Station Overview Station Location
Station Number MI-OC-2 Latitude 43.5
Station Name Montague 8.1 NW Longitude -86.47
County Oceana Elevation (ft) 737



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 3.56 2.40 31 2.10 22 0.30 9 1 10 3 0.0 0 0
Nov 13 3.22 3.56 30 2.41 19 1.15 11 1 9 4 5.8 2 2
Dec 13 2.03 1.63 19 1.21 18 0.42 1 1 11 4 21.8 15 18
Jan 14 1.68 0.92 12 0.92 12 0.00 0 0 4 5 2.8 4 5
Feb 14 1.30 0.45 19 0.45 19 0.00 0 0 7 9 9.0 12 7
March 14 2.27 1.15 28 1.15 28 0.00 0 0 8 10 6.0 8 1
April 14 3.24 6.35 29 6.18 27 0.17 2 1 10 6 1.3 2 1
May 14 3.18 3.82 31 1.54 24 2.28 7 1 9 2 0.0 0 0
June 14 2.91 3.43 30 3.23 25 0.20 5 1 10 8 0.0 0 0
July 14 2.74 1.42 29 1.03 20 0.39 9 1 3 2 0.0 0 0
Aug 14 3.39 2.98 26 2.98 26 0.00 0 0 9 3 0.0 0 0
Sept 14 3.71 1.43 27 1.43 27 0.00 0 0 11 2 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 33.23" 29.54" 311 days 24.63" 267 4.91" 44 days 7 101 days 58 days 46.7" 43 days 34 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 0.00
10/2/2013 0.00
10/3/2013 0.00
10/4/2013 0.15
10/5/2013 0.38
10/6/2013 0.19
10/7/2013 0.17
10/8/2013 0.01
10/9/2013 0.00
10/10/2013 0.00
10/11/2013 0.00
10/12/2013 0.00
10/13/2013 0.37
10/14/2013 0.00
10/15/2013 0.00
10/16/2013 0.47
10/17/2013 0.14
10/18/2013 0.14
10/19/2013 T
10/20/2013 **
10/21/2013 **
10/22/2013 0.30
10/23/2013 0.08
10/24/2013 T
10/25/2013 T
10/26/2013 **
10/27/2013 **
10/28/2013 **
10/29/2013 **
10/30/2013 **
10/31/2013 **
11/1/2013 **
11/2/2013 **
11/3/2013 **
11/4/2013 1.15
11/5/2013 0.00
11/6/2013 0.33
11/7/2013 0.33
11/8/2013 0.00
11/9/2013 T
11/10/2013 T
11/11/2013 0.02
11/12/2013 0.48
11/13/2013 0.00
11/14/2013 0.00
11/15/2013 T
11/16/2013 0.00
11/17/2013 0.27
11/18/2013 0.79
11/19/2013 T
11/20/2013 0.00
11/21/2013 0.07
11/22/2013 0.04
11/23/2013 0.08
11/24/2013 **
11/25/2013 **
11/26/2013 **
11/27/2013 **
11/28/2013 **
11/29/2013 **
11/30/2013 **
12/1/2013 0.42
12/2/2013 0.00
12/3/2013 0.01
12/4/2013 0.21
12/5/2013 0.05
12/6/2013 0.00
12/7/2013 T
12/8/2013 T
12/9/2013 0.18
12/10/2013 T
12/11/2013 M
12/12/2013 M
12/13/2013 M
12/14/2013 0.01
12/15/2013 0.14
12/16/2013 M
12/17/2013 0.12
12/18/2013 M
12/19/2013 0.00
12/20/2013 0.05
12/21/2013 T
12/22/2013 0.09
12/23/2013 0.21
12/24/2013 0.14
12/25/2013 M
12/26/2013
12/27/2013
12/28/2013
12/29/2013
12/30/2013
12/31/2013
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2014
1/2/2014 0.00
1/3/2014 T
1/4/2014 0.03
1/5/2014 M
1/6/2014
1/7/2014
1/8/2014
1/9/2014 T
1/10/2014 T
1/11/2014 0.75
1/12/2014 0.02
1/13/2014 0.00
1/14/2014 0.00
1/15/2014 0.12
1/16/2014
1/17/2014
1/18/2014
1/19/2014
1/20/2014 T
1/21/2014
1/22/2014
1/23/2014
1/24/2014
1/25/2014
1/26/2014
1/27/2014
1/28/2014
1/29/2014
1/30/2014
1/31/2014 T
2/1/2014 0.02
2/2/2014 M
2/3/2014 T
2/4/2014 0.00
2/5/2014 0.02
2/6/2014 T
2/7/2014 T
2/8/2014 T
2/9/2014
2/10/2014
2/11/2014
2/12/2014
