Station Overview Station Location
Station Number IN-PT-83 Latitude 41.5441876
Station Name Valparaiso 6.2 NW Longitude -87.1349554
County Porter Elevation (ft) 651



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 13 3.50 3.10 7 3.10 7 0.00 0 0 6 0 0.0 0 0
Nov 13 3.65 2.40 17 2.40 17 0.00 0 0 10 0 0.0 0 0
Dec 13 2.54 1.68 22 1.68 22 0.00 0 0 14 1 0.0 0 0
Jan 14 2.14 4.65 22 4.65 22 0.00 0 0 17 1 0.0 0 0
Feb 14 1.88 2.65 11 2.65 11 0.00 0 0 9 0 0.0 0 0
March 14 2.49 1.73 17 1.73 17 0.00 0 0 13 2 0.0 0 0
April 14 3.53 1.77 14 1.77 14 0.00 0 0 9 1 0.0 0 0
May 14 4.08 6.20 7 6.20 7 0.00 0 0 7 0 0.0 0 0
June 14 4.36 5.07 11 5.07 11 0.00 0 0 10 0 0.0 0 0
July 14 4.09 2.60 11 2.60 11 0.00 0 0 6 2 0.0 0 0
Aug 14 3.91 9.26 21 9.26 21 0.00 0 0 12 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 14 3.34 2.80 15 2.80 15 0.00 0 0 9 1 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 39.51" 43.91" 175 days 43.91" 175 0.00" 0 days 0 122 days 8 days 0.0" 0 days 0 days



Days in Water Year Cell Color Key
        Daily Observation with Prcp         Missing Day
        Multiday Observation         Daily/Multiday Observation Conflict

Day of Year Daily Prcp Multiday Prcp
10/1/2013
10/2/2013
10/3/2013
10/4/2013 0.31
10/5/2013
10/6/2013 0.61
10/7/2013
10/8/2013
10/9/2013
10/10/2013
10/11/2013
10/12/2013
10/13/2013 0.08
10/14/2013
10/15/2013
10/16/2013 0.12
10/17/2013
10/18/2013
10/19/2013
10/20/2013
10/21/2013 0.06
10/22/2013
10/23/2013
10/24/2013
10/25/2013
10/26/2013
10/27/2013
10/28/2013
10/29/2013 0.00
10/30/2013
10/31/2013 1.92
11/1/2013 0.30
11/2/2013 0.07
11/3/2013 0.23
11/4/2013 0.00
11/5/2013 0.00
11/6/2013 0.57
11/7/2013 0.43
11/8/2013 0.00
11/9/2013
11/10/2013 0.00
11/11/2013 0.00
11/12/2013 0.22
11/13/2013
11/14/2013
11/15/2013
11/16/2013
11/17/2013
11/18/2013
11/19/2013
11/20/2013
11/21/2013 0.14
11/22/2013 0.42
11/23/2013 0.00
11/24/2013
11/25/2013 0.00
11/26/2013 0.01
11/27/2013 0.01
11/28/2013
11/29/2013
11/30/2013
12/1/2013
12/2/2013
12/3/2013 0.06
12/4/2013 0.01
12/5/2013
12/6/2013
12/7/2013 0.00
12/8/2013 0.00
12/9/2013 0.07
12/10/2013 0.00
12/11/2013 0.04
12/12/2013
12/13/2013 0.00
12/14/2013 0.39
12/15/2013 T
12/16/2013 0.01
12/17/2013
12/18/2013 0.05
12/19/2013 0.00
12/20/2013 0.15
12/21/2013 0.05
12/22/2013 0.63
12/23/2013 0.05
12/24/2013 0.00
12/25/2013 0.01
12/26/2013 0.07
12/27/2013
12/28/2013
12/29/2013 0.00
12/30/2013
12/31/2013 0.09
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2014 0.17
1/2/2014 0.32
1/3/2014 0.05
1/4/2014
1/5/2014 0.45
1/6/2014 2.06
1/7/2014 0.00
1/8/2014
1/9/2014
1/10/2014 0.02
1/11/2014 0.77
1/12/2014
1/13/2014 0.00
1/14/2014 0.00
1/15/2014 0.02
1/16/2014 0.01
1/17/2014 0.05
1/18/2014
1/19/2014 0.25
1/20/2014 0.00
1/21/2014 0.02
1/22/2014 0.03
1/23/2014 0.05
1/24/2014 T
1/25/2014 0.18
1/26/2014 0.14
1/27/2014 0.06
1/28/2014
1/29/2014
1/30/2014
1/31/2014
2/1/2014 0.33
2/2/2014 0.23
2/3/2014
2/4/2014 0.00
2/5/2014 0.68
2/6/2014 0.09
2/7/2014
2/8/2014
2/9/2014 0.10
2/10/2014
2/11/2014
2/12/2014 0.00
2/13/2014
2/14/2014
2/15/2014
