Station Overview Station Location
Station Number CO-LR-273 Latitude 40.599849
Station Name FCL 2.2 NW Longitude -105.115094
County Larimer Elevation (ft) 5067



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 1.18 0.89 31 0.89 31 0.00 0 0 9 2 0.0 0 0
Nov 10 0.78 0.71 30 0.71 30 0.00 0 0 8 2 4.5 6 5
Dec 10 0.51 0.23 31 0.23 31 0.00 0 0 4 3 3.6 2 2
Jan 11 0.36 0.49 31 0.49 31 0.00 0 0 5 1 7.8 4 16
Feb 11 0.43 0.71 28 0.71 28 0.00 0 0 7 4 8.0 6 12
March 11 1.62 0.18 31 0.18 31 0.00 0 0 5 3 0.1 1 0
April 11 2.09 2.19 30 2.19 30 0.00 0 0 11 4 2.3 3 1
May 11 2.57 4.46 31 4.46 31 0.00 0 0 14 5 0.0 0 0
June 11 2.51 2.44 30 2.44 30 0.00 0 0 6 5 0.0 0 0
July 11 1.43 2.42 31 2.42 31 0.00 0 0 15 9 0.0 0 0
Aug 11 1.55 0.52 31 0.52 31 0.00 0 0 6 9 0.0 0 0
Sept 11 1.41 2.43 30 2.43 30 0.00 0 0 6 5 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 16.44" 17.67" 365 days 17.67" 365 0.00" 0 days 0 96 days 52 days 26.3" 22 days 36 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 0.00
10/2/2010 0.00
10/3/2010 0.00
10/4/2010 0.00
10/5/2010 0.00
10/6/2010 T
10/7/2010 0.00
10/8/2010 0.04
10/9/2010 0.00
10/10/2010 0.00
10/11/2010 0.13
10/12/2010 0.27
10/13/2010 0.05
10/14/2010 0.00
10/15/2010 0.00
10/16/2010 0.00
10/17/2010 0.00
10/18/2010 0.01
10/19/2010 0.01
10/20/2010 0.00
10/21/2010 0.00
10/22/2010 0.00
10/23/2010 0.36
10/24/2010 0.01
10/25/2010 0.00
10/26/2010 T
10/27/2010 0.00
10/28/2010 0.00
10/29/2010 0.00
10/30/2010 0.00
10/31/2010 0.01
11/1/2010 0.00
11/2/2010 0.00
11/3/2010 0.00
11/4/2010 0.00
11/5/2010 0.00
11/6/2010 0.00
11/7/2010 0.00
11/8/2010 0.00
11/9/2010 0.00
11/10/2010 0.28
11/11/2010 0.25
11/12/2010 0.07
11/13/2010 0.00
11/14/2010 0.02
11/15/2010 0.01
11/16/2010 T
11/17/2010 0.03
11/18/2010 0.00
11/19/2010 0.00
11/20/2010 0.00
11/21/2010 0.00
11/22/2010 0.04
11/23/2010 0.00
11/24/2010 T
11/25/2010 0.00
11/26/2010 0.00
11/27/2010 0.00
11/28/2010 0.00
11/29/2010 0.01
11/30/2010 0.00
12/1/2010 0.00
12/2/2010 0.00
12/3/2010 0.00
12/4/2010 0.00
12/5/2010 0.00
12/6/2010 0.00
12/7/2010 0.00
12/8/2010 0.00
12/9/2010 0.00
12/10/2010 0.00
12/11/2010 0.01
12/12/2010 0.00
12/13/2010 0.00
12/14/2010 0.00
12/15/2010 0.00
12/16/2010 T
12/17/2010 0.00
12/18/2010 0.00
12/19/2010 0.00
12/20/2010 T
12/21/2010 0.01
12/22/2010 0.00
12/23/2010 0.00
12/24/2010 T
12/25/2010 0.00
12/26/2010 0.00
12/27/2010 0.00
12/28/2010 0.00
12/29/2010 0.00
12/30/2010 0.01
12/31/2010 0.20
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2011 T
1/2/2011 0.00
1/3/2011 0.00
1/4/2011 0.00
1/5/2011 0.00
1/6/2011 0.00
1/7/2011 0.00
1/8/2011 0.00
1/9/2011 0.03
1/10/2011 0.32
1/11/2011 0.00
1/12/2011 0.00
1/13/2011 0.00
1/14/2011 0.00
1/15/2011 0.00
1/16/2011 0.00
1/17/2011 0.00
1/18/2011 0.00
1/19/2011 0.00
1/20/2011 0.03
1/21/2011 0.00
1/22/2011 0.00
1/23/2011 0.00
1/24/2011 0.00
1/25/2011 0.00
1/26/2011 0.09
1/27/2011 0.00
1/28/2011 0.00
1/29/2011 0.00
1/30/2011 0.00
1/31/2011 0.02
2/1/2011 0.03
2/2/2011 T
2/3/2011 0.00
2/4/2011 T
2/5/2011 0.00
2/6/2011 0.03
2/7/2011 0.00
2/8/2011 0.16
2/9/2011 0.07
2/10/2011 0.00
2/11/2011 0.00
2/12/2011 0.00
2/13/2011 0.00
2/14/2011 0.00
2/15/2011 0.00
2/16/2011 0.00
2/17/2011 0.00
2/18/2011 0.00
2/19/2011 0.00
2/20/2011 0.13
2/21/2011 T
2/22/2011 T
2/23/2011 0.00
2/24/2011 0.00
2/25/2011 0.20
2/26/2011 0.09
2/27/2011 0.00
2/28/2011 0.00
3/1/2011 0.00
3/2/2011 0.00
3/3/2011 0.00
3/4/2011 0.00
3/5/2011 0.00
3/6/2011 0.00
3/7/2011 T
3/8/2011 0.01
3/9/2011 0.01
3/10/2011 0.00
3/11/2011 0.00
3/12/2011 0.00
3/13/2011 0.09
3/14/2011 0.00
3/15/2011 0.00
3/16/2011 0.00
3/17/2011 0.00
3/18/2011 0.05
3/19/2011 0.00
3/20/2011 0.00
3/21/2011 0.00
3/22/2011 0.00
3/23/2011 0.00
3/24/2011 0.00
3/25/2011 0.00
3/26/2011 T
3/27/2011 0.00
3/28/2011 0.02
3/29/2011 T
3/30/2011 0.00
3/31/2011 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2011 0.00
4/2/2011 0.00
4/3/2011 0.00
4/4/2011 0.05
4/5/2011 0.00
4/6/2011 0.00
4/7/2011 0.05
4/8/2011 0.00
4/9/2011 0.00
4/10/2011 0.05
4/11/2011 0.00
4/12/2011 0.00
4/13/2011 T
4/14/2011 0.85
4/15/2011 0.22
4/16/2011 0.00
4/17/2011 0.00
4/18/2011 T
4/19/2011 0.16
4/20/2011 0.00
4/21/2011 0.27
4/22/2011 0.06
4/23/2011 T
4/24/2011 0.05
4/25/2011 0.41
4/26/2011 0.02
4/27/2011 T
4/28/2011 0.00
4/29/2011 0.00
4/30/2011 0.00
5/1/2011 T
5/2/2011 T
5/3/2011 0.00
5/4/2011 0.00
5/5/2011 0.00
5/6/2011 0.00
5/7/2011 0.00
5/8/2011 0.00
5/9/2011 0.00
5/10/2011 0.00
5/11/2011 0.79
5/12/2011 0.89
5/13/2011 0.13
5/14/2011 0.00
5/15/2011 0.08
5/16/2011 T
5/17/2011 0.00
5/18/2011 0.05
5/19/2011 1.69
5/20/2011 0.13
5/21/2011 0.15
5/22/2011 0.00
5/23/2011 0.03
5/24/2011 0.05
5/25/2011 0.12
5/26/2011 T
5/27/2011 0.00
5/28/2011 0.02
5/29/2011 0.29
5/30/2011 0.04
5/31/2011 T
6/1/2011 0.00
6/2/2011 0.00
6/3/2011 0.00
6/4/2011 0.00
6/5/2011 0.00
6/6/2011 0.00
6/7/2011 0.02
6/8/2011 0.00
6/9/2011 1.65
6/10/2011 0.02
6/11/2011 0.00
6/12/2011 0.00
6/13/2011 0.00
6/14/2011 0.00
6/15/2011 0.00
6/16/2011 0.00
6/17/2011 0.43
6/18/2011 T
6/19/2011 T
6/20/2011 0.30
6/21/2011 0.02
6/22/2011 0.00
6/23/2011 0.00
6/24/2011 T
6/25/2011 T
6/26/2011 0.00
6/27/2011 0.00
6/28/2011 0.00
6/29/2011 0.00
6/30/2011 T
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2011 0.24
7/2/2011 0.20
7/3/2011 T
7/4/2011 T
7/5/2011 T
7/6/2011 0.37
7/7/2011 0.38
7/8/2011 0.07
7/9/2011 0.10
7/10/2011 0.03
7/11/2011 0.01
7/12/2011 T
7/13/2011 0.82
7/14/2011 0.01
7/15/2011 0.01
7/16/2011 T
7/17/2011 0.14
7/18/2011 0.00
7/19/2011 0.00
7/20/2011 0.02
7/21/2011 T
7/22/2011 0.01
7/23/2011 0.00
7/24/2011 0.00
7/25/2011 T
7/26/2011 0.00
7/27/2011 0.01
7/28/2011 T
7/29/2011 T
7/30/2011 0.00
7/31/2011 0.00
8/1/2011 0.00
8/2/2011 0.01
8/3/2011 T
8/4/2011 0.12
8/5/2011 T
8/6/2011 T
8/7/2011 0.00
8/8/2011 0.00
8/9/2011 0.00
8/10/2011 0.00
8/11/2011 0.00
8/12/2011 0.00
8/13/2011 0.00
8/14/2011 0.00
8/15/2011 0.05
8/16/2011 0.00
8/17/2011 0.27
8/18/2011 T
8/19/2011 0.00
8/20/2011 0.00
8/21/2011 T
8/22/2011 T
8/23/2011 T
8/24/2011 0.00
8/25/2011 0.00
8/26/2011 0.00
8/27/2011 T
8/28/2011 T
8/29/2011 0.06
8/30/2011 0.00
8/31/2011 0.01
9/1/2011 T
9/2/2011 T
9/3/2011 T
9/4/2011 0.00
9/5/2011 0.00
9/6/2011 0.00
9/7/2011 0.18
9/8/2011 0.69
9/9/2011 0.00
9/10/2011 0.00
9/11/2011 0.00
9/12/2011 0.00
9/13/2011 0.02
9/14/2011 T
9/15/2011 1.33
9/16/2011 0.10
9/17/2011 0.00
9/18/2011 0.11
9/19/2011 0.00
9/20/2011 0.00
9/21/2011 T
9/22/2011 0.00
9/23/2011 0.00
9/24/2011 0.00
9/25/2011 0.00
9/26/2011 0.00
9/27/2011 0.00
9/28/2011 0.00
9/29/2011 0.00
9/30/2011 0.00



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Another perfectly clear and dry day -- but cooler with high only in the 70s. Cool overnight with more humidity and heavy dew and condensation.
