Station Overview Station Location
Station Number FL-BV-13 Latitude 28.312227
Station Name Rockledge 1.1 WSW Longitude -80.745553
County Brevard Elevation (ft) 39



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 4.29 1.45 31 1.45 31 0.00 0 0 6 0 0.0 0 0
Nov 09 3.00 0.44 30 0.44 30 0.00 0 0 3 0 0.0 0 0
Dec 09 2.33 5.22 31 5.22 31 0.00 0 0 11 0 0.0 0 0
Jan 10 2.62 2.70 31 2.70 31 0.00 0 0 7 0 0.0 0 0
Feb 10 2.62 3.84 26 3.84 26 0.00 0 0 8 0 0.0 0 0
March 10 3.81 8.99 31 8.99 31 0.00 0 0 7 0 0.0 0 0
April 10 2.31 3.04 30 3.04 30 0.00 0 0 8 0 0.0 0 0
May 10 3.13 0.85 31 0.12 11 0.73 20 1 2 0 0.0 0 0
June 10 6.25 2.56 30 2.56 30 0.00 0 0 6 0 0.0 0 0
July 10 5.82 1.88 31 1.88 31 0.00 0 0 8 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 10 7.04 4.56 31 4.56 31 0.00 0 0 13 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 10 6.67 6.19 30 6.19 30 0.00 0 0 10 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 49.89" 41.72" 363 days 40.99" 343 0.73" 20 days 1 89 days 0 days 0.0" 0 days 0 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 0.07
10/3/2009 0.00
10/4/2009 0.00
10/5/2009 0.00
10/6/2009 0.00
10/7/2009 0.00
10/8/2009 0.00
10/9/2009 0.00
10/10/2009 0.00
10/11/2009 0.00
10/12/2009 0.00
10/13/2009 0.00
10/14/2009 0.00
10/15/2009 0.00
10/16/2009 0.33
10/17/2009 0.00
10/18/2009 0.00
10/19/2009 0.00
10/20/2009 0.00
10/21/2009 0.00
10/22/2009 0.32
10/23/2009 0.01
10/24/2009 0.00
10/25/2009 0.00
10/26/2009 0.00
10/27/2009 0.00
10/28/2009 0.64
10/29/2009 0.00
10/30/2009 0.00
10/31/2009 0.08
11/1/2009 0.00
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 0.00
11/11/2009 0.00
11/12/2009 0.03
11/13/2009 0.00
11/14/2009 0.00
11/15/2009 0.00
11/16/2009 0.00
11/17/2009 0.00
11/18/2009 0.00
11/19/2009 0.00
11/20/2009 0.00
11/21/2009 0.00
11/22/2009 0.00
11/23/2009 0.00
11/24/2009 0.00
11/25/2009 0.06
11/26/2009 0.35
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 0.00
12/3/2009 1.42
12/4/2009 0.40
12/5/2009 1.27
12/6/2009 0.27
12/7/2009 0.00
12/8/2009 0.21
12/9/2009 0.00
12/10/2009 0.00
12/11/2009 0.14
12/12/2009 0.00
12/13/2009 0.02
12/14/2009 0.00
12/15/2009 0.00
12/16/2009 0.00
12/17/2009 0.02
12/18/2009 0.86
12/19/2009 0.44
12/20/2009 0.00
12/21/2009 0.00
12/22/2009 0.00
12/23/2009 0.00
12/24/2009 0.00
12/25/2009 0.17
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 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2010 0.10
1/2/2010 0.36
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 0.00
1/9/2010 0.03
1/10/2010 0.19
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 0.00
1/18/2010 0.00
1/19/2010 0.00
1/20/2010 0.00
1/21/2010 0.00
1/22/2010 1.92
1/23/2010 0.00
1/24/2010 0.00
1/25/2010 0.07
1/26/2010 0.03
1/27/2010 0.00
1/28/2010 0.00
1/29/2010 0.00
1/30/2010 0.00
1/31/2010 0.00
2/1/2010 0.00
2/2/2010 0.68
2/3/2010 0.35
2/4/2010 0.00
2/5/2010 0.00
2/6/2010 0.54
2/7/2010 0.00
2/8/2010 0.00
2/9/2010 0.00
2/10/2010 0.18
2/11/2010 0.00
2/12/2010 0.00
2/13/2010 0.79
2/14/2010 0.00
2/15/2010 0.00
2/16/2010 0.00
2/17/2010 0.00
2/18/2010 0.00
2/19/2010 0.00
2/20/2010 0.00
2/21/2010 0.00
2/22/2010 0.00
2/23/2010 1.03
2/24/2010 0.00
2/25/2010 0.13
2/26/2010
2/27/2010
2/28/2010 0.14
3/1/2010 0.00
3/2/2010 0.00
3/3/2010 0.08
