WinD's 25-32 sustained, 35-50 gust. Barometric pressure was in area of record low 29.04 bottom.
11/30/2016 5:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
12/1/2016 5:00 AM 0.07 M M M M
12/2/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/3/2016 5:00 AM T T T T T It was 17 microscopic flakes. Melting themail cause evaporation!! It was a 0 measurable amount!! Lol
12/4/2016 5:00 AM 0.09 1.6 0.09 1.6 0.09
12/5/2016 5:00 AM 0.09 0.1 0.04 T T Snow and drizzle. Snow total an estimate based on NWS values from 3 miles away from after my measurement yesterday (temps were already above freezing then, so short of staying up for 4 hrs & measuring every 30 minutes to document snow as it fell but before it melted, no way to get true measure this location). No snow on board (either side) when I checked 7 hrs later. Drizzle and 37° all afternoon didn't help.
12/6/2016 5:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
12/7/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Winter has arrived. Hope everyone kissed freezing goodbye, cuz we ain't gonna be seeing him again til next year!!
12/8/2016 5:00 AM T T T T T
12/9/2016 5:00 AM T T T T T
12/10/2016 5:00 AM T T T T T
12/11/2016 5:00 AM 0.23 2.5 0.23 2.5 0.23
12/12/2016 5:00 AM 0.27 6.5 0.27 7.0 0.50 Storm total: 8" (12/11 2.5" + 12/12 5.5") or SWE .50" (12/11 .23" + 12/12 .27")
12/13/2016 5:00 AM T T T 6.0 M Temp -1
12/14/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.0 M High overnight temp!! 11°
12/15/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.0 M
12/16/2016 5:00 AM 0.04 0.6 0.04 4.0 M
12/17/2016 5:00 AM 0.31 6.8 0.31 11.0 M 02:30 6.5", SWE .29" 1st 2.5" SWE .19" (.076/") 8pm Next 4" SWE =.10"(.025/") 2:30am Last .25 (rounded) SWE = .02 consistent with the 4" SWE SWE = Snow Water Equivalent Within the 1st half of the storm, the water content was THREE TIMES HIGHER
12/18/2016 5:00 AM 0.06 1.0 0.06 9.0 M -13 bloody hell
12/19/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 7.5 M -11 --it us warming up today!!
12/20/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 7.0 M
12/21/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 6.0 M No new snow!
12/22/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 5.0 M
12/23/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 4.0 M
12/24/2016 5:00 AM 0.09 T T 4.0 M .09 from rain, freezing rain & occasional snow sHowes. Happy Christmas!!
12/25/2016 5:00 AM T M M 3.5 M Freezing rain/ice coming down now. Gonna be exciting
12/26/2016 5:00 AM 1.00 M M 2.5 0.55 2.15" SWE lost yesterday afternoon - snow mass was a healthy 4"-5" but still retained a lot of water. Not anymore!! Everyone is complaining about wet basements from the heavy rain + heavy melt off
12/27/2016 5:00 AM T M T 3.0 M
12/28/2016 5:00 AM T T T 3.0 M
12/29/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M
12/30/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M
12/31/2016 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.5 M Snow pack is all ice - hard as a rock and heart to match
1/1/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.5 M
1/2/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M Storm approaching. My models show 4"-9" here, by that amount knocked down & layered by rain then freezing rain. Just north of here (zone 50 miles to 125 miles) they will receive the same snow values but no rain but all layered freezing rain - almost preserving the snow! - giving a true value. No core here -- entirely ice.
1/3/2017 5:00 AM 0.03 M M 1.0 M All ice/freezing rain - no snow at all (wimpy wimpy wimpy storm!!!)
1/4/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M
1/5/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M -3°
1/6/2017 5:00 AM T T T 1.0 M -4
1/7/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M
1/8/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M Recorded record high barometric pressure yesterday & continuing - high was 30.76 @ 9pm yesterday; still 30.60!! PAINFUL!!