10/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Dry and totally clear again, High in the 70s. Very comfortable. Some clouds late. The clear overnight with low in the 40s.
10/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Morning stratus. Remained very chilly in the 40s until sun peaked out late morning. Then sunny with some cirrus during the afternoon and clouds over the mountain late afternoon and high around 66. Clear and chilly overnight with low 36F with very heavy dew and some patches of frost
10/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Beautiful day. Hi mid 70s and sunny Cool clear night with low around 40 and slight hint of frost in open areas.
10/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Very pleasant, mild day. High near 80. Convective clouds afternoon and evening with some virga but no precip. Then clearing overnight with low 45F
10/6/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Another warm, summerlike day with high around 80F. Then some thunderhead development late afternoon and evening with a few sprinkles around 8:30 PM and some lightning and distant thunder to the north. Remained cloudy and quite warm overnight with low in the 50s.
10/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cloudy, cooler, some afternoon sun. Hi 60s. Clearing overnight but stayed fairly warm. Low 40s.
10/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Beautiful summer-like day with sunshine, light winds, and temperatures near 80F. Convection up over the mountains in the late afternoon and evening. Lightning to the WNW after sunset. Then cloudy and stayed mild with temperatures in the low 60s overnight until a shower hit sometime before 6 AM. Low 50s. Still cloudy and damp this morning. Gauge read just avoe 0.03" but I stretched it since it's been so dry lately. :-)
10/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Unsettled day. Some morning and midday convection with thunder to our north. Then becoming windy from the NW afternoon and evening as upper level low moved NE. Hi around 70F, clearing but not too cold overnight with low in the 40s.
10/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly sunny to partly cloudy with afternoon stratocumulus and occasional gusty winds from the WNW about 25 mph. Hi upper 60s. Becoming cloudy and breezy overnight with temperature staying in the mid 50s.
10/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.13 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cool, cloudy, breezy day with a series of showers that moved down from the north. First shower was about 7:30 - 9 AM. Then it warmed briefly into the low 60s until a heavier shower fell for a few minutes around 4 PM accompanied by thunder and brief small hail. Temperature dropped to about 49F. Another shower around 5 PM and then another around dark. Some fog overnight, clear and very heavy dew early this AM with low of 40F
10/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.27 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Beautiful day. High around 70F Mostly sunny but with cumulus and stratocumulus midday through evening. Then clouded up overnight. Rain began sometime after 3 AM. Nice, steady rain at observation time. Most rain here in many weeks.
10/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain continued until about 8 AM. Then gradual clearing during the day and a pleasant fall afternoon with temperatures near 60F. Covered many of our garden plants in anticipation of frost. Clear night with temperature mid 30s this AM with frost on roofs and on grass. Still too dark to see if there is any plant damage
10/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly sunny, cool fall day with thin cirrus and a pretty sunset. Hi around 61F. Clear, cool night with ligh winds Frost on the rooftop again this AM with 35 on my thermometer I didn't cover the garden but it looks OK again this AM
10/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear warm day with light winds and highs in the 70s. Clear and calm overnight with lows mid 30s but no frost.
10/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny, warm day -- high 70s, light winds. Some high cirrus overnight. Low 40s. Mild fall continues. CSU homecoming today.
10/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cooler day but very, very nice. Hi around 61F with clear skies and just a few high cirrus -- light winds. We dug out a big stump by our foundation -- killer job but we got it. Clear with just some high cirrus overnight and low upper 30s with a touch of frost on the garage roof this AM.
10/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Morning sunshine, but clouding up by midday and cloudy most of afternoon with virga and evidence of convection, especially near mountains. Hi upper 60s. Pavement was wet around 9 PM but I missed it. Then stayed cloudy and mild overnight with low in the 40s and fairly humid
10/19/2010 5:30 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Have to leave early this AM. Threatened rain most of the day, but only got 0.01" mostly between 1:45 and 3:45 PM. Hi chilly in the 50s. Then clearing around dark and coldest AM of the year. Low down around 30F with heavy frosts -- covered the plants but this may have killed some anyway -- but it's that time of year.
10/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Gorgeous fall "Indian Summer" day after our first hard freeze the previous morning. High near 70F with light winds and full sun. Leaves finally showing better colors --yellows at least -- and beginning to fall. Low 30s this AM with more frost.
10/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Beautiful warm fall day with high around 70F, light winds and sunshine Clear, chilly morning with low mid 30s.
10/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A super day -- warm, sunny and light winds with some increasing clouds and cumulus up over the mountains during the afternoon. High 70F. Quire mild overnight with low only in the 40s and increasing clouds
10/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.36 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cloudy, dreary day. Light rain began late morning. Steady rain by late afternoon but diminished late evening. Still some occasionaly showers and heavy overcast this AM. High yesterday about 50f. Mid 40s this AM
10/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cloudy morning with a little light, intermittent rain ending mid morning. Then partly cloudy and fairly nice afternoon with high low 60s. Clearing overnight with heavy dew and low upper 30s.
10/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny morning and increasing clouds -- mild with high in the 60s and light winds. Thick clouds up over mountains, and some lenticular clouds in the afternoon. Downslope winds picked up from the W overnight -- Chinook -- with temperatures rising from the 40s back into the 60s. Then winds become very strong after about 6AM with some estimated gusts at 7 AM around 40 mph.
10/26/2010 7:00 AM T T 0.00 0.0 0.00 Hugely blustery day -- especially morning and late afternoon/early evening. Only a few small tree branches down, but winds likely gusted near 50 mph at times. Then an evening squall around 6:30 PM with a few minutes of wind-powered snow -- first snow flakes of the season. Winds continued overnight, but not quite so bad. But howling again at sunrise. Hi yesterday near 50F and low in the 30s. Still around 40F this AM with strong winds continuing but clear skies
10/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cold bluster day with some morning wind gusts up around 50 mph. Cloud bank hugging high mountains to the W. where snowstorm continued. Winds died down overnight but still enough breezes to keep the temperature above freezing. Low mid 30s. Clear skies this AM
10/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Windy and cold, but not as bad as the last 2 days. High around 50F with clear skies. Then clear and very cold overnight and low 20F -- by far the coldest of the season
10/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny day with a welcome return to light winds. High upper 50s. Increasing wave clouds as day went on. Cool evening, then increaseing mid and high clouds with low 30F
10/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy day and much warmer. Hi nearly 70F Very light winds, standing mountain wave cloud overhead much of day Partly cloudy overnight with mid and high clouds. Low 30s We here there were strong winds and a wild fire near Boulder, but very pleasant day here.
10/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Very nice day --- sunshine mostly but a few high clouds. Occasional wind gusts in the afternoon but not bad. Hi 70F. Clouded up late and a quick little shower passed sometime between 1 and 3 AM but quickly cleared off. Then clearing again with a low around 40F
11/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Pleasant fall day -- partly cloudy. Hi around 60F Temperature stayed around 50F all night but finally dipped into the 40s ths morning.
11/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny day. Breezy. Hi low 60s. Clear and chilly with low around 30F Almost no clouds
11/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny and unseasonably warm. Just a few pretty Altocumulus clouds this AM. High near 70F yesterday and low around 40F this AM but in the low 50s much of the night.
11/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cooler but still very nice. High around 60F and sunny. Clear and cold night with low upper 20s Light winds.
11/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny and seasonally cool day. Hi 50s, light winds, cloudless overnight, low 20s this AM Still totally dark at 6:40 PM
11/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny, warmer. Hi around 70F. A few high clouds overnight. Low 30F Looks like an incredible day ahead. I'll be working outside
11/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Glorious warm, sunny autumn Saturday with high in the lower 70s and light winds. Clear cool, evening then increasing mid and high clouds overnight with low upper 30s and a brilliant orange sunrise
11/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny and warm marning. Then increasing clouds and stormy looking in the afternoon as an upper level disturbance passed ~ 1 - 3:30 PM with virga and gusty WSW winds to at least 30 mph. High near 70 before the storm moved in. Maybe some faint sprinkles but not enough to report. Then clearing before sunset. Low about 32F with increasing clouds again. Looks like a standing mountain wave cloud overhead this AM
11/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy. Last warm day for awhile. HI 60s. Mid clouds overnight low around 30F
11/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.28 T 0.00 0.0 0.00 High temperature reached 50F around 9 AM. Then clouds lowered and light rain began after 11 AM. Steady cold rain with a slight amount of mixed slush ended by about 4 PM Clouds lifted before dark and foothills coated with snow. Cold with fog and light freezing drizzle overnight. Low upper 20s Lower gauge read 0.28" post mounted gauge 0.27" Both coated with glaze this AM
11/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.25 2.5 0.26 2.0 2.10 Mostly cloudy and chilly. Hi 40F. Light wet snow began around 8:30 PM and about 1" (with 0.08" water content) fell by 10 PM but had mostly quit by then Snow began again overnight. Snowing lightly but steadily with small dense crystals at 7 AM Roads are just wet. Some melting occurring on the ground
11/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.07 0.8 M 1.5 0.23 Snow continued until about 10 AM but most fell before 8:30 AM Remained cloudy and cold with high low 30s. Then clearing and very cold overnight with low 14F with ice crystals on the snow surface
11/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.0 M Mostly sunny but still chilly with high upper 30s. Snow melted in much of town, but we still have 80% of the ground covered here. Clear and cold overnight with low about 23F
11/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 0.5 M 0.5 M Morning sunshine, early afternoon clouds Hi 40F then a little trace snow shower around 1:30 PM Partial clearing and temps back below freezing after sunset. Clouded up with a period of accumulating snow around 11 PM. Then cloudy with freezing fog developing overnight. Gauge all coated this AM Low 23F
11/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.2 M T M Partly cloudy. Hi around 40 with open area snow melting but snow remaining in the shade. Clouded up overnight with temperature staying near 30F and a brief period of accumulating snow around 6 AM and then quickly ended.
11/16/2010 7:00 AM T T 0.00 0.0 0.00 Very light snow continued a few minutes past 7 AM on Monday AM and then quit. Stayed mostly cloudy but temperature warmed into the 40s. Low upper 20s with clouds lingering overnight.
11/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny morning. Quite warm with highs in the 50s. Sky become quite convective and winds switched to west and then NW-N during the afternoon and evening. Some gusts near 40 mph. and a couple of rounds of rain showers -- afternoon and again in the evening. Didn't amount to much. Then clearing with low in the mid 20s by morning.
