Station Overview Station Location
Station Number TX-HTH-7 Latitude 35.630054
Station Name Fritch 5.1 E Longitude -101.506297
County Hutchinson Elevation (ft) 3270



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 14 1.75 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Nov 14 0.84 0.00 2 0.00 2 0.00 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0
Dec 14 0.83 0.19 3 0.19 3 0.00 0 0 3 0 0.5 1 1
Jan 15 0.61 0.74 4 0.74 4 0.00 0 0 4 0 3.0 3 3
Feb 15 0.61 0.59 7 0.59 7 0.00 0 0 7 0 7.1 5 3
March 15 1.27 0.38 3 0.38 3 0.00 0 0 3 0 0.0 0 0
April 15 1.60 4.36 8 4.36 8 0.00 0 0 8 0 0.0 0 0
May 15 2.50 8.07 12 8.07 12 0.00 0 0 12 0 0.0 0 0
June 15 3.37 3.74 5 3.74 5 0.00 0 0 5 0 0.0 0 0
July 15 2.65 7.81 9 7.81 9 0.00 0 0 9 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 15 2.99 2.23 8 2.23 8 0.00 0 0 8 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 15 2.06 0.37 4 0.37 4 0.00 0 0 4 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 21.08" 28.48" 65 days 28.48" 65 0.00" 0 days 0 63 days 1 days 10.6" 9 days 7 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
10/1/2014
10/2/2014
10/3/2014
10/4/2014
10/5/2014
10/6/2014
10/7/2014
10/8/2014
10/9/2014
10/10/2014
10/11/2014
10/12/2014
10/13/2014
10/14/2014
10/15/2014
10/16/2014
10/17/2014
10/18/2014
10/19/2014
10/20/2014
10/21/2014
10/22/2014
10/23/2014
10/24/2014
10/25/2014
10/26/2014
10/27/2014
10/28/2014
10/29/2014
10/30/2014
10/31/2014
11/1/2014
11/2/2014
11/3/2014
11/4/2014
11/5/2014
11/6/2014
11/7/2014
11/8/2014
11/9/2014
11/10/2014
11/11/2014
11/12/2014
11/13/2014
11/14/2014
11/15/2014
11/16/2014
11/17/2014
11/18/2014
11/19/2014
11/20/2014
11/21/2014
11/22/2014
11/23/2014
11/24/2014 T
11/25/2014
11/26/2014 0.00
11/27/2014
11/28/2014
11/29/2014
11/30/2014
12/1/2014
12/2/2014
12/3/2014
12/4/2014
12/5/2014 0.10
12/6/2014
12/7/2014
12/8/2014
12/9/2014
12/10/2014
12/11/2014
12/12/2014
12/13/2014
12/14/2014 0.08
12/15/2014
12/16/2014
12/17/2014
12/18/2014
12/19/2014
12/20/2014
12/21/2014
12/22/2014
12/23/2014
12/24/2014
12/25/2014
12/26/2014
12/27/2014
12/28/2014
12/29/2014
12/30/2014 0.01
12/31/2014
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2015
1/2/2015
1/3/2015 0.13
1/4/2015 0.09
1/5/2015
1/6/2015
1/7/2015
1/8/2015
1/9/2015
1/10/2015
1/11/2015
1/12/2015
1/13/2015
1/14/2015 0.13
1/15/2015
1/16/2015
1/17/2015
1/18/2015
1/19/2015
1/20/2015
1/21/2015
1/22/2015
1/23/2015
1/24/2015
1/25/2015
1/26/2015
1/27/2015
1/28/2015
1/29/2015
1/30/2015
1/31/2015 0.39
2/1/2015 0.11
2/2/2015
2/3/2015
2/4/2015
2/5/2015
2/6/2015
2/7/2015
2/8/2015
2/9/2015
2/10/2015
2/11/2015
2/12/2015 0.02
2/13/2015
2/14/2015
2/15/2015
2/16/2015
2/17/2015 0.06
2/18/2015
2/19/2015
2/20/2015
2/21/2015
2/22/2015
2/23/2015 0.16
2/24/2015 0.08
2/25/2015
2/26/2015
2/27/2015 0.04
2/28/2015 0.12
3/1/2015
3/2/2015
3/3/2015
3/4/2015
3/5/2015