2/16/2014 0.03
2/17/2014
2/18/2014 0.32
2/19/2014
2/20/2014 0.73
2/21/2014 0.14
2/22/2014
2/23/2014
2/24/2014
2/25/2014
2/26/2014
2/27/2014
2/28/2014
3/1/2014
3/2/2014 0.33
3/3/2014 0.05
3/4/2014 0.00
3/5/2014
3/6/2014 0.05
3/7/2014
3/8/2014 0.06
3/9/2014
3/10/2014
3/11/2014
3/12/2014 0.64
3/13/2014
3/14/2014
3/15/2014
3/16/2014 T
3/17/2014
3/18/2014
3/19/2014 0.35
3/20/2014 0.05
3/21/2014 0.03
3/22/2014
3/23/2014 0.01
3/24/2014
3/25/2014 0.05
3/26/2014 T
3/27/2014 0.02
3/28/2014 0.08
3/29/2014 0.01
3/30/2014 0.00
3/31/2014
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2014
4/2/2014 0.00
4/3/2014 0.24
4/4/2014 0.85
4/5/2014 0.02
4/6/2014
4/7/2014 0.00
4/8/2014
4/9/2014 0.00
4/10/2014 0.00
4/11/2014 T
4/12/2014
4/13/2014
4/14/2014 0.01
4/15/2014 0.16
4/16/2014
4/17/2014
4/18/2014
4/19/2014
4/20/2014
4/21/2014
4/22/2014 0.26
4/23/2014
4/24/2014
4/25/2014
4/26/2014
4/27/2014
4/28/2014 0.02
4/29/2014 0.13
4/30/2014 0.08
5/1/2014
5/2/2014
5/3/2014
5/4/2014
5/5/2014
5/6/2014
5/7/2014
5/8/2014
5/9/2014
5/10/2014
5/11/2014 1.57
5/12/2014 1.79
5/13/2014 0.77
5/14/2014
5/15/2014 0.57
5/16/2014
5/17/2014
5/18/2014
5/19/2014
5/20/2014
5/21/2014 0.81
5/22/2014
5/23/2014
5/24/2014
5/25/2014
5/26/2014
5/27/2014 0.35
5/28/2014 0.34
5/29/2014
5/30/2014
5/31/2014
6/1/2014
6/2/2014
6/3/2014
6/4/2014
6/5/2014
6/6/2014
6/7/2014
6/8/2014 0.47
6/9/2014
6/10/2014
6/11/2014 0.59
6/12/2014 0.06
6/13/2014
6/14/2014
6/15/2014
6/16/2014
6/17/2014
6/18/2014
6/19/2014 0.33
6/20/2014 1.24
6/21/2014
6/22/2014 1.06
6/23/2014 0.09
6/24/2014 0.84
6/25/2014
6/26/2014 0.18
6/27/2014
6/28/2014 0.00
6/29/2014 0.21
6/30/2014
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2014
7/2/2014
7/3/2014
7/4/2014
7/5/2014
7/6/2014
7/7/2014 0.01
7/8/2014
7/9/2014
7/10/2014
7/11/2014
7/12/2014 T
7/13/2014 0.98
7/14/2014 0.00
7/15/2014 0.44
7/16/2014 0.74
7/17/2014 0.00
7/18/2014
7/19/2014
7/20/2014
7/21/2014 0.00
7/22/2014
7/23/2014 0.40
7/24/2014
7/25/2014
7/26/2014 T
7/27/2014
7/28/2014
7/29/2014
7/30/2014 0.03
7/31/2014
8/1/2014 0.00
8/2/2014 0.64
8/3/2014
8/4/2014 0.40
8/5/2014 0.24
8/6/2014
8/7/2014
8/8/2014 0.00
8/9/2014 0.00
8/10/2014
8/11/2014 0.06
8/12/2014
8/13/2014
8/14/2014 0.12
8/15/2014
8/16/2014 0.00
8/17/2014 0.00
8/18/2014 0.00
8/19/2014 0.00
8/20/2014
8/21/2014 0.27
8/22/2014 5.73
8/23/2014 0.01
8/24/2014 1.10
8/25/2014 0.00
8/26/2014
8/27/2014 0.19
8/28/2014
8/29/2014 0.00
8/30/2014 0.06
8/31/2014 0.44
9/1/2014 0.00
9/2/2014 T
9/3/2014 0.02
9/4/2014 0.00
9/5/2014 0.10
9/6/2014 0.99
9/7/2014
9/8/2014
9/9/2014
9/10/2014 0.65
9/11/2014 0.08
9/12/2014 0.01
9/13/2014 0.18
9/14/2014
9/15/2014 0.01
9/16/2014
9/17/2014 0.00
9/18/2014 0.00
9/19/2014
9/20/2014
9/21/2014 0.76
9/22/2014
9/23/2014 0.00
9/24/2014
9/25/2014
9/26/2014
9/27/2014
9/28/2014
9/29/2014
9/30/2014



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.31 M M M M The rain fell in two distinct times about 12 hours apart. Neither was excessive but some thunder was heard both times. Most soaked into the ground rather then running off.
