Station Overview Station Location
Station Number CO-LR-412 Latitude 40.5968
Station Name Fort Collins 2.9 NW Longitude -105.1329
County Larimer Elevation (ft) 5112



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 0.96 31 0.96 31 0.00 0 0 9 1 0.0 0 0
Nov 10 0.82 0.70 30 0.70 30 0.00 0 0 6 3 4.4 4 6
Dec 10 0.51 0.27 31 0.27 31 0.00 0 0 3 3 4.3 1 1
Jan 11 0.38 0.36 31 0.36 31 0.00 0 0 3 1 6.1 3 8
Feb 11 0.43 0.74 28 0.74 28 0.00 0 0 7 3 7.6 6 11
March 11 1.62 0.14 31 0.14 31 0.00 0 0 4 4 0.0 0 0
April 11 2.08 2.02 30 2.02 30 0.00 0 0 11 3 1.6 1 1
May 11 2.47 4.55 31 4.55 31 0.00 0 0 13 6 0.1 1 0
June 11 2.49 2.40 30 2.40 30 0.00 0 0 8 4 0.0 0 0
July 11 1.51 2.53 31 2.53 31 0.00 0 0 14 8 0.0 0 0
Aug 11 1.58 0.49 31 0.49 31 0.00 0 0 7 8 0.0 0 0
Sept 11 1.37 2.36 30 2.36 30 0.00 0 0 6 3 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 16.44" 17.52" 365 days 17.52" 365 0.00" 0 days 0 91 days 47 days 24.1" 16 days 27 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 0.00
10/7/2010 0.00
10/8/2010 0.06
10/9/2010 0.00
10/10/2010 0.00
10/11/2010 0.09
10/12/2010 0.34
10/13/2010 0.01
10/14/2010 0.00
10/15/2010 0.00
10/16/2010 0.00
10/17/2010 0.00
10/18/2010 0.03
10/19/2010 0.02
10/20/2010 0.00
10/21/2010 0.00
10/22/2010 0.00
10/23/2010 0.39
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 0.09
11/13/2010 0.00
11/14/2010 0.02
11/15/2010 T
11/16/2010 0.00
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 0.03
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 T
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 0.02
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 0.00
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 T
12/31/2010 0.24
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2011 0.00
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 0.04
1/10/2011 0.29
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 0.00
1/27/2011 0.00
1/28/2011 0.00
1/29/2011 0.00
1/30/2011 0.00
1/31/2011 T
2/1/2011 0.05
2/2/2011 0.00
2/3/2011 0.00
2/4/2011 T
2/5/2011 T
2/6/2011 0.03
2/7/2011 0.00
2/8/2011 0.15
2/9/2011 0.09
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 0.00
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 0.01
3/8/2011 T
3/9/2011 T
3/10/2011 0.00
3/11/2011 0.00
3/12/2011 0.00
3/13/2011 0.07
3/14/2011 0.00
3/15/2011 0.00
3/16/2011 0.00
3/17/2011 0.00
3/18/2011 0.04
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 0.07
4/11/2011 0.00
4/12/2011 0.00
4/13/2011 0.00
4/14/2011 0.84
4/15/2011 0.17
4/16/2011 0.00
4/17/2011 0.00
4/18/2011 T
4/19/2011 0.13
4/20/2011 0.00
4/21/2011 0.20
4/22/2011 0.05
4/23/2011 T
4/24/2011 0.05
4/25/2011 0.39
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 T
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 0.81
5/12/2011 0.89
5/13/2011 0.11
5/14/2011 0.00
5/15/2011 0.11
5/16/2011 T
5/17/2011 0.00
5/18/2011 0.04
5/19/2011 1.62
5/20/2011 0.14
5/21/2011 0.17
5/22/2011 0.00
5/23/2011 0.00
5/24/2011 0.03
5/25/2011 0.27
5/26/2011 T
5/27/2011 0.00
5/28/2011 0.02
5/29/2011 0.31
5/30/2011 0.03
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 0.03
6/8/2011 0.00
6/9/2011 1.59
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 0.36
6/18/2011 0.02
6/19/2011 T
6/20/2011 0.36
6/21/2011 0.01
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 0.01
6/30/2011 T
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2011 0.23
7/2/2011 0.17
7/3/2011 0.00
7/4/2011 0.00
7/5/2011 0.00
7/6/2011 0.08
7/7/2011 0.50
7/8/2011 0.07
7/9/2011 0.09
7/10/2011 0.02
7/11/2011 0.02
7/12/2011 T
7/13/2011 1.12
7/14/2011 0.02
7/15/2011 T
7/16/2011 T
7/17/2011 0.17
7/18/2011 T
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 0.14
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 0.03
8/16/2011 0.00
8/17/2011 0.17
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 0.01
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 0.11
8/30/2011 0.00
8/31/2011 0.02
9/1/2011 T
9/2/2011 0.00
9/3/2011 T
9/4/2011 0.00
9/5/2011 0.00
9/6/2011 0.00
9/7/2011 0.19
9/8/2011 0.56
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 0.00
9/15/2011 1.38
9/16/2011 0.11
9/17/2011 0.00
9/18/2011 0.10
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 M M M
10/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy and pleasant this morning. Smells like rain.