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 0.00
3/11/2010 0.00
3/12/2010 2.86
3/13/2010 0.81
3/14/2010 0.00
3/15/2010 0.00
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 0.00
3/22/2010 0.50
3/23/2010 0.00
3/24/2010 0.00
3/25/2010 0.00
3/26/2010 1.05
3/27/2010 0.00
3/28/2010 0.00
3/29/2010 3.48
3/30/2010 0.21
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 0.00
4/5/2010 0.00
4/6/2010 0.00
4/7/2010 0.00
4/8/2010 0.00
4/9/2010 0.00
4/10/2010 0.00
4/11/2010 0.00
4/12/2010 0.03
4/13/2010 0.00
4/14/2010 0.05
4/15/2010 0.00
4/16/2010 0.02
4/17/2010 0.00
4/18/2010 0.00
4/19/2010 0.32
4/20/2010 0.00
4/21/2010 1.28
4/22/2010 0.05
4/23/2010 0.00
4/24/2010 0.00
4/25/2010 0.00
4/26/2010 1.25
4/27/2010 0.04
4/28/2010 0.00
4/29/2010 0.00
4/30/2010 0.00
5/1/2010 0.00
5/2/2010 0.00
5/3/2010 0.00
5/4/2010 0.00
5/5/2010 0.00
5/6/2010 0.04
5/7/2010 0.08
5/8/2010 0.00
5/9/2010 0.00
5/10/2010 0.00
5/11/2010 0.00
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5/13/2010 **
5/14/2010 **
5/15/2010 **
5/16/2010 **
5/17/2010 **
5/18/2010 **
5/19/2010 **
5/20/2010 **
5/21/2010 **
5/22/2010 **
5/23/2010 **
5/24/2010 **
5/25/2010 **
5/26/2010 **
5/27/2010 **
5/28/2010 **
5/29/2010 **
5/30/2010 **
5/31/2010 0.73
6/1/2010 0.00
6/2/2010 0.00
6/3/2010 0.00
6/4/2010 0.50
6/5/2010 1.24
6/6/2010 0.02
6/7/2010 0.00
6/8/2010 0.34
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 0.00
6/16/2010 0.05
6/17/2010 0.00
6/18/2010 0.41
6/19/2010 0.00
6/20/2010 0.00
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 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2010 0.00
7/2/2010 0.39
7/3/2010 0.00
7/4/2010 0.29
7/5/2010 0.92
7/6/2010 0.07
7/7/2010 0.00
7/8/2010 0.00
7/9/2010 0.00
7/10/2010 0.00
7/11/2010 0.00
7/12/2010 0.00
7/13/2010 0.07
7/14/2010 0.00
7/15/2010 0.00
7/16/2010 0.04
7/17/2010 0.00
7/18/2010 0.00
7/19/2010 0.00
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 0.02
7/26/2010 0.00
7/27/2010 0.08
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 1.14
8/3/2010 0.00
8/4/2010 0.00
8/5/2010 0.00
8/6/2010 0.05
8/7/2010 0.06
8/8/2010 1.42
8/9/2010 0.61
8/10/2010 0.00
8/11/2010 0.03
8/12/2010 0.00
8/13/2010 0.00
8/14/2010 0.00
8/15/2010 0.00
8/16/2010 0.00
8/17/2010 0.00
8/18/2010 0.00
8/19/2010 0.11
8/20/2010 0.02
8/21/2010 0.00
8/22/2010 0.78
8/23/2010 0.00
8/24/2010 0.00
8/25/2010 0.12
8/26/2010 0.15
8/27/2010 0.05
8/28/2010 0.00
8/29/2010 0.00
8/30/2010 0.02
8/31/2010 0.00
9/1/2010 0.00
9/2/2010 0.00
9/3/2010 0.00
9/4/2010 0.00
9/5/2010 0.00
9/6/2010 0.76
9/7/2010 0.36
9/8/2010 0.00
9/9/2010 0.00
9/10/2010 0.00
9/11/2010 0.17
9/12/2010 0.00
9/13/2010 0.22
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 0.08
9/24/2010 0.89
9/25/2010 0.14
9/26/2010 0.00
9/27/2010 0.00
9/28/2010 0.04
9/29/2010 3.48
9/30/2010 0.05



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2009 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Very poor rain year continues. Sept. total of 6.97 in., while a goodly amount, is nevertheless below the 32-year avg. and marks the 10th below avg. month in the last 11. The 2009 total of 30.1 in. is now a big 13. in. deficit. Will El Nino provide a year-end surge?... No start to the cool season yet, overnight low of 66.