11/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cool day. Sunny but with some clouds High around 40. Breezy at times. Some nice sunset wave clouds along foothills. Fairly clear overnight with increasing high clouds towards morning. Low 20s with heavy frost this AM
11/19/2010 6:30 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 STanding wave cloud overhead most of day kept temperatures cool -- mid 40s. But clouds persisted overnight keeping temperatures warmer. Some downslope winds surged overnight temperatures up into the 50s Stayed above 38 all night with oscillations up and down. Amazing sunrise happening.
11/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly to mostly cloudy day but mild with high near 50F. Clouding up overnight with low stratus clouds and upslope easterly winds. No precip, but low in the 20s.
11/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cloudy, cold day with low stratus clouds all day, light upslope breezes and high temperature only in the low 30s. Fog developed after 7 PM with light deposits of rime ice on grass, trees, fences, etc. Then clearing and low near 20F.
11/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.04 0.3 0.03 0.3 M Sunny for part of the morning but with occasional low-level upslope clouds and blow over clouds from the storm in the mountains. Then low stratus re-established mid afternoon. Hi 40F Temperatures quickly dropped to 32F by 5 PM and then some light fog and freezing drizzle after 7 PM followed by snow from 9-9:30 PM quite heavy 9:10 - 9:25PM with dense little snow pellets and substantial water content. Then clearing overnight with low in the low 20s and clear skies at 7 AM
11/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Windy day sublimated the little snow we had High low 40s. Clear and cold overnight with low lower teens and frost this AM
11/24/2010 7:00 AM T T M T M Nice sunny day with light winds. High mid 40s. Cooled into the 20s during the evening but then back in the 40s after midnight when downslope winds arrived. Then sharply colder around 4 AM with a short burst of snow -- I'll call it a trace, but almost enough to whiten the ground. Then downslope winds again and back up into the 30s by 6 AM
11/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Truly a blustery day. Temperature started in the low 30s but into the 20s during the afternoon and down into the teens by evening. Clear skies, but winds gusting to 30mph or higher continued until after midnight. Then becoming clear and calm with low about 8F. If we had snow on the ground, we'd be below zero.
11/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cool, sunny Thanksgiving day. Hi reached the 30s briefly in the afternoon. Some breezes, but not windy (which had been the forecast). Clear and cold overnight with calm winds and low around 12F
11/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Nearly cloudless. Warmed up into the upper 40s with light winds. Clear and cold with low in the teens -- then some high clouds moved in (standing mtn wave clouds) and temperatures warmed to low 20s by 7 AM
11/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny day, light winds and very pleasant. Hi reached the upper 40s. Mostly clear overnight with low upper teens and a little light frost this AM. Ground is becoming more and more frozen
11/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.2 M T M Mild morning but increasing clouds. High 49 early afternoon. Then clouds and virga thickened and darkened with snow showers visible over foothills. Then a brief period of snow around 6 - 6:30 PM whitened the ground -- large flakes. Became very windy sometime overnight. Low 20s Wind woke me up but not sure of the time. Snow from last night all gone this AM
11/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cloudy, cold and very bluster. Gusts near 30 mph out of the NNW much of the day. Hi around 30F early then dropping into the 20s. Winds diminished near midnight. Low around 10F this morning but clear and calm.
12/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Morning sun, but afternoon clouds-- probaly mountain wave cloud -- I was not home. Hi stayed in the 30s. Not so cold last night -- low lower 20s
12/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Much warmer. Gusty afternoon downslope winds. Hi mid 50s. Low mid 20s
12/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light winds, partly cloudy. Hi upper 40s. Low 20s with frost this morning.
12/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Strong, warm, dry downslope winds developed during the day with temperatures soaring into the 60s. Then a cold front arrived from the NNE overnight with a morning low back in the upper 20s and cloudy skies this AM
12/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy, cool, high around 40F southerly breezes during the day. Increasing low and mid clouds with easterly winds overnight. Overcast after 10 PM Low around 24F
12/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly to mostly cloudy and cool. Highs mid 30s. Clearing overnight, cold and frosty with low upper teens. Increasing clouds again this AM
12/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Morning sun and light winds. Hi mid 40s with increasing clouds afternoon and evening. Becoming gusty and unsettled with virga and possibly a trace of rain or snow but I didn't see it. Low 30s.
12/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Some virga in the AM with a few snow showers nearby. Then clearing with strong NW downslope winds but quite mild with temps in the low 50s. Clear to partly cloudy overnight with low 20s. Dry weather continues.
12/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly to mostly cloudy with a sky full of standing mountain wave clouds. Highs 40s and light winds. Stayed mild overnight -- with chinook raising temperatures to near 50F. Low upper 20s early evening and around 40 at 7 AM
12/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Occasional moderate downslope winds during the day -- some mid and high clouds but mostly sunny and high upper 50s. Clear to PC overnight and low upper 20s.
12/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Warm, partly cloudy,breezy day with high in the 50s. Then becoming very windy with gusts to around 40 mph from the west. A squall moved off the foothills before 5 PM with sideways rain for a few minutes -- enough to wet the pavement and vmake ery small puddles. Then sharply colder with low in the 20s but back up close to 30 this AM with northerly winds. Partly cloudy
12/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Windy and cold. Hi around 40 with NW winds gusting nearly 30 mph midday and afternoon. Sunny to Partly cloudy with some midday and afternoon snow shower clouds up to the W and NW but nothing here. Mostly clear overnight with low mid teens but high clouds increasing towards sunrise
12/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 partly cloudy. Fairly cool but felt nice in the daytime sunshine. Hi mid 40s. Then fairly mild overnight with low upper 20s. Just keeps getting drier.
12/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny to partly cloudy and very warm with highs up in the 60s. STrong winds were predicted but didn't materialize Great day for our outdoor porch building project. Partly cloudy and mild overnight with low around 30F
12/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mild but cloudy with standing wave cloud overhead and not as warm as predicted. Mostly low 50s. Mild overnight and partly to mostly cloudy with low lower 30s.
12/16/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clouds gathered and thickened with heavy virga and snow showers visible to the W-N during late morning. We eventually got light rain from about noon to 1:20 PM -- wet the pavement but barely. Probably would have been 0.01" if I had my funnel in. Hi 40s in the am and then colder late afternoon. Cleared off late afternoon and clear night with low ~14F and heavy frost
12/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Morning sunshine and partly cloudy afternoon day with high in the 30s and chilly breezes. Partly to mostly cloudy overnight and low around 18F.
12/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly cloudy and cold with thin stratus and stratucumulus and a weak easterly upslope wind. A few very light flurries over the foothills, but I saw nothing here. High only about 30F. Then Partly cloudy and cold overnight with low upper teens Dry weather continues
12/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly to mostly cloudy, cold and a bit hazy with highs in the low 30s. Partly to mostly cloudy overnight with low about 20F -- mostly mid and high clouds
12/20/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy and much warmer with light winds and bright midday sunshine but mountains shrouded in haze and cloud cover from large Pacific storm. Hi 50F. Mild overnight. Cloudy early then partly cloudy. A shower of freezing rain fell sometime this morning, probably between 5 and 6 AM. Roads were wet and car was covered by a later of thin ice. Nearly measureable, but only a strong trace in my gauge.
12/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Morning rain shower around 8:20 - 8:45 AM from mountain "spillover" Had a brief rainbow to the NW. Rained enough to make a few small puddles, but only 0.01" in the gauge. Then cloudy and windy with WNW winds gusting 20-30 mph much of the afternoon. Hi upper 40s Winds diminished overnight. Skies cleared enough for a good view of the lunar eclipse. Low about 26F this morning
12/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cloudy and cold with dense stratocumulus overhead most of the day with cloud bases above the tops of the nearby foothills. Hi mid to upper 30s. Clearing overnight and low lower 20s with bright moonlight. Very light frost this AM. Light winds
12/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy. High upper 30s. Light winds. Fairly pleasant. Partly cloudy overnight, low lower 20s. Beautiful sunrise with clouds streaming in from the SW. A sun pillar for a few minutes around 7:20 AM
12/24/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy and mild with high temperature upper 40s mid afternoon. Some rain showers came through around 1 PM -- almost enough to wet the pavement and smell like spring -- but no measurable accumulation. Moderately windy late afternoon and clearing. Low around 20F with frost this morning.
12/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny, light winds and very pleasant Christmas Eve day and night. High upper 40s. Clear, cold and frosty with low 15F
12/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Very pleasant Christmas Day. Clear day, almost no clouds, light winds and high temperature in the upper 40s after a cold frosty start. Then clear and back down into the mid teens this morning with light frost.
12/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Another nice day with only very light winds. Sunny all day with just some wisps of cirrus clouds. High upper 40s. Then increasing clouds during the evening, but decreasing again after midnight. Low upper teens with frost increasing clouds towards sunrise -- mountain wave cloud overhead at this time.
12/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly to mostly cloudy with standing mountain wave cloud overhead much of day. High low 40s. Cloudy in the evening, then clearing with low upper teens with frost. Light winds again yesterday.
12/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny day, scattered clouds. High mid 40s. Partly cloudy becoming overcast overnight. Low upper teens. Incredible dark red sunrise about 7:10 AM
12/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 0.1 M Snow began just prior to 7 AM in the form of small snow pellets that you can hear as they land. Accumulation has began immediately. Yesterday was partly cloudy and very mild with high mid 50s. Increasing clouds and quite mild overnight with low only in the upper 20s and currently around 30F at 7 AM
12/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.20 3.5 M 3.0 M Snow ended mid morning with about an inch of accumulation. Remained cloudy with falling temperatures all day. 30F early AM dropping to 10F by 8 PM. Snow began again early afternoon but with very low density. Another 2" by evening. Then snowed lightly and intermittently after 7 AM with another 0.5" of denser small crystal snow. Strong northerly winds picked up sometime after midnight, with periods of blowing and drifting snow with gusts around 25-30 mph Still cloudy with occasional very light snow this AM and foothills mostly obscured by low clouds and light snow. Low 4F. I'll do a core sample later.
1/1/2011 7:00 AM T T M 2.5 M Cold, Windy day. Very light snow prior to 9 AM. Some periods of blowing snow. Mostly cloudy but with filtered sun and periods of afternoon sunshine as storm retreated. Hi 15F. Stayed partly to mostly cloudy overnight and did not get as cold as predicted. But did drop to zero F.
1/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 2.0 0.22 Cloudy and cold morning with a sheet of mountain wave cloud overhead. Eventually cleared midday and bright afternoon sunshine with high briefly approaching 20F Light winds until some moderate chilly southerly winds late afternoon. Clear evening. Low about -6F 2 AM -- coldest of the winter, then increasing clouds and gradual warming towards sunrise
1/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.5 0.23 Partly cloudy. Light winds. High about 34F briefly but no melting except on streets. Low around 10F overnight with clear skies.