3/6/2015
3/7/2015
3/8/2015
3/9/2015
3/10/2015
3/11/2015
3/12/2015
3/13/2015
3/14/2015
3/15/2015
3/16/2015
3/17/2015
3/18/2015 0.06
3/19/2015 0.08
3/20/2015 0.24
3/21/2015
3/22/2015
3/23/2015
3/24/2015
3/25/2015
3/26/2015
3/27/2015
3/28/2015
3/29/2015
3/30/2015
3/31/2015
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2015
4/2/2015
4/3/2015
4/4/2015
4/5/2015
4/6/2015
4/7/2015
4/8/2015
4/9/2015
4/10/2015
4/11/2015
4/12/2015 0.65
4/13/2015
4/14/2015
4/15/2015
4/16/2015 0.03
4/17/2015 0.28
4/18/2015
4/19/2015
4/20/2015
4/21/2015 0.31
4/22/2015 0.02
4/23/2015 0.02
4/24/2015
4/25/2015
4/26/2015
4/27/2015 0.84
4/28/2015 2.21
4/29/2015
4/30/2015
5/1/2015
5/2/2015
5/3/2015
5/4/2015 0.40
5/5/2015 1.56
5/6/2015
5/7/2015 0.10
5/8/2015
5/9/2015 0.66
5/10/2015
5/11/2015
5/12/2015
5/13/2015
5/14/2015 0.38
5/15/2015
5/16/2015 1.42
5/17/2015
5/18/2015
5/19/2015 0.02
5/20/2015 1.30
5/21/2015
5/22/2015 1.01
5/23/2015 0.55
5/24/2015 0.52
5/25/2015
5/26/2015
5/27/2015
5/28/2015 0.15
5/29/2015
5/30/2015
5/31/2015
6/1/2015 0.07
6/2/2015
6/3/2015
6/4/2015
6/5/2015
6/6/2015
6/7/2015 0.15
6/8/2015
6/9/2015
6/10/2015
6/11/2015
6/12/2015 1.28
6/13/2015
6/14/2015 0.30
6/15/2015 1.94
6/16/2015
6/17/2015
6/18/2015
6/19/2015
6/20/2015
6/21/2015
6/22/2015
6/23/2015
6/24/2015
6/25/2015
6/26/2015
6/27/2015
6/28/2015
6/29/2015
6/30/2015
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2015
7/2/2015 0.42
7/3/2015
7/4/2015 0.19
7/5/2015
7/6/2015
7/7/2015 0.41
7/8/2015
7/9/2015
7/10/2015 1.61
7/11/2015
7/12/2015
7/13/2015
7/14/2015
7/15/2015
7/16/2015
7/17/2015
7/18/2015 0.33
7/19/2015
7/20/2015
7/21/2015 2.06
7/22/2015
7/23/2015
7/24/2015
7/25/2015
7/26/2015
7/27/2015
7/28/2015
7/29/2015 2.29
7/30/2015 0.27
7/31/2015 0.23
8/1/2015 0.04
8/2/2015
8/3/2015 1.32
8/4/2015
8/5/2015
8/6/2015
8/7/2015
8/8/2015
8/9/2015 0.12
8/10/2015
8/11/2015 0.14
8/12/2015
8/13/2015
8/14/2015
8/15/2015
8/16/2015
8/17/2015 0.22
8/18/2015 0.20
8/19/2015 0.05
8/20/2015
8/21/2015
8/22/2015
8/23/2015
8/24/2015
8/25/2015
8/26/2015
8/27/2015
8/28/2015 0.14
8/29/2015
8/30/2015
8/31/2015
9/1/2015
9/2/2015
9/3/2015
9/4/2015
9/5/2015
9/6/2015
9/7/2015
9/8/2015
9/9/2015
9/10/2015
9/11/2015 0.11
9/12/2015
9/13/2015
9/14/2015
9/15/2015
9/16/2015
9/17/2015
9/18/2015
9/19/2015
9/20/2015
9/21/2015
9/22/2015
9/23/2015 0.03
9/24/2015 0.21
9/25/2015 0.02
9/26/2015
9/27/2015
9/28/2015
9/29/2015
9/30/2015



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
11/24/2014 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Cool and clear after windy frontal passage yesterday with a light spitting of precipitation during early afternoon 11/23/14 but nothing measureable. Radar showed light precip but mostly virga.
11/26/2014 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No measureable precipitation this week so far. Beautiful traveling weather for this