Station Overview Station Location
Station Number NC-DH-53 Latitude 35.937173
Station Name Chapel Hill 2.5 ENE Longitude -78.997337
County Durham Elevation (ft) 290



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 3.71 1.70 10 1.70 10 0.00 0 0 10 0 0.0 0 0
Nov 09 3.42 5.33 11 5.33 11 0.00 0 0 11 0 0.0 0 0
Dec 09 3.29 6.41 9 6.41 9 0.00 0 0 9 0 0.1 1 1
Jan 10 3.78 5.73 7 5.73 7 0.00 0 0 7 0 6.5 1 1
Feb 10 3.42 3.64 9 3.64 9 0.00 0 0 9 0 2.5 1 0
March 10 4.42 2.09 12 2.09 12 0.00 0 0 12 0 0.0 0 0
April 10 3.28 0.83 4 0.83 4 0.00 0 0 4 0 0.0 0 0
May 10 3.80 4.90 11 4.90 11 0.00 0 0 11 0 0.0 0 0
June 10 3.97 1.79 7 1.79 7 0.00 0 0 7 0 0.0 0 0
July 10 4.55 5.48 15 5.48 15 0.00 0 0 14 1 0.0 0 0
Aug 10 4.44 2.11 9 2.11 9 0.00 0 0 9 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 10 4.18 3.09 8 3.09 8 0.00 0 0 7 1 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 46.26" 43.10" 112 days 43.10" 112 0.00" 0 days 0 110 days 2 days 9.1" 3 days 2 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
10/2/2009
10/3/2009
10/4/2009
10/5/2009 0.07
10/6/2009
10/7/2009 0.07
10/8/2009
10/9/2009
10/10/2009
10/11/2009 0.04
10/12/2009 0.24
10/13/2009
10/14/2009 0.15
10/15/2009 0.19
10/16/2009
10/17/2009
10/18/2009
10/19/2009
10/20/2009
10/21/2009
10/22/2009
10/23/2009 0.04
10/24/2009 0.52
10/25/2009
10/26/2009
10/27/2009 0.18
10/28/2009 0.20
10/29/2009
10/30/2009
10/31/2009
11/1/2009 0.80
11/2/2009
11/3/2009
11/4/2009
11/5/2009
11/6/2009
11/7/2009
11/8/2009
11/9/2009
11/10/2009 0.05
11/11/2009 1.55
11/12/2009 1.05
11/13/2009 0.02
11/14/2009
11/15/2009
11/16/2009
11/17/2009
11/18/2009
11/19/2009 0.44
11/20/2009
11/21/2009
11/22/2009
11/23/2009 0.95
11/24/2009 0.18
11/25/2009 0.03
11/26/2009
11/27/2009 0.07
11/28/2009
11/29/2009
11/30/2009 0.19
12/1/2009
12/2/2009 1.44
12/3/2009 1.08
12/4/2009
12/5/2009 0.40
12/6/2009
12/7/2009
12/8/2009 0.02
12/9/2009 1.06
12/10/2009
12/11/2009
12/12/2009
12/13/2009 0.58
12/14/2009
12/15/2009
12/16/2009
12/17/2009
12/18/2009 0.19
12/19/2009 0.88
12/20/2009
12/21/2009
12/22/2009
12/23/2009
12/24/2009
12/25/2009 0.76
12/26/2009
12/27/2009
12/28/2009
12/29/2009
12/30/2009
12/31/2009
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2010 0.20
1/2/2010
1/3/2010
1/4/2010
1/5/2010
1/6/2010
1/7/2010
1/8/2010
1/9/2010
1/10/2010
1/11/2010
1/12/2010
1/13/2010
1/14/2010
1/15/2010
1/16/2010
1/17/2010 1.52
1/18/2010
1/19/2010
1/20/2010
1/21/2010 0.30
1/22/2010 0.32
1/23/2010
1/24/2010 0.62
1/25/2010 1.62
1/26/2010
1/27/2010
1/28/2010
1/29/2010
1/30/2010 1.15
1/31/2010
2/1/2010
2/2/2010 0.20
2/3/2010 0.22
2/4/2010
2/5/2010 1.46
2/6/2010 0.32
2/7/2010
2/8/2010
2/9/2010 0.29
2/10/2010
2/11/2010
2/12/2010
2/13/2010 0.21
2/14/2010
2/15/2010 0.12
2/16/2010
2/17/2010
2/18/2010
2/19/2010
2/20/2010
2/21/2010
2/22/2010 0.62
2/23/2010
2/24/2010 0.20