1/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.3 0.20 Clear but chilly day. Hi low 30s. Clear and cold night. Low about 4F.
1/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.2 0.20 Sunny. Light winds and a little warmer. High briefly reached the upper 30s. Partly cloudy overnight with mid and high clouds and not so cold. Low about 16F with frost on the remaining thin snow. Ground still nearly 100% snow covered, but thinly.
1/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.0 M Hit 40F on Wednesday with plenty of sunshine and finally a little metling and a few bare spots starting to show in the thin snowpack. Ice skating is now good on neighborhood ponds. Cooled to upper teens overnight but some minor downslope winds and a mountain wave cloud is warming us up a bit this AM into the 20s.
1/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Partly cloudy and much warmer. High upper 40s with considerable melting or remaining thin snow. Some mild downslope winds overnight but low in mid 20s during lulls. About 15% of ground remains snowcovered but mostly only in shaded areas
1/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Breezy from mid morning until sunset. Mostly sunny. High around. Moistish air with heavy frost forming already during the evening. Low upper teens
1/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 0.7 0.03 0.7 0.03 Morning sunshine on Saturday but clouding up by late morning with large sheet of cloud from developing standing mountain wave. Clouds thickened and lowered, but still mild with high mid 40s. Air became moist and then period of snow overnight 4-6 AM with colder temperatures and increasing NE winds. Low mid 20s.
1/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.32 5.3 M 4.5 0.36 Snowed hardest in the morning and again for a couple hours from 3-5PM. Only 0.7" after that but the last portion of the snow fell in small, dense crystals with a 10 to 1 ratio. Low density snow from Sunday morning settled through the day maximum depth got to just over 5" but settle by this AM
1/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 3.5 0.37 Crisp and clear, and light winds. High low teens. Temperature quickly dropped below zero during the evening and remained there. Low around -10F or a bit colder and still close to that now.
1/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 3.0 0.37 Clear, bright but very cold with high of just 12F. Not quite so cold overnight with some increasing mid level clouds and a few mountain wave clouds. Low -5F It will start warming up today.
1/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 2.5 M Mostly sunny, warmer with light winds and bright sun. Hi around 30F. Much warmer overnight with low 18F and increasing clouds
1/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 2.0 M Warm and sunny day. Hi upper 40s with melting underway. Mild overnight with low 20s.
1/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.5 M
1/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.5 M Mostly cloudy with standing mountain wave cloud overhead most of the day. Temperatures warmed slowly but eventually reached the low 40s. Mostly light winds. Partly cloudy overnight with low in the lower 20s with frost this AM About half the ground remains snowcovered.
1/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T T Mostly cloudy mid and high clouds but some periods of sunshine. Chilly morning warming by afternoon and then chinook breezes sent temperatures into the 50s at time overnight. Some winds to 30-40 mph mostly overnight. Very effective "Chinook" == woke to find most of our snow gone
1/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Chinook winds -- gusted to maybe 40 mph. All snow is gone and now the ground is even starting to dry out already. High 50s. Low stayed above freezing as well and currently still in the 40s.
1/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mild and dry. High around 50. Low around 20 Breezy day with gusts 20-30 mph at times
1/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 0.6 M 0.5 M Pleasant morning, then quickly clouded up and a period of snow, heavy and windblown, around 1 PM ended before 2 PM. Some accumulation but roads remained clear. Then blustery and cold afternoon. Clearing overnight and cold
1/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Chilly, sunny day with high around 30. Then sudden onset of chinook winds overnight. Low around 20 early then temps. shot up to near 40F and winds over 30 mph after 2 AM
1/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Windy, but quite warm with high in the upper 40s. Clear skies and some gusts over 30mph. Clear and cold overnight with low lower 20s but downslope winds picked up around 3 AM (over 30 mph gusts, again) and lifted temperatures back up into the 40s.
1/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 High 40s, low upper teens Very strong winds most of the day and part of the night from the NW. Probably some morning gusts to neary40 mph
1/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 High 40s. Light winds. Low lower 20s
1/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Colder. High low 40s with cold northerly winds during the day. Clearing and low around 10F
1/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.09 1.2 0.09 3.0 0.26 Light snow continued Friday AM and briefly quite heavy midday. Stayed cold with highs only around 20F. Snow ended after 2 PM. Partial clearing Low 9 F with some patchy fog
1/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A little breezy in the afternoon, otherwise light winds. Mild with high approaching 50F Mild night with low in the low 20s
1/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy, warm. High upper 50s. Low 20s
1/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Very nice. High low 60s, low mid 20s.
1/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Some morning clouds, then clearing, Breezy and warm High 60 Increasing clouds overnight Low in the low 20s
1/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 T M T M Cloudy and cooler. High upper 30s -- cooler than predicted. Light winds until arctic front arrived after 2 AM with plummeting temperatures into the low teens by 7 AM. Freezing drizzle developed overnight. Thin coating and very slippery. Beginning to change to very light snow at 7 AM
2/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 0.6 M 0.5 M Very cold with light snow much of the day. I was not at home to witness this event
2/2/2011 7:00 AM T T M 0.5 M Painfully cold day. I was gone but my wife said it barely got above zero and frigid stiff winds until evening. Then clearing and very cold with low -20F My wife brought the chickens inside (basement) to keep them alive.
2/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.5 M Mostly sunny but still very cold. High around 8F. Clear and cold overnight with low around -8F but increasing mid and high clouds and warming to around 0F by 7 AM.
2/4/2011 7:00 AM T T M T M Cloudy, but much warmer with temperature reaching the upper 30s by midday. Clear to the north, but threatening to the south most of the daytime hours with a brief period of snow pellets mid morning. Breezy at times. Then clearing overnight and low around 10F Some altocumulus this AM Still about 1/2 inch snow remaining in shaded areas
2/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Partly to mostly cloudy and fairly warm Snow melted in open areas, but still some snow in shaded areas -- around 1/2" High 40s, low 20s.
2/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 0.4 M 0.4 M Brief period of snow pellets around 8 AM. Then mostly cloudy day but mild and breezy with high temperatures in the 40s and some gusts from the NNW over 25 mph. Partial clearing then cloudy again with a period of accumulating snow mostly between 8:30 and 10 PM. Partly to mostly cloudy for the remainder of the night with low around 23F
2/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Partly cloudy, blustery and cold with high low 30s. Clear but then increasing clouds overnight with light winds. Low 10F
2/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.16 2.0 0.17 2.0 0.17 Fairly pleasant. Light winds, partly cloudy and high mid 30s. Then sharp cold front arrived after 7:30 PM with quick 20 degree drop and snow beginning around 9 PM. A burst of heavy snow around 11 PM and then light snow rest of night. Still snowing lightly with low around 4 PM
2/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.07 0.8 M 2.5 M Light snow with tiny crystals most of the day but with some sunshine through the thin upslope clouds. Very cold with high around 10F. Clearing and very cold overnight with low around -13F
2/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 2.0 M Clear and cold. Some chilly southerly winds during the afternoon hours. High around 20F with no melting except on streets. Clear, cold and light winds overnight with low around around -3F
2/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.5 M Increasing morning clouds, then decreasing during the afternoon. Warming with high around 32F with light winds. Clear overnight with light frost and low near zero around midnight and warming towards AM
2/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.0 M Clear day and warmer with high low 40s and some melting snow. Increasing clouds and not so cold with low around 20F -- temperatures shot up into the 40s overnight with some gusty westerly downslope winds. 45 at 7 AM
2/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Warm, dry with some gusty downslope winds in the AM gusting close to 30mph or higher. High upper 50s with some scattered high clouds. Mostly clear with some high clouds overnight and low low 20s. Snow remains only in shaded areas -- about 1" deep.
2/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Windy and warm. High 60s. Cool with light frost and low mid 20s
2/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T 0.00 Mostly cloudy with a standing wave cloud overhead most of day. High only around 40F. Low in the 20s Quite mild. Some snow patches remain in shade, but not much
2/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Pleasant warm day with high near 60F Clear with low mid 20s
2/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Warm and windy with high mid 60s and afternoon winds from the SW around 30 mph at times. Winds picked up even stronger overnight as Pacific cold front moved through early this AM
2/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Blustery day -- Sunshine but some clouds spilling out of mountains where snow continued part of day. WNW winds to 30 mph or higher afternoon. Hi mid 40s. Clearing with low around 20 F
2/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny pleasant day but I was indoors at work all day and missed it. High 50s. Clear with light winds and few high clouds. Low around 20F with frost.
2/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.13 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mild sunny day with high upper 50s and some midday easterly winds. Then clouded up after 3 PM and overcast evening. I slept through it but found puddles on the ground when I woke up and rain in the gauge frozen solid. The ground was covered with ice and frost but looks like precip fell totally as rain -- porbably around 1 AM. Essentially clear with temperatures mid 20s at 7 AM. Sidewalks icy and car totally ice coated.
2/21/2011 7:00 AM T T 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cool but pleasant. High 40s with increasing easterly winds during the day. Becoming overcast and sharply colder -- teens by 11 PM. Then steady around 12F overnight with some fog and low stratus and a few snow grains around 7 AM
2/22/2011 7:00 AM T T 0.00 0.0 0.00 Few snow grains fell from 7 to 8:30 AM No accumulation. The low stratus cleared and bright sunny day remainder of day warming to low 40s by mid afternoon. Clear and cold with low around 13F -- woudl be zero if there was snowcover. Light fost.
2/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny dry day. Temperatures reached near 50F Clear but not as cold overnight with low lower 20s.
2/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly sunny, High 40s. Increasing clouds -- upslope easterly winds this AM with some lowering clouds Low around 20F
2/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.20 3.2 0.20 3.0 0.20 Cool and becoming cloudy. Snow began after 6 PM and began accumulating after 6:30PM -- about 1" by 8 PM and then another 2" orvernight. Still snowing lightly this AM Low 12F
2/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.09 1.0 M 3.0 M
2/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 1.0 M Cold morning but warmed quickly. Mostly sunny Hi reached upper 40s with much melting. Windy most of afternoon and evening out of the West. About 70% of ground still snowcovered, but much melting yesterday.
2/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M High 40s with melting of remaining snow. Low lower 20s
3/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 T M Sunny, warmer. High mid 50s. Clear and cool night with low around 20 F and morning frost. Still some patches of snow in shaded areas
3/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 VEry warm. High 60s and low humidity. Dropped to 20s overnight
3/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy, mid and high. Not as warm with high low 50s. briefly. Clearing overnight with low mid 20s with light frost
3/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Warm day with increasing clouds. Threatening by evening. Raining down in Denver at 8 PM but seemed dry here. Remained cloudy overnight wish some frost on th roof this AM and low in the 20s.