10/2/2009 7:30 AM 0.07 M M M M
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
10/5/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/6/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/7/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/8/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/9/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/10/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/11/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/12/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/13/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/14/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/15/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/16/2009 7:30 AM 0.33 M M M M
10/17/2009 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Massive deficit keeps growing as pre-frontal band of showers disperses over the peninsula once again. This is now 4 years of mostly drought, dating back to Hurr.Wilma in Oct.2005, except for TS Fay. Deficit of 15 in. on a total of just 30.5 in. remains on pace to be the 2nd driest in 32 years of records. Note- cool season (62 low, a/c off) will apparently begin tomorrow, 10 days late.
10/18/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/19/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/20/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/21/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/22/2009 8:30 AM 0.32 M M M M
10/23/2009 7:30 AM 0.01 M M M M
10/24/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/25/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/26/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/27/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/28/2009 7:30 AM 0.64 M M M M Almost as much as has fallen all month. NCDC has declared north and east central Fla. in drought.
10/29/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/30/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/31/2009 7:30 AM 0.08 M M M M
11/1/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M October - 11th dry month in the last 12 and 30% of avg. rainfall on a total of 1.45 in. (32 yrs of records). For 2009 - huge deficit grows to over 16 in. on a total of 31.5 in.
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
11/8/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/9/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/10/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/11/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/12/2009 8:30 AM 0.03 M M M M Even when it rains, the deficit grows. 17 in. deficit now for the year on a total of 31. in., which remains the 2nd driest year in 32 yrs of records, rivaling only 2006's scant 29.8 in. total. Where's El Nino?
11/13/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/14/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
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
11/17/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 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 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/22/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 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 7:30 AM 0.06 M M M M
11/26/2009 7:30 AM 0.35 M M M M Thankfully, something is better than nothing. Maple trees losing leaves a month early, likely due to drought stress. Year's deficit climbs to 18 in. on a total of 32 in. Where's El Nino?
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 2nd driest Nov. in 32 yrs of records (1995) at 0.44 in. 2nd driest Oct.-Nov. (2003). Year's deficit of 19 inches rivals 2006's record 25 inch deficit. USDA places east central and south central Fla. in level 2 - moderate drought. Keetch Byram Drought Index is at springtime levels of 600-700. And so we enter a 5th year of mostly drought (TS Fay) - beyond amazing.
12/2/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/3/2009 7:30 AM 1.42 M M M M
12/4/2009 8:30 AM 0.40 M M M M
12/5/2009 8:30 AM 1.27 M M M M
12/6/2009 8:30 AM 0.27 M M M M
12/7/2009 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M December rainfall already exceeds my 32-yr avg. Only the 2nd wet month in the last 14. Up to this last rain event, the deficit for the last 4 yrs was 51 inches! Raining at time of obs.
12/8/2009 7:30 AM 0.21 M M M M
12/9/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/10/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/11/2009 7:30 AM 0.14 M M M M
12/12/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/13/2009 7:30 AM 0.02 M M M M
12/14/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/15/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/16/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/17/2009 7:30 AM 0.02 M M M M
12/18/2009 7:30 AM 0.86 M M M M Only the 2nd wetter than normal month in the last 14.
12/19/2009 7:30 AM 0.44 M M M M
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
12/22/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/23/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/24/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/25/2009 7:30 AM 0.17 M M M M
12/26/2009 8:30 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
12/29/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/30/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/31/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/1/2010 7:30 AM 0.10 M M M M 2nd DRIEST year in 32 yrs of records at 37.1 in., the driest being just 3 yrs ago with 29.8 in 2006. Almost 17 in. below normal. December total of 5.22 is 175% of normal and 7th wettest Dec. Thunder greets the new year at 4 a.m.
1/2/2010 7:30 AM 0.36 M M M M
1/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/9/2010 8:30 AM 0.03 M M M M sleet at 6am - 1st time since 1983 and 1977.
1/10/2010 7:30 AM 0.19 M M M M
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 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
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 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/22/2010 8:30 AM 1.92 M M M M
1/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/25/2010 6:30 AM 0.07 M M M M
1/26/2010 8:30 AM 0.03 M M M M
1/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/1/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M January total = 2.70 in., near normal.