2/25/2010
2/26/2010
2/27/2010
2/28/2010
3/1/2010
3/2/2010 0.06
3/3/2010 0.28
3/4/2010
3/5/2010
3/6/2010
3/7/2010
3/8/2010
3/9/2010
3/10/2010 0.02
3/11/2010 0.14
3/12/2010 0.16
3/13/2010 0.01
3/14/2010 0.13
3/15/2010
3/16/2010
3/17/2010
3/18/2010
3/19/2010
3/20/2010
3/21/2010
3/22/2010 0.03
3/23/2010 0.03
3/24/2010
3/25/2010
3/26/2010 0.08
3/27/2010
3/28/2010 0.05
3/29/2010 1.10
3/30/2010
3/31/2010
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2010
4/2/2010
4/3/2010
4/4/2010
4/5/2010
4/6/2010
4/7/2010
4/8/2010
4/9/2010 0.09
4/10/2010
4/11/2010
4/12/2010
4/13/2010
4/14/2010 0.02
4/15/2010
4/16/2010
4/17/2010
4/18/2010
4/19/2010
4/20/2010
4/21/2010 0.30
4/22/2010
4/23/2010
4/24/2010
4/25/2010 0.42
4/26/2010
4/27/2010
4/28/2010
4/29/2010
4/30/2010
5/1/2010
5/2/2010
5/3/2010 0.01
5/4/2010
5/5/2010
5/6/2010
5/7/2010
5/8/2010
5/9/2010
5/10/2010
5/11/2010 0.02
5/12/2010
5/13/2010
5/14/2010
5/15/2010
5/16/2010 0.40
5/17/2010 1.87
5/18/2010 1.03
5/19/2010 0.28
5/20/2010
5/21/2010
5/22/2010 0.33
5/23/2010 0.07
5/24/2010 0.46
5/25/2010
5/26/2010 0.02
5/27/2010
5/28/2010
5/29/2010 0.41
5/30/2010
5/31/2010
6/1/2010 0.66
6/2/2010 0.12
6/3/2010
6/4/2010
6/5/2010
6/6/2010
6/7/2010 0.11
6/8/2010
6/9/2010
6/10/2010
6/11/2010
6/12/2010 0.15
6/13/2010 0.58
6/14/2010
6/15/2010
6/16/2010 0.09
6/17/2010
6/18/2010
6/19/2010
6/20/2010
6/21/2010
6/22/2010
6/23/2010
6/24/2010
6/25/2010
6/26/2010
6/27/2010
6/28/2010
6/29/2010
6/30/2010 0.08
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2010
7/2/2010
7/3/2010
7/4/2010
7/5/2010
7/6/2010
7/7/2010
7/8/2010 0.35
7/9/2010 0.04
7/10/2010
7/11/2010
7/12/2010 T
7/13/2010 1.26
7/14/2010 0.76
7/15/2010
7/16/2010 0.15
7/17/2010 0.25
7/18/2010 0.30
7/19/2010 0.28
7/20/2010 0.05
7/21/2010 0.05
7/22/2010
7/23/2010 0.02
7/24/2010
7/25/2010
7/26/2010
7/27/2010 1.17
7/28/2010
7/29/2010
7/30/2010 0.60
7/31/2010 0.20
8/1/2010
8/2/2010
8/3/2010
8/4/2010 0.03
8/5/2010 1.13
8/6/2010 0.12
8/7/2010
8/8/2010
8/9/2010
8/10/2010
8/11/2010
8/12/2010 0.14
8/13/2010
8/14/2010
8/15/2010
8/16/2010
8/17/2010
8/18/2010 0.07
8/19/2010 0.14
8/20/2010
8/21/2010
8/22/2010
8/23/2010 0.37
8/24/2010 0.09
8/25/2010 0.02
8/26/2010
8/27/2010
8/28/2010
8/29/2010
8/30/2010
8/31/2010
9/1/2010
9/2/2010 T
9/3/2010
9/4/2010
9/5/2010
9/6/2010
9/7/2010
9/8/2010 0.03
9/9/2010
9/10/2010
9/11/2010
9/12/2010 0.05
9/13/2010
9/14/2010
9/15/2010
9/16/2010
9/17/2010
9/18/2010
9/19/2010
9/20/2010
9/21/2010
9/22/2010
9/23/2010
9/24/2010
9/25/2010
9/26/2010 0.25
9/27/2010 0.85
9/28/2010 0.63
9/29/2010 0.88
9/30/2010 0.40



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/5/2009 7:00 PM 0.07 M M M M light rain during early morning ending by mid morning
10/7/2009 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M similar hours for rainfall from the previous day.