2/13/2014
2/14/2014
2/15/2014
2/16/2014 0.14
2/17/2014 T
2/18/2014
2/19/2014 0.01
2/20/2014 0.00
2/21/2014 0.24
2/22/2014 0.01
2/23/2014 0.00
2/24/2014 T
2/25/2014 T
2/26/2014 T
2/27/2014 T
2/28/2014 0.01
3/1/2014 0.14
3/2/2014 0.09
3/3/2014 T
3/4/2014 T
3/5/2014
3/6/2014
3/7/2014 T
3/8/2014 T
3/9/2014 T
3/10/2014 0.00
3/11/2014 0.00
3/12/2014 0.00
3/13/2014 0.00
3/14/2014 T
3/15/2014 T
3/16/2014 T
3/17/2014 0.00
3/18/2014 0.00
3/19/2014 0.03
3/20/2014 0.11
3/21/2014 0.00
3/22/2014 0.09
3/23/2014 T
3/24/2014 0.04
3/25/2014 T
3/26/2014 0.01
3/27/2014 0.00
3/28/2014 0.64
3/29/2014
3/30/2014 0.00
3/31/2014 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2014 0.05
4/2/2014 T
4/3/2014 0.00
4/4/2014 0.01
4/5/2014 **
4/6/2014 0.17
4/7/2014
4/8/2014 T
4/9/2014 T
4/10/2014 0.00
4/11/2014 0.03
4/12/2014 0.00
4/13/2014 3.82
4/14/2014 1.23
4/15/2014 0.08
4/16/2014 T
4/17/2014 0.00
4/18/2014 0.00
4/19/2014 0.00
4/20/2014 0.00
4/21/2014 T
4/22/2014 0.04
4/23/2014 0.00
4/24/2014 0.00
4/25/2014 0.33
4/26/2014 0.00
4/27/2014 T
4/28/2014 0.00
4/29/2014 0.40
4/30/2014 0.19
5/1/2014 0.01
5/2/2014 0.02
5/3/2014 0.21
5/4/2014 0.00
5/5/2014 0.00
5/6/2014 T
5/7/2014 0.37
5/8/2014 **
5/9/2014 **
5/10/2014 **
5/11/2014 **
5/12/2014 **
5/13/2014 2.28
5/14/2014 0.10
5/15/2014 0.53
5/16/2014 0.03
5/17/2014 0.00
5/18/2014 0.00
5/19/2014 0.00
5/20/2014 0.26
5/21/2014 0.00
5/22/2014 0.00
5/23/2014 0.00
5/24/2014 0.00
5/25/2014 0.00
5/26/2014 0.00
5/27/2014 0.01
5/28/2014 T
5/29/2014 0.00
5/30/2014 0.00
5/31/2014 **
6/1/2014 **
6/2/2014 **
6/3/2014 0.20
6/4/2014 0.00
6/5/2014 0.04
6/6/2014 0.00
6/7/2014 0.00
6/8/2014 0.01
6/9/2014 T
6/10/2014 0.00
6/11/2014 0.37
6/12/2014 0.95
6/13/2014 T
6/14/2014 0.00
6/15/2014 0.00
6/16/2014 T
6/17/2014 0.25
6/18/2014 0.53
6/19/2014 0.67
6/20/2014 0.04
6/21/2014 0.03
6/22/2014 T
6/23/2014 T
6/24/2014 0.34
6/25/2014 T
6/26/2014 T
6/27/2014 T
6/28/2014 0.00
6/29/2014 **
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 **
7/8/2014 **
7/9/2014 0.39
7/10/2014 0.00
7/11/2014 0.00
7/12/2014 0.00
7/13/2014 0.32
7/14/2014 0.00
7/15/2014 0.03
7/16/2014 T
7/17/2014 0.00
7/18/2014 0.00
7/19/2014 0.00
7/20/2014 0.00
7/21/2014 0.00
7/22/2014 0.00
7/23/2014 0.68
7/24/2014 0.00
7/25/2014 0.00
7/26/2014 T
7/27/2014
7/28/2014
7/29/2014 0.00
7/30/2014 0.00
7/31/2014 0.00
8/1/2014 0.48
8/2/2014 0.00
8/3/2014 0.00
8/4/2014 0.00
8/5/2014 T
8/6/2014 T
8/7/2014 0.00
8/8/2014 0.00
8/9/2014 0.00
8/10/2014 0.00
8/11/2014 0.17
8/12/2014 0.03
8/13/2014 0.10
8/14/2014
8/15/2014 0.00
8/16/2014 0.00
8/17/2014 0.34
8/18/2014
8/19/2014 0.71
8/20/2014 0.16
8/21/2014 0.00
8/22/2014 0.11
8/23/2014 0.00
8/24/2014 0.00
8/25/2014 0.00
8/26/2014 0.88
8/27/2014 T
8/28/2014 0.00
8/29/2014
8/30/2014
8/31/2014
9/1/2014
9/2/2014
9/3/2014 0.00
9/4/2014 0.04
9/5/2014 0.08
9/6/2014 T
9/7/2014 0.00
9/8/2014 0.00
9/9/2014 0.00
9/10/2014 0.03