10/6/2013 8:00 AM 0.61 M M M M It is still raining as I send off this report. The plants and lawns are responding nicely to these fall rains.
10/13/2013 8:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Two quick rains around 5:30 and again near 7 PM
10/16/2013 8:00 AM 0.12 M M M M
10/21/2013 8:00 AM 0.06 M M M M The sprinkling was very sporadically all through the day and night. There were no big outbursts. It came down in gentle spritzes intermittently over the 24 hour period.
10/29/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M no weather of interest.
10/31/2013 8:00 AM 1.92 M M M M The rain started after dark and was still falling at 7:AM this morning, albeit very lightly now. Forecasts are for more throughout the day.
11/1/2013 8:00 AM 0.30 M M M M The rain fell intermittently throughout the day and night. During the 24 hrs there was no heavy downpour at any one time. The windshield would need wipers every time I drove anywhere. The rains were always very soft and gentle not causing a disruption of heavy flows or damage to plants or freshly turned ground.
11/2/2013 6:00 PM 0.07 M M M M
11/3/2013 10:00 AM 0.23 M M M M Although the rain fell through the night puddles did accumulate. Our soil is mainly clay and is now not receiving further moisture quite so quickly as before.
11/4/2013 3:30 PM 0.00 0.0 M M M No accumulation or rainfall over the past 24hrs.
11/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Again today there was no precipitation registered.
11/6/2013 8:00 AM 0.57 M M M M There is are lots of areas of puddling. The rain is continuing to fall.
11/7/2013 8:00 AM 0.43 M M M M The rains caused a large leaf fall over the past couple of days. There are plenty of leaves left on the trees. There wasn't as great accumulation of puddles and run offs as occurred earlier in the week.
11/8/2013 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Although I had to turn on my wind shield wipers a couple of times yesterday, there is no water in my tube this morning. I have to report .00 rain.
11/10/2013 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/11/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M We are expecting our first significant snowfall tonight.
11/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.22 M M M M Most of this was in the form of rain. We did have a light dusting of snow over night. We are still expecting a large snow fall caused by "The Lake affect" of the winds blowing over Lake Michigan and dropping huge amounts on land fall. Our expectations were from 6" to a foot. Now in our area it has been lowered to 3" or less. The temperature at the bank was 31 F. The conditions are about the same as they were for the "Snow of 67" that left over 3ft of snow on the ground in less than 12 hours.
11/21/2013 8:00 AM 0.14 M M M M Sorry, I missed the weather event over the week end. I was in Florida.
11/22/2013 6:00 AM 0.42 M M M M The rains were intermittent all day long. There were times wipers were needed. However,generally the fall was pretty light from time to time.
11/23/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M We've had a drop in temp. which generally precludes the lack of rain or snow. The Lake affect snow is/will,as is often the case, fall in Western Michigan and mid to eastern Indiana.
11/25/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M We briefly had a red sunrise. We'll see how well that old sailor adage follows through.
11/26/2013 10:00 AM 0.01 M M M M The Temperature was near 32F when most of the snow fell. The snow was preceded by a light rain and then turned to snow. A lot of the snow melted before accumulating. Some surfaces have a full cover of snow but most areas are quite scattered in their depth. The falling snow and rain froze almost immediately on the roads making for hazardous driving.
11/27/2013 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M The snow is extremely fluffy and light. The flakes are quite large and rapidly cover the ground. Although it is covering it is light. The melt of .01 is the only safe indication of the amount that has fallen
12/3/2013 11:00 AM 0.06 M M M M Racoons have found my collector a plaything. Their paw prints are all over the vessel. Naturally they have upended it several days in a row. Last night they left it alone. Hopefully, they've had their fun and are gone. Anyone have a good recipe that gets rid of the fat in cooking?