3/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly to mostly cloudy, cooler with moderate NW winds. Some snow showers and virga visible during the day, especially NW-N but no precip here. High upper 40s. Mostly clear with low in the teens and frost. Some cirrus clouds this AM
3/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Morning sun, then becoming mostly cloudy with mid and high clouds and light easterly winds. Hi only reached about 40F. Partly cloudy overnight with low 23F
3/7/2011 7:00 AM T T M T M Thin layer of glaze with small ice pellets on top. VEry light precip, mostly freezing drizzle, began after 7 PM last night. Enough to wet the pavement by sunrise -- darn close to 0.01" but all I could get out of my outer cylinder was a trace. Overcast all day. High low 40s yesterday and low around 20F this AM
3/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 T M T M Cold and cloudy with high low 20s and periods of snow grains and light freezing drizzle -- mostly snow grains Just barely reached 0.01" but rounded up since yesterday was so close as well Dense low clouds and low 19F this AM
3/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 M 0.0 0.00 Cloudy morning with a period of light but accumulating snow from about 8:15 to 10 AM. Then gradual clearing, snow quickly melted, cool but pleasant day with high upper 30s. Clear with low lower 20s but downslope winds picked up overnight and temperature in the 30s by sunrise
3/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Windy and warmer day. High 50s. Clear and mild overnight. Low inthe 20s
3/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny, unseasonably warm High upper 60s. Mild and becoming very windy from the West overnight with low around 40 and wind gusts probably over 40 mph this AM Could smell smoke when I went out at 6 AM. Grass fire burning about 2 miles west was quickly extinguished by the fire department Very dry air. Red flag warning is out
3/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Very windy in the morning and them gradually diminishing later. Nearby grassfire extinguished quickly this AM but wildfire near Lyons continued all day. Smoke visible to the south. High temperature 60s. Light winds overnight with low in the 20s but no frost
3/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.09 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Morning sunshine but soon clouded up by midmorning. Overcast with virga by early afternoon and first sprinkles around 3:30 PM. A decent rain shower around 5 PM then very light intermittent rain from then untilabout 11:00 PM. Total precip then 0.05" Remained most and unsettled with another period of rain sometime overnight -- maybe 1 AM High low 50s down into the low 40s by evening and about 35F for a morning low -- with everything damp
3/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Morning clouds, clearing by late morning. High 50s. with some cumulusish afternoon clouds. Partly cloudy and low mid 20s with light frost.
3/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Warm and breezy. High low 60s. Low around 30F this AM Partly cloudy with wave clouds
3/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy and breezy. with still southerly winds much of the day. Hi 50s. Low upper 20s and becoming cloudy this morning -- mid and high clouds and standing mountain wave.
3/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Very warm day. Hi low 70s. Becoming very windy and mild overnight. Low only in the 40s and some gusts up around 40 mph around midnight.
3/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 T 0.00 0.0 0.00 MIld high 60F with increasing and thickening clouds in the afternoon and evening and a stiff east wind developed. Virga by 5 PM and a few sprinkles around 8 PM. Went to bed but apparently some rain around midnight and maybe a few flakes or sleet -- not sure but there was some ice chunks in the gauge this AM. Low 30F and clear by 7 AM
3/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly sunny, a few passing clouds. Cooler with high in the 50s. Mostly clear, few high clouds, and lwo near 30F with some morning frost. Very dry overall most of the winter
3/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly sunny becoming partly cloudy and unseasonably warm with highs upper 60s. Westerly winds increasing late afternoon and continuing overnight with lows only in the 40s and temperatureas oscillating into the 50s at times with this very low-humidity chinook.
3/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Thin cloud cover with filtered sunshinee. Hi low 60s. Cirrostratus all night as well. Low lower 30s and no frost with dry air. See Drought Impact report filed today
3/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mild day with filtered sunshine through cirrostratus -- clouds cleared during afternoon. High upper 60s. Then very dry downslope winds during the evening and overnight. Temperatures only dropped to the 40s. Mostly Cloudy this AM with some stratocumulus spilling over the mountains
3/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy. Becoming windy and cooler with strong westerly winds much of the day peaking early evening. Gusts up close to 50 mph. Hi low 50s but then dropping. Mostly clear overnight but still occasionally windy. Low 30s -=- very dry air
3/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Breezy and seasonal temperatures. High 50s and mostly sunny. Clear night and chilly with low in the low 20s with frost.
3/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Some morning sunshine, then becoming cloudy. Cool with high around 48F. Chilly overnight with frost and low in the low 20s. Woke up to the smell of wildfire smoke in the house. Not sure where it came from.
3/26/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear morning. Warmed into the 50s with increasing clouds. Virga by late afternoon and a period of sprinkles with a strong trace of rain around 8;30 - 9:30 AM Smell of fresh rain was great, but barely enough to wet the pavement. Then clearing overnight with fog and very heavy frost this AM Low 20s
3/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny day, Highs in the 50s with moderately gusty winds as high as 20 mph during hte day most from the west and north, but shifted to the east during the evening with thickening, lowering clouds. Some virga but no precip. Cloudy to partly cloudy overnight with low upper 20s.
3/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cool and nsetled. Clouded up by early afternoon with showers first over the foothills and then spread across town by 2:30 PM or so. 0.02" measured. Late afternoon we heard our first thunder of the season to our south, but only a few sprinkles. Cloudy and damp overnight but no additional precipitation. High upper 40s, low 32F
3/29/2011 7:00 AM T T 0.00 0.0 0.00 Brief very light snow and snow pellet showers 8 - 9:30 AM. Then partial clearing and becoming breezy out of the W during the afternoon with dry air again. Some virga visible. High 50s. Unsettled overnight but no visible precip here. Low upper 20s with some frost.
3/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Nice day. Morning sun then becoming partly cloudy. High around 50F. Cloudy by evening and overnight. Mild. Low in the 30s. above freezing
3/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 SEasonally pleasant, dry day. Then becoming windy with strong downslope winds all night and temperatures staying very warm overnight -- near or above 50F
4/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Windy, dry and warm. High mid 60s with strong winds all day and moderate winds al night. Low only in the 50s. Partly cloudy. Some gusts likely over 40 mph
4/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Warm and breezy. High upper 60s. Cooled off to the 30s overnight with light winds and clear skies.
4/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Unseasonably warm, sunny day. Very low humidity and some moderate winds afternoon. High near 80F Remained mild overnight- mostly in the 50s. Strong smell of smoke developed during the evening and were enveloped in smoke this AM from an apparent forest fire west of here. Dense cloud bank gathering to our west and north -- even a little piece of rainbow visible as strong cold front and squall approaches.
4/4/2011 6:30 AM 0.05 0.1 M 0.0 0.00 Still around 50F at 7 - 9 AM but temperature dropped sharply after that as light rain began around 10 AM and then changed to snow around noon. Snow over by 2 PM except for a few late afternoon showers. 30s all afternoon. Cleared after dark. Cold with low in the mid 20s
4/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cool, dry, breezy day -- some clouds but lots of sun. High 50F. Cool but stayed above freezing. No ice on the horse tank this AM. Low 30s.
4/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny, nice day. Became moderately windy midday and afternoon. Forest fire smoke to the SW but not that much. Hi low 70s. Then clouded up overnight with low in the 30s and dark, low stratus clouds hugging the low foothills this AM. Haven't seen this for awhile.
4/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 T 0.00 0.0 0.00 Rain with some mixed snow began 7 AM on Weds. and ended around 9 AM. Remained moist, hazy and partly to mostly cloudy with high around 50F. Rain (very light) began again about 2:30 PM but didn't get the roads wet until about 5:30 and then ended before 8 PM 0.03" in the AM and 0.02" in the PM. Then partly cloudy to mostly cloudy overnight - mid and low clouds Damp with low in the upper 30s
4/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Pleasant day -- high 60F and somewhat hazy and humid. Low 40F and light fog and heavy dew
4/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 VEry pleasant day. High nearl 70F with some haze and low clouds early, then midday sun then partly cloudy afternoon with minor convective clouds. Low 40 overnight wishing for rain
4/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Lovely day. High upper 60s with sunshine and light winds but clouds gathering over mountains in afternoon. Then strong winds picked up from the N and temps dropped into the 50s around 6 PM. Lighting began over foothills after dark and some good thunder by around 9 PM. But only sprinkles. A heavier shower around midnight but still not much. Then cloudy and cool with low upper 30s. Still cloudy this AM and damp.
4/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cloudy, becoming partly cloudy and then clearing by afternoon. High lwo 50s with strong NNW gusting over 35 mph at times. Then clear and chilly with low around 30F and some light frost this AM.
4/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Pleasant spring day with abundunt sunshine. Hi low 60s. Generally light winds. Low 32F with some high clouds. Very very dry, as vegetation tries to green up.
4/13/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Morning sun, becoming cloudy later in the day Pleasant, High low 60s. Increasing humidity overnight. Not sure when precipitation fell, but there was dampness and a trace of precip in my gauge this AM. Low stratus clouds at 7 AM with low around 40F
4/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.85 1.5 M 1.0 M Cloudy, cool day. High around 50F SE winds increased and light rain began around 6:30 PM intermittent at first. Then steady, cold rain after 8 PM and continued all night, changing to snow about 5:30 AM. About 0.77" in gauge at that time. Then very, wet slushy snow continuing at 7 AM.
4/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.22 0.7 0.00 0.0 0.00 I was not at home at 7 AM due to early meeting. Storm total was 1.07 and total snowfall was 2.2" with precip ending late morning and snow quickly melted. This is my best guess at how much fell after 7 AM but the 2-day total is correct. Clearing and becoming windy by mid afternoon. Grass greening up already. High around 50F Windy night with winds from the NW gusting often between 30-40 mph
4/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Windy, cool day. High 50s and wind diminished by evening. Mostly clear with low around 30F
4/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy becoming Mostly sunny but clouds over high mountains all day and up to the north and east. Distant thunderheads midafternoon. High 60s with gusty NW winds during the afternoon. Mostly clear but with some mid and high clouds overnight. Low 30s with a littel frost on the roof. Fairly moist air this AM.
4/18/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clouded up midday and a rain shower moved down from the NW during the afternoon. Wet the pavementn but only a trace. High 60s with gusty winds afternoon to at least 30 mph. Very mild with steadily increasing humidity overnight and low only in the 40s.
4/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.16 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Morning sunshine, then increasing and lowering clouds especially after 4 PM. High near 60F. Dark low stratus by 7 PM then rain from about 8 to 10 PM. Moist and cool thereafter with low 40F
4/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy. Thunderheads visible off to the SE much of the day. High 60 and windy all afternoon. Then cloudy with low stratus clouds up against lower foothills and low 30F.