9/11/2014 0.46
9/12/2014 0.02
9/13/2014 0.10
9/14/2014 0.07
9/15/2014 0.00
9/16/2014 0.26
9/17/2014 0.00
9/18/2014 0.00
9/19/2014 0.00
9/20/2014 T
9/21/2014 0.07
9/22/2014 0.19
9/23/2014 0.00
9/24/2014 0.00
9/25/2014 0.00
9/26/2014 0.00
9/27/2014 0.00
9/28/2014 0.00
9/29/2014
9/30/2014 0.11



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/3/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.15 0.0 M M M Most rain 11PM-1AM. Lots of ltg/th but not much rain.
10/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.38 0.0 M M M
10/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.19 0.0 M M M
10/7/2013 7:00 AM 0.17 0.0 M M M
10/8/2013 7:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M M M
10/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/10/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/11/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/13/2013 7:00 AM 0.37 0.0 M M M
10/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/15/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.47 0.0 M M M Sprinkles 2PM, lt rain 3-7PM. Coldfropa 10:30PM with wind gusts est 35 mph but no rain.
10/17/2013 7:00 AM 0.14 0.0 M M M
10/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.14 0.0 M M M Occ lt rain to 3PM then partial clring. No wind until 3PM then W incr into eve.
10/19/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
10/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.08 T M 0.0 M Dry until 1:45AM, then snow/rain mix to 2AM, then ocnl drizl to 5AM. No acc, all above frz.
10/24/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M
10/25/2013 7:00 AM T T M 0.0 M Snow pellets
11/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.33 0.0 M M M Sprinkles late yest aftn, lt rain b after midngt, still raining at obs time.
11/7/2013 7:00 AM 0.33 0.0 M M M 2nd consec 0.33" acc. Coldfropa 12:42 PM EST.
11/8/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/9/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Very windy ovrngt here on the lakeshore with only a sprinkle.
11/10/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Sprinkles 10:40PM yest eve, windy all ngt.
11/11/2013 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M Dry (and windy) until 5:15 AM.
11/12/2013 7:00 AM 0.48 5.0 M 4.5 M Rain changes to all snow mid-AM yest, drops below frzing late-AM and snow begins to acc. Ocnl fine snow overngt adds to acc.
11/13/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 2.0 M
11/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Very windy at Lake Michigan overnight--gust to 46.5 mph.
11/15/2013 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Sprinkles last few hours.
11/16/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/17/2013 7:00 AM 0.27 0.0 M 0.0 M Ocnl drzl late yest AM, ocnl lt rain mid-aftn+ovrnngt, ends before 3AM.