12/4/2013 6:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
12/7/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Only an occasional flake. Mot enough to call a trace.There wasn't even a flake per cubic yard that fell at any one time and then it was far and in between. I had to put .00
12/8/2013 2:22 PM 0.00 0.0 M M M Its now near 2PM. It is snowing lightly. However at 8:00AM there wasn't any moisture to report.
12/9/2013 12:10 PM 0.07 M M M M
12/10/2013 11:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cold. The Chicago Bears loved it last night.
12/11/2013 11:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
12/13/2013 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Just cool weather, no moisture.
12/14/2013 1:00 PM 0.39 M M M M It is continuing to snow.
12/15/2013 8:00 AM T M M M M There are just a few flakes in the bottom of the vessel. It is snowing but, the flakes are far and in between. However, being in the snow belt side Lake Michigan, that can change in an instant.
12/16/2013 11:00 AM 0.01 M M M M It is warming up to near freezing. We are overcast at the present time. However, there is a break in the clouds at about the shore of Lake Michigan. I see a heavy bank of dark clouds further out on the lake. The wind direction will dictate who gets them, us or further East.
12/18/2013 10:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
12/19/2013 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Nothing fell here.
12/20/2013 8:00 AM 0.15 M M M M
12/21/2013 8:00 AM 0.05 M M M M There is a heavy fog along with the gentle rain. It has warmed up a little over night. we still have a snow cover that is pretty near 20%. The houses are 100% clear of snow on the roofs.
12/22/2013 10:00 AM 0.63 M M M M The rains were intermittent. No big gully washers. However, they were enough to keep the windshield wipers going while they were falling. There weren't any appreciable lightening or thunder. We do have several weather systems going through.
12/23/2013 8:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Although it's only .05" it came down as rain, ice pellets and a few flakes. The streets are extremely slippery. There is ice with a thin layer of ice pellets on the streets. We missed the really big rains of the southern and central parts of the state.
12/24/2013 10:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M There was a little activity but, nothing accumulated in the vessel.
12/25/2013 12:00 PM 0.01 M M M M Just a dusting of snow. It was easy to broom off of the sidewalk and drive way. Merry Christmas
12/26/2013 1:00 PM 0.07 M M M M A dusting of snow. Easily brushed off with a broom.
12/29/2013 10:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Only a few scattered clumps of snow from shoveling etc exist. We had two days of near 50F. now we are expecting a couple of weeks of lower teens. Did we have our January thaw early?
12/31/2013 9:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
1/1/2014 10:00 AM 0.17 M M M M The snow is nice and fluffy. Its easy to broom off the sidewalk and drive, I had almost two inches of snow in most places.
1/2/2014 9:00 AM 0.32 M M M M The heavier lake affect snow is scheduled for later today and tonight. Stay tuned.
1/3/2014 11:00 AM 0.05 M M M M The snow was quite fluffy again today. We are expecting extremely cold weather for Indiana) in a day or two
1/5/2014 9:00 AM 0.45 M M M M The snow is extremely moist. When I shoveled the walk and drive, the snow was heavy and left a wet spot under each scoop that was removed. There was about 4" of new snow fall. We are expecting more snow from the storm and addition from the Lake affect off Lake Michiagan
1/6/2014 10:00 AM 2.06 M M M M The snow depth was about 19 near the gauge. We had a hard wind most of the day/night. This caused a lot of drifts and valleys in the snow cover. They say we are about -15F. More of the cold again tonight. We are under an emergency order. The National Guard has been activated to help stranded motorist. We are advised to stay off the roads except in extreme emergency conditions so they can rapidly clear roadways.
1/7/2014 6:00 PM 0.00 0.0 M M M no additional snowfall today. Schools in the area have been called off by Police Chief and Indiana state of emergency decree. Its still cold and extremely icy and slippery making it unsafe to transport the children. Few people are allowed to travel right now without a compelling reason.
1/10/2014 6:00 PM 0.02 M M M M The temperatures are above freezing today. The accumulated snow is rapidly melting. The streets in our area are quite flooded. many are impassable. Hopefully the temperatures remain above freezing because the slushy ice, snow and water is forming deep ridges that will damage cars as they try to navigate even if it turns to ice. Forecast is for continuing above freezing temperatures and continued rain to add to our already escalating moisture problems. The ground is frozen from the recent cold snap and won't take in any more water for a while.
