Station Overview Station Location
Station Number NM-BR-102 Latitude 35.168611
Station Name Sandia Heights 0.6 SSE Longitude -106.486667
County Bernalillo Elevation (ft) 6190



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 1.65 3.92 23 2.09 18 1.83 5 1 7 0 0.0 0 0
Nov 09 0.97 0.07 1 0.07 1 0.00 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Dec 09 0.97 0.50 11 0.50 7 0.00 4 0 3 0 4.4 3 2
Jan 10 0.67 1.24 26 1.07 22 0.17 4 1 6 0 1.5 1 1
Feb 10 0.77 0.63 23 0.00 7 0.63 16 2 0 0 0.0 0 0
March 10 1.12 1.25 9 1.25 9 0.00 0 0 9 0 4.9 3 1
April 10 1.03 0.54 5 0.54 5 0.00 0 0 5 0 0.0 0 0
May 10 0.72 0.34 3 0.34 3 0.00 0 0 2 1 0.0 0 0
June 10 0.78 0.40 13 0.15 9 0.25 4 1 2 0 0.0 0 0
July 10 2.53 3.03 10 3.03 7 0.00 3 0 6 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 10 2.94 3.81 23 0.73 4 3.08 19 2 4 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 10 1.58 2.02 10 1.87 9 0.15 1 1 2 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 15.73" 17.75" 157 days 11.64" 101 6.11" 56 days 8 47 days 1 days 10.8" 7 days 4 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 1.83
10/6/2009
10/7/2009 0.12
10/8/2009 0.16
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
10/16/2009 0.00
10/17/2009 0.00
10/18/2009 0.00
10/19/2009 0.00
10/20/2009 0.00
10/21/2009 1.27
10/22/2009 0.30
10/23/2009
10/24/2009
10/25/2009
10/26/2009
10/27/2009
10/28/2009 0.16
10/29/2009 0.06
10/30/2009 0.02
10/31/2009
11/1/2009
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
11/11/2009
11/12/2009
11/13/2009
11/14/2009
11/15/2009
11/16/2009
11/17/2009
11/18/2009
11/19/2009
11/20/2009
11/21/2009
11/22/2009
11/23/2009
11/24/2009
11/25/2009
11/26/2009
11/27/2009
11/28/2009
11/29/2009 0.07
11/30/2009
12/1/2009
12/2/2009
12/3/2009
12/4/2009
12/5/2009
12/6/2009
12/7/2009
12/8/2009 0.27
12/9/2009
12/10/2009
12/11/2009
12/12/2009
12/13/2009
12/14/2009
12/15/2009
12/16/2009
12/17/2009
12/18/2009
12/19/2009
12/20/2009
12/21/2009
12/22/2009
12/23/2009 0.18
12/24/2009 0.05
12/25/2009 0.00
12/26/2009 0.00
12/27/2009 0.00
12/28/2009 0.00 **
12/29/2009 **
12/30/2009 **
12/31/2009 **
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2010 0.17
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 0.00
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 0.01
1/15/2010
1/16/2010
1/17/2010
1/18/2010
1/19/2010 0.36
1/20/2010 0.01
1/21/2010
1/22/2010 0.33
1/23/2010 0.33
1/24/2010 0.03
1/25/2010 0.00
1/26/2010 0.00
1/27/2010 0.00
1/28/2010 0.00
1/29/2010 **
1/30/2010 **
1/31/2010 **
2/1/2010 **
2/2/2010 **
2/3/2010 **
2/4/2010 **
2/5/2010 **
2/6/2010 **
2/7/2010 **
2/8/2010 **
2/9/2010 **
2/10/2010 **
2/11/2010 0.40
2/12/2010 0.00
2/13/2010 0.00
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 **
2/20/2010 **
2/21/2010 **
2/22/2010 **
2/23/2010 0.23
2/24/2010
2/25/2010
2/26/2010
2/27/2010
2/28/2010
3/1/2010 0.03
3/2/2010
3/3/2010
3/4/2010
3/5/2010
3/6/2010
3/7/2010
3/8/2010 0.41
3/9/2010
3/10/2010 0.13
3/11/2010 0.16
3/12/2010 0.01
3/13/2010
3/14/2010
3/15/2010 0.22
3/16/2010
