Station Overview Station Location
Station Number CA-SC-23 Latitude 37.1427
Station Name Los Gatos 6.1 S Longitude -121.9725
County Santa Clara Elevation (ft) 1732



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 10 1.94 2.89 9 2.89 9 0.00 0 0 8 1 0.0 0 0
Nov 10 4.61 5.86 10 5.86 10 0.00 0 0 9 1 0.0 0 0
Dec 10 8.42 17.06 25 17.06 23 0.00 2 0 17 2 0.0 0 0
Jan 11 9.27 3.11 7 1.81 5 1.30 2 1 5 0 0.0 0 0
Feb 11 8.69 9.92 10 9.92 10 0.00 0 0 9 1 0.3 1 0
March 11 7.02 14.68 16 14.68 16 0.00 0 0 15 1 0.0 0 0
April 11 3.08 0.91 4 0.91 4 0.00 0 0 4 0 0.0 0 0
May 11 1.20 2.89 5 2.89 5 0.00 0 0 5 0 0.0 0 0
June 11 0.25 3.64 5 3.64 5 0.00 0 0 4 1 0.0 0 0
July 11 0.03 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 11 0.05 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 11 0.35 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 44.91" 60.96" 91 days 59.66" 87 1.30" 4 days 1 76 days 7 days 0.3" 1 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
10/1/2010
10/2/2010
10/3/2010
10/4/2010
10/5/2010
10/6/2010
10/7/2010
10/8/2010
10/9/2010
10/10/2010
10/11/2010
10/12/2010
10/13/2010
10/14/2010
10/15/2010
10/16/2010
10/17/2010 T
10/18/2010 0.25
10/19/2010 0.02
10/20/2010
10/21/2010
10/22/2010 0.07
10/23/2010 0.14
10/24/2010 0.92
10/25/2010 1.06
10/26/2010
10/27/2010
10/28/2010
10/29/2010
10/30/2010 0.18
10/31/2010 0.25
11/1/2010
11/2/2010
11/3/2010
11/4/2010
11/5/2010
11/6/2010
11/7/2010 0.02
11/8/2010 1.04
11/9/2010
11/10/2010 0.15
11/11/2010
11/12/2010
11/13/2010
11/14/2010
11/15/2010
11/16/2010
11/17/2010
11/18/2010
11/19/2010
11/20/2010 0.93
11/21/2010 2.14
11/22/2010 0.25
11/23/2010 0.40
11/24/2010 0.38
11/25/2010
11/26/2010
11/27/2010 T
11/28/2010 0.55
11/29/2010
11/30/2010
12/1/2010
12/2/2010
12/3/2010
12/4/2010 T
12/5/2010 0.13
12/6/2010 1.91
12/7/2010 0.11
12/8/2010 T
12/9/2010 0.52
12/10/2010 0.10
12/11/2010 0.04
12/12/2010
12/13/2010
12/14/2010 0.00
12/15/2010 0.29
12/16/2010
12/17/2010 0.23
12/18/2010 3.24
12/19/2010 3.41
12/20/2010 1.93
12/21/2010 0.28
12/22/2010 1.27
12/23/2010 0.09
12/24/2010 0.00
12/25/2010 0.00
12/26/2010 1.45
12/27/2010 0.09
12/28/2010 0.00
12/29/2010 1.97
12/30/2010 **
12/31/2010 **
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2011 **
1/2/2011 1.30
1/3/2011 0.17
1/4/2011
1/5/2011
1/6/2011
1/7/2011
1/8/2011
1/9/2011
1/10/2011
1/11/2011
1/12/2011 0.04
1/13/2011
1/14/2011 0.09
1/15/2011
1/16/2011
1/17/2011
1/18/2011
1/19/2011
1/20/2011
1/21/2011
1/22/2011
1/23/2011
1/24/2011
1/25/2011
1/26/2011
1/27/2011
1/28/2011
1/29/2011
1/30/2011 1.07
1/31/2011 0.44
2/1/2011
2/2/2011
2/3/2011
2/4/2011
2/5/2011
2/6/2011
2/7/2011
2/8/2011
2/9/2011
2/10/2011
2/11/2011
2/12/2011
2/13/2011
2/14/2011 0.02
2/15/2011 0.53
2/16/2011 1.65