1/11/2014 9:00 AM 0.77 M M M M The crawl space sump ran an inordinate numvber of times over the past 24hrs. The melting snow and water didn't move away from the house and apparently seeped back through the areas close to the foundation at an unprecedented rate. Water is standing in some areas of the yard apparently dammed by the snow. The gutter width of water draining is approximately 3 foot wide on each side of the street. Lots of water moving.
1/13/2014 12:30 PM 0.00 0.0 M M M The temperature is still moderate for this time of year. The sumps have pretty well ceased. the snow is continuing to melt. There isn't the wide stream in the gutters now. Snow is forecast for later tonight.
1/14/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No rain or snow last night. Possible snow forecast.
1/15/2014 9:00 AM 0.02 M M M M There were several brief flurries , of large soft flakes during the 24hr period. Only the last ones this morning stuck leaving just a trace of snow on some of the roads and walkways. There are still piles of snow left over from the recent cold snap Most lawns are beginning to show some grass in scattered spots. The curb had some water crusted over with ice along the curbs. The temperature is near 20F.
1/16/2014 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M It is a scant .01 part of an inch of melted snow flakes.
1/17/2014 8:00 AM 0.05 M M M M The snow came in several falls. It was easy brooming them off each time. I was surprised to measure .o5"
1/19/2014 1:00 PM 0.25 M M M M The snow came down in several falls.
1/20/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Quiet night.
1/21/2014 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M The Lake affect snow is now falling in Chicago and has just crossed into Indiana. Truckers are shown on TV stopping at the truck stops so as not to get caught on the highways again this week. I pulled in my gauge so that the total snow fall would be recorded at the proper time. It isn't snowing yet. I'm going out to set up the tube now.
1/22/2014 4:00 PM 0.03 M M M M I had to leave before melting the snow. I just got back. The melted snow was poured into the graduated beaker. and the collection beaker was replaced outside near the 8pm reading time.
1/23/2014 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M It is below zero F. Wind chill is around -20. The snow that fell was light and fluffy. We are expecting near zero temps for about a week. The fore cast is for several days with snow.
1/24/2014 3:00 PM T M M M M The snow gathered in the tube may have been from the high winds rather than from snow fall
1/25/2014 8:00 AM 0.18 M M M M Around two inches of snow. I didn't measure it.
1/26/2014 8:00 AM 0.14 M M M M It is around the zero F. We had a nice soft fluffy snow last night. Perhaps between 1 and half and two inches. It was just at the limit of a push broom.
1/27/2014 11:45 AM 0.06 M M M M Winds of near 50 MPH last night created havoc all over. The snow was whipped and stripped for several hours. The collection vessel yielded .06" of moisture. MY GUESS WOULD BE IT WAS MERELY DRIFTING SNOW NOT NEW FALL. I'll dutifully record what was collected.
2/1/2014 8:00 AM 0.33 M M M M The snow is still falling at a good rate. The walks shoveled only 1/2hr again are covered again. The forecast is for up to to 5" more before nightfall. We live in the snow belt that is affect by the Lake affect of Lake Michigan so it could go much higher. Our bell weather year was "67" when no snow was predicted and most places received between 25 and 37".
2/2/2014 11:45 AM 0.23 M M M M
2/4/2014 10:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No moisture to register.
2/5/2014 8:00 AM 0.68 M M M M And its still snowing moderately. The tube was set in the snow for support. The new snow was above the lip. The schools in the area are closed. We, in the snow belt next to Lake Michigan are expecting Lake. affect later today. My tube is out to catch the rest of it.
2/6/2014 8:00 AM 0.09 M M M M This addition is said to have been Lake affect snow off of Lake Michigan. It has been some time since I noticed the sparkling flakes so numerous and brilliant Glistening across the whole of the yard. This condition is more often noted further North or in the high country.
2/9/2014 9:00 AM 0.10 M M M M The snow is extremely fluffy. It fell both in the PM yesterday and later in the Am today.
2/12/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Nada today.
2/16/2014 6:00 PM 0.03 M M M M
2/18/2014 8:00 AM 0.32 M M M M The rabbits frolicking around the yard knocked my collecting tube about 25 Degrees off plumb. The snow was collected mostly on the North side of the tube. I don't know how much it affected the collection process. I gave you what I have.