10/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
10/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Gorgeous fall day on Saturday (yesterday).
10/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M light rain in the morning = 0.03"; Rain in the afternoon ~4 PM = 0.06" along with gusty winds. I thought there would have been a little more in the afternoon because we have this one low spot that fills up when we get a tenth of an inch - and it was filled. Maybe the gauge was underestimated some be of gusty winds.
10/12/2010 7:45 AM 0.34 M M M M Busy morning, and I didn't get out to check the gauge until I was leaving the house. It was raining lightly but steadily this morning, so at the most, we got a 2-3 hundredths between 7 and 7:45. It was a gorgeous afternoon yesterday - good for a walk, picking apples, and salvaging tomatoes and beans. I'll have to check up on the squash this evening in anticipation of a freeze.
10/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M My reading was late yesterday (at 7:45) and that was close to when the rain stopped. It didn't freeze last night at my house (low of 39), but there was a heavy dew this morning.
10/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Light dew on the gauge and vegetation surfaces this morning.
10/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Rain at ~ 6:45 PM - that's when my husband told me it's wet outside.
10/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Rain in the afternoon 2-3ish. Freezing dew on the gage this morning and frost. I headed out of the house this morning at 6:45 and the sun was not fully up yet. I did see some radiation fog in the low lying field off Overland between Vine and Laporte Streets. Although it was not light enough to see clearly, there appeared to be frost in open areas and the temperatures at Christman support this observation. So, it appears that we've had our first official frost of the season late as it may seem.
10/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Beautiful morning - the cottonwood trees seem at the height of their golden color this morning. My yard seems to have escaped frost damage yesterday. It's got to be coming soon though.
10/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.39 M M M M Nice gentle rain throughout the day, with steadier rain in the evening. At 9:15 there was ~0.29 in the gauge. In the morning I read the full measurement of 0.39.
10/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
10/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M At 6:45 this morning, it was calm at the house. At 7:00 it was very windy. At ~7:05 we got a brief shower, so technically, I'll put a trace in tomorrow morning if we don't get more rain today. Gorgeous day yesterday for Treatsylvania at Lee Martinez Farm and picking apples from the trees after.
10/26/2010 7:00 AM T T M M M Trace of rain in the morning, windy after that: yesterday, overnight, and this morning. We had snow showers last evening, but not enough to accumulate.
10/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M windy and dry - my skin is starting to notice the dryness.
10/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Our first real freeze - temperatures around the house down to 26F. And a break from the wind.
10/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Pretty red sunrise
10/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Rain sometime overnight. Beautiful fall day yesterday.
11/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clouding up in the afternoon, but overall a very pleasant Fall day. Good weather to pick some more apples in the afternoon :)
11/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another gorgeous warm fall day (yesterday)- almost cloudless.
11/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Freezing temperatures this morning.
11/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Freezing temperatures this morning.
11/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M There could have been a trace yesterday afternoon, but I wasn't home.
11/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.28 T M 0.0 M Rain starting at about noon. There were snow showers at ~10PM last night, but nothing remaining this morning.
11/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.25 2.8 M 2.0 M It started snowing ~9 PM. It seemed to be accumulating on metal surfaces quickly and we had ~0.5" on our front metal post within an hour. The "shady" north facing ground is accumulating snow. The snow in my gauge was a little drifted, so I gently shook it to even it out and then measured 2.8" The melted equivalent was 0.25" Many surfaces are still warm and snow had melted. The deepest spots I found were on my son's plastic truck (2.5") and on the wooden fencepost (2.5"). Not sure what exactly to put for remaining snow, so I'm putting 2.0"
11/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.09 0.9 M 1.5 M I didn't check the gauge yesterday when I got home, but it probably wouldn't have mattered as the percip this morning was melted and re-frozen. Upon melting and measuring, I ended up with 0.09. I know it was snow, but not sure exactly how much, so I'm putting in 0.9" Total snow on the ground this morning was ~ 1.5" There was frost on surfaces as well. Pretty morning.