10/11/2009 7:00 PM 0.04 M M M M light rain during the early morning
10/12/2009 7:00 PM 0.24 M M M M light to occasionally moderate from mid afternoon until about 7pm.
10/14/2009 7:00 PM 0.15 M M M M rain between 1pm and 6pm
10/15/2009 7:00 PM 0.19 M M M M light showers off and on most of day.
10/23/2009 7:00 PM 0.04 M M M M short shower around 4pm...
10/24/2009 7:00 PM 0.52 M M M M Rain showers most of day beginning around late morning with a period of heavy showers around 2pm.
10/27/2009 7:00 PM 0.18 M M M M .04 fell during the early morning and the .14 from about 11am to 7pm..
10/28/2009 7:00 PM 0.20 M M M M Light rain from after 7pm until around daybreak with periods of moderate rain just after midnight on the 27th.
11/1/2009 7:00 PM 0.80 M M M M Rainfall during early morning ending around noon. Previous morning was .10 and not reported (on trip).
11/10/2009 7:00 PM 0.05 M M M M Light showers during day with steady light to moderate rain after 7pm
11/11/2009 7:00 PM 1.55 M M M M fairly steady rainfall since 7pm (10th) ranging from light to moderate.
11/12/2009 7:00 PM 1.05 M M M M light to moderate rain during erly overnight and mostly during late afternoon and evening.
11/13/2009 7:00 PM 0.02 M M M M periods of light rain and drizzle during day...
11/19/2009 7:00 PM 0.44 M M M M lgt showers overnight and into day with heavy shower around 420pm.
11/23/2009 7:00 PM 0.95 M M M M lgt rain most of period with a few moderate showers around sunrise.
11/24/2009 7:00 PM 0.18 M M M M lgt shwrs after 7pm 23rd ending before dawn...
11/25/2009 7:00 PM 0.03 M M M M Lgt shower during erly mrng...
11/27/2009 7:00 PM 0.07 M M M M light showers between 7pm and 11pm on 26th
11/30/2009 7:00 PM 0.19 M M M M a few sprinkles during mid mrng with most of light rain between 5 and 7pm
12/2/2009 7:00 PM 1.44 M M M M light to moderate rain most of period with heavy showers between 6 and 7pm.
12/3/2009 7:00 PM 1.08 M M M M Period of heavy rain ending before dawn
12/5/2009 7:00 PM 0.40 M M M M light rain overnight until mid afternoon....
12/8/2009 7:00 PM 0.02 M M M M light rain began around 5pm
12/9/2009 7:00 PM 1.06 M M M M thunderstorm between 615am and 700am with vivid lightning around 615am.
12/13/2009 7:00 PM 0.58 M M M M rainfall mostly light from 7pm saturday until afternoon today....
12/18/2009 7:00 PM 0.19 0.1 0.19 0.1 0.19 light snow begain shortly afternoon 12 noon with periods of sleet late afternoon and evening.
12/19/2009 7:00 PM 0.88 M M T M mixture of sleet and rain during night
12/25/2009 7:00 PM 0.76 M M M M light to moderate rainfall from about 10am til little after 7pm
1/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M precipitation in form of light showers ...with a few during morning of 31st and a few during afternoon.
1/17/2010 7:00 PM 1.52 M M M M showers began during evening of 16th continuing as rain moderate to heavy during night and into most of day...
1/21/2010 7:00 PM 0.30 M M M M scattered light during day with moderate rain at times during late afternoon.
1/22/2010 7:00 PM 0.32 M M M M light to moderate rain during night and early morning...