2/20/2014 7:30 AM 0.73 M M M M The rain coupled with the snow cover melting is causing my sump pump to go off quite frequently. In the two years since I installed it , it hasn't gone off this much. The water running down the street is leaving only about 5 ft across the middle that isn't under the gutter streams. We have a small river, Salt Creek, that leads into Lake Michigan, I'll check it for flooding late today and report it in tomorrows report.
2/21/2014 4:00 AM 0.14 M M M M The flooding isn't severe yet. A lot of the snow cover is gone. However we still have nearly everything covered. Instead of feet we are now down to inches in depth. The warm spell is over and the temp is dropping and is forecast to get even colder.
3/2/2014 9:00 AM 0.33 M M M M The snow is extremely light and fluffy. I measured about 7" of snow and it melted down to .33. I would guess a lot of it is coming in off the lake. A hawk was hanging around the bird feeder this morning. I guess it really is a bird feeder?
3/3/2014 10:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
3/4/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Nada. No weather happened. Warm up forecast.
3/6/2014 11:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
3/8/2014 8:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
3/12/2014 8:00 AM 0.64 M M M M It is wet and heavy. the snow is still falling. Local schools have been delayed opening for two hours. this is the week that the I-STEP tests are given to grade school progress.
3/16/2014 8:00 AM T M M M M The few "Pebbles" that fell were frozen wads of ice/snow. The melted accumulation didn't produce enough moisture to pour out of the tube.
3/19/2014 8:00 AM 0.35 M M M M It's still raining . The snow cover is rapidly disappearing. About all that remains is the areas that drifted up or where created by removing the snow from the walks, drive ways and roads. Most of that should be gone by nightfall.
3/20/2014 8:00 AM 0.05 M M M M It has begun to snow again about a half hour ago. It is still continuing.
3/21/2014 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M There was rain that later turned to snow. A little snow is still on the lawns. Most of the shoveled piles that had remained after the last big snow are pretty much gone. Salt creek has risen to the top of its banks. however, it has stayed just below flood stage. Salt Creek is one of the few rivers in Northern Indiana that run North into Lake Michigan.
3/23/2014 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M The conditions now closely parallel the "Event" of "67". No one expected the nearly 3ft of snow we received throughout the Chicago area. Everything was snowbound for several days because of all the stranded vehicle clogging the roadways. We are again expecting "Lake Affect snow coming off of Lake Michigan." It doesn't happen in epic proportions very often, but its always on everyone's watch list. More later.
3/25/2014 8:00 AM 0.05 M M M M There is about a 1/2 inch of new snow. Non existed before last night. Although the temperature is only about 25F the black top and roofs are melting from the sun's rays. The Maple sap is beginning to run again.
3/26/2014 9:00 AM T M M M M
3/27/2014 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M It is still raining gently. So far the rain has just barely dampened everything. There are no puddles or running water. However, the ground is still pretty damp from the recent snow melts. We had the deepest freeze in years and a lot of water tines that had survived over 50 years and more have broken. The plumbers are having a field day. They are getting a fair share of overtime. But then again, a lot of their work is being done in new areas where houses have been set down in swampy areas and near wet lands.
3/28/2014 9:00 AM 0.08 M M M M The racoons were messing with my collection vessel again. it was moved and skewed. I wouldn't bet my life on the accuracy of the numbers I have.
3/29/2014 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M I did use the windshield wipers yesterday a couple of times.
3/30/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M nothing in my collection tube.
4/2/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/3/2014 6:00 AM 0.24 M M M M It's still raining. Thunder is being heard again. The first time in a while for that. I didn't notice any lightening. It's extremely overcast. The wind and rain are not very threatening.
4/4/2014 8:00 AM 0.85 M M M M Most of the rain fell earlier yesterday. Most was before noon. We did have a few spritzes throughout the 24 hrs. The lawn is quite water soaked with some standing water. I'm in clay. Again, the sump pump is running quite often.
4/5/2014 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
4/7/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No precipitation measured today.
4/9/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/10/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No activity.
4/11/2014 6:00 AM T M M M M There has been just enough to require the wipers to be used several times during the past day. The bottom of the collection tube is bone dry.
4/14/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M my vessel was tipped over. We did have several light sprinkles over the intervening 24 hours.
4/15/2014 12:00 PM 0.16 M M M M We had both rain and snow. the snow is still quite evident on the lawns etc. The snow came off the Lake to a great extent driven by a North wind. The Northern side of the collection tube had a uniform depth of snow clinging on it. On the inside it was only about an inch and a half from the top of the tube down. Most didn't enter the tube because of the angle. However. the total in the tube was .16 melted snow and rain.