3/17/2010
3/18/2010
3/19/2010
3/20/2010 0.06
3/21/2010 0.02
3/22/2010
3/23/2010
3/24/2010 0.21
3/25/2010
3/26/2010
3/27/2010
3/28/2010
3/29/2010
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
4/10/2010
4/11/2010
4/12/2010
4/13/2010
4/14/2010
4/15/2010
4/16/2010
4/17/2010 0.17
4/18/2010
4/19/2010 0.07
4/20/2010
4/21/2010
4/22/2010 0.09
4/23/2010 0.20
4/24/2010
4/25/2010
4/26/2010
4/27/2010
4/28/2010
4/29/2010
4/30/2010 0.01
5/1/2010 T
5/2/2010
5/3/2010 0.31
5/4/2010
5/5/2010
5/6/2010
5/7/2010
5/8/2010
5/9/2010
5/10/2010
5/11/2010
5/12/2010
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 0.03
5/29/2010
5/30/2010
5/31/2010
6/1/2010
6/2/2010
6/3/2010
6/4/2010
6/5/2010
6/6/2010
6/7/2010 0.03
6/8/2010
6/9/2010
6/10/2010
6/11/2010
6/12/2010
6/13/2010
6/14/2010
6/15/2010
6/16/2010 0.00
6/17/2010 0.00
6/18/2010 0.00
6/19/2010 0.00
6/20/2010
6/21/2010 0.00
6/22/2010
6/23/2010
6/24/2010 0.00
6/25/2010 0.00
6/26/2010 0.12
6/27/2010 **
6/28/2010 **
6/29/2010 **
6/30/2010 0.25
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2010
7/2/2010 0.21
7/3/2010
7/4/2010 0.03
7/5/2010
7/6/2010
7/7/2010
7/8/2010
7/9/2010
7/10/2010
7/11/2010
7/12/2010
7/13/2010
7/14/2010
7/15/2010
7/16/2010
7/17/2010
7/18/2010
7/19/2010
7/20/2010
7/21/2010
7/22/2010 0.09
7/23/2010
7/24/2010
7/25/2010 0.95
7/26/2010 0.59
7/27/2010 1.16
7/28/2010 0.00
7/29/2010 **
7/30/2010 **
7/31/2010 **
8/1/2010 **
8/2/2010 **
8/3/2010 **
8/4/2010 2.22
8/5/2010
8/6/2010 0.12
8/7/2010
8/8/2010
8/9/2010
8/10/2010
8/11/2010
8/12/2010 **
8/13/2010 **
8/14/2010 **
8/15/2010 **
8/16/2010 **
8/17/2010 **
8/18/2010 **
8/19/2010 0.86
8/20/2010 0.02
8/21/2010
8/22/2010
8/23/2010 0.45
8/24/2010 0.14
8/25/2010 **
8/26/2010 **
8/27/2010 **
8/28/2010 **
8/29/2010 **
8/30/2010 **
8/31/2010 **
9/1/2010 0.15
9/2/2010
9/3/2010
9/4/2010
9/5/2010
9/6/2010
9/7/2010
9/8/2010
9/9/2010
9/10/2010
9/11/2010
9/12/2010
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 0.07
9/22/2010
9/23/2010 1.80
9/24/2010 0.00
9/25/2010 0.00
9/26/2010 0.00
9/27/2010 0.00
9/28/2010 0.00
9/29/2010 0.00
9/30/2010 0.00



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/7/2009 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M Rain started about 5:30 this morning, still continuing
10/8/2009 7:00 AM 0.16 M M M M Of the 0.16, 0.14 was a continuation of yesterday morning's rain, which ended around 8:30 a.m. The other 0.02 came during the night.
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
10/16/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/17/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
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 1.27 M M M M Forecasts of substantial rainfall were fulfilled. Had 0.40 by late afternoon Tuesday, 0.75 by bedtime, just over 1 inch by 6 a.m. today, and 1.27 at 7 a.m., with rain continuing.
10/22/2009 7:00 AM 0.30 M M M M The 0.30 inch was a continuation of yesterday morning's rain, which continued on through much of the morning. Still socked in this morning.
