Station Overview Station Location
Station Number AL-JF-25 Latitude 33.4885
Station Name Fairfield 1.8 NE Longitude -86.8923
County Jefferson Elevation (ft) 623



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 09 3.52 9.26 30 8.24 28 1.02 2 1 17 1 0.0 0 0
Nov 09 5.01 5.13 30 5.13 30 0.00 0 0 5 1 0.0 0 0
Dec 09 4.88 6.04 31 6.04 31 0.00 0 0 13 1 0.5 1 1
Jan 10 5.11 4.37 31 4.37 31 0.00 0 0 9 0 0.0 0 0
Feb 10 5.14 2.56 19 2.56 19 0.00 0 0 5 0 0.0 0 0
March 10 5.37 6.49 31 6.49 31 0.00 0 0 12 1 0.0 0 0
April 10 4.65 4.85 30 1.21 23 3.64 7 1 3 0 0.0 0 0
May 10 4.94 5.56 31 5.56 24 0.00 7 0 6 0 0.0 0 0
June 10 4.81 2.60 30 1.70 25 0.90 5 1 6 1 0.0 0 0
July 10 5.07 2.18 31 2.18 31 0.00 0 0 9 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 10 4.18 5.66 31 5.66 31 0.00 0 0 13 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 10 4.11 0.60 30 0.60 30 0.00 0 0 4 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 56.79" 55.30" 355 days 49.74" 334 5.56" 21 days 3 102 days 5 days 0.5" 1 days 1 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
10/1/2009 0.00
10/2/2009 0.02
10/3/2009 0.00
10/4/2009 0.00
10/5/2009 1.83
10/6/2009 0.03
10/7/2009 0.46
10/8/2009 0.00
10/9/2009 0.00
10/10/2009 0.35
10/11/2009 0.02
10/12/2009 2.74
10/13/2009 0.00
10/14/2009 0.81
10/15/2009 0.07
10/16/2009 **
10/17/2009 1.02
10/18/2009 T
10/19/2009 0.00
10/20/2009
10/21/2009 0.00
10/22/2009 0.00
10/23/2009 0.26
10/24/2009 0.03
10/25/2009 0.01
10/26/2009 0.00
10/27/2009 0.08
10/28/2009 0.19
10/29/2009 0.02
10/30/2009 0.02
10/31/2009 1.30
11/1/2009 0.06
11/2/2009 0.00
11/3/2009 0.00
11/4/2009 0.00
11/5/2009 0.00
11/6/2009 0.00
11/7/2009 0.00
11/8/2009 0.00
11/9/2009 0.00
11/10/2009 1.94
11/11/2009 2.59
11/12/2009 0.00
11/13/2009 0.00
11/14/2009 0.00
11/15/2009 0.00
11/16/2009 0.00
11/17/2009 0.04
11/18/2009 0.00
11/19/2009 0.00
11/20/2009 0.00
11/21/2009 0.50
11/22/2009 T
11/23/2009 0.00
11/24/2009 0.00
11/25/2009 0.00
11/26/2009 0.00
11/27/2009 0.00
11/28/2009 0.00
11/29/2009 0.00
11/30/2009 0.00
12/1/2009 0.00
12/2/2009 1.71
12/3/2009 T
12/4/2009 0.00
12/5/2009 0.11
12/6/2009 0.00
12/7/2009 0.00
12/8/2009 0.06
12/9/2009 0.89
12/10/2009 0.00
12/11/2009 0.00
12/12/2009 0.00
12/13/2009 0.38
12/14/2009 0.02
12/15/2009 0.07
12/16/2009 0.00
12/17/2009 0.01
12/18/2009 0.59
12/19/2009 0.81
12/20/2009 0.00
12/21/2009 0.00
12/22/2009 0.00
12/23/2009 0.00
12/24/2009 0.02
12/25/2009 1.11
12/26/2009 0.00
12/27/2009 0.00
12/28/2009 0.00
12/29/2009 0.00
12/30/2009 0.00
12/31/2009 0.26
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2010 0.06
1/2/2010 0.00
1/3/2010 0.00
1/4/2010 0.00
1/5/2010 0.00
1/6/2010 0.00
1/7/2010 0.00
1/8/2010 0.02
1/9/2010 0.00
1/10/2010 0.00
1/11/2010 0.00
1/12/2010 0.00
1/13/2010 0.00
1/14/2010 0.00
1/15/2010 0.00
1/16/2010 0.00
1/17/2010 0.58
1/18/2010 0.01
1/19/2010 0.00
1/20/2010 0.00
1/21/2010 1.22
1/22/2010 0.01
1/23/2010 0.00
1/24/2010 0.13
1/25/2010 0.00
1/26/2010 0.00
1/27/2010 0.00
1/28/2010 0.00
1/29/2010 0.00
1/30/2010 2.32
1/31/2010 0.02
2/1/2010 0.00
2/2/2010 0.02
2/3/2010 0.00
2/4/2010 0.03
2/5/2010 2.18
2/6/2010 0.21
2/7/2010 0.00
2/8/2010 0.00
2/9/2010