11/18/2013 7:00 AM 0.79 0.0 M 0.0 M No hail, no wind damage from measured 62.4 mph winds except a few dead branches down.
11/19/2013 7:00 AM T T M 0.0 M Snow pellets yest midday.
11/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
11/21/2013 7:00 AM 0.07 0.0 M 0.0 M Mostly sunny daytime yest, lt rain ovrngt.
11/22/2013 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M 0.0 M Lt rain/drzl ovrngt.
11/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.08 0.8 0.08 T M
12/2/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M
12/3/2013 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 0.1 0.01 Frz rain, sleet, snow, all after 2AM.
12/4/2013 7:00 AM 0.21 0.0 0.00 T M
12/5/2013 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/6/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/7/2013 7:00 AM T T T T T
12/8/2013 7:00 AM T T T 0.0 0.00
12/9/2013 7:00 AM 0.18 2.4 0.18 2.4 0.18 Light snow began 3:40 PM Monday finally covering bare ground frozen hard for four days with nothing.
12/10/2013 7:00 AM T T T 1.5 M Very windy past 24 hrs but drifting is minor due to small amount of snow to begin with. Total snow on ground is difficult to measure.
12/11/2013 7:00 AM M 0.7 M 1.5 M Another very difficult snowfall measurement due to high winds and very cold, powdery snow. Snow board blown free of snow so new snowfall is an estimate and wind compacting/sublimation limited the total snow on ground to the same as yesterday. Much of the area is nearly bare with a few minor drifts elsewhere.
12/12/2013 7:00 AM M 0.2 M 1.5 M Incessant winds off Lake Michigan make for another difficult snowfall measurement. These estimates are the best I can do with these brutal conditions. Interesting how this cold,very dry air erodes snow on the ground by sublimation--just like parts of Antarctica!
12/13/2013 7:00 AM M 0.5 M 1.5 M Snowboard blown free of any snow again as it has all week starting from Mon aftn. Most of the area with grass has blades showing thru less than an inch of powder. Drifts can be measured in just inches. Obviously, both of my measurements are best case estimates.
12/14/2013 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 1.5 M Finally the wind stopped yest but there was no new snow until after 3AM when the wind picked up again, now from the east.
12/15/2013 7:00 AM 0.14 1.5 M 2.5 M
12/16/2013 7:00 AM M 0.4 M 2.5 M Sunday's high winds off Lake Michigan diminish ovrngt.
12/17/2013 7:00 AM 0.12 3.8 0.12 4.5 M 1.8" of large, fluffy flakes of lake effect snow fell 7AM-1PM yest with light easterly winds when a band remained stationary parallel to the eastern Lake Michigan shoreline. 2.0" of fine, powdery synoptic snow fell 5-11PM yest from a clipper system. Then the wind picked up overngt to 24 mph from the west and drifted some of both.
12/18/2013 7:00 AM M 1.0 M 5.0 M Winds that reached 33.1 mph during yest morning's snowfall made measurements extremely difficult. one drift was 33" while bare grass was showing just 10 ft away. These estimates are the best fit with the data I collected.
12/19/2013 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 3.0 M Finally a break from the snow and wind, so what's next, freezing rain?
12/20/2013 7:00 AM 0.05 0.2 M 3.0 M Sleet, snow and freezing rain began after 10PM yest eve. Still no ice here on the eastern Lake Michigan shoreline.
12/21/2013 7:00 AM T T T 3.0 M Just a little very small sized freezing rain sprinkles yest. Nothing ovrngt. No melting in past 24 hrs.
12/22/2013 7:00 AM 0.09 0.4 M 3.5 M No precip until after 11PM yest eve, then a little lt snow, now frz rain at 7AM obs time. Update at 9AM: back to lt snow.
12/23/2013 7:00 AM 0.21 2.6 M 6.0 M Snow, ocnl moderate, from 9AM-1PM. Then a little sun followed by just cloudy. Only trace of snow ovrngt.