1/24/2010 7:00 PM 0.62 M M M M light to moderate rain during late afternoon into early evening.
1/25/2010 7:00 PM 1.62 M M M M Rainfall moderate to heavy at times during early morning and overnight
1/30/2010 7:00 PM 1.15 6.5 1.15 6.5 1.15
2/2/2010 7:00 PM 0.20 M M M M Light rain from around daybreak until around 6pm
2/3/2010 7:00 PM 0.22 M M M M light rainfall after 7pm ending around 2am...
2/5/2010 7:00 PM 1.46 M M M M light to moderate rainfall since early morning with a few minutes of heavy downpours.
2/6/2010 7:00 PM 0.32 M M T M light to occasionally moderate rainfall ending during early morning. A few light snow flurries during mid and late morning
2/9/2010 7:00 PM 0.29 M M M M light to occasionally moderate rain from late morning into mid evening...
2/13/2010 7:00 PM 0.21 2.5 0.21 T 0.21
2/15/2010 7:00 PM 0.12 M M M M lgt rain beginning late morning and off and on during day into evening.
2/22/2010 7:00 PM 0.62 M M M M light to moderate rainfall with the most frequent period of moderate around 11 am.
2/24/2010 7:00 PM 0.20 M M M M lgt rain began around 9am and ended near 7pm
3/2/2010 7:00 PM 0.06 T M T M
3/3/2010 7:00 PM 0.28 M M M M snow fell during night with only a trace visible by daybreak. A guess of about one inch overnight with rain mixed in and a fast melt resulted in the .28 amount.
3/10/2010 7:00 PM 0.02 M M M M light rain during mid afternoon into early evening.
3/11/2010 7:00 PM 0.14 M M M M lgt rain most of afternoon into evening.
3/12/2010 7:00 PM 0.16 M M M M Off and on light rain during day.
3/13/2010 7:00 PM 0.01 M M M M light shower late afternoon
3/14/2010 7:00 PM 0.13 M M M M overnight rainfall
3/22/2010 7:00 PM 0.03 M M M M Trace of rain overnight and light shower late afternoon.
3/23/2010 7:00 PM 0.03 M M M M light shower before daybreak...
3/26/2010 7:00 PM 0.08 M M M M light shower overnight and a few during mid and late afternoon.
3/28/2010 7:00 PM 0.05 M M M M light showers late afternoon into evening. Rather windy.
3/29/2010 7:00 PM 1.10 M M M M light showers last evening and heavy rain a few hours after midnight with more light rain until around daybreak.
4/9/2010 7:00 PM 0.09 M M M M overnight showers...
4/14/2010 7:00 PM 0.02 M M M M light shower during mid and late evening.
4/21/2010 7:00 PM 0.30 M M M M a few light showers overnight with bulk of showers during mid and late afternoon
4/25/2010 7:00 PM 0.42 M M M M mstly light rain beginning mid eve continuing through the night .
5/3/2010 7:00 PM 0.01 M M M M very light showers during afternoon and early evening.
5/11/2010 7:00 PM 0.02 M M M M very light shower late morning
5/16/2010 7:00 PM 0.40 M M M M Thunderstorm just before 1am for .30 and thunderstorm around 6pm for .10
5/17/2010 7:00 PM 1.87 M M M M light to moderatre rainfall with periods of heavy showers.
5/18/2010 7:00 PM 1.03 M M M M Rainfall mostly during period of 7pm and 7am.
5/19/2010 7:00 PM 0.28 M M M M overnight rainfall....
5/22/2010 7:00 PM 0.33 M M M M heavy thunderstorm around 540pm. very windy ...
5/23/2010 7:00 PM 0.07 M M M M Thunderstorms surrounding reporting site with heavy rain after observation time.....not reported....
5/24/2010 7:00 PM 0.46 M M M M thunderstorms last evening with scattered mostly light rain during day with a few overnight.
5/26/2010 7:00 PM 0.02 M M M M overnight light shower....
5/29/2010 7:00 PM 0.41 M M M M Heavy thunderstorms in the area around 10pm. Vivid lightning and loud thunder.
6/1/2010 7:00 PM 0.66 M M M M Thunderstorms in area around 4am and brief showers during afternoon. .60 with storms and .06 with afternoon shower.