2/10/2010
2/11/2010
2/12/2010
2/13/2010
2/14/2010
2/15/2010
2/16/2010
2/17/2010
2/18/2010 0.00
2/19/2010 0.00
2/20/2010 0.00
2/21/2010 0.00
2/22/2010 0.12
2/23/2010 0.00
2/24/2010 0.00
2/25/2010 0.00
2/26/2010 0.00
2/27/2010 0.00
2/28/2010 0.00
3/1/2010 0.00
3/2/2010 0.00
3/3/2010 0.17
3/4/2010 0.00
3/5/2010 0.00
3/6/2010 0.00
3/7/2010 0.00
3/8/2010 0.00
3/9/2010 0.00
3/10/2010 1.56
3/11/2010 1.90
3/12/2010 0.58
3/13/2010 0.49
3/14/2010 0.44
3/15/2010 T
3/16/2010 0.00
3/17/2010 0.00
3/18/2010 0.00
3/19/2010 0.00
3/20/2010 0.00
3/21/2010 0.21
3/22/2010 0.23
3/23/2010 0.04
3/24/2010 0.00
3/25/2010 0.13
3/26/2010 0.73
3/27/2010 0.01
3/28/2010 0.00
3/29/2010 0.00
3/30/2010 0.00
3/31/2010 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2010 0.00
4/2/2010 0.00
4/3/2010 0.00
4/4/2010 0.09
4/5/2010 0.00
4/6/2010 0.00
4/7/2010 0.00
4/8/2010 0.77
4/9/2010 0.35
4/10/2010 0.00
4/11/2010 0.00
4/12/2010 0.00
4/13/2010 0.00
4/14/2010 0.00
4/15/2010 0.00
4/16/2010 0.00
4/17/2010 0.00
4/18/2010 0.00
4/19/2010 0.00
4/20/2010 0.00
4/21/2010 0.00
4/22/2010 0.00
4/23/2010 0.00
4/24/2010 **
4/25/2010 **
4/26/2010 **
4/27/2010 **
4/28/2010 **
4/29/2010 **
4/30/2010 3.64
5/1/2010 0.00
5/2/2010 0.00
5/3/2010 1.73
5/4/2010 0.00
5/5/2010 0.00
5/6/2010 0.00
5/7/2010 0.00
5/8/2010 0.00
5/9/2010 0.00
5/10/2010 0.00
5/11/2010 0.10
5/12/2010 0.00
5/13/2010 0.00
5/14/2010 0.00
5/15/2010 0.00
5/16/2010 0.00
5/17/2010 0.57
5/18/2010 0.05
5/19/2010 0.00
5/20/2010 0.00
5/21/2010 1.58
5/22/2010 1.53
5/23/2010 0.00
5/24/2010 0.00
5/25/2010 **
5/26/2010 **
5/27/2010 **
5/28/2010 **
5/29/2010 **
5/30/2010 **
5/31/2010 **
6/1/2010 **
6/2/2010 **
6/3/2010 **
6/4/2010 **
6/5/2010 0.90
6/6/2010 0.03
6/7/2010 0.08
6/8/2010 0.00
6/9/2010 0.00
6/10/2010 0.00
6/11/2010 0.00
6/12/2010 0.00
6/13/2010 0.00
6/14/2010 0.00
6/15/2010 T
6/16/2010 0.43
6/17/2010 0.00
6/18/2010 0.07
6/19/2010 0.00
6/20/2010 0.11
6/21/2010 0.00
6/22/2010 0.00
6/23/2010 0.00
6/24/2010 0.00
6/25/2010 0.00
6/26/2010 0.00
6/27/2010 0.00
6/28/2010 0.00
6/29/2010 0.00
6/30/2010 0.98
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2010 0.21
7/2/2010 0.00
7/3/2010 0.00
7/4/2010 0.00
7/5/2010 0.00
7/6/2010 0.00
7/7/2010 0.02
7/8/2010 0.00
7/9/2010 0.00
7/10/2010 0.00
7/11/2010 0.02
7/12/2010 0.05
7/13/2010 0.00
7/14/2010 0.00
7/15/2010 0.00
7/16/2010 0.02
7/17/2010 0.00
7/18/2010 0.51
7/19/2010 0.49
7/20/2010 0.00
7/21/2010 0.00
7/22/2010 0.00
7/23/2010 0.00
7/24/2010 0.00
7/25/2010 0.66
7/26/2010 0.00
7/27/2010 0.20
7/28/2010 0.00
7/29/2010 0.00
7/30/2010 0.00
7/31/2010 0.00
8/1/2010 0.00
8/2/2010 0.27
8/3/2010 0.00
8/4/2010 0.05
8/5/2010 0.00
8/6/2010 0.00
8/7/2010 0.45
8/8/2010 0.00
8/9/2010 0.00
8/10/2010 0.00
8/11/2010 0.00
8/12/2010 0.00
8/13/2010 0.00
8/14/2010 0.18
8/15/2010 1.98
8/16/2010 0.09
8/17/2010 0.05
8/18/2010 0.02
8/19/2010 0.45
8/20/2010 0.55
8/21/2010 0.00
8/22/2010 0.00
8/23/2010 0.00
8/24/2010 0.00
8/25/2010 0.00
8/26/2010 0.00
8/27/2010 0.00
8/28/2010 0.00
8/29/2010 0.81
8/30/2010 0.28
8/31/2010 0.48
9/1/2010 0.03
9/2/2010 0.00
9/3/2010 0.00
9/4/2010 0.00
9/5/2010 0.00
9/6/2010 0.00
9/7/2010 0.00
9/8/2010 0.00