1/9/2017 5:00 AM T T T 1.0 M
1/10/2017 5:00 AM 0.07 0.8 0.07 2.0 M
1/11/2017 5:00 AM 0.20 2.0 0.20 3.0 M
1/12/2017 5:00 AM 0.10 2.1 0.10 4.0 M
1/13/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.5 M Ok, REPORTABLE weather doesn't occur anymore if the effects of the dominant weather conditions (the seasonal "discomfort" index, e.g. the wind chill in winter, heat index in sumer) on the skin are more divergent from the current temperature by 15°. Example: air temp -2; wind chill -25 = no reportable weather except that from remotes. Example 2: air temp 92, dew point 92, heat index 119 = no reportable weather except that available thru remotes. No heat stroke of volunteers. No frost bite or lost in white out conditions as has happened.
1/14/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M
1/15/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M
1/16/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M W occasional thunder; lightning reported in distance to the south
1/17/2017 5:00 AM 0.23 0.1 0.23 3.0 M Ice accretion 1/16"; rain .12, snow/sneet .08=.1 Snowpack = 1 big ass ice chunk
1/18/2017 5:00 AM T T T 3.0 M
1/19/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.5 M
1/20/2017 5:00 AM 0.05 M M 2.0 M Rain, rain, rain, rain (1 for each hundredth) -- on the ice on the sidewalk? SO exciting to get to the gauge (I thought I'd cleared all that ice!!!)
1/21/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M
1/22/2017 5:00 AM 0.03 M M 0.5 M
1/23/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
1/24/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
1/25/2017 5:00 AM 0.05 0.5 0.05 0.5 0.05 Snow at .25"/hr now (started at 2am); is "clicky" snow now = when you step on it, it "clicks" & attaches to the bottom of your shoe ?? (temp 31.3°).
1/26/2017 5:00 AM 0.11 2.6 0.11 2.5 M Storm totals: 3.1" & SWE .16"
1/27/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M
1/28/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.5 M
1/29/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M
1/30/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M
1/31/2017 5:00 AM 0.18 0.5 0.07 T M Estimating new snow, as temp was above freezing (36°-40° thru afternoon). Closest NWS reporting station had 0.5" and that is less than 3 miles distant, so I will use that measure. Rained in addition to snow.
2/1/2017 5:00 AM T T T T M
2/2/2017 5:00 AM 0.01 T 0.01 T M
2/3/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Is just the start of Feb, but bare ground visible. This has been true 25 days while temps have been below 10°F (between +10° & -16°). This bodes poorly for the exposed grass (exposed to extreme temps & salt), buried bulbs (need the blanket of snow to protect it, to bring it up), and the small animals who suffer high fatalities when frost goes deep (my wild bunnies are going wild for every food source put out, even the new Timothy hay (gone in seconds) and now adding a supportive rabit feed on clear days to help them as they will be starting to breed. At this time past 2 yrs, they were birthing their kittens!! If the kits are born now, will have 100% mortality. Same with squirrels, raccoons, possum, and all other small snimal whether ground or tree dwelling.
2/4/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
2/5/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Too cold!! But because the snow melted, small animals are starting to whelp their young!! Too early, but past 2 yrs did it in 7th-10th wk of yr!! Too cold by 15°-20° - need daytime avg temp 33° for avg survival rate & avg daily temp is low 20s!!
2/6/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
2/7/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Snow pack has fallen below a trace (32% of the yard has any amount of snow & 20% of that a shovel piles)
2/8/2017 5:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Freezing rain - no snow. Our ground is bare (but for the shoveling & plow piles) and we're again close to zero now and going to go below tomorrow night threatening grass, bulbs, gardens, burrowed animals & plumbing due to lack of snow insulation and deepening freeze in the ground. This is x4 time.
2/9/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/10/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M One advantage to these warm temps, early spring is not having to go out in the morning (especially when its freezing cold!!) and measure the snowpack depth! :-D
2/11/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 40.6° at 4am on 11 February 2017 - there's something wrong with this world!
2/12/2017 5:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Rain. Just rain rain. Not freezing rain or rain mixed with snow. Just rain.