10/28/2009 7:00 AM 0.16 M M M M Snow at 5:30 a.m. turned to rain and slushy rain. Continuing at 7 a.m.
10/29/2009 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M This 0.06 inch was the rain/snow mix continuation of yesterday morning's snow-rain past 7 a.m. for another hour or so at most.
10/30/2009 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M The 0.02 inch is melted snow from a brief snowfall around 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
11/29/2009 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M
12/8/2009 7:00 AM 0.27 0.9 M 1.0 M Light rain during night turned to snow before sunup. 0.27 inch total precip.
12/23/2009 7:00 AM 0.18 3.0 M 3.0 M Snow started sometime after midnight, was snowing heavily at 2:45 a.m. with an inch or more on ground then. Over by dawn. Total this morning 3 inches.
12/24/2009 7:00 AM 0.05 0.5 M M M Half an inch of new light fluff overnight. 0.05 inches moisture in it.
12/25/2009 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
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
1/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 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 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 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 0.01 M M M M Some rain fell for a brief time starting about 11:39 p.m. Nothing more after that, apparently. 0.01 inch in rain gauge. Blustery, cloudy this morning. 39 degrees.
1/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.36 M M M M Snow, snowy rain, rainy snow, then rain. Snow started after dark last evening, then rain on and off until sometime after bedtime. 0.36 total in raingauge. 36 degrees.
1/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M A few skiffs of snow on wooden decks, 0.01 water in rain gauge. 36 degrees, cloudy, clouds over top half of Sandias.
1/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.33 M M M M Wet slushy snow falling at observation time, before that it was mostly rain.
1/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.33 1.5 M 1.5 M 0.33 moisture from melted snow. Snowing lightly at 7 a.m. Dry powder. Temp 29.5 degrees
1/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Several quick flurries of snow in afternoon yesterday
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
1/28/2010 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 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 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
3/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M 0.03 precip sometime during the night
3/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.41 M M M M Rain and wet snow, mostly during the night. 0.41 total precip.
3/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.13 1.5 M 1.5 M 0.13 precip from snowfall that started shortly after 10 last night. 1 1/2 inch snow on ground this morning. 27 degrees.
3/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.16 1.4 0.16 M M 0.16 precip from melted snow
3/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
3/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.22 2.0 0.22 M M Melted snow from three snowfalls yesterday: one in morning daylight hours that quickly melted. The largest in late afternoon that heavily covered all vegetation and left about 2 inches on ground. Another smaller coating sometime during the night. Total melted precip: 0.22 inch. Dark clouds to south approaching; could get more today.
3/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M Several little sprinkles yesterday. Snow falling at observation time; must have started shortly before; 0.06 inch when melted; hadn't been any snow at 5:30.
3/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M The 0.02 is from continuation of yesterday morning's snowfall for several hours before clearing. Blue skies this morning.
3/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.21 M M M M Just after 9 last night, first snow pellets, then rain with substance, and at bedtime snowfall. All was over by around midnight, I believe. Total melted moisture this morning 0.21 inch. Temp 30 degrees, so a thin coating of frozen snow on wooden decks this morning. Temp 30 degrees, so some snow coating frozen on wooden decks.
4/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.17 M M M M A few sprinkles after 10 p.m. last night, but main moisture came later during night. Was lightly sprinkling at 3:20 a.m. A total of 0.17 in gauge at 7 a.m., first in quite a while. Snow covering top several hundred feet of Sandia Mountains this morning. Low grey clouds everywhere, looks like more rain could come. Strong east winds much of yesterday with clouds banked up along east side and top of Sandias throughout day.
4/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M The 0.07 started about 5:45 and ended about 6:45 yesterday
4/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M Thunderstorms during the night deposited 0.09 of an inch of rain.
4/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M 0.20 total. Had to melt frozen mix in neck of rain gauge this morning to get true reading. The first 0.07 fell between 4:40 and 5:45 p.m. yesterday. Most of the rest came as soft hail or frozen snow pellets that came down for quite a while in evening around 8 p.m. 34 degrees here this a.m.