4/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.27 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cool and cloudy. High upper 40s. Some sprinkles around 6 PM. Then light rain dropped 0.02" around 8 PM. A more substantial period of rain after 10 PM ended overnight but still dark, low stratus and soaking wet this AM with low upper 30s.
4/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Damp with low clouds until after 9 AM. Then clearing, breezy and warmer with highs reaching the mid 60s. Increasing clouds from the west late afternoon with virga and some mammatus by 7 PM. Then a brief thundershower around 9 PM followed by strong westerly winds and clearing by 11 PM . Windy all night- gusts over 30 mph continuing at 7 AM
4/23/2011 7:00 AM T T 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny day, but windy and cool. High low 50s. Increasing high clouds late in the day and then becoming overcast by morning with very light snow beginning just beffore 7AM. Low lower 30s.
4/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 T 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light snow began just after 7 AM. Melted on contact but accumulated on bushes, etc. 0.03" water by 10:30 AM. Then changed to sprinkles and ended. Cloudy all day with a few brief periods of midday sun. Then lowering clouds again afternoon. High only in the 40s. Very light rain again in the evening after sunset added an additional 0.02". Dark and gray this Easter AM with a little drizzle and a few snow grains falling. Low 30s.
4/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.41 T 0.00 0.0 0.00 A few trace flakes of snow before 8 AM. Then cool, mostly cloudy, but with some midday sun. High only 50F but light winds and it felt nice. Rain began around 5 PM with 0.09" by the time it ended around 7:30 PM. Then another round of rain from maybe 8:30 PM to after midnight. Still cloudy and dampt this AM with low 30s but no ice. Some patches of blue sky to the east.
4/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cool, partly cloudy and unsettled with afternoon convective showers. Brief rain with possibly a few hail stones around 4:15 PM and then some light rain around 8:30 - 9 PM. Dense fot this AM with frost in open areas and low lower 30s.
4/27/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cool, breezy with convective clouds, virga and a few sprinkles especially just after dark. High 50s. Breezy overnight but clearing with low upper 30s.
4/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly clear but breezy and cool. High upper 50s. Low 20s.
4/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Warmed rapidly after cold morning. Breezy and becoming very low humidity with high near 70. Mostly clear but increasing mid and high clouds late afternoon. Mild overnight with temperature only dropping to about 40F and then warming again this AM with downslope winds.
4/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mild in the morning. Briefly hit 60F mid morning. Then becoming very windy and cooler. 40s by late afternoon. Clouds over mountains and off to our east with virga at times, but no precip here. Winds gusted to over 40mph from the NW. Continued windy overnight and clearing. Low 30s No frost.
5/1/2011 7:00 AM T T 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny until mid morning, then become partly to mostly cloudy with snow shower clouds all around with virga until clearing out late afternoon. High upper 40s. Two afternoon snow showers with no accumulation. Windy all day with frequent gusts 25-30 mph from the NW. Winds diminished after dark, then mid and high clouds moved in and helped keep the temperature from dipping. Low 32F with no visible frost. Sun visible through altostratus layer this morning
5/2/2011 7:00 AM T T 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cool and unsettled. Briefly reached 50F early afternoon and then cooled back into the 40s with thickening clouds over foothills and visible snow showers. Only a few flakes here. Then clearing overnight with frost and low about 29F
5/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny morning but convective clouds formed by midmorning over foothills and spread out across the plains. We saw plenty of virga, but no precip here. Hi low 50s. Then clear and chilly with low upper 20s and frost. This is around the time of our last freeze each year. Was this it?
5/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Lovely day -- light winds. High 60s. A few clouds gathering over high mountains west this AM. Otherwsie clear and mild overnight. Low around 40F
5/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clouds and virga (mostly developed to the east late morning) associated with a cold front that went through yesterday AM. Partly cloudy, windy and cool with high low 60s. Clear and calm overnight. Low around 30F with frost.
5/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Beautiful clear day with light winds and high in the 60s. Some increasing high clouds overnight and low upper 30s.
5/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly cloudy mostly mid-level and standing mountain wave clouds. Temp still climbed into the 70s with mostly light winds. Clearing overnight but mild with low in the 40s. Grass is still green and growing but surface and soil is very dry again and moisture stress will appear soon
5/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Warm, dry day. High low 80s. Mostly light winds. Some high-based convective clouds afternoon and some altocumulus and mountain wave clouds morning. Clearing overnight with low 40F. Saturday was ditch cleaning/burning day for our irrigation lateral ditch. Went well. Irrigation water may come this week.
5/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Very warm day and low humidity. Mostly sunny with just a few clouds during the day. High 80s. Mostly light winds. Increasing high clouds overnight and low around 40F. Air feels humid this AM. New Mercer ditch came in overnight (first water of the year) Dogs went berzerk overnight.
5/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 STill warm but not quite as hot. High around 78F with increasing clouds during the afternoon with high-based virga-producing clouds late afternoon. Clearing overnight with low around 42F
5/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.79 T 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear, nice day with high around 70. Winds increasing afternoon and clouded up late afternoon moving in from the south. Lightning with distant thunder to the SE about 9:30 PM with some rain beginning around 10 PM. Rain became steady with falling temperatures into the upper 30s this AM. A little ice pellets or slush mixed in with the continuing rain this AM
5/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.89 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cool, cloudy and damp. Periods of light rain but with some breaks on Tuesday especially during the later afternoon. High low 40s. Then rain increased again late evening with bulk of rain from about 8:30 PM to 3 AM although light rain still falling now. Low about 39 and currently in low 40s. Peak rain intensity a little more than 0.10"/hour so most rain soaking in. Very green again -- hurrah! Brighter sky to the north this AM. Two gauges read 0.88" and 0.90" respectively. Higher post was lower.
5/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.13 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Just a little occasional light rain on Thursday finally ending by evening. Cool and cloudy, high uper 40s. Clearing but very moist and dewy overnight. Low upper 30s with some low clouds still hugging the foothills, but sunny here.
5/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny day. Gorgeous green and springlike. High upper 60s. Increasing clouds overnight and low overcast by morning. Low around 40F
5/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.08 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Dark cloudy day all day and cool with high upper 40s. Sprinkles during late evening and then drizzle after midnight continuing this AM with low mid 30s. Changing our plans for the sendoff picnic for Gail and Nico today and will have it indoors.
5/16/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Drizzle continued until about 9 AM. Then slight lifting of clouds but remained very dark and overcast all day with low clouds hugging lower foothills and occasional slight mist. Hi only upper 40s. Breezy upslope winds overnight and low 39F but no more precip. Still cloudy this AM
5/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cloudy early, then clearing of low stratus but still quite a bit of low and mid level cloudiness. High 60s. Humid overnight and low low 40s with mid and high level thin clouds
5/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly cloudy and cool with high briefly reaching near 60F before a rain shower moved out of the foothills around 4-4:30 PM dropping 0.03". Clearing during the evening, but then clouded up again with some light rain showers overnight with another 0.02". Cloudy and damp this AM with low about 42F and stratus hugging tops of foothills to the west. Everything is very green and most lilacs blooming fully.
5/19/2011 7:00 AM 1.69 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cool and cloudy, high low 50s with rain beginning afternoon. Waves of showers in the afternoon with dense, low clouds. Then steady rain all evening and overnight. Still raining lightly this AM with low 38F
5/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.13 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Light rain Thursday AM ended by mid morning. Brief partial clearing early afternoon and temperature rose to about 50F (could see fresh snow on the lower foothills) but then low clouds returned with a few more hundredths of late afternoon/evening rain. Clearing and low upper 30s with very heavy dew this AM
5/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.15 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny in the morning, but low-based convective stratocumulus formed quickly and then most of the day was cloudy. Strong convection formed over the foothills and moved out across the plains with some crash-bang thunder and lightning mid afternoon -- then clearing. High upper 50s. Low around 40F midnight but warmed some with increasing mid-level cloudiness.
5/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy and warmer. High 66F Becoming breezy in the afternoon with dry westerly downslopw winds gusting over 25 mph at times. Partly cloudy overnight with increasing clouds towards morning Windy after 5 AM. Low 50F but up to 60F by 7 AM
5/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Nice day -- partly cloudy, breezy, high upper 60s. Apparently a light shower sometime before sunrise as everything smelled like fresh rain when I got up.
5/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Some uncertainty as family took measurement and I was not at home.
5/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.12 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Details unknown. I was not at home
5/26/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cool, cloudyish -- I was not home
5/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 partly cloudy. Coolish with high low 60s. Clearing during evening but clouding up again overnight. Low 40s.
5/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly to mostly cloudy. High 60s. Light showers wet the pavement during the evening and again overnight. Still damp this AM with low mid 40s and mostly cloudy skies.
5/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.29 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly cloudy,cool, high only in the upper 50s. Sprinkles began early evening and then a nice rain before 10 pm dropped about 0.10" Rain and drizzle must have continued overnight and still a steady drizzle at 7 AM. Everything lush and green Low upper 40s
5/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Low clouds and drizzle in the AM until about 11 AM The partial clearing and warmer. High 70F. Light winds, moist and sweet day. Upslope low clouds increased again during the evening. Low 50 overnight Forecast of high winds, but still just stratocumulus, gentle, green and moist air
5/31/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Unsettled and convective morning through midday. A few sprinkles at times -- even some big drops One distant rumble of thunder midday then front moved through, storm clouds moved east during the afternoon and becoming very windy -- gusts to about 40 mph and some small branches down. High about 70. Clearing with diminishing winds and drier air. Low around 40F
6/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Pleasant day. Sunny with light to moderate breezes Then increasing high clouds during evening Overcast cirrus overnight. High mid 70s, low 40s.
6/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Pleasant day but mostly cloudy with mid and high level clouds all day and all night. High upper 70s, low upper 40s. Heavy dew this AM
6/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Hottest day of the year. High upper 80s. Just a few high-based cumulus. Windy at times and very dry. Clear overnight with low dropping back into the 40s
6/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cooler and a bit more humid day -- light winds and very pleasant. High low 70s. Partly cloudy with high clous overnight and low upper 40s Good night for summer sleeping
6/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Very pleasant day. Hi upper 70s with mostly sunny -- some small afternoon cumulus and some distant convective clouds early evening to the south. Became a bit hazy -- most likely from AZ wild fire smoke. Mild with low 50F and still hazy this AM
6/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Hot, dry and still hazy all day and this AM. Hi upper 80s with relatively light winds. Low around 50F Not quite as hazy today
6/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Hot and hazy with high upper 80s. Then a quick storm developed and crossed about 4 PM with brief shower and gusty winds. Another dark cloud went over around 6:45 PM with some thunder but no rain. Then clearing and the smokey haze went away. Back to deep blue skies this AM with low 50s.