12/24/2013 7:00 AM 0.14 7.5 0.14 12.0 M Mostly sunny yest morn then clouded up from the south, snow from 2PM on well into the eve, ocnl heavy at times. Fluffy lake-type often in large clumps of flakes--note ratio more than 50:1 and no wind so no drifting. Settling already evident by 7AM obs time.
12/25/2013 7:00 AM M 0.4 M 10.0 M
1/2/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/3/2014 7:00 AM T T T M M
1/4/2014 7:00 AM 0.03 1.0 M M M
1/5/2014 7:00 AM M M M 7.5 1.45 It snowed all afternoon but I cannot tell you how much because it all blew away! Winds hit 47.2 mph here on a bluff on the Lake Michigan shore but I can tell you I see bare grass in some places very close to 36" drifts.
1/9/2014 7:00 AM T T M M M
1/10/2014 7:00 AM T T T 9.0 2.04
1/11/2014 7:00 AM 0.75 0.0 M M M
1/12/2014 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 0.00 6.0 1.53
1/13/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
1/14/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 5.5 1.39
1/15/2014 7:00 AM 0.12 1.6 0.12 M M 5" to 9" new snow was fcst for Oceana Co. yest aftn and eve but we got only about an inch and a half.
1/20/2014 7:00 AM T 0.1 T 11.5 2.31 Strong winds yest drifted old snow, big drift 47" deep, 2" less than max on 7 Jan but it is now much more massive. Once again, grass is showing just 10 ft away. Total snow depth/water content measured in quiet area.
1/31/2014 7:00 AM T 0.1 T M M Very light snow grains briefly 1PM, light snow and high winds 3PM. No drifting because of such a little amount of new snow and the old snow had already drifted from past winds.
2/1/2014 7:00 AM 0.02 0.9 0.02 M M Snow began 5AM. Very fluffy even tho not off Lake Mich and with east winds.
2/2/2014 7:00 AM M 2.0 M M M
2/3/2014 7:00 AM T T T 15.5 3.34
2/4/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 15.5 3.34
2/5/2014 7:00 AM 0.02 0.1 0.02 M M Very light, very fine snow began after 2AM.
2/6/2014 7:00 AM T 0.8 T M M Very fluffy lake effect snow 3-5PM.
2/7/2014 7:00 AM T T T M M
2/8/2014 7:00 AM T T M T M
2/16/2014 7:00 AM 0.14 3.2 0.14 M M Flurries Sat AM=0.01"/0.2", Then lt/ocnl mdt snow mid-7AM, vry little wind (gen frm E) so no drifting.
2/17/2014 7:00 AM T T M M M First time in a month melting observed but only in bright sun.
2/19/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 0.1 0.01 21.0 4.37 Mix of small sleet, freezing drizzle and snow began just before 6AM lasting approx 30 mins.
2/20/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M 4.37 Dry--no precip here yet at 7AM obs altho radar indicates mix aloft.
2/21/2014 7:00 AM 0.24 0.9 M M M Precip began yest 725AM with vry lt fine-grained sleet mixed with vry lt frz drzl which changed to heavy, wet snow at 740AM which changed to all rain approx 8AM and then ended. Ocnl sprinkles/vry lt rain aftn. Small thundershower 9PM.
2/22/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 0.2 0.01 M M Very windy with light snow until late morning, very windy but becoming sunny afternoon.
2/23/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/24/2014 7:00 AM T T T 17.0 3.93 Few very light flurries yest mid-AM and early this AM. Mostly sunny but very cold & windy yest aftn. Nice bright sunset.
2/25/2014 7:00 AM T 0.1 T 17.0 3.93
2/26/2014 7:00 AM T 0.2 T 17.0 3.93
2/27/2014 7:00 AM T 0.2 T 17.0 3.94
2/28/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 0.3 0.01 M M
3/1/2014 7:00 AM 0.14 1.6 0.14 M M All snow since sunset yest.
3/2/2014 7:00 AM 0.09 2.1 0.09 M M
3/3/2014 7:00 AM T T T 19.0 4.18
3/4/2014 7:00 AM T 0.2 T M M Light snow began approx 4AM, difficult to measure with the wind.
3/7/2014 7:00 AM T T T M M Very unusual: sparkling light snow fell from 100% clear, sunny skies Thursday between 8-9AM. Sometimes this will happen but with a least a few wisps of low clouds or fog however this time, nothing but blue sky.