2/13/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No activity & no precipitatiom
2/14/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/15/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Too bloody bright by half!! (Another 5 days before I can venture outside again, after 14 days inside!! Angle of the sun is very extreme in Feb & painful to those of us photosensitive (I was in London last yr for this month, skipping this joyous exercise)
2/16/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/17/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/18/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Record high temperature - 63°!
2/19/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another record high temp - 58° this time
2/20/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another record high temp
2/21/2017 5:00 AM 0.74 M M M M
2/22/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another record high temp 62° - with 9"-18" of snow on Thursday afternoon thru noon Friday!!!
2/23/2017 5:00 AM T M M M M Maybe 6" snow with 1" SWE and rain by tomorrow!! (And more than double by Saturday!!!)
2/24/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Protector wind front arrived and pushed back the storm to just 42 miles south. There, a mess; here, not a flake (but the walking around kind & I'm not measuring THOSE!)
2/25/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/26/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/27/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/28/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/1/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/2/2017 5:00 AM 0.08 0.8 0.08 0.0 M
3/3/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/4/2017 5:00 AM T T T 0.0 M About 25 flakes fell, all told
3/5/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/6/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No record temps lately: yesterday the range of records was -14° for the low to 72° for the high -- Early March is a highly volatile time in East Central Minnesota!!
3/7/2017 5:00 AM 0.13 M M M M Lots of lightning
3/8/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/9/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Just been pegging rocks at 3 of the biggest, fattest raccoons fornication on my roof (quite the feat, that- it's a 7-12 roof!). Finally convinced them I wasn't going away & that I'd keep pegging'em in the privates until they came down. Now we need rain. Desperately!!!!
3/10/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No raccoons today
3/11/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/12/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/13/2017 5:00 AM 0.33 3.6 0.33 3.6 0.33
3/14/2017 5:00 AM T T T 1.6 M
3/15/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T T
3/16/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/17/2017 5:00 AM T M M M M Not a drop in the bucket and nothing measured even by the electronic gauge (which is usually off by .03 on small amts anyways).
3/18/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/19/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/20/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/21/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M The 1st day of Spring was beautiful
3/22/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M De nada!
3/23/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M It is amazing that the weather is not affected by all the hot air in the Potomac basin
3/24/2017 5:00 AM 0.23 M M M M
3/25/2017 5:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
3/26/2017 5:00 AM 0.08 M M M M 0.07 in automagic gauge (it's always off)
3/27/2017 5:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Only.01 on automagic measurement device
3/28/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/29/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/30/2017 5:00 AM 0.06 M M M M The electronic, automagic rain gauge was it's usual lazy self & it only measured .05
3/31/2017 5:00 AM 0.02 M M M M In AM hrs Thursday, after collection time.
4/1/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/2/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/3/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/4/2017 5:00 AM 0.09 M M M M The lazy automagic gauge showed it's usual u derived value 0.07"
4/5/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/6/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/7/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/8/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/9/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/10/2017 5:00 AM 0.18 M M M M The electronic, automagic gauge had a reading of .15
4/11/2017 5:00 AM 0.31 2.3 0.21 T M 0.10" rain; 0.21" SWE from estimated 2.3" snowfall Snowfall is an estimate based on duration of snowfall & water content of "cap edged with snow" (funnel top of the gauge has wet snow just laying in sides (melting, slowly, temp was 35-38° during snowfall); was NOT a "capful of snow" where top funnel of gauge is fully full of snow (no one ever said I had to sound intelligent at 4am for this position!)))
4/12/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/13/2017 5:00 AM 0.17 M M M M The electronic, automagic gauge had .16"
4/14/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/15/2017 5:00 AM 0.78 M M M M Electronic automagic gauge shows only .63!
4/16/2017 5:00 AM 0.68 M M M M Electronic automagic gauge measured only 0.56"
4/17/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/18/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M It is close by (pointing ?) just over there it's raining
4/19/2017 5:00 AM 0.16 M M M M The electronic automagic gauge measured .15"
4/20/2017 5:00 AM 1.01 M M M M Electronic automagic gauge measured only 0.87" -- fell behind after multiple heavy downpours interspersed by very light rain
4/21/2017 5:00 AM 0.04 M M M M The electronic/automagic gauge measured only 0.02! What a lazy, pitiful thing!!