4/22/2014 8:00 AM 0.26 M M M M We got a little thunder but, no discernible lightening. The rain came a little later on in the evening.
4/28/2014 11:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Just a light rain. It's still overcast and quite windy.The water is soaking in quite well.
4/29/2014 6:00 PM 0.13 M M M M
4/30/2014 11:00 AM 0.08 M M M M
5/11/2014 8:00 PM 1.57 M M M M The storm passed through in less than an hour between 7PM and 8PM. The winds were quite severe and I see several roof shingles from someone's house in my patio. The wind blew rain at least 12 feet across the kitchen before I could get over to shut the window. Hail was coming down with rain and there was perhaps one stone in every square inch. They quickly melted in the rain. The day was quite warm and everything was still warm. The rain was fairly warm also. The hail fell for at least 5 minutes and appeared to be around 1/4" and larger. There are leaves stripped off the trees in great abundance covering a fair portion the walks, driveways and streets. I reset my collection tube and will report any later falls in the morning report. Hail
5/12/2014 8:00 AM 1.79 M M M M We had high winds, thunder and lightening rain and hail between 7PM and 8 PM that dropped !.57". The next twelve hours we accumulated another .22" Lots of limbs and trees are down in the area. Electricity is out many sections of Porter county. The yard plants were beaten down and lots of leaves and stems are broken. Several fires were reported because of blown transformers. Besides the dead fall limbs, my yard has lots of live limbs up to an inch in diameter snapped off. One was about 12 ft long. We had local flooding. Some streets were impassable for several hours anyway.
5/13/2014 6:00 PM 0.77 M M M M
5/15/2014 7:00 AM 0.57 M M M M The rain has been falling intermittently over the past 24 hours of the recording. No great outbursts. Some lapses of 4 or 5 hrs at a time. The ground is fairly well saturated and a lot of the moisture is running off into street gutters etc. It continuing to fall.
5/21/2014 8:00 AM 0.81 M M M M we had lightening and thunder also.
5/27/2014 6:00 AM 0.35 M M M M we had both lightening and thunder prior to the rain fall.
5/28/2014 10:00 AM 0.34 M M M M
6/8/2014 8:00 AM 0.47 M M M M
6/11/2014 7:00 AM 0.59 M M M M
6/12/2014 8:00 AM 0.06 M M M M
6/19/2014 9:00 AM 0.33 M M M M
6/20/2014 6:00 AM 1.24 M M M M The rainfall was accompanied by lightening and Thunder. Our TV satellite was interrupted for a short while. I found I could watch the taped shows during the problem time. We are still behind in the rainfall. A couple of days without watering by hand and a lot of the plants show water deprivation.
6/22/2014 9:00 AM 1.06 M M M M We had some thunder and lightening. The promised high winds, luckily, didn't materialize. The water is still soaking into the ground quite rapidly indicating we are still a bit deficient in total moisture at this time.
6/23/2014 8:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
6/24/2014 7:00 AM 0.84 M M M M Three distinct rains fell during the period. the first just after noon had several lightening strikes that hit something near by. It dropped .........48" of rain. A second one around 3 or 4 PM was also accompanied by lightening and thunder. It was more distant and I couldn't distinguish any hit that sounded earthbound. The third fall fell later and is still drizzling as I emptied the second two falls for measurement this morning. The second and third falls combined equaled .36" of rain. The roadways in the subdivision have the gutters filled to about 3/4's on both sides of the road. This indicates that the ground isn't soaking the rainwater fast enough to clear it off.
6/26/2014 10:00 PM 0.18 M M M M This amount is until 8AM this morning . Nothing fell past then.
6/28/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No water action over the past 24 hours.
6/29/2014 8:00 AM 0.21 M M M M The falls occurred several times during the 24 hr preceding the recovery. None were very large nor did they have a much electrical activity accompanying them.
7/7/2014 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Much ado about very little. We had a lot of thunder and lightening and some wind but, very little rainfall.
7/12/2014 8:00 AM T M M M M The clouds are now threatening. It has turned dark and the track meet in Highland has just been cancelled. The rains from there should be here within the hour. I've been having to water my garden recently. Perhaps the weather in the next few days will fix all of that.
7/13/2014 7:00 AM 0.98 M M M M We had .19" in the first pass in the morning and then an additional .79" over night for a total of .98" for the day.
7/14/2014 11:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Nothing in the water vessel.
7/15/2014 6:00 PM 0.44 M M M M
7/16/2014 8:00 AM 0.74 M M M M
7/17/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/21/2014 8:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/23/2014 6:00 AM 0.40 M M M M most of the fall was around 1AM and later. There was lightening and thunder also.