2/2/2010 8:30 AM 0.68 M M M M
2/3/2010 7:30 AM 0.35 M M M M
2/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/6/2010 7:30 AM 0.54 M M M M
2/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/10/2010 7:30 AM 0.18 M M M M
2/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/13/2010 8:30 AM 0.79 M M M M
2/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/23/2010 8:30 AM 1.03 M M M M
2/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/25/2010 8:30 AM 0.13 M M M M
2/28/2010 7:30 AM 0.14 M M M M
3/1/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M February total of 3.84 in. is 140% of average. Surplus for the year is 1.3 in. Ground has remained wet for most of the month.
3/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/3/2010 7:30 AM 0.08 M M M M
3/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/12/2010 7:30 AM 2.86 M M M M
3/13/2010 7:30 AM 0.81 M M M M Storm total of 3.67 in. Not even 2008 TS Fay produced standing water in my yard. After 4 yrs of mostly drought, we're wet.
3/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/22/2010 7:30 AM 0.50 M M M M
3/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/26/2010 7:30 AM 1.05 M M M M
3/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/29/2010 8:30 AM 3.48 M M M M
3/30/2010 9:30 AM 0.21 M M M M
3/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/1/2010 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M March total of 8.99 in. is 2nd wettest in 31 yrs of records (1996) and nearly triple the normal amount. Annual surplus now at 7.0 in. and nearly double the normal.
4/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/12/2010 9:30 AM 0.03 M M M M
4/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/14/2010 7:30 AM 0.05 M M M M
4/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/16/2010 7:30 AM 0.02 M M M M
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 7:30 AM 0.32 M M M M
4/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/21/2010 7:30 AM 1.28 M M M M Heaviest after 4 a.m. with close lightning.
4/22/2010 8:30 AM 0.05 M M M M
4/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/26/2010 6:30 AM 1.25 M M M M All after 1:30am and with continuous occasional lightning.
4/27/2010 8:30 AM 0.04 M M M M
4/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/1/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M April: 4th straight month with a surplus on a total of 3.04 in. Year's total of 18.5 in. is a 7.5 in. surplus (30-yr avg).
5/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/6/2010 7:30 AM 0.04 M M M M
5/7/2010 7:30 AM 0.08 M M M M
5/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/1/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Total for May of 0.85 in. is 25% of avg. and the 9th dry May in the last 11. Year's total is 19.3 in. which is 5 in. above avg.
6/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/4/2010 7:30 AM 0.50 M M M M
6/5/2010 7:30 AM 1.24 M M M M Very heavy - all in 20 min. at 5pm.
6/6/2010 7:30 AM 0.02 M M M M
6/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/8/2010 7:30 AM 0.34 M M M M
6/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
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
6/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/16/2010 7:30 AM 0.05 M M M M Excessive lightning south and west along I-95.
6/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/18/2010 7:30 AM 0.41 M M M M
6/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/22/2010 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M What afternoon thunderstorms? Less than a half inch in the last 2 weeks for a month that's averaged 7.8 in. over the last 30 yrs. Last winter's surplus is almost all used up.
6/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
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
6/29/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Maple trees begin dropping green leaves due to lack of rain. 2nd consecutive very dry month. Winter surplus gone. Weird to contemplate raking leaves in summer heat for the 4th time in the last 6 yrs.
6/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/1/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M June summary. Drought impact report submitted. Keetch-Byram Drought Index has been suspended the last 5 weeks due to unworkable data. June total of 2.56" is 35% of my 30-yr average, 4th driest in 33 yrs, and less than June 2009's drought amount. 2nd very dry month in a row. Seems to be a junior version of the 1998 post-El Nino heat and drought, which did not break until July 7. Unwatered lawns and trees are stressed for the 4th summer in the last 6. Winter surplus is gone.
7/2/2010 7:30 AM 0.39 M M M M 1st rain in 2 weeks. Just 1" in the last 4 weeks.
7/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/4/2010 7:30 AM 0.29 M M M M
7/5/2010 7:30 AM 0.92 M M M M Nice soaker at last. 5-hr rain, 3-8pm, for 0.92".
7/6/2010 7:30 AM 0.07 M M M M
7/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/13/2010 7:30 AM 0.07 M M M M
7/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/15/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Well on the way to the 2nd driest June-July in 33 yrs (1993). June 1-July 15 total currently is 4.3", the 30-yr avg. is 10.8". Keetch Byram Drought Index remains disabled.
7/16/2010 7:30 AM 0.04 M M M M
7/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/22/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M As we await our 1st tropical wave, here's the facts for east central Fla.: Jun 1-Jul 22 rain rec'd is 4.3", normal is 11.0"; Melbourne NWS has 3.5", normal is 9.5". Too many successive droughts dating back to Hurr. Wilma in 2005.