4/22/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/23/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/24/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/25/2017 5:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
4/26/2017 5:00 AM 0.63 M M M M Electronic automagic gauge measured only 0.54
4/27/2017 5:00 AM 0.33 M M M M Electronic automagic gauge measured only 0.26"
4/28/2017 5:00 AM 0.07 M M M M
4/29/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/30/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M There's a storm a'comin'
5/1/2017 5:00 AM 0.89 M M M M .89 the electronic automagic gauge measured only 0.76
5/2/2017 5:00 AM 0.27 M M M M Electronic automagic gauge measured only 0.23
5/3/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/4/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/5/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/6/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/7/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Tons of ever-lovin' pollen!!! Save yourselves!!
5/8/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Save yourself! Pollen counts are rising!!
5/9/2017 5:00 AM 0.34 M M M M Electronic automagic gauge measured only 0.31"
5/10/2017 5:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
5/11/2017 5:00 AM 0.07 M M M M
5/12/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Here comes the big pollen load -- and the humidity
5/13/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Humidity starts tonight. Window AC gets locked in today. If I don't post tomorrow, I "rested" the 90 lb thing on my fingers again. (And people wonder why I'm looking forward to death? Indignities like having to do the window AC unit when too sick & weak to stand in shower. LOL no problem picking up 90 lbs & carrying it, holding it up in the window w 1 hand while securing it w the other hand! LOL)
5/14/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Humidity is here
5/15/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M ...humidity is happening; now many will think "I can withstand humidity!" when dew points haven't left the 50s!
5/16/2017 5:00 AM 0.32 M M M M The electronic automagic gauge measured only 0.28" It started raining again as I went outside to do measurement (How rude!)
5/17/2017 5:00 AM 1.02 M M M M Still raining with an occasional dash of thunder and a pinch of lightning
5/18/2017 5:00 AM 1.64 M M M M Electronic automagic gauge measured only 1.49"
5/19/2017 5:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Last dribble of yesterday's deluge. Saw animals walking 2 by 2...if it was more than rabbits and bunnies, I'd begin to worry!!
5/20/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/21/2017 5:00 AM 1.45 M M M M The electronic automagic gauge measured only 1.31"
5/22/2017 5:00 AM 0.11 M M M M The electronic automagic gauge measured only 0.08
5/23/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/24/2017 5:00 AM 0.07 M M M M
5/25/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/26/2017 5:00 AM 0.06 M M M M GoFundMe.com/Chronic-pain-research
5/27/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/28/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M peacekeepers beatus est.
5/29/2017 5:00 AM 0.13 M M M M
5/30/2017 5:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
5/31/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No rain, just a lot of clouds and wind.
6/1/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/2/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/3/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 96 degrees yesterday w an initial dew PT of 20. Then 63. So desert became tropics in 113 minutes!
6/4/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 93° high w heat index 97°
6/5/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 93.6° w a desert RH of 21%!! Rain barrels are now dry from dripping irrigation to gardens 1 hr ea day via soaker hoses (puts the water right on the roots, right where the plants want it & say "ah! Just what I needed!" Every time!) 5' tall day lilies tell the tale of success!
6/6/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/7/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/8/2017 5:00 AM 0.02 M M M M I wish you could see the full moon rising here, with me. It's so beautiful: looking over the gardens & framed by distant trees on either side, a HUGE golden moon about 25% of orbit, it exceeds all other lights in view at 4am (90 min pre-sunrise), both natural or man-made & in the Southwestern sky - magnificent.
6/9/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/10/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Heat warning today
6/11/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M High yesterday was a disgusting 96.6, dew pt 69.8, heat index of 103!
6/12/2017 5:00 AM 1.47 M M M M I believe the rain total should be higher from 2nd surge of storm - a big ass leaf was on top of the gauge for approximately 4 min (estimated .25"-.3" rain based on surrounding reports). I went out - hail. I waited, went out, bleeding REALLY hail hit (1st was 6-12, 2nd was 5-7 dozens) but I went out.