11/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M
11/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 0.3 M 1.0 M Warm ground still affecting accumulation in places. The most representative measurement of new snow was on some ice in the bird bath.
11/15/2010 7:00 AM T T M 0.5 M It was snowing at 6:45 and sticking to the "cooler" shadier areas and just wetting some of the other more exposed areas. We could have had 0.1" snow, but it did not amount to anything when I melter it, so I put a trace in. Still a little snow remaining from the other day.
11/16/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Warm enough to melt most of the snow yesterday. Only a little remaining in the shady spots this morning.
11/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 T M 0.0 M Rain with a mix of snow in the afternoon ~2:20. There was wind and a T more rain and snow at ~9PM. The wind caught and knocked over the wheelbarrow (it was leaning against the garage).
11/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Pretty colorful sunrise and frost this morning.
11/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Relatively warm (40F) at the house this morning. Orographic cirrus overhead this morning - can see blue sky near the horizon on the west. Beautiful red sunrise this morning.
11/20/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.03 0.4 M 0.5 M At 9:30 last might, we noticed it was snowing and from the inside looking out, it looked like we had 0.5". This morning, the most the stick measured was 0.4, so I'll go with that.
11/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/24/2010 7:00 AM T T M T M Windy early this morning - between 5 and 5 AM? Woke up to a light dusting of snow and winds.
11/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/29/2010 7:00 AM T T M 0.0 M It snowed last evening, and I didn't check the gauge, but it looked like a light dusting. It was gone this morning. It was windy this morning.
11/30/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/1/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/2/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/3/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Cold (30 F) when I first got up - 40F by 8 AM. Intermittent windy.
12/4/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/5/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/6/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Frost this morning.
12/7/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M A front went through last night. I did not observe it (so I didn't report it) but some friends reported to me a trace of precipitation associated with it.
12/8/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/9/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/10/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/11/2010 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 0.0 M Rain at ~4:30 PM. Windy after.
12/12/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/13/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/14/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/15/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/16/2010 7:00 AM T M M M M
12/17/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/18/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/19/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/20/2010 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Ground was wet (and even a little icy on north facing areas around the house). Not enough to measure in the gauge.
12/21/2010 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 0.0 M Rain in the morning between ~8 and 8:20. Light, but steady and with the sun to the east, we had a beautiful rainbow to the west!
12/22/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/23/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/24/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/25/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/26/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/27/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/28/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/29/2010 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/30/2010 7:00 AM T T M T M It started snowing between 6:40 and 7:00 this morning. Not quite enough to give me a melted equivalent, so I'm putting in a T.
12/31/2010 7:00 AM 0.24 4.3 M 3.5 M I took a reading at 9PM on the 30th. It was snowing off and on all day and the temperature decreased throughout the day as well. Average ground reading were 3" and a core in one of these areas melted to 0.17. My gauge melted to 0.12", so I used 0.15 for the measurement. By the next morning, there was an additional 1.3" and both the gauge and a core I did melted to 0.09. Snow total=3+1.3=4.3 and melted total = 0.15+0.09=.24
1/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.5 M Well, it sort of got above freezing yesterday - depending on whether or not you were in the sun and were out in the open. Our thermometer next to the garage only got to ~28F while the one under the trees got to 34F. Not much melting.
1/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.5 M Not much snow, but the nights are long and cold and the days since the snow are either not getting above freezing or just getting above freezing by a couple degrees.
1/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M Most areas in the yard still have 1.5", but since the west side of the yard is decreasing, I went with 1.0" total.
1/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M Still not much melting of the little snow we got last week.
1/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 M Temperature got up to 50F yesterday and it was breezy. Quite a bit of the snow melted. Some shaded area still have an inch or more.
1/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/9/2011 7:45 AM 0.04 0.7 M 0.7 M I didn't get out right at 7AM. It hasn't been snowing very long - just since this morning, sometime after 6AM?