7/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/25/2010 8:30 AM 0.02 M M M M Soil moisture maps depict normal conditions for Fla. Hard to believe along the east coast with Jacksonville, here, and Melbourne with big deficits, plus browning fields and lawns and maple trees dropping a 2nd round of green leaves.
7/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/27/2010 7:30 AM 0.08 M M M M
7/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
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
7/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/1/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 4th drought in 5 yrs. July total= 1.88" or 30% of normal. 4th driest July over 33 yrs of records and 2nd driest June-July (1993). This year's surplus has rapidly changed to a 4" deficit on a 23" total. My 2 driest years have been in the last 4 - the super drought of 2006 with a giant deficit of 24.9" and 2009 with a deficit 16.7". Since Jan.1, 2006, the accumulated deficit is 49.6", and that includes a 13" flood from TS Fay in 2008. Raking leaves in July heat is no fun.
8/2/2010 7:30 AM 1.14 M M M M
8/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/6/2010 7:30 AM 0.05 M M M M
8/7/2010 7:30 AM 0.06 M M M M
8/8/2010 7:30 AM 1.42 M M M M
8/9/2010 7:30 AM 0.61 M M M M The still-born rainy season gets whacked. 3 good rains in the last 8 days for 3.28".
8/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/11/2010 7:30 AM 0.03 M 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
8/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/19/2010 8:30 AM 0.11 M M M M
8/20/2010 7:30 AM 0.02 M M M M
8/21/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M After what seemed a good start to August, it's now just another 12-day stretch of almost nothing.
8/22/2010 7:30 AM 0.78 M 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
8/25/2010 6:30 AM 0.12 M M M M To my fellow rain spotter in n.Brevard, "welcome" to the repeating drought I've had for most of the past 5 years.
8/26/2010 8:30 AM 0.15 M M M M For high chances of rain the last 5 days, it's sure not amounting to much of an event on the east coast. August likely to finish as the 4th drier than normal month in a row.
8/27/2010 7:30 AM 0.05 M M M M
8/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/29/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Keetch Byram Drought Index is finally released and confirms Brevard and Indian River as the only dry counties in the whole peninsula. And this with only 1 month of the rainy season remaining and prospects for a La Nina winter (dry). Great. 2nd driest Jun-Jul-Aug in 33 yrs of records (1993).
8/30/2010 7:30 AM 0.02 M M M M
8/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/1/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M For August: 4th dry month in a row. While the 4.56" total is decent, it's only 75% of my 34 yr avg, and there's only 1 month of the non-starting rainy season remaining. Deficit for the year climbs to 6". August was the wettest month since March.
9/2/2010 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M The lawn turns brown again as the latest stretch of no rain plows on. No meaningful rain in 2 wks; only 1.2" the last 4 wks.
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
9/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/6/2010 7:30 AM 0.76 M M M M Deficit since May 1 still at 15".
9/7/2010 8:30 AM 0.36 M M M M
9/8/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M There has yet to be a shower off the Atlantic Ocean, which is typical, this entire rainy season.
9/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/10/2010 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M So I guess after our 1" rain last weekend, we're in our latest 2 to 3 week gap until the next rainfall. 5 yrs of mostly drought marches on.
9/11/2010 7:30 AM 0.17 M M M M
9/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/13/2010 7:30 AM 0.22 M M M M
9/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/15/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M At the halfway mark, it's still possible this will be the driest Sept. in 34 yrs of records. The driest was 1983, another post-El Nino year, when only 2.0" fell in an otherwise wet year. So far this Sept. - 1.6". Almost no air mass t-storms, no early season cold fronts, and far away tropical activity. 5th straight year of mostly drought. When will it really rain?
9/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
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
9/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/23/2010 8:30 AM 0.08 M M M M A deficit of one whole year's rainfall since 2006!
9/24/2010 7:30 AM 0.89 M M M M All the way to Sept.22-23 for our 1st showers off the ocean.
9/25/2010 7:30 AM 0.14 M M M M
9/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/27/2010 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Maple trees resume dropping leaves - for those with any still left to drop.
9/28/2010 9:30 AM 0.04 M M M M
9/29/2010 7:30 AM 3.48 M M M M Ahh... heaviest since March 29. The parched ground soaked it right up.
9/30/2010 8:30 AM 0.05 M M M M Heavy rains in central Florida were caused by an upper trough and dying front and had nothing to do with TD16/Nicole. Sept. remains below normal.



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
5/12/2010 5/31/2010 7:00 AM 20 0.73 M M



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