4/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M 0.01 is from snow pellets in cone of gauge, needed melting to measure. A light coat of snow or snow pellets on wooden decks this morning. 36 degrees. Snow flurries began shortly after observation, at 7:10 a.m. this mornning.
5/1/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M Snow flurries were in air at least five different times during the day yesterday, April 30. The Trace amount was actually about half of 0.01 in rain gauge this morning. Sunny. Storm is passed.
5/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.31 M M M M Stormy day again yesterday. Snow pellets or soft hail fell for at least 40 minutes between 4 and 5 p.m. Some rain before, apparently more during night. 0.31 inch precip in rain gauge this morning. New snow on mountains on May 2!
5/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
6/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M A little spotty rain last evening. Just enough to dampen the decks and raise the spirits. Very welcome after the day (second in a row) of 100 degree heat.
6/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/24/2010 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 0.12 M M M M Total 0.12. The first 0.08 came around 5 p.m., the rest in late evening. Welcome and refreshing after so long without rain.
7/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.21 M M M M The 0.21 inch came in a cloudburst that started about 7:10 p.m. The dark storm was over the Far Northeast Heights / Sandia Heights area mainly (east of Eubank). Driving west out of it, we saw the sun come out and a brilliant rainbow appeared back toward the mountain.
7/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
7/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M Welcome evening rain the first in a long, long time. 0.09 inch.
7/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.95 M M M M Very heavy rain accompanied by an intense and dramatic (even scary) lightning/thunderstorm directly overhead for about 30 minutes Saturday, 2 to 2:30 p.m. Most all of the 0.95 inch fell in that period. Most intense rainstorm/thunderstorm seen here in a long time. Reports indicate it was fairly localized, however, up here near the Sandia mountains.
7/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.59 M M M M Rainy again yesterday afternoon and evening and into the night. Looks like more today.
7/27/2010 7:00 AM 1.16 M M M M The rainyest day of year yesterday. Rain from 7:45 in morning until early afternoon, heavy at times. 1.16 inches.
7/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M Afternoon thunderstorm brought the 0.12 inch here. The rain was much heavier over downtown area and the I25 corridor, where I was at the time (shortly after 4 p.m.).
8/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
8/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.45 M M M M Good rain Sunday afternoon. 0.45 inch accumulation
8/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M Rain last evening after dark
9/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Thunderstorm in evening shortly after dark brought some needed rain: 0.07 inch.
9/23/2010 7:00 AM 1.80 M M M M What a rain! 1.80 inches total. Of that amount, just over one inch came throughout afternoon and before 6 p.m. The remainder in multiple rains in evening and during night. A big soak.
9/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
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



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
9/13/2009 10/05/2009 12:00 AM 23 1.83 M M A lot of rain apparently during three-week-plus period was away.
12/28/2009 1/01/2010 7:00 AM 5 0.17 2.0 M Snow was on Dec. 30-31 night. Was clear during day of Dec. 31.
1/29/2010 2/11/2010 12:00 AM 14 0.40 M M Some precip fell on Jan. 28; we left before 5 a.m. the morning of the 29th and were away after that until yesterday afternoon, Feb. 10. 0.40 in rain gauge.
2/19/2010 2/23/2010 12:00 AM 5 0.23 M M Was snowing at 3 a.m. this morning. About an inch on the ground. Multiday accumulation, however, includes several days' worth of precip over past five.
6/27/2010 6/30/2010 7:00 AM 4 0.25 M M I believe this quarter inch accumulation while we were away came on Monday, June 28. News reports told of heavy rains in Albuquerque that day. I was expecting we would have had more. Blue skies this morning.
7/29/2010 8/04/2010 12:00 AM 7 2.22 M M The first 0.88 inches of the accumulated 2.22 inches was rainfall deposited in the rain gauge on Wednesday, 7/28/10, before we left in late afternoon that day (rain had stopped). The rest happened since (i.e. 7/29-8/3).
8/12/2010 8/19/2010 12:00 AM 8 0.86 M M We were told that there was an intense rainstorm Saturday night, Aug. 14, while we were away. That's presumably when most of this 0.86 inch came.
8/25/2010 9/01/2010 12:00 AM 8 0.15 M M



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