6/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear, blue sky again- almost cloudless day. High low 80s and very nice. Clear and cool with low upper 40s with light dew this AM
6/9/2011 7:00 AM 1.65 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear morning, convection began afteroon over foothills. Pleasant temperatures in the 70s. A crazy evening of fascinating active storms. First storm around 7-8 PM with dark clouds and some lightning but only a few sprinkles of rain. Then active lightning first to the SE after sunset and then to the SW-W after 9 PM with some trace showers and much nearby but fairly gentle thunder. First wave of hail came about 10:11-10:16 -- didn't check gauge. Then a flush of heavy rain and hail approximately 10:45-11PM with 1.00" total in gauge by 11:10 PM. Temperature dipped to upper 40s after hail. Two more waves of rain, a little hail, and lots of thunder and lightning. I finally went to bed at 1 AM -- 1.56" in the gauge then but a little more rain overnight. Dark low clouds and everything still damp this AM
6/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Dense, low stratus and drizzle until almost noon. Then partial clearing with some late afternoon sunshine. High only in the upper 50s. Partly cloudy, damp and cool overnight with heavy dew. Low mid 40s. Everything is wildly green.
6/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clear, just a few afternoon cumulus. Hi low 70s. Clear overnight, cool with morning dew. Low upper 40s. Sky appears hazy again this AM, esp to the east.
6/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Pleasant summer day -- partly cloudy with high-based convection over foothills with no precip reaching ground midday - mid afternoon then shifted eastward where large t-storms moved from Weld County quickly across eastern CO later in the day. Hi upper 70s with light winds. Clear with low upper 40s and heavy dew.
6/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Warm dry day. High 80s. Light winds. Partly cloudy afternoon with scant high-based convection. Clear and fairly warm with low mid 50s.
6/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Pleasant day -- high lower 80s. Convection afternoon with evening thunderheads especially E-S and some distant lightning after dark. Low 50s with sky full of cumulus congestus this AM -- but no rain
6/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Warm, dry day, cool, clear night. High low 80s, low upper 40s
6/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Dry day and warm with some afternoon convective clouds. High low 80s with some evening lightning to the north. Partly cloudy overnight. Low upper 50s -- warm night.
6/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.43 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Warm, sunny. High low 80s. Lively convection to our W and N during the afternoon shifted eastward and t-storms began. Brief shower 7 PM. Then a major downpour with small hail 7:40 - 7:55 PM ).24" Then another storm sometime overnight -- after 2 AM but I didn't check clock. Some cloud to ground lightning nearby. Low 50s
6/18/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy, cool and quite humid day with high in the 70s cooling in the late afternoon. Mostly cloudy late afternoon through morning. Low mid 50s. Frequent virga and echoes on radar, but only a scant trace of precip during the evening
6/19/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Comfortable day -- partly cloudy with some weak convection around at times. Sprinkles briefly around 2:15 PM. High mid 70s. Mostly cloudy overnight, low upper 50s.
6/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.30 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly cloudy with a few brief periods of sun. High 70s. Very unsettled with several t-storms. First was about 2 PM -- only 0.01" but probably a lot more to our North and NW. Another one about 5 PM dropped another 0.02" but again more to the W-N Another one in the evening with about another 0.02" Then had a steady hard rain late evening for about 45 minutes before midnight that accounted for most of this total. Probably another shower overnight but not sure Low lower 50s.
6/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cool and showery in the morning. Wet the pavement a couple of times. Then becoming windy in the afternoon with gusts over 30 mph from the NW. Dried out quickly. High around 70F. Cloudy, then clearing overnight. Low mid 50s. Summer returns today
6/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Comfortable summer day with flat scattered stratocumulus much of the day gradually clearing. He reached near 80F. Clear overnight -- low upper 40s. Now will the hot weather arrive?
6/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Warm, sunny day -- just a few late day clouds. Couldn't be much finer. High low 80s. Low 50s iwth perfectly clear skies this AM
6/24/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Warm day. High mid 80s with active but high-based convection afternoon and at least one clap of thunder. Did not experience rain, but think we had some sprinkles. Partly cloudy overnight. Low upper 50s.
6/25/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Summer day. Midday and afternoon convection nearby with a few claps of thunder and a few sprinkles. High mid 80s. Clearing by evening -- humid. Some low stratus developed by morning with heavy dew and low in the upper 50s.
6/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Low clouds until mid morning, Then clear and very warm with high reaching upper 80s by mid and late afternoon. Some congestus -- mostly north of us and distant south during evening. Then clear land calm with low mid 50s.
6/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny, hot breezy and dry. Hi near 90. Becoming windy from the N after sunset and some midlevel clouds. Low in the 50s
6/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cooler, sunny day with some afternoon and evening convective clouds High in the 70s. Clear and cool with low lower 50s
6/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Hot, dry and mostly sunny day. Hi 90s. Low near 60F Summer is here for sure. Grass is no longer so green Will need to water soon.
6/30/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Hot day with high in 90s but some convective activities. I was not at home but apparently a T fell early afternoon. Remained partly cloudy to cloudy overnight with low lower 60s.
7/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.24 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy and warm early. Hi mid 80s by early afternoon. Active convective afternoon with several rounds of storms between 2:15 PM and evening. Heaviest storm was the first with 0.14" 2nd was around 4 PM and brought another 0.07" Remainder fell during the evening in gentle rain -- ended by 8:30 PM or so. Rain appreciated. Partial clearing overnight with low about 54F. Quite a bit of wind with the first storms.
7/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.20 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny day, warm with high mid 80s. Cumulus buildups began developing more vigorously after 6 PM especially north. Then thunderstorms kept developing and rolling off the nearby foothills from after 9 PM to about 1:30 AM. A few heavy downpours, and a lot of in cloud lightning and thunder, but overall not that much rain for all the hoopla. Variations between my two gauges -- ground-mounted read 0.22", post mounted 0.18" I took the average. Very little wind with the rain, so not clear why the large differences. Low stratus overcast and very humid this AM with low 60F
7/3/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Warm and humid day. Some low stratus in the AM gave way to sunny skies but with convective buildups visible much of the day. Some big drops fell around 2:30PM but only a trace. Late afternoon and evening thunderheads mostly distant east and south. High mid 80s. Clearing overnight with low mid 50s and heavy morning dew. Very light winds yesterday except for a surge of easterly winds late evening-- probably an outflow boundary.
7/4/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny and hot morning with temperature shooting up to 90F by noon. Then high based convection got going with some gusty winds and a trace shower or two around 2 PM. Stayed in the 80s after that -- and quite low humidity. Clearing with low in the 50s overnight and comfortable
7/5/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Hot day. High 90s but high-based convection started fairly early and much of the afternoon and all evening was cloudy with temperature in the 80s. A few sprinkles on the way to the 4th of July Fireworks. Light winds most of day but got breezy out of NW for the fireworks display. Very big crowds this year. Mostly cloudy overnight with low only in the 60s -- warmest night so far this summer.
7/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.37 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Brief downpour in the late afternoon with a little downpour -- I was at work. Remained cloudy, damp and unsettled with another brief shower of 0.01' after midnight. Partly cloudy and very humid this AM More rain expected.
7/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.38 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Amazingly humid. Dew points up in the low 60s most of the day and even higher after each of the afternoon rains. Times of t-storms not noted but at least 2 afternoon storms and then quite a bit of lightning from S-NW after dark but only about 0.02" of additional rain. High 70s. Low 60F with some low-based scattered stratocumulus this AM. Vegetation all very green again.
7/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.07 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Warm and humid with high near 80 and dew points around 60F. Thunderstorms developed by late morning over the mountains. We had dark clouds and some distant rumbles of thunder several times but only a few periods of light rain. Windy in the evening -- outflow from big storm complex over Denver. Remained cloudy and damp overnight. Low around 60F
7/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.10 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Warmed into the mid 80s with continued very humid air and dew points near 60F. Convecting began gradually over the foothills and became more widespread and lively in the afternoon. Again, several showers with thunder but less than previous days. Partly cloudy and mild overnight with low 60s.
7/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Warm and humid. High 80s but active convection from midday until evening. Several showers but all very brief or light. First was about 1 PM and last was around 9 PM. Some distant thunder. Partly cloudy overnight and slightly cooler with low upper 50s with heavy dew.
7/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Convection began midday and we were threatened early afternoon and again in the evening. Some thunder but only a trace of rain. High mid 80s then cooled down quickly as storm passed south of us at sunset. Little shower moved out of foothills after midnight. Partial clearing overnight and low 60F with scattered AC
7/12/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Unsettled again with storms nearby during the afternoon and evening but only a light sprinkle. Rainbow to the east during evening. High low 80s, clearing during evening and low upper 50s. Very humid again with low stratus upslope clouds developing after 5:30 AM
7/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.82 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Comfortable day -- predicted heavy storms didn't materialize although we watched large thunderheads up over Wyoming during the afernoon and then out over Weld County during the evening. Hi around 80F. All of a sudden storms seemed to pop up in all directions after 9 PM or so with lightning everywhere. Then a wild 30 minutes of continuous lightning, thunder and fairly heavy rain from 10:30 - 11 PM (close to 0.65" and then more rain continuing but decrasing in intensity until after midnight. Low around 60F. Dark, low stratus and everything soaking wet and lushly green again. I won't have to water for another week -- good!
7/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly sunny most of the day. High low 80s and very humid for here with dew point staying around 60F. A very narrow convective tower formed over the foothills west of town and stayed in the same place for what seemed to be several hours -- very odd. Also, an unusual Severe T-Storm watch was issued in the evening for the foothills and adjacent plains. Explosive cloud development continued with a lot of lightning to the north and south until after 11 PM but we only got a short shower before 8 PM -- then clearing with a low around 60F and very heavy dew this AM
7/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Convection started early -- but mostly distant south and up over Wyoming. We did get a brief shower just after noon. Spectacular huge thunderhead out to the distant east at sunset. Hi mid 80s. Very warm overnight -- altocumulus. Low in the 60s.
7/16/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny most of the day. Hot with high approaching 90F. Convection kicked off by evening. Trace shower with no thunder, but lively lightning off to the E-SE from 9 - 11 PM. Then clearing overnight with low 60F with dew
7/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.14 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Details unknown -- not at home
7/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Details unknown. Not at home
7/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Details unknown. I was not home
7/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
7/21/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Details unknown. I was not at home
7/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Details unknown. I was not at home
7/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Details unknown. I was not at home.
7/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Details unknown. I was not home
7/25/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Details unknown. I was not home but I heard a very ominous cloud system moved down from Cheyenne during the evening with some thunder and wind -- looked like a hail storm east of here.