6/2/2010 7:00 PM 0.12 M M M M mostly light showers overnight and during afternoon, but thunderstorms in area during afternoo.
6/7/2010 7:00 PM 0.11 M M M M brief showers evening of 6th.
6/12/2010 7:00 PM 0.15 M M M M Brief showers early evening...
6/13/2010 7:00 PM 0.58 M M M M gusty winds with thunderstorm during mid/late afternoon.
6/16/2010 7:00 PM 0.09 M M M M .07 during night and .02 mid and late afternoon where thunderstorms moved north and south of this station.
6/30/2010 7:00 PM 0.08 M M M M overnight shower
7/8/2010 7:00 PM 0.35 M M M M severe thunderstorm with strong wind and pea size hail around 4pm just about 2 miles west of this station.
7/9/2010 7:00 PM 0.04 M M M M shower about 4am with vivid lightning southwest with report of lightning strike in Chapel Hill
7/12/2010 7:00 PM T M M M M showers and storms moved south of reporting point.
7/13/2010 7:00 PM 1.26 M M M M heavy showers with strong winds around 945pm,...
7/14/2010 7:00 PM 0.76 M M M M rainfall during night
7/16/2010 7:00 PM 0.15 M M M M Brief heavy shower just before observation time.
7/17/2010 7:00 PM 0.25 M M M M mostly light to moderate rain, but with some thunder in area during mid and late afternoon.
7/18/2010 7:00 PM 0.30 M M M M moderate to heavy thundershower around 5pm
7/19/2010 7:00 PM 0.28 M M M M Overnight rainfall
7/20/2010 7:00 PM 0.05 M M M M thunderstorms in vicinity at 615pm with light rain continuing at time of observation
7/21/2010 7:00 PM 0.05 M M M M light rain last evening after from 7 to 9 pm
7/23/2010 7:00 PM 0.02 M M M M Brief shower between 7 and 8am this morning.
7/27/2010 7:00 PM 1.17 M M M M showers and thundershowers during much of the afternoon and early evening
7/30/2010 7:00 PM 0.60 M M M M heavy showers with thunder shortly after 10pm (29th)
7/31/2010 7:00 PM 0.20 M M M M off and on showers most of day
8/4/2010 7:00 PM 0.03 M M M M Lifht showers early morning. Had .19 rainfall early morning of 1 august.
8/5/2010 7:00 PM 1.13 M M M M Thunderstorms just after midnight produced .95 and thunderstorms during observation time produced .18, but showers continued with thunder east.
8/6/2010 7:00 PM 0.12 M M M M light showers during evening between 7pm and 11pm
8/12/2010 7:00 PM 0.14 M M M M rain showers with thunderstorms in area just after midnight.
8/18/2010 7:00 PM 0.07 M M M M thunderstorm between 415pm and 420pm south of station moving east to northeast.
8/19/2010 7:00 PM 0.14 M M M M A very brief shower evening of 18th and light showers overnight.
8/23/2010 7:00 PM 0.37 M M M M Thunderstorm around 10pm yesterday producing .27 and shower between 4 and 5 pm this afternoon produced .10
8/24/2010 7:00 PM 0.09 M M M M light shower overnight producing .07 and only .02 during day.
8/25/2010 7:00 PM 0.02 M M M M light shower overnight and trace around 10am and during mid afternoon...
9/2/2010 7:00 PM T M M M M A sprinkle around 630pm coming from a light band of showers moving westward as result of approaching Hurricane Earl.
9/8/2010 7:00 PM 0.03 M M M M light rain during mid afternoon.
9/12/2010 7:00 PM 0.05 M M M M .04 fell over night in light rain with ,01 in a very light shower yesterday afternoon.
9/26/2010 7:00 PM 0.25 M M M M light rain began around 4pm becoming more widespread into evening. Rain moderate at times
9/27/2010 7:00 PM 0.85 M M M M Light to moderate rain overnight and into the afternoon.
9/28/2010 7:00 PM 0.63 M M M M showers...some moderate to heavy at times...overnight
9/29/2010 7:00 PM 0.88 M M M M .23 overnight with .65 during the day with rainfall light to moderate.
9/30/2010 7:00 PM 0.40 M M M M .22 fell during the early morning and .18 during the morning and early aftenoon.



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes



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