6/13/2017 5:00 AM 0.23 M M M M Gonna be bad again today - severe x2 with potential for hail & winds same as Sunday (rain 1/10"/min)
6/14/2017 5:00 AM 0.42 M M M M In about 35 min
6/15/2017 5:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Late afternoon sun shower...I was even cooking (yeah, for me, that's a "write it on the calendar" sort of event!)
6/16/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/17/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M What do you call a short clairvoyant who has esaped custody? A small medium at-large!
6/18/2017 5:00 AM 0.23 M M M M
6/19/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/20/2017 5:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Still raining at time of measurement; will be for a few hrs. Electronic automagic gauge measures nothing. The automagic gauge does for crap on slow rainfall
6/21/2017 5:00 AM 0.25 M M M M Had barely started before measurement yesterday, with piss & spit. This it rained.
6/22/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/23/2017 5:00 AM 0.45 M M M M
6/24/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/25/2017 5:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
6/26/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/27/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/28/2017 5:00 AM 0.21 M M M M Active thunderstorm at time of measurement
6/29/2017 5:00 AM 0.78 M M M M
6/30/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/1/2017 5:00 AM 0.45 M M M M
7/2/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/3/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/4/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/5/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/6/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M High temp 96, dew pt 72, heat index 105. Current temp at 04:45 - 76
7/7/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Yesterday's high: 98.8°, dew point 70.2°, heat index 108° Then, Praise God!, winds switched to the North, bringing in beautiful Canadian cool, crisp Justin Trudea-ian air (hehehe!) & temps dropped 18° over 3 hrs, dew point water vapor was more than halved in 90 min! And windows are open - for about 48 hours, but they're still open for a brief time!
7/8/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/9/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Heat & humanity returns today. Watered the trees overnight - bunnies, squirrels & all manner of wildlife came out whole the water was on low (sprinkler btwn 2 trees so only hitting vegetation & no loss to wind or to the heat/evaporation of daytime of sun). Saw more than 2 dozens of animals in the 3 hrs. This despite fresh water always being available in my yard & always seeing many creatures partaking -- but nothing like THIS!! No rain x12 days, over 95 for 3 days this wk, more of same coming.
7/10/2017 5:05 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 69°, dew point 67° = just disgusting outside!!
7/11/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/12/2017 5:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
7/13/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/14/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/15/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/16/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M High yesterday: 98, dew point 75, heat index 111
7/17/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/18/2017 5:00 AM 1.25 M M M M Electronic automagic gauge measured only 1.11" (not even close for heavy rains, for very slow/light rains but is great when I run the sprinkler to estimate the volume of water usage & amount of water given to trees (with 15% margin of error!!))
7/19/2017 5:00 AM 0.12 M M M M
7/20/2017 5:00 AM 1.24 M M M M 2 storms: .47" in afternoon and .77" in evening
7/21/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M More later today to make all of the flooding & flash floods more interesting
7/22/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Within like a 1/2 mile of the rain yesterday, but nary a drop here. And current system is falling apart as it approaches
7/23/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/24/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/25/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/26/2017 5:00 AM 1.10 M M M M Major severe thunderstorm started 5 min before regular measurement time. Due to heavy lightning (& how it struck 3x earlier within 15 ft of house!!) I delayed measure 7 min. 0.70" from evening storm 0.40" in the 12 min this AM!!!
7/27/2017 5:00 AM 0.27 M M M M From storm at time of measurement yesterday
7/28/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/29/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/30/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/31/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/1/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/2/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/3/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/4/2017 5:00 AM 0.27 M M M M
8/5/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/6/2017 5:00 AM 0.21 M M M M
8/7/2017 5:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
8/8/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/9/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/10/2017 5:00 AM 0.96 M M M M
8/11/2017 5:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
8/12/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/13/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/14/2017 5:00 AM 1.53 M M M M The automagic gauge measured only 1.41"
8/15/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/16/2017 5:00 AM 0.58 M M M M Automagic gauge measured only 0.41" = worthless in heavy rain, light rain but ok if just right. "The Goldilocks of Gauges!"