7/26/2014 4:30 PM T M M M M Just a few light sprinkles. never hit two drops in a square ft.
7/30/2014 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M It appeared as if the bulk of the storm passed further South. We could hear the thunder and see the lightening in that direction. The ground here is getting extremely dry. It was bone dry at least one shovel deep when I planted some Azaleas yesterday. I watered my flower beds quite thoroughly even though rain was forecast. I'll continue with the vegetables today. The .03" merely dampened the grass a little.
8/1/2014 2:00 PM 0.00 0.0 M M M Hail between 1/4 and 3/8th inches across fell at the beginning of the rain and ceased shortly after. Perhaps 1 stone per square foot. The hail was more like sheets of ice than balls. They fell just before 2:PM today. They will be included in tomorrows report also.
8/2/2014 8:00 AM 0.64 M M M M most of the rain fell around 2 PM. Just as it was beginning a few hail stones, about one per square ft, in irregular straight line freezes between 1/4 and 2/8ths. They were not like little snow balls. Rather they were layered sheet frozen together. some lightening and thunder accompanied the rain. It only lasted between 30 and 40 minutes total.
8/4/2014 7:00 AM 0.40 M M M M About 3:30 we had brief shower where I was volunteering. When I went home about 3 hrs later about 10 miles away it had rained there also. It was reported that the rains were scattered and spotty in our area.
8/5/2014 8:00 AM 0.24 M M M M We had some lightening and thunder at several different times during the evening. The rains were intermittent.
8/8/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No weather occurring at this time? Just joshing.
8/9/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Nada water ist down kommen. A little humor?
8/11/2014 8:00 AM 0.06 M M M M It's still sprinkling lightly. My collector was moved over next to some plants.
8/14/2014 11:00 AM 0.12 M M M M
8/16/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No new water .
8/17/2014 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/18/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M We are experiencing extremely high humidity with the dew point almost the same as the temperatures over the past several days. However, no rain as of yet.
8/19/2014 11:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No rainfall today.
8/21/2014 8:00 AM 0.27 M M M M light rain over night. A few drops are still falling.
8/22/2014 5:00 AM 5.73 M M M M WOW .....We had two events that added up to 5.73". The first one came about 5 PM yesterday afternoon. It gave us 1,92" of rain. The second one occurred through out the night and dropped 3.81" more. The sump pumps in the crawl spaces under the house and under the entrance way have been working hard all night to keep up with the accumulations of the past 20+ hours.
8/23/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M There is still some water running in the gutters on the roadways. Most of the massive flooding on the streets has subsided and has either been absorbed or has run off.
8/24/2014 8:00 AM 1.10 M M M M 1.06" fell around 2:30 as the storm passed by. The other .04" fell sometime during the night.
8/25/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No new rainfall occurred.
8/27/2014 6:00 PM 0.19 M M M M
8/29/2014 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Rain passed over us and dropped .05" between 6PM and 6"15 PM.
8/30/2014 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M We had .05" early in the day and then, overnight we got another .01 for a total of .06". in the past 24 hrs. More rain is expected for today.
8/31/2014 8:00 AM 0.44 M M M M
9/1/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No registered rain again today.
9/2/2014 8:00 AM T M M M M And a very small trace at that.
9/3/2014 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M It seemed to be more. However, this is all that fell.
9/4/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No rain, just hot and lots of Mosquitoes now.
9/5/2014 8:00 AM 0.10 M M M M The .10 fell early in the morning. Later a T fell. The total remained at .10
9/6/2014 7:00 AM 0.99 M M M M I tried to squeeze another .01" but it wouldn't happen.
9/10/2014 10:00 AM 0.65 M M M M It is still raining. I had lots of things to do this morning that took me away from the house early. Just got back and will leave anon.
9/11/2014 8:00 AM 0.08 M M M M
9/12/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
9/13/2014 8:00 AM 0.18 M M M M Our mosquitoes are in a great abundance right now. Because of all the recent rains we have something they called a swamp mosquito? They are a little larger and much more aggressive than the others, including the tigers?
9/15/2014 9:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Small fall fell around 3:30 to 9:00Am. It left a .01" in the tube.
9/17/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/18/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Another clear and sunny day.
9/21/2014 8:00 AM 0.76 M M M M We had high winds, lightening and thunder. There were a couple of lightening hits somewhere quite close by. I haven't been able to ascertain exactly where though.
9/23/2014 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No new accumulations.



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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