2/17/2011 0.35
2/18/2011 2.58
2/19/2011 1.18
2/20/2011 0.85
2/21/2011 T
2/22/2011
2/23/2011
2/24/2011
2/25/2011 2.15
2/26/2011 0.61
2/27/2011
2/28/2011
3/1/2011
3/2/2011 0.40
3/3/2011
3/4/2011
3/5/2011
3/6/2011 0.05
3/7/2011 0.47
3/8/2011 0.03
3/9/2011
3/10/2011
3/11/2011
3/12/2011
3/13/2011
3/14/2011 0.72
3/15/2011
3/16/2011
3/17/2011
3/18/2011 T
3/19/2011 1.10
3/20/2011 2.92
3/21/2011 0.43
3/22/2011 0.16
3/23/2011 0.98
3/24/2011 2.78
3/25/2011 3.00
3/26/2011 0.72
3/27/2011 0.83
3/28/2011 0.09
3/29/2011
3/30/2011
3/31/2011
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2011
4/2/2011
4/3/2011
4/4/2011
4/5/2011
4/6/2011
4/7/2011 0.04
4/8/2011
4/9/2011
4/10/2011
4/11/2011
4/12/2011
4/13/2011
4/14/2011
4/15/2011
4/16/2011
4/17/2011
4/18/2011
4/19/2011 0.06
4/20/2011
4/21/2011 0.32
4/22/2011
4/23/2011
4/24/2011 0.49
4/25/2011
4/26/2011
4/27/2011
4/28/2011
4/29/2011
4/30/2011
5/1/2011
5/2/2011
5/3/2011
5/4/2011
5/5/2011
5/6/2011
5/7/2011
5/8/2011
5/9/2011 0.01
5/10/2011
5/11/2011
5/12/2011
5/13/2011
5/14/2011
5/15/2011 0.73
5/16/2011 0.04
5/17/2011 0.72
5/18/2011 1.39
5/19/2011
5/20/2011
5/21/2011
5/22/2011
5/23/2011
5/24/2011
5/25/2011
5/26/2011
5/27/2011
5/28/2011
5/29/2011
5/30/2011
5/31/2011
6/1/2011 0.44
6/2/2011 0.13
6/3/2011 T
6/4/2011 0.67
6/5/2011 2.40
6/6/2011
6/7/2011
6/8/2011
6/9/2011
6/10/2011
6/11/2011
6/12/2011
6/13/2011
6/14/2011
6/15/2011
6/16/2011
6/17/2011
6/18/2011
6/19/2011
6/20/2011
6/21/2011
6/22/2011
6/23/2011
6/24/2011
6/25/2011
6/26/2011
6/27/2011
6/28/2011
6/29/2011
6/30/2011
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2011
7/2/2011
7/3/2011
7/4/2011
7/5/2011
7/6/2011
7/7/2011
7/8/2011
7/9/2011
7/10/2011
7/11/2011
7/12/2011
7/13/2011
7/14/2011
7/15/2011
7/16/2011
7/17/2011
7/18/2011
7/19/2011
7/20/2011
7/21/2011
7/22/2011
7/23/2011
7/24/2011
7/25/2011
7/26/2011
7/27/2011
7/28/2011
7/29/2011
7/30/2011
7/31/2011
8/1/2011
8/2/2011
8/3/2011
8/4/2011
8/5/2011
8/6/2011
8/7/2011
8/8/2011
8/9/2011
8/10/2011
8/11/2011
8/12/2011
8/13/2011
8/14/2011
8/15/2011
8/16/2011
8/17/2011
8/18/2011
8/19/2011
8/20/2011
8/21/2011
8/22/2011
8/23/2011
8/24/2011
8/25/2011
8/26/2011
8/27/2011
8/28/2011
8/29/2011
8/30/2011
8/31/2011
9/1/2011
9/2/2011
9/3/2011
9/4/2011
9/5/2011
9/6/2011
9/7/2011
9/8/2011
9/9/2011
9/10/2011
9/11/2011
9/12/2011
9/13/2011
9/14/2011
9/15/2011
9/16/2011
9/17/2011
9/18/2011
9/19/2011
9/20/2011
9/21/2011
9/22/2011
9/23/2011
9/24/2011
9/25/2011
9/26/2011
9/27/2011
9/28/2011
9/29/2011
9/30/2011



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/17/2010 6:00 AM T M M M M Just a couple drops three or four times between 2:00 and 5:00 PM on Saturday. Big puffy white clounds. Probably due to some lift due to the hills.