9/9/2010 0.00
9/10/2010 0.00
9/11/2010 0.00
9/12/2010 0.00
9/13/2010 0.00
9/14/2010 0.00
9/15/2010 0.00
9/16/2010 0.00
9/17/2010 0.00
9/18/2010 0.00
9/19/2010 0.00
9/20/2010 0.00
9/21/2010 0.00
9/22/2010 0.00
9/23/2010 0.00
9/24/2010 0.00
9/25/2010 0.00
9/26/2010 0.18
9/27/2010 0.36
9/28/2010 0.03
9/29/2010 0.00
9/30/2010 0.00



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 54o F Time for a seasonal change in lifestyle.
10/2/2009 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M 62o F
10/3/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/4/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 60o F
10/5/2009 7:00 AM 1.83 M M M M 56o F
10/6/2009 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M 60o F
10/7/2009 7:00 AM 0.46 M M M M 64o F. Things are getting very soggy from all this moisture-- candy, crackers, powders.
10/8/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 61o F
10/9/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 72o F.
10/10/2009 9:30 AM 0.35 M M M M 62o F.
10/11/2009 8:30 AM 0.02 M M M M 60o F.
10/12/2009 7:00 AM 2.74 M M M M 60o f. still raining a little ath the time of observation. Water is thretening to put out the water heater again.
10/13/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/14/2009 7:00 AM 0.81 M M M M 60o F. Raining at time of observation.
10/15/2009 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M 65o F Overcast entire day. Doors are swollen and sticking.
10/18/2009 7:00 AM T M M M M 38o F. Time to bring in the frost-sensitive plants.
10/19/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 38o F.
10/21/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/22/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 57o F
10/23/2009 7:00 AM 0.26 M M M M
10/24/2009 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M 49o F
10/25/2009 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
10/26/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 47o F
10/27/2009 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M 56o F Raining at time of observation
10/28/2009 7:00 AM 0.19 M M M M 52o F.
10/29/2009 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
10/30/2009 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
10/31/2009 7:15 AM 1.30 M M M M Raining at time of observation. All this fell during the night.
11/1/2009 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M 40o F Sunshine, glorious sunshine!
11/2/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/3/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/4/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/5/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/6/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/7/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 47o F
11/8/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 50o F
11/9/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/10/2009 7:00 AM 1.94 M M M M 57o F Raining at time of observation Hurricane Ida? Do you know that "hurricane" is the Carib god of evil? Our few maple trees are beutiful reds and yellows, and a few other trees are joining in.