7/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Not at home-- details unknown
7/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 I was not at home -- details unknown
7/28/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
7/29/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Convection started early over the foothills and then covered us with clouds most of the afternoon with occasional sprinkles. Dry low-level air pretty much evaporated everything even though radar looked like stuff was falling. Hi 80s. Clearing overnight with low around 60F
7/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Humid morning with dew points up around 60F. Convective clouds began developing mid morning. But things dried out after noon. High upper 80s. Clear and finally a cooler night with low in the 50s.
7/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Hot and sunny with low humidity and just some high cumulus over the foothills afternoon and some distant CB's to the SE late afternoon. High 90s. Clear overnight low 60F
8/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Hot day. Active convection up over the mountains and some late day clouds. High upper 90s. Some distant lightning over the mtns late evening. Then clearing and low around 60F
8/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Afternoon convective showers -- possibly a little thunder.
8/3/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Not at home -- specifics unknown -- active convection and not as hot
8/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.12 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 I was not home, but gauge was accurately read -- thunderstorm occurred late afternoon with main core just north and northeast and secondary core farther south. Comfortable temperatures with high only around 80F and around 60F
8/5/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Nice temperatures. High 80s. Active midday and afternoon convection, but only a trace shower here. Clearing and cool overnight with low 60F and heavy des
8/6/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Still some convection -- high based -- a couple light sprinkles. High near 90. Clear overnight, low upper 50s.
8/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny, hot, High around 90. Afternoon high-based convection visible, especially east and south, with virga. Clear overnight. Low upper 50s.
8/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
8/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Hot and dry but some high based convective clouds all afternoon -- some radar echoes and virga. Hi around 90F. Clear and coolest night in a while -- low around 54F
8/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy with high-based, fast-moving cumulus and towering cumulus. Tornado watch was issued east of us. High upper 80s. Cooler late afternoon with NE winds and increasing humidity as cool front arrived. Low 60F with low upslope stratus clouds developing by 11 PM and still OVC this morning.
8/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Very pleasant day. Moist. Low clouds evaporated in the AM. Then some afternoon convection with thunderheads visible N and especially far to the east late afternoon and evening. High low 80s. Clear overnight with low low 50s.
8/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Warm day -- sunny to partly cloudy with large thunderheads visible distant east in the afternoon. High about 91F. Clearing overnight. Warm burst after midnight with temperatures back up to upper 70s, then cooled to a low of 60F this AM with clear skies. Breezy at times yesterday and overnight.
8/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly sunny, nice temperatures. High low 80s with some afternoon convection-- thunderhead off to the east late afternoon. Clear overnight with low in the upper 50s but then clouded up towards morning.
8/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Another dry day. Comfortable temperatures. High 80s. Some increasing mid and high clouds towards sunrise with a low upper 50s with more humid air than the past week. Some dew
8/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Clouded up mid morning. Then cloudy much of day. Sprinkles by 4 PM and period of rain and maybe one thunder around 6-6:30. Humid with dew points near 60F. Clearing overnight with low around 60F
8/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Hot day. High around 90. Increasing high-based convection began towards evening and some distant lighting seen NE and maybe NW. Became very windy from the NW gusts to maybe 30 mph around midnight. Mild overnight with low only in the 60s. Partly cloudy this AM
8/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.27 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Convective much of the day with a couple hours of rumbling thunder and then a couple of brief but intense downpours. High 80s but dropped into the 60s after the showers. Clearing during the evening. Low 50s with heavy dew.
8/18/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Left on vacation -- house sitter checking gauge
8/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/21/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
8/22/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
8/23/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
8/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/27/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
8/28/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00
8/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Still on vacation -- observation made by house sitter -- only significant rain while we were gone
8/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Mostly virga but got a little in the gauge
9/1/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny and hot again. High mid 90s by early afternoon. Convection began early afternoon up over the mountains and gradually spread and developed eastward. Brief shower here around 6:30 PM and windy. Then mostly cloudy and gradually clearing overnight with low around 60F by morning.
9/2/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Another hot, dry day -- with high up in the 90s -- ugh. Some high-based convective clouds and some virga -- stayed very warm during the evening - still close to 80F at 11 PM but then a few sprinkles and one rumble of thunder and then things cooled off nicely down to the upper 50s with scattered altocumulus this AM
9/3/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Cool morning with some stratus and stratocumulus caused by a moist low-level cool upslope behind the initial cold front that came through overnight. Then clearing mid morning. Gradually warmed up and reached about 80F and then active convection began mid afternoon. Only sprinkles here and a rumble of thunder. Then clearing and cooler during the evening with some distant lightning to the far south. Low mid 50s with humidity dropping rapidly overnight
9/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 A cool, sunny Saturday for Tour de Fat bicycle parade. Hi low 70s with a few scattered clouds. Very cool night with low in the low 40s for the first time in months. Had to close the windows.
9/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Beautiful fall-like day. Breezy during the day from the east. No clouds. High low 70s. Clear with heavy dew this AM and low in the low 40s again.
9/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Hot dry day with a high temperature in the mid to upper 80s. Some high-based cumulus and stratocumulus. Clearing but not so chilly overnight. Then increasing clouds towards morning and overcast by 6AM or so and lots of virga in all directions by 7 AM. Low upper 50s. Sprinkles began shortly after 7 AM
9/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.18 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 What a change from summer. Cool, cloudy day with very light rain most of the day just wetting the pavement. A heavier period of rain mid afternoon and then some steady, light rain overnight. 0.07" by 5 PM and additional 0.11" overnight. High on Tues about 70F and low 55F
9/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.69 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Wonderful cool, cloudy day with low nimbostratus and steady rain until about 3:30 PM -- heaviest from 8 AM to noon. Then few breaks in clouds late afternoon and partial clearing and very heavy dew overnight. Hi upper 50s, low around 50F
9/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Lovely day. Sunshine and temperatures warmed into the 70s. Some convective clouds and some moist haze. Partly cloudy and cool overnight with mid level clous and low upper 40s. Heavy dew again this AM
9/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Another lovely day -- mostly sunny, High 70s, relatively humid. Vegetation responding to cool air and recent rains by greening up. Clear overnight with low upper 40s and heavy dew again
9/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Perfectly clear day but active convection to the far west up over the high mountains during the afternoon. Hi mid 70s, low lower 40s with heavy dew again
9/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Warmer day -- back into the low 80s. More cumulus and stratocumulus over the foothills, but still mostly sunny. Clear overnight iwth some high cirrus towards morning. Low around 50F
9/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Temperature soured into the 80s yesterday. Partly cloudy with convective clouds spreading eastward out of the mountains afternoon and evening with virga and some rainbow segments near sunset. Some light showers between about midnight and 1:30 AM with some gusty winds. The partly cloudy with low near 50F with lingering clouds overhead and east but clear to the west at sunrise.
9/14/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Nice day, convective activity much of the day with some afternoon storms up north of town but nothing here. High upper 70s. Then a couple rolls of thunder and some sprinkles around 9 PM. Partly cloudy and low 50F. Becoming ovecast with low stratus clouds by 7 AM
9/15/2011 7:00 AM 1.33 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Dense low clouds all day. High temp only in the 50s. Occasional drizzle from about 9 AM until late afternoon. Then rain began around 4 PM. 0.62" by 10:30 PM and steady rain continued all night. Still raining this AM but very lightly. Low 47F
9/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.10 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Misty light rain and low clouds continued in the AM, but let up around noon. Then a brief afternoon thundershower just after 4 PM. High around 60F. Fog developing overnight. Low 40s with about 1/4 mile visibility at 7 AM
9/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny morning, partly cloudy afternoon and night. High around 70F with light winds. Low mid 40s with heavy dew.
9/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.11 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Partly cloudy morning then clouding up in the afternoon with a thunderstorm around 3PM. High around 70F quickly dropping to the upper 50s after the storm. Quite a bit of thunder. Then partial clearing and damp evening and clear overnight with heavy dew and low in the low 40s.
9/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Nice day. Clear morning. Partly cloudy afternoon with flat stratocumulus. High low 70s. Clearing overnight. Low low 40s with plenty of AM dew
9/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny day, some afternoon clouds and becoming breezy with downslope winds. High 80F. Clear with low in the 40s.
9/21/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Clouded up during the day behind the cold front that come through yesterday AM. Period of sprinkles during the evening, then clearing overnight. High only in the 60s and dropped to about 40F this AM. Got stung by a wasp yesterday AM and it is really swollen badly this AM
9/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Another cool day. High 60s. Some high-based late afternoon convection with virga but no precipitation. Clear and very chilly overnight and light frost on the rooftop. Low 35F
9/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sunny day. Temperatures rose quickly and reached 70s by afternoon. Clear night. Low lower 40s with heavy dew. Lots of contrails this AM
9/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Warm dry day with many contrail cirrus. High mid 80s. Mostly clear overnight and low mid 40s with light dew
9/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Very warm day with high in the 80s, light winds and lots of high thin cirrus. Clear overnight with low 40s and very light AM dew.
9/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Another unseasonably warm and very dry day with high in the mid 80s and morning low in the 40s with some late day cloudiness and a few virga last evening.
9/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Another warm dry day with high in the 80s. Some high-based convection over the mountains with virga spreading eastward at sunset. Then mild for this time of year overnight with low briefly in the 40s.
9/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Another warm dry day with high in the low 80s but a little moister. Low 40s this AM with clear skies.
9/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Unseasonably hot -- high 90F with brisk NW winds. Then winds shifted to northerly as dry cold front arrived overnight. Low 50F and breezy this morning.
9/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Chilly day with high only in the low 60s. Clear and cool with low upper 30s.



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
10/10/2010 4:00 PM I was inside and missed it, but my wife said we had a brief shower of small hail with a little thunder with a chilly squall that came down from the north around 4 PM Exact time is unknown. NA Rice Rice Mixed 2 10min no damage Continuous True After rain
6/8/2011 10:11 PM Exciting storm with nearly continuous lightning just W-N for the last 15-30 minutes now moving off to the N. Furious sounding hail, but didn't last long and didn't accumulate or cause damage other than a few shredded leaves. Still lightning a lot mostly N but still lightning to the SW 3/8" 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size Hard|Clear Ice 5 minor leaf damage False After rain After smaller hail 436
6/8/2011 10:48 PM 2nd storm in less than one hour. Couldn't report at the time due to lightning. Will turn in hail pad tomorrow. Enough hail to cover the ground for almost an hour but only one or two layers deep. 1.30" total precip. for the evening is a slight underestimate due to the effect of hail bounce. Probably didn't miss much more than 0.10 - 0.20" 5/8" 3/8" 1/4" Pea Size Hard|Clear Ice|White Ice 12 3min minor leaf damage True After rain Same time as smaller hail
6/16/2011 7:47 PM Lively storm with ominous clouds but only very minor hail. Still looks nasty E-S Lots of in cloud lightning continuing nearby 1/4" Pea Size Rice Rice Mixed 5 2min no damage True After rain After smaller hail