10/18/2010 5:30 AM 0.25 M M M M
10/19/2010 5:30 AM 0.02 M M M M
10/22/2010 6:00 AM 0.07 M M M M
10/23/2010 6:00 AM 0.14 M M M M Even though the local news wasn't reporting rain, we had a constant light drizzle much of the day. Wasn't showing up on radar that I could see. Mountain lift. Stopped around 6:00 PM. Then every once in a while the light drizzle came back.
10/24/2010 6:30 AM 0.92 M M M M Rain started heavy for just 20 minutes or so, wind picked up ~ 3:00, then calmed down. Not very windy after that and just constant drizzle.
10/25/2010 6:00 AM 1.06 M M M M Constant drizzle til late afternoon. Drove down to Saratoga around 11:00 AM and the sun was actually peaking through occasionally. But not where I live. Drizzled constantly til maybe around 3 or 4 at which time it slowly tapered off.
10/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.18 M M M M Mainly very light to moderate drizzle.
10/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.25 M M M M Misty drizzle almost all day, heavy drizzle at times, and a few periods of actual moderate rain. Rained more Saturday than Friday.
11/7/2010 6:30 AM 0.02 M M M M Misty drizzle. "Real" rain appears to be just starting today ~6:45 AM.
11/8/2010 5:30 AM 1.04 M M M M Never really rained hard.
11/10/2010 5:30 AM 0.15 M M M M
11/20/2010 6:00 AM 0.93 M M M M Misty stuff most of the day. Real rain began ~6:30. Period of very heavy rain during the night.
11/21/2010 6:00 AM 2.14 M M M M Lots os small pea sized hail periodically, very heavy rain at times, thunderstorms...pretty exciting storm.
11/22/2010 6:00 AM 0.25 M M M M
11/23/2010 6:00 AM 0.40 M M M M
11/24/2010 6:00 AM 0.38 M M M M Brrrrrr, my guage is frozen. So am I.
11/27/2010 6:00 AM T M M M M Very light mist. May have started before the reported time and evaporated, but don't think so. No drops on my car window til 4:55.
11/28/2010 6:00 AM 0.55 M M M M
12/4/2010 5:00 AM T M M M M
12/5/2010 5:00 AM 0.13 M M M M
12/6/2010 5:00 AM 1.91 M M M M Almost on the hours had moderate showers starting right at ten. Lasted 30 minutes or so, then we actually had some sun breaks, then another batch every hour or so. The more constant heavier rain started right about at 2:00. Strong winds didn't start until around 6 pm or so.
12/7/2010 5:00 AM 0.11 M M M M
12/8/2010 5:00 AM T M M M M The rain just started at about 4:55.
12/9/2010 5:00 AM 0.52 M M M M
12/10/2010 5:00 AM 0.10 M M M M
12/11/2010 5:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Not sure this was rain as much as drizzle due to fog. Wet misty foggy all day Friday and in to this morning.
12/14/2010 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hadn't started raining yet but by the time I got to Sunnyvale where I work (north of my location) it was drizzling very lightly.
12/15/2010 5:00 AM 0.29 M M M M
12/17/2010 5:00 AM 0.23 M M M M Had a brief very light drizzle starting at 6:10 PM, then the main light drizzle started around 7:30 PM. Didn't seem to be any significant showers overnight, just constant light drizzle.
12/18/2010 5:00 AM 3.24 M M M M
12/19/2010 6:00 AM 3.41 M M M M
12/20/2010 5:00 AM 1.93 M M M M Right at 1:51 AM this morning a couple of very small microburts came through. Rain and hail. There were two or three of them, but each only lasted 30 seconds or so.
12/21/2010 5:00 AM 0.28 M M M M
12/22/2010 6:00 AM 1.27 M M M M
12/23/2010 5:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
12/24/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/25/2010 5:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/26/2010 5:00 AM 1.45 M M M M
12/27/2010 6:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
12/28/2010 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/29/2010 6:00 AM 1.97 M M M M
1/3/2011 5:00 AM 0.17 M M M M
1/12/2011 5:00 AM 0.04 M M M M A few drops occasionally fell starting at 11:45. At 2:20 the first of a couple cells moved through, but it all ended by 3:00. Cells had decent rain, maybe considered moderate, and it seemed to be mixed with very small hail, BB size or smaller. Then one or two brief showers after that.