8/17/2017 5:00 AM 1.32 M M M M
8/18/2017 5:00 AM 0.12 M M M M Leftovers from rain at time of Thursday's measurement (was storming pretty fierce, stopped to take a breath & let me measure & gave it 1 last solid dump as the door closed at my heels! The Lord keeps me dry - From those sudden downpours, at least)
8/19/2017 5:00 AM 0.12 M M M M
8/20/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/21/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/22/2017 5:00 AM 0.15 M M M M No eclipse
8/23/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M The most beautiful, glorious non-August weather! Mid-70s, low humidity and mid- to upper-50s at night! Fabulous
8/24/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/25/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/26/2017 5:00 AM 1.64 M M M M
8/27/2017 5:00 AM 0.18 M M M M
8/28/2017 5:00 AM 0.16 M M M M
8/29/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/30/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Promoting CoCoRaHS on social media every day since Harvey started, w VERY positive response. Hopefully a few new volunteers too!!
8/31/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/1/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/2/2017 5:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Got damp while at the Minnesota State Fair, watching final show of Garrison Keillor :-(
9/3/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/4/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hang on California, Montana, Wyoming...Everything west of the Mississippi!!! 47 fires are burning right now, with an area the size of New Jersey lost each day (all fires, totaled)
9/5/2017 5:00 AM 0.08 M M M M
9/6/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Irma is the most powerful storm ever measured - winds at or above 185 mph sustained. To give a contrast, an EF4 tornado has winds of 185 mph and it tears a house apart, leaving little but foundations within 1 minute. The houses and buildings of a hurricane will face these winds for 48 continuous hours. Plus rain. Plus tornados. Plus storm surge. There won't be piles of debris -- it will be foundations wiped clean of the human existence. And the bodies will never be found.
9/7/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/8/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Entering a dry spell. Start of wk had .06" rain but no more. Will be "dry" next week
9/9/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/10/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Merciful Lord You watch over the foolhardy who believe they are immune You watch over the poor, who are incapable of relocation You watch over the ignorant, who are akin to the foolhardy And you watch over the children of all, who must suffer the terror of hearing the screams of the winds as it tears apart the homes, see the water as it both creeps in one side and rushes in the other, battering down a wall. Lord, care for those babies. Keep the safe. Wipe their minds and replace the terror with thoughts of sunny warmth, your loving arms holding them close, protecting and comforting each and every one of the children. We ask this in the name of your blessed Son, Jesus Christ, through whom many miracles are happening today, and all things are possible. Thank you, Lord. Amen
9/11/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/12/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/13/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/14/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/15/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/16/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Rain storms in the area, nearby (have been within 15 miles within hour), and 1 cell went overhead but it wasn't within 1,000 ft of reaching the ground (saturation of air levels showed where the Virga reached)
9/17/2017 5:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
9/18/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/19/2017 5:00 AM 0.37 M M M M My PhD in Meteorology was awarded Friday!!
9/20/2017 5:00 AM 0.43 M M M M The automagic gauge measured only 0.32" (consistently 0.10" Off)
9/21/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/22/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Yesterday high temp was 86F, dew point was 70F for a maximum heat index of 91F at 16:33 CDT -- there are high heat advisories for today that will become high heat warnings as the minimum overnight temp has only been 74F with a 67F dew point -- it will very quickly jump start the high temps and massive humidity that are so very dangerous.
9/23/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/24/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/25/2017 5:00 AM 0.14 M M M M Raining at observation -- 1 MONSTER insect on inner gauge, 2 dead ones removed before measurement completed (1 floated, 1 didn't)
9/26/2017 5:00 AM 0.29 M M M M
9/27/2017 5:00 AM 0.13 M M M M Last dregs of yesterday's rain
9/28/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/29/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/30/2017 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another beautiful autumn day in Minnesota



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Observation Date Observation Time Notes Largest Stone Size Average Stone Size Smallest Stone Size Stone Consistency Duration Minutes Durration Accuracy Damage Timing More Rain than Hail Hail Started Largest Hail Started Angle of Impact Number of Stones on Pad Distance Between Stones on Pad Depth of Stones on Ground