11/11/2009 7:00 AM 2.59 M M M M
11/12/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 41o F The rain finally got to the water heater and put it out.
11/13/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 42o F
11/14/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 42o F
11/15/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/16/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 44o F
11/17/2009 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
11/18/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/19/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/20/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/21/2009 7:00 AM 0.50 M M M M Once in a while it does rain exactly half an inch.
11/22/2009 7:00 AM T M M M M
11/23/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/24/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/25/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/26/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/27/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/28/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/29/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/30/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/1/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/2/2009 7:00 AM 1.71 M M M M
12/3/2009 7:00 AM T M M M M
12/4/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/5/2009 7:00 AM 0.11 0.5 M 0.5 M
12/6/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/7/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/8/2009 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
12/9/2009 7:00 AM 0.89 M M M M 53o F A few thunderclaps approx. 10:30 PM
12/10/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/11/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/12/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/13/2009 7:00 AM 0.38 M M M M
12/14/2009 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M 55o F Moderate fog.
12/15/2009 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M 55o F
12/16/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/17/2009 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M 31o F
12/18/2009 7:00 AM 0.59 M M M M 38o F Raining at time of observation
12/19/2009 7:00 AM 0.81 M M M M 39o F.
12/20/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/21/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 30o F
12/22/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 38o F
12/23/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 47o F
12/24/2009 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M
12/25/2009 7:00 AM 1.11 M M M M 42o F When I went to a Christmas Eve service, 6 - 7:30 PM, it was raining hard and windy. Still breezy at time of observation, but no rain.
12/26/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/27/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/28/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 30o F
12/29/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 26o F Brrrrr!
12/30/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 40o F Overcast.
12/31/2009 7:00 AM 0.26 M M M M 42o F Overcast, but not raining
1/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M 40o F Overcast
1/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 23o F
1/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 21o F "Buttermilk skies"
1/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 20o F Overcast, with an opening in the east, letting the sun shine on the underside of clouds-- "Red in the morning, sailor take warning."
1/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 14o F and cloudless.
1/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 15o F. Cloudless.
1/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 30o F Overcast.
1/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M 16o F and overcast. Snow flurries at 11:35 AM and 1:10 PM, but nothing stuck.
1/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 17o F Snow flurry at 7:45 AM
1/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 17o F and cloudless.
1/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.58 M M M M Daffodils are 2- 3 inches out of the ground
1/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M 46o F and moderately foggy
1/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/21/2010 7:00 AM 1.22 M M M M 53o F. Jupiter Pluvius has really been at it! Feels like spring! Heard some thunder during the night.
1/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M 43o F and overcast. The birds are singing like they think it's spring.
1/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 42o F and overcast
1/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M 56o F and raining at time of observation. Windy. Thunder and lightning since I woke up at 6 AM.
1/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 27o F and thin clouds
1/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cirrus clouds.
1/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 39o F and overcast
1/30/2010 7:00 AM 2.32 M M M M This is what was in the gauge, but I expect more water standing with this much rain.
1/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
2/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
2/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 32o F and clear.
2/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M 39o F and raining
2/5/2010 7:00 AM 2.18 M M M M 43o F and raining. I think it's rained for 24 hr and not hard.
2/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.21 M M M M 38oF and overcast
2/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 31o F and overcast
2/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 30 o F and overcast
2/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 27o F and cloudless. Somebody-- or something-- disassembled my rain gauge and scattered the pieces around. I never did find the inner cylinder and had to buy another. I missed about ten days of reporting, and that included two snowfalls!
2/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 30o F and sunny with some cirrus clouds.
2/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 33o F and cloudless.
2/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 39o F and clear except for contrails. The robins are passing through on their way north, and the reticulated iris are in bloom. I saw and heard a couple of geese flying over the house (unusual!)
2/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M 50o F and overcast. I saw the first leafing-out this morning, an ornamental honeysuckle bush.
2/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 21o F and cloudless
2/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 30o F and sunny with cirrus clouds
2/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 30o F and overcast.
2/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudless skies.
3/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.17 M M M M 30o and more or less overcast. It snowed until about 10:30 AM. Nothing stuck. Then it turned into a mist which tailed off into the afternoon. The first daffodils are in bloom. Some years they've opened the first few days of February.
3/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 27o F and cloudless.
3/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 29o F and cloudless.
3/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 30o F and cloudless.