3/8/2014 7:00 AM T T T M M Light sprinkle of graupel (snow pellets) at 6PM.
3/9/2014 7:00 AM T T T M M Fine, light snow grains 8-10AM. Sunny but cold aftn.
3/10/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/11/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/12/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 0.00 M M Radar indicated rain from late morn yest thru aftn but it was all aloft. Some virga seen from persistant band W-SW-S but remained dry at sfc. Likewise ovrngt.
3/13/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/14/2014 7:00 AM T T T M M Slight shower of graupel aftn.
3/15/2014 7:00 AM T T T M M Few flakes 4-5AM.
3/16/2014 7:00 AM T T T M M Snowflurries yest 8-9AM.
3/17/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/18/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/19/2014 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 M M Vry lgt rain after midnight with temps above frz.
3/20/2014 7:00 AM 0.11 0.3 0.02 M M Ocnl lt rain thru dense fog until 3PM=0.09". Lt snow grains 4PM then ocnl lt snow.
3/21/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/22/2014 7:00 AM 0.09 0.0 0.00 M M Nice mostly sunny day (incr clds late aftn). Lt rain after sunset.
3/23/2014 7:00 AM T 0.2 T M M Few light flurries yest AM = T. Lake effect snow 4-6AM. Still some melting yest but very cold this AM!
3/24/2014 7:00 AM 0.04 0.8 0.04 M M Ocnl snow showers yest 7AM-1PM then some sun but very cold so no real melting. Another SW- 4:30 this AM.
3/25/2014 7:00 AM T T T M M Very lgt flurries ovrngt. High winds at 1AM.
3/26/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 0.2 0.01 M M
3/27/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/28/2014 7:00 AM 0.64 0.6 0.07 M M Freezing rain and sleet 7-8AM, changing to all snow 8AM-Noon. All new snow/ice melted aftn, totaling 0.07" of water. Light rain/showers 5PM yest to obs time today, totaling 0.57".
3/30/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/31/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/1/2014 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 0.00 M M Lt rain (and wind) 11PM-2AM.
4/2/2014 7:00 AM T T T M M Light snow grains noon-1PM actually accumulated on the ground as temperature was 30°F (was 52° at 5:30 AM).
4/3/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No precip at sfc despite several shades of green on radar.
4/4/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 T T M M Light sleet 7:30-8AM yest then nothing until occasional very light rain aftn. Nothing all eve and ovrngt.
4/8/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 M M Dry until sprinkles just before 7AM obs time.
4/9/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 Sprinkles just after 7AM obs. Natural snow finally gone but still some ice on our Lake Michigan shoreline.
4/10/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/11/2014 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 0.00 M M Sunshine early, lt rain 12:25-2:25PM, more sun late.
4/12/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/13/2014 7:00 AM 3.82 T M M M Sprinkles start 12:30PM yest incr to lt rain then tstms by mid-aftn bec very unstable/convective alt ltg/th/hvy rain with nothing--all way thru ngt to 6:30AM. At least five completely separate hail events, all 1/4" round, white ice mixed w/hvy rain.
4/14/2014 7:00 AM 1.23 0.0 M M M No rain yest until sprinkles start 6:30PM. Then ocnl rain ovrngt. No ltg/th/hail like prev ngt.
4/15/2014 7:00 AM 0.08 1.2 0.08 1.2 0.08 Sprinkles/drizzle changes to snow grains/fine light snow at 8:50AM yest. No accumulation until below frz late aftn. Most acc before midngt. Briefly saw eclipsed moon next to red Mars at 4:15AM thru a sml binovc--very fortunate to be looking at just that moment!
4/16/2014 7:00 AM T 0.1 T T M Lake effect flurries to 10AM, bec sunny but still very cold aftn.
4/17/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/18/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/19/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/20/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/21/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
4/22/2014 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M M M Sprinkles 7-8AM, mostly sunny midday, light rain late aftn-early eve.
4/23/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/24/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/25/2014 7:00 AM 0.33 0.0 M M M Sprinkles incr to vry lt rain 8-11:30 AM=0.02" More lt rain ovrngt ending 6AM.