1/14/2011 5:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
1/30/2011 6:00 AM 1.07 M M M M Misty drizzle started at 1:45 and was off and on thru the afternoon. The main rain started ~9:00 and was pretty hard at times. Seems to me it rained a lot more than they said it was going to.
1/31/2011 5:00 AM 0.44 M M M M
2/14/2011 5:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Guessing it started raining around 4:00 AM. Rain was moderate. Interesting that when I got to Sunnyvale pavement was dry and light sprinkles had only just started.
2/15/2011 5:00 AM 0.53 M M M M
2/16/2011 5:00 AM 1.65 M M M M Received an extremely light misty drizzle right at 7:00 PM, but only lasted a few seconds. Didn't count that in the start time below. Rained very hard right from the start. High winds.
2/17/2011 5:00 AM 0.35 M M M M
2/18/2011 5:00 AM 2.58 M M M M
2/19/2011 5:00 AM 1.18 M M M M
2/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.85 0.3 M 0.0 M Snow showers sometimes mixed with rain occured all day.
2/21/2011 5:00 AM T M M M M At least two very light, and very short episodes of sprinkles occured, one at 3:58 PM, the other around 5 PM.
2/25/2011 5:00 AM 2.15 M M M M With all the buzz about the snow and cold it surprised me there was little talk of QPF. We got a decent amount of rain and its fairly windy. Rained hard all night.
2/26/2011 6:00 AM 0.61 M M M M Just a few flakes. Not as much as expected.
3/2/2011 5:00 AM 0.40 M M M M They blew that forecast. Pretty much a non-event. Not even that windy.
3/6/2011 6:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Do I have a leak ion my guage or is the NWS just really blowing the forecast lately? LOL.
3/7/2011 5:00 AM 0.47 M M M M Constant misty drizzle all day. Never ended even for a moment.
3/8/2011 5:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
3/14/2011 5:00 AM 0.72 M M M M Two bands of very heavy rain and wind swept through during the evening hours. Didn't get an exact time but estimate one was around 8 and the other about an hour later. Each lasted about 45 minutes or so.
3/18/2011 5:00 AM T M M M M Lookes like there was a very breif, light shower just before 5:00. As I write this we're getting interestingly very short, rather moderate showers. They last about 10 seconds a couple minutes apart.
3/19/2011 6:00 AM 1.10 M M M M
3/20/2011 6:00 AM 2.92 M M M M Rained all day non-stop. Had over an inch around dinner time. That means the overnight storm was under two inches, a lot less than predicted. Probably moved faster or farther south than forecasted.
3/21/2011 5:00 AM 0.43 M M M M
3/22/2011 5:00 AM 0.16 M M M M
3/23/2011 5:00 AM 0.98 M M M M
3/24/2011 6:00 AM 2.78 M M M M
3/25/2011 5:00 AM 3.00 M M M M
3/26/2011 6:30 AM 0.72 M M M M
3/27/2011 6:00 AM 0.83 M M M M
3/28/2011 5:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
4/7/2011 5:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
4/19/2011 5:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
4/21/2011 5:00 AM 0.32 M M M M
4/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.49 M M M M Rained all night I think constantly. Ranged from heavey misty rain to light drizzle. Still raining as I log this in at 7:30. Banana slugs having a good time.
5/9/2011 6:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Misty fog like drizzle for a couple hours Sunday. Stopped by around 10:00 AM.
5/15/2011 6:00 AM 0.73 M M M M
5/16/2011 5:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
5/17/2011 5:00 AM 0.72 M M M M
5/18/2011 5:00 AM 1.39 M M M M
6/1/2011 5:00 AM 0.44 M M M M
6/2/2011 5:00 AM 0.13 M M M M
6/3/2011 6:00 AM T M M M M Every once in a while yesterday a few drops fell, and I mean a few.
6/4/2011 5:30 AM 0.67 M M M M
6/5/2011 6:00 AM 2.40 M M M M



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
12/30/2010 1/02/2011 6:00 AM 4 1.30 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