3/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 33o F and overcast. There was a gorgeous red dawn.
3/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 40o F and cloudless.
3/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 50o F and overcast.
3/10/2010 7:00 AM 1.56 M M M M 50o F and ongoing rain and thunderstorm.
3/11/2010 7:00 AM 1.90 M M M M 54o F ongoing rain and thunderstorm. The water heater is out again-- this is the worst flooding in the basement in my memory but the street flooding is not bad for a torrential rain.
3/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.58 M M M M 5:23 AM There was a big clap of thunder that woke me out of a sound sleep. I haven't been able to connect to the internet until 20 Mar when I took the computer to the shop and had the modem replaced. Apparently the thunderclap fried it. The thunder tailed off about 6 AM, and there was no rain at 7.
3/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.49 M M M M 44o F
3/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.44 M M M M 48o F. Drove to Calera about 35 mi south. There were patches of sun and rain the whole trip. Saw a spectacular rainbow about half way back.
3/15/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M Violets, periwinkle, grape hyacinths, and lenten roses are in bloom. The clematis I bought last fall hast started to grow.
3/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 43o F
3/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast.
3/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast.
3/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny.
3/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast.
3/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.21 M M M M 49o F and raining.
3/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.23 M M M M 35o F and overcast.
3/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M 41o F and slightly foggy.
3/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 46o F and cloudless.
3/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M 490 F. It just stopped raining and is starting to clear. Water dripping off trees.
3/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.73 M M M M
3/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M 40o F and cloudless.
3/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Starting to cloud up.
3/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 47o F and overcast.
3/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 40o F and cloudless. Got a sump pump put in to put an end to this basement flooding putting out the water heater. Dogwood is opening, and things are generally leafing out.
3/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 43o F and cloudless.
4/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 50o F and cloudless The dogwood is opening, and the first Iris germanica are in bloom.
4/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 53o F and cloudless.
4/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 59o F and hazy.
4/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M 59o F and overcast.
4/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 59o F and clear. Redbuds and ornamental fruit trees are in full bloom. Azaleas are opening.
4/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 58o F and clear.
4/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 62o F and overcast.
4/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.77 M M M M 57o F and raining. I was awakened by a loud clap of thunder at 4:45. Thunder continued until 6:30.
4/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.35 M M M M 42o F and cloudless.
4/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 43o F and partly cloudy.
4/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 48o F and cloudless.
4/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 50o F and cloudless.
4/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 56o F and cloudless.
4/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 60o F and cloudless
4/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 590 F and cloudless.
4/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 69o F and overcast
5/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 71o F, overcast and windy
5/3/2010 7:00 AM 1.73 M M M M 68o F and overcast.
5/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 59o F and sunny.
5/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 59o F and sunny
5/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 63o F and cloudless
5/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 67o F and cloudless.
5/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 680 F and overcast
5/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Windy Saturday afternoon
5/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast.
5/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M
5/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 68o F and partly sunny.
5/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 67o F and cloudless
5/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 69o F and sunny but hazy (pollution?)
5/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 69o F and overcast.
5/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.57 M M M M 67o F
5/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M 66o F. Just stopped raining.
5/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 54o F and sunny.
5/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 61o F and sunny/hazy.
5/21/2010 7:00 AM 1.58 M M M M Intense thunderstorm at same time as heaviest rain. More rain and thunder during wee hours of morning. Report delayed until June 8 because the storm put out the dial-up telephone line.
5/22/2010 7:00 AM 1.53 M M M M Thunder began same time as intense rain. Lights went out briefly. Sunshine and a few ragged clouds at time of observation.
5/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Thunder at same time as rain. 70o and overcast at time of observation.
6/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M 73o F
6/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 68o F and mostly overcast.
6/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 72o F and sunny. The gardenia bush is going hog-wild! It must have a thousand looms on it. The mimosas around the neighborhoods are also in full bloom.
6/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 72o F and overcast.
6/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 76o F and sunny
6/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 75o F and clear.
6/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 77o F and clear
6/15/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M 4:40 PM-- thunder in the east, passing over, windy.
6/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.43 M M M M Thunder and dark clouds NE 11:25 AM and windy. Thunder and rain ended 3:15. More thunder and rain 7:30. At time of observation, 69o F and overcast.
6/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 71o F and clear
6/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Clear.
6/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 73o F and clear.
6/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M 71o F and clear
6/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 71o F and clear.
6/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 73o F and clear.
6/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 71o F and clear.
6/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 73o F and clear.
6/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 74o F and clear.
6/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Thunder and dark clouds in various parts of the sky 6/24 PM, but no rain here. 71o F and more or less overcast.
6/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 76o F and clear.
6/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 73o F and clear.
6/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.98 M M M M Thunder, some bolts very close at time of torrential rain. 71o F and overcast.
7/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.21 M M M M .F and overcast
7/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 69o and clear.
7/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M 70o F and cloudy
7/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 75o F and clear.
7/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 77o F and clear. Thunder to the south approx. 9 - 10 PM.
7/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 77o F and clear
7/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M 72o F and clear
7/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M 77o F and overcast
7/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 75o F and partly cloudy
7/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast
7/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M Thunder about 6 to 7 PM and rain after that. 74o F
7/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.51 M M M M Trace at 5 PM and the rest during the night. Cloud fragments and breeze at time of observation.
7/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.49 M M M M 69o F. Cloud fragments and breezy.
7/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 74o F and clear.
7/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 75o f and clear.
7/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 76o F and clear.
7/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 76o F and clear.
7/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.66 M M M M Rain during the night. 75o and clearing at time of observation.
7/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M Rain and thunder began at 9:50 PM. Overcast and 71o F at 7 AM.
7/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy at time of observation.
7/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear. Under a big thunderhead in the afternoon, but no rain.
7/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another big thunderhead in the afternoon. 77o F and clear at 7 AM.
8/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.27 M M M M Another big thunderhead, but this time it rained + thunder 77o F at 7AM
8/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Thunder and a big black cloud to the west beginning 1:20.
8/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Big black cloud and thunder in the afternoon, but no rain. 76o F at 7AM
8/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.45 M M M M
8/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Thunder at 2:15 PM. 78o F at time of observation.
8/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 79o F and clear.
8/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Had to walk a half-mile to my car about noon yesterday. I wet myself down and let the evaporation keep me tolerably cool.
8/14/2010 7:45 AM 0.18 M M M M Raining at time of observation.
8/15/2010 7:00 AM 1.98 M M M M
8/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M 73o F and partly cloudy at time of observation.
8/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Hazy/sunny.
8/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Overcast.
8/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.45 M M M M Thunder began 2:45 PM 75o F at time of observations
8/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.55 M M M M 75o F and overcast at time of observation.
8/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 75o F
8/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 70o F. Nights are longer, and we're losing more heat to space.
8/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 67o F
8/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/29/2010 8:50 AM 0.81 M M M M 69o F
8/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.28 M M M M Overcast.
8/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.48 M M M M 69o F and overcast.
9/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M 670 F. Clear except for thin clouds (the type that forms between air layers.0
9/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 64o F and mostly clear.
9/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 58o and cloudless.
9/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 71o and cloudless.
9/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 72o F and clear.
9/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 72o F and overcast, but patches of blue visible. Dark clouds to the north at 5 PM.
9/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 70o f and clear. When I was a child we never had cloudless skies. The steel mills put enough moisture into the air to produce constant clouds in the day. Local industry affects weather! The steel mills have been rebuilt and put out less water vapor.
9/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 59o F and cirrus clouds.
9/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudless.
9/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly clear, but some small puffs of clouds.
9/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly clear, but small puffs of clouds again.
9/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 72o F. At time of observation, sunny, but half of sky was covered with thin hazy cloud. 8 AM, clouded up; cleared up half an hour later.
9/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 73o F.
9/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 74o F and partly cloudy.
9/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 70o F and clear.
9/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.18 M M M M Overcast. Thunder during the night. Lightning put out our phone system at work.
9/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.36 M M M M Overcast. Glad to see the rain! I was contemplating filing a drought report.
9/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M 60o F.
9/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cirrus clouds all day the 29th.



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
10/16/2009 10/17/2009 7:00 AM 2 1.02 M M The computer conked out. I could have read the rain guage and waited, but I didn.t.
4/24/2010 4/30/2010 7:00 AM 7 3.64 M M Been bumming around Virginia and the Carolinas touring battlefields. At Yellow Tavern, the skies abruptly opened up and it rained pitchforks. Must have rained torrentially here because some of the iris blooms are beat down.
5/25/2010 6/05/2010 7:00 AM 12 0.90 0.0 M Overcast at time of observation



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