1/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.29 4.9 M 5.0 M I brought in the gauge and did a core last night at 8:15 PM when it seemed that most of the snow had fallen. I measured 4.4". The gauge had 0.23" water equivalent and a core I did had 0.24" water - pretty close. This morning, there was an additional 0.5 " of snow (although it looked more like 1" in the gauge.) I didn't have time to do a core measurement, so the melted gauge catch this morning was 0.05" (total new snow= 4.4 + 0.5 = 4.9" melted 0.24 + 0.05 = 0.29". Last night, the total depth was real close to 5", this morning, in the same area, it was 4.5" - yes settling is already occurring.
1/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 0.5 M 0.5 M Snow yesterday between ~12:00 and 1:30 PM. I didn't see when it exactly started or finished. I measured last evening at 8PM.
1/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M I see that some neighboring measurements have a trace. There could have been a trace, but I was out of town and that bit of information was not passed on to me my by replacement observer.
1/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Gorgeous day yesterday - great day for washing windows and doing other outdoor activities!
1/31/2011 7:00 AM T T M T M I looked out the window and it looked like it had rained. Since the temperature started out at ~21 and fell from there, it was slick.
2/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 0.8 M 0.8 M light snow throughout the day and getting colder throughout the day as well.
2/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cold brrrrr. My thermometer under the spruce trees measured -13.5F. I didn't get to measure the snow on the ground, but I estimate it at 0.5"
2/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 M Cold yesterday (high close to 9F) and cold this morning although climbing quickly from the single digits.
2/4/2011 7:00 AM T T M T M A trace of new snow in the afternoon. It warmed above freezing yesterday and melted enough of the snow so that coverage is less than half.
2/5/2011 7:00 AM T T M M M light snow
2/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 0.4 M 0.4 M There was a snow squall yesterday morning- between ~8 and 9 AM. I'd estimate we had 0.3" snow with a water equivalent of 0.01" It got quite breezy after that and by noon, the snow was almost gone. Around noon, I looked in the gauge and while there was moisture, there was not enough to measure. This morning, there was 0.4" snow with a melted equivalent of 0.03"
2/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M It was windy yesterday and the temperature hovered around freezing for most of the day. Most of the snow melted, but there was a trace remaining in the "shadows"
2/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.15 1.8 0.15 1.8 M My gauge gave me 0.11 water equivalent and the snow was "drifted". Snow on the ground appeared to be "more", but I didn't have time to do a core in the morning. I did a "post" analysis on the evening of the 8th and compared that with neighboring values for both days. Since it was cold during the day and when I did a core the bottom of the sample was dry. (It was windier this first night as well) The core was 2.2" total snow with a water equivalent of 0.24. The water equivalent was 0.09 for the precip throughout the day (reported tomorrow). 0.24 - 0.09 = 0.15 for today. Like I said, both these numbers look reasonable compared to neighboring values.
2/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.09 1.0 M 2.2 0.24 At 8 PM yesterday, there was 1" new snow just about every where I measured. The melted snow from the gauge gave me 0.09 water. Right now I realize I didn't do a core on just the new snow - it included previous snow. But the overall numbers seem to agree with neighboring numbers.
2/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M crisp and cold...
2/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M Not much melted yesterday - temperatures just climbing to freezing and overnight temperatures into the single digits. ..But a beautiful blue sky this morning.
2/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 M Quite warm yesterday and snow started melting. It was already in the 30s this morning and breezy.
2/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Quite warm yesterday and it quickly melted snow.
2/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Warm mostly sunny and breezy day - a few hours there it was quite gusty (laundry getting wrapped around the line). Most of the snow is gone; snow lingers on north shaded aspects of the yard.
2/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.13 0.0 M 0.0 M Rain in the night and frost this morning. The ground was already wet at 2:30 AM. My husband said he could hear the rain up against the windows. I slept through that part. Both east and west facing windows had rain drops on them this morning. The more north facing windows were much drier, but I'm not sure if that had more to do with drying since it rained or not getting as wet to begin with.
2/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Foggy and frosty this morning
2/22/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M A trace of a trace of snow yesterday in the morning. It was clear and breezy throughout the rest of the day and felt cooler than it looked. This morning there was a light frost.
2/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
2/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.20 2.6 0.19 M M The gauge and the core were within 0.01, so I went with the gauge value. The bottom of the core was "frozen" to the surface and I may not have gotten the whole sample. Where I shoveled a little this morning (not for the core) was near the house and the bottom of that was wet/frozen. I didn't pay attention last night as to how wet the snow was when it started falling. Because as I think about it, we have been getting below freezing at night. There likely was some ground heat as the gauge did not have a melted layer at the bottom. If I remember, tonight I'll check an area that is fairly shaded during the day to see if it had some slushy stuff near the ground.