4/26/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/27/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Sprinkles 5-6AM.
4/28/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/29/2014 7:00 AM 0.40 0.0 M M M Most rain after 3AM.
4/30/2014 7:00 AM 0.19 0.0 M M M
5/1/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
5/2/2014 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
5/3/2014 7:00 AM 0.21 M M M M
5/4/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/5/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sprinkles close on radar but not here yet.
5/6/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Sprinkles 7:40-8AM yest.
5/7/2014 7:00 AM 0.37 0.0 M M M Thunderstorms since 1:30AM but no hail, heavy rain or high winds.
5/14/2014 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M
5/15/2014 7:00 AM 0.53 M M M M All precip after sunset.
5/16/2014 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M 0.0 M Heavy frost this AM.
5/17/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/18/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/19/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/20/2014 7:00 AM 0.26 M M M M
5/21/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Lots of distant lightning south overnight.
5/22/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/23/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/24/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/25/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/26/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/27/2014 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Minor TRW- 11AM-1PM yest, T of lt rain with fog ovrngt.
5/28/2014 7:00 AM T M M M M Lt shwr yest AM.
5/29/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/30/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/4/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/5/2014 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Lt rain 10AM-Noon. Sunshine by mid-aftn. Could use more rain here.
6/6/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/7/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/8/2014 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
6/9/2014 7:00 AM T M M M M
6/10/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/11/2014 7:00 AM 0.37 M M M M All precip after sunset. Very light at first, now better--still raining at 7AM obs time.
6/12/2014 7:00 AM 0.95 M M M M
6/13/2014 7:00 AM T M M M M Drizzle fell from the fog yest AM.
6/14/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/15/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/16/2014 7:00 AM T M M M M Sprinkles just before 5PM yest.
6/17/2014 7:00 AM 0.25 M M M M First ltg 12:40AM, first th 1:30AM, strong gust front hits 4:33AM G est 60 only sml branches down chairs tipped, RE 6AM, winds go east and incr like a wake low.
6/18/2014 7:00 AM 0.53 M M M M 2nd MCS yest AM only 0.12". Then sunny mid-aftn w/fog over Lake Michigan. Fqt ltg/th from 1:30AM on.
6/19/2014 7:00 AM 0.67 M M M M
6/20/2014 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Mostly sunny yest, RW- 5AM today. East winds except 3-5PM yest cool brz off Lake Michigan.
6/21/2014 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
6/22/2014 7:00 AM T M M M M
6/23/2014 7:00 AM T M M M M Sprinkles in last hour.
6/24/2014 7:00 AM 0.34 M M M M Lt rain most of yest morn (0.25"), more 4-5AM today (0.09").
6/25/2014 7:00 AM T M M M M
6/26/2014 7:00 AM T M M M M Lt drzl yest AM.
6/27/2014 7:00 AM T M M M M Some lt drzl again from low stratus yest morn but not as much as prev day. Again, turned sunny aftn.
6/28/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/10/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/11/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/12/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/13/2014 7:00 AM 0.32 M M M M No storms here.
7/14/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/15/2014 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
7/16/2014 7:00 AM T M M M M
7/17/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/18/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/19/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/20/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/21/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/22/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/23/2014 7:00 AM 0.68 T M 0.0 M Best rain all month so far, tstm with 1 min of up to 1/2" hail 9-930PM yest eve, not much wind, no damage.
7/24/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/25/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/26/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
7/29/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/30/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/31/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/1/2014 7:00 AM 0.48 0.0 M M M Ltg/thunder 10PM-Midngt, mdt tstm 11:20-11:40 PM. Very useful rain for us.
8/2/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/3/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/4/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/5/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Sprinkles after 6:30 AM.
8/6/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M
8/7/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/8/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/9/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/10/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/11/2014 7:00 AM 0.17 0.0 M M M Lt rain with distant thunder began 4AM. Not much but better than nothing and certainly welcome.