2/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.09 1.0 0.10 2.5 M The gauge had 0.08 and the core from the new snow had 0.10", so I averaged the two (the gauge was sitting exposed for the day after it stopped snowing and until this morning).
2/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 1.0 M It did get above freezing yesterday and quite a bit of the snow melted.
2/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.5 M Frost this morning. I'm still going to go with 0.5" remaining. Parts of the east yard still have 1-1.5" of snow and parts of the west yard have 0-0.5". This represents the neighborhood as well with partial shading affects.
3/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
3/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Partly cloudy this morning with a few small cumulus on the horizon!
3/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 T M T M There was freezing rain on the ground and a dusting of small graupel. I wasn't sure that there was enough to melt for a measurement, but there was definitely 0.01.
3/8/2011 7:00 AM T T M M M I had to run out the door this morning to take my son to an appointment, so my husband brought the gauge in and covered it. By the end of the day when I measured it, there was only a trace.
3/9/2011 7:00 AM T T M M M I put a trace snow and melted snow because that was all there was in the gauge at ~5PM yesterday when I checked it. (I work ~1.5 miles away and there was snow in the morning that was ~0.3" which likely would have given at least 0.01" liquid.) This morning it is on the upper end of breezy and the temperature is already well above freezing. Christman field is showing sustained wind in the mid 20s mph with gusts in the upper 30's. It is fun to watch the honami effect on the dried golden grass. Also - branches of large trees are swaying, dust from dry areas and dirt roads is being easily blown.
3/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Gorgeous sunny morning
3/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.07 0.0 M 0.0 M Rain in the afternoon ~4:30PM (0.03") and then rain again overnight (0.04")
3/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M 0.0 M Rain sometime around 2 AM.
3/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/26/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Enough to wet the ground last evening, but not enough to measure.
3/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M 0.01 during the day when we were up in Estes Park and 0.01 later (although I didn't see the thunderstorm that hit the rest of town).
3/29/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
3/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
4/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M I was out of town, by my husband write down 0.03" at 5PM on the 6th and 0.02" more in the morning when he checked.
4/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M thunder and lightning at ~9 PM with a little rain. Bulk of the rain fell ~12:30 (comment from my husband) and noticing that many parts of the ground were drying already this morning.
4/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.84 1.6 0.19 1.6 0.19 A light rain started yesterday evening around ~7 PM. I was up at 6 AM and at that point, there was (visually) ~.77" of snow on the grass, but none was sticking to the pavement. Between 6:30 and 7, it started snowing heavy and started accumulating on pavement. By 7 AM, there was 1.6" snow where I could measure it. The core from that was 0.19". I had left the funnel on my gauge, and since there wasn't too much snow on the top, I brought it in and let it melt. There was 0.66" liquid in the gauge. After the snow melted, there was and additional 0.18" - that agrees well with the core and is a reasonable estimate considering warm surfaces and Spring.
4/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.17 M M 0.0 M It stopped snowing by mid-morning and then the winds picked up. By the time I was able to read the gauge, most of the snow had already melted - so there was new accumulated snow about 1-1.5", but it melted quickly. At 2 pm in the afternoon, there was 0.17 liquid in the gauge.
4/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/18/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M It rained yesterday afternoon ~2:30 PM - just enought to wet the ground.
4/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.13 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M The ground was wet at 9PM last night. I'm not sure when it started to rain in the evening. This morning, the ground was still wet and it was not raining at 7 AM. There just happened to be 0.20 in the gauge (more than 0.19 and less than 0.21)
4/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Light drizzle a few times during the evening. Thunder and lightning at ~8:30 with rain. Very windy around 12-1 AM
4/23/2011 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M
4/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.05 T M 0.0 M Snow yesterday morning that stuck to the trees but not the ground surfaces. It melted by noon. It rained in the evening.
4/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.39 0.0 M 0.0 M Rain in the evening and overnight. A great Easter day - partly cloudy throughout the day making it not too hot and not too cold.
4/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Rain in the afternoon and again in the evening. I didn't look in the gauge to see how much each time. I hear from others that we could have gotten some pea size hail or smaller for the first event, but I did not observe it first hand. And I almost forgot to add that the gauge and garage roof had frost this morning. I went to wipe away what looked like light dew, but it was solid. My thermometers were reading mid to upper 30s, but they are more sheltered.
4/27/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M It seems like we had a trace a couple times yesterday - The ones I remember: late morning about 11:30 ish and when it was dark and windy at ~8:30 PM. There may have been more..
4/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M We got down to freezing this morning. Our sheltered site was measuring 32 F. I'm wondering what is the temperature that will kill the pear and cherry blossoms?
4/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M The wind has picked up dramatically this morning and the clouds have rolled off the mountains. I'm hoping for rain this weekend, but not cold temperature to damage fruit blossoms.
4/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/1/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
5/2/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
5/3/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
5/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.81 0.1 0.01 0.0 M Thunder and lightning at ~11:30-11:45PM - it woke me up. My husband says it rained hard for awhile last night, although I am not sure when. It was raining at 7AM. When I grabbed the gauge, I saw some slush in the funnel. So I ran it to get the other funnel to change it out and get the melted value. The rain in the gauge was 0.80 + 0.01 melted from the snow. I'm estimating the snow at 0.1" Very nice and timely rain. We had only been watering garden starters and a few other plants so our yard is being blessed with rain today.
5/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.89 M M M M Rain throughout the morning and early afternoon yesterday mixed with snow and graupel (I psrticularly remember graupel ~1:15 PM) The sun peaked through the clouds briefly ~4-5PM ish. At 5 PM I emptied 0.26" of water from the gauge. Not sure exactly when it started to rain again, but it was raining steadily at 9PM. This morning, there was an additional 0.63" water in the gauge and it was raining lightly at 7AM. It has been raining mostly fairly steadily with light to moderate winds at times. I noticed that for the tall spruce trees out front, the furthest west trees were wet on the bark on their west and northwest aspects all the way down to the base. The trees on the east side were a little more sheltered and the bark was wet in less area on the west aspect. The apple tree bark was almost entirely wet all around. There was a narrow area on the east side near the base that wasn't. My peas look like they've grown 2" at least in the last 2 days - and the weeds are looking bigger too.
5/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Steady rain in the morning yesterday. It is sunny and beautiful this morning!
5/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/15/2011 8:00 AM 0.11 M M M M It rained overnight. The peas, spinach, onions, arugula, strawberry plants, and cilantro (and other plants ..and weeds) are loving the weather!
5/16/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Cloudy all day yesterday and temperatures didn't get out of the 40s.
5/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M 0.02 in the afternoon and 0.02 overnight
5/19/2011 6:45 AM 1.62 M M M M Wow - a nice rain. 0.73 by by 8:30 last night, and another 0.89 by this morning. There were heavier periods of rain here and there, but for the most part, it was a steady rain that is very good for the spring growth!
5/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M
5/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.17 M M M M Thunder and lightning starting in a storm to the west ~3:15. It grumbled quite awhile and rained over us at 4:10 ish.
5/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Quite breezy yesterday from mid- morning to early afternoon: instances of wrap the laundry around the line.
5/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Rain in the afternoon ~4:30 PM
5/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.27 M M M M I was a little surprised at the measurement initially and then reflected on it. Some parts of the garden appeared too wet to weed yesterday evening and many of the street depressions and other depressions near the house had water in them indicating at least a tenth of an inch. I noticed a couple other locations on the west side of town that had a bit more precip than the rest of town.
5/26/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
5/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
5/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.31 M M M M Started raining between 7 and 7:30 PM - mostly a steady light rain, heavier at times. It was raining lightly this morning. Lots of worms on the concrete
5/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
5/31/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
6/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M It rained at 2 separate times (that wet the ground), I'm just not remembering what those times were (~4 PM and then later in the evening).
6/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M It was sunny yesterday - I'm trying to remember if I saw any clouds...
6/9/2011 7:00 AM 1.59 M M M M Thunderstorms in the late evening starting ~9:45. Lightning and thunder around us before that as well. There were at least 2 distinct storms - one at ~9:45 and the other at 10:45. The first one was mostly rain, which was heavy at times, and a very brief period of rice size hail and light coverage - from what I saw, ~4 rice hail per square foot. We actually fell asleep and were awakened by the second storm. Pea size hail that seemed brief in duration but a bit more coverage than the rice hail. Damage to vegetation was noted this morning - leaves torn on many plants. The downspouts on the house had small piles of hail ~square foot of about an inch depth. The southwest side of the house seemed to have slightly more.