8/12/2014 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M M M
8/13/2014 7:00 AM 0.10 0.0 M M M
8/15/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/16/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/17/2014 7:00 AM 0.34 0.0 M M M Shallow fog over Lake Michigan nearly all day due to cold water here on the east side of the lake and higher dew points. Line of showers 7-8PM gave us very useful rain with no ltg/th, hail or wind altho we could use more.
8/19/2014 7:00 AM 0.71 0.0 M M M 1st tstm 11:29-11:42PM=0.25" 2nd tstm 5:40AM still raining at 7AM obs=0.46"
8/20/2014 7:00 AM 0.16 0.0 M M M
8/21/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/22/2014 7:00 AM 0.11 0.0 M M M RW- @ 3PM.
8/23/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/24/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/25/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/26/2014 7:00 AM 0.88 0.0 M M M First distant thunder heard 7:30AM but tstm rain only 11:00-11:30AM, all but a trace fell in that 1/2 hour--heaviest of the summer.
8/27/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Sprinkles 11:20AM yest and sprinkles again 6-7AM today.
8/28/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/3/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/4/2014 7:00 AM 0.04 0.0 M M M TRW- 4:45-5AM.
9/5/2014 7:00 AM 0.08 0.0 M M M Continuous lightning with distant thunder 12:15-1AM but only light rain 1:25-1:35AM. No wind, no hail, not much rain but no damage either.
9/6/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Coldfropa w/wndshft 12:45PM yest, sprinkle 1PM, dsnt thunder S-SE later aftn, that's it--no storms. With 3 dry days coming, we could have used some rain.
9/7/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/8/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Beautiful full moon over Lake Michigan.
9/9/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/10/2014 7:00 AM 0.03 0.0 M M M Lt rain 5:10AM.
9/11/2014 7:00 AM 0.46 0.0 M M M No thunderstorms, no tornadoes, no heavy rains here but we did get some significant wind yest eve resulting in some small, leafy branchlets down.
9/12/2014 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M
9/13/2014 7:00 AM 0.10 0.0 M M M
9/14/2014 7:00 AM 0.07 0.0 M M M
9/15/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/16/2014 7:00 AM 0.26 0.0 M M M
9/17/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/18/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/19/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/20/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Sprinkle 6:25AM, one distant lightning, no thunder, Lake Michigan loud.
9/21/2014 7:00 AM 0.07 0.0 M M M Occasional sprinkles didn't stop us from Adopt-a-Beach clean-up along our Lake Michigan shoreline yest morn and the squall-line that hit us 2:15AM today with a little ltg/th had winds est 30 mph but very little rain.
9/22/2014 7:00 AM 0.19 0.0 M M M All precip before noon.
9/23/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/24/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/25/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/26/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/27/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/28/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/30/2014 7:00 AM 0.11 0.0 M M M Coldfropa 3:30PM with wndshft/incr then lt rain 6:30-8PM.



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
10/20/2013 10/22/2013 7:00 AM 3 0.30 0.0 0.00
10/26/2013 11/04/2013 7:00 AM 10 1.15 0.0 M
11/24/2013 12/01/2013 7:00 AM 8 0.42 T M
4/5/2014 4/06/2014 7:00 AM 2 0.17 M M
5/8/2014 5/13/2014 7:00 AM 6 2.28 0.0 0.00
5/31/2014 6/03/2014 7:00 AM 4 0.20 M M
6/29/2014 7/09/2014 7:00 AM 11 0.39 M M



Observation Date Observation Time Notes Largest Stone Size Average Stone Size Smallest Stone Size Stone Consistency Duration Minutes Durration Accuracy Damage Timing More Rain than Hail Hail Started Largest Hail Started Angle of Impact Number of Stones on Pad Distance Between Stones on Pad Depth of Stones on Ground
4/12/2014 4:30 PM NA 1/4" Pea Size NA Hard|White Ice 2 1min no damage Continuous True After rain 10-20
4/12/2014 8:45 PM 2nd hail report today! NA 1/4" Pea Size NA Hard|White Ice 1 1min no damage Continuous True After rain 10-20
7/22/2014 9:11 PM Sky very yellow as very close to sunset. Over 0.54" rain so far. 1/2" Grape 3/8" NA Hard|Clear Ice 1 1min no damage Continuous True After rain After smaller hail vertical