6/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Drizzle in the morning. Cloudy and cool most of the day - only getting up to ~60F.
6/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.36 M M M M Rain with thunder at ~7 PM. I saw some things "jumping" in the lawn and noticed rice size hail. It was very sparse and 2 minutes later you couldn't tell it was there. I looked at the gauge after this and eyeballed ~0.23. I heard thunder through the night and this morning, the gauge read 0.36 - so there was more rain during the night. Happy anniversary CoCoRaHS!
6/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
6/19/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Cloudy and comfortable most of the day. A little shower in the afternoon.
6/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.36 M M M M The bulk of the rain occurred overnight. We we up in Estes Park for the day and came back ~4PM. There was an afternoon storm that gave 0.02" Later around 7PM, there was a storm that was very noisy - producing lots of loud thunder. It gave another 0.02". I slept fairly soundly. Grandma mentioned that the rain on the roof woke her up at some point. The gauge this morning had 0.36 (total - I didn't empty it last night) plus yellow pollen. No scraps of leaves down, so I'm assuming no hail.
6/21/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
6/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/24/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
6/25/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
6/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M A brief downpour at ~6:00.
6/30/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
7/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.23 M M M M From a few storms in the afternoon and early evening. Gusty winds with one of them - it blew Sam's 5 ft (empty) swimming pool ~50ft across the yard.
7/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.17 M M M M Nice bit of rain to help cool off.
7/3/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M There could have been a trace. We were out of town and neighbors let us know there was no measurable precipitation.
7/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M There could have been a trace. We were out of town and neighbors let us know there was no measurable precipitation.
7/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M There could have been a trace. We were out of town and neighbors let us know there was no measurable precipitation.
7/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M We were out of town for a couple days and got in at 5:30 PM. I gather in talking with friends and neighbors and looking at the maps, that this precip was from yesterday afternoon.
7/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.50 M M M M Yes - 0.50 precipitation. There were multiple storms going through yesterday afternoon and I measured 0.45 in the gauge when I looked at 7 PM. This morning, there was an additional 0.05 in the gauge from overnight rain. Seemed like there was a lot of lightning and thunder last night all around us.
7/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Rain in the afternoon and evening. Light rain this morning between 6 and 7 AM.
7/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M Nice in the morning, clouding up by noon, first rain ~1 PM. Next rain in the 3-4 PM timeframe and then another light rain in the evening.
7/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Nice in the morning, clouding up and first rain ~1 PM. There was another shower in the afternoon.
7/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Beautiful in the morning, clouding up by ~1PM, first rain ~3PM - clouds much darker to the north. Another brief shower later in the afternoon.
7/12/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Humid and dew on the grass (this has been the case for many mornings, but I often fail to write it. Clouded up by noon. Looking dark to the north, west, south and east, but only a trace of rain at our house.
7/13/2011 7:00 AM 1.12 M M M M Rain between 10:15 and ~11:45. Continuous lightning, continuous thunder, and heavy rain, along with winds. All windows of the house still had drops of water on them this morning and most of the windows have screens. We had some of the windows open for ventilation, but had to shut them all. No hail (we are pleased)
7/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Rain at ~8PM. Darker clouds and rumbly to the SE. I heard they got damaging hail. High dew points this morning - temperatures ~60 this morning and wet grass, wet metal clothesline and dew on cars. There is even high humidity (55%) in our house.
7/15/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M It felt less humid this morning. I was not out around all the yard this morning, but at 9 AM, on the shaded west side, there was dew on the grass and we haven't watered there in a couple weeks - it gets rain and also what comes off the house. The sunhit parts were drier. I just looked at Christman field observations and there was a push of drier air out of the NE at around 5 AM (still moist for us at ~40 F dewpoint, but drier than mid 50s dewpoints.
7/16/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
7/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.17 M M M M Rain between ~7:30 and 9PM- a couple of storms.
7/18/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M A trace of a trace in the later afternoon.
7/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hot (high ~90F) and dry today (although still on the humid side for us with dew points in the 50s). Clouds developed over the mountains to the west, but they were being moved northerly by winds aloft and not giving us any shade.
7/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Light rain in the evening at ~7PM
7/21/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Trace late in the afternoon.
7/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M A nice afternoon thunderstorm at 5 PM to cool things off.
7/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/25/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M Rain around 8:30 PM - enough to wet the ground but not quite measure. Right around sunset as well, so the clouds were really pretty. Around 7-8 PM we could see deep convective clouds off to the north east.
7/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M hot - getting into the low 90'sF today - and dry
7/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Rain in the afternoon.
7/28/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
7/29/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M A trace in the afternoon
7/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hot and dry (high 90F ish)
7/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hot yesterday and dry (high 95ish). Many garden plants don't like it this hot either.
8/1/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hot and dry in Ft. Collins (high 95ish). We took a drive up the Poudre River (hwy 287) yesterday and had a picnic at Mt. Park Campground. We heard sporadic thunder and got drizzled on. Not enough to ruin the picnic or a dip in the river by Sam :) Later in the day, it looked dark over the mountains, but none drifted our way.
8/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Rain in the afternoon.
8/3/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
8/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M Most of the rain fell between ~4:30 and 5:00 PM. There was another sprinkle at ~7:30PM
8/5/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
8/6/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
8/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Dry and hot in the morning. Clouds in the afternoon that helped make it feel a little cooler.
8/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hot and dry. Fewer clouds made it feel hotter, but made cooking and baking with my box solar cooker great! And I didn't get the house warmer because no stove or oven.
8/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudy this morning. I'm loving the cooler temperatures. The grasshoppers are getting bigger and are eating much more. In my yard, they definitely have favorite plants and they will also attack stressed plants!
8/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/15/2011 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
8/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.17 M M M M We were camping and came back to 0.17 in the gauge. Grandma was at home and said this was from a storm on Tuesday (the previous day) later in the day. She mentioned it was raining more at the house than further south (she had gone to a movie).
8/18/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
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 M M M M
8/22/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
8/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
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 M M M M
8/28/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
8/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Hot, hot, hot in the morning, getting above 90 quickly, so I was very thankful for the rain and cooling. Rain started around 1:00ish - sorry I didn't have my eye on the clock. Heaviest rain was in the afternoon with 0.08 accumulation. We received another 0.03 by this morning at 7 AM. There was even a light rain at 5:30 this morning.
8/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/31/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M I was at a meeting in a room with no window at my son's school. When we came home at 5:15, I noticed parts of the ground were wet, so I do what any normal CoCoRaisen would do, I checked the gauge. Lo and behold 0.02
9/1/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
9/2/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/3/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M
9/4/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/5/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clear and cool this morning - not many grasshoppers moving around yet this morning.
9/6/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M It is overcast this morning.
9/7/2011 7:00 AM 0.19 M M M M Light rain starting ~12 noon and through the afternoon (yesterday). Accumulation 0.08. Overnight, there was an additional 0.11. It was raining at 7 AM.
9/8/2011 7:00 AM 0.56 M M M M Steady rain throughout the morning and early afternoon. I drove up to Cheyenne and back between 12 and 4. Raining when we left and sprinkling when we got back.
9/9/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/10/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/11/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/12/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/13/2011 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Rain overnight - probably closer to morning as many surfaces were still wet.
9/14/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low clouds this morning - can't even see the top of Horsetooth mountain. It looked like it might rain yesterday afternoon, but seemed to just miss us on the northwest side of town.
9/15/2011 7:00 AM 1.38 M M M M Not much during the day yesterday - 0.09 by 6PM; additional ~.36 (eyeballed) by 9PM. I didn't empty the gauge last night when I eyeballed it and was surprised to see this morning that the center had overflowed. No issues with standing water this morning, so it gives me the impression that rain has been steady all night.
9/16/2011 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Light steady rain through the morning yesterday.
9/17/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/18/2011 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Rain on Saturday afternoon ~2:45. It was very humid right before it rained and the clouds were dark. We were heading out of town towards Pingree Park. They had a heavy rain earlier in the day as well.
9/19/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Dew this morning on the grass.
9/20/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/21/2011 7:00 AM T M M M M T last evening.
9/22/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/23/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/24/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/25/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/26/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/27/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/28/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/29/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/30/2011 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M



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



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
6/8/2011 10:00 PM It seemed like there were at least 2 storms that passed over the house - one at ~9:45 - 10PM that produced rice size hail of very short duration (30 seconds?) and pretty sparse. We fell asleep and were wakened ~11PM from the thunder, lightning and the plink, plink, plink sound. This was small pea size hail, with more coverage. The plinking stopped and we fell back to sleep. This morning, there were small piles of hail under the downspouts (maximum extent a square foot of an inch depth) 1/4" Pea Size 1/4" Pea Size Rice White Ice 2 minor leaf damage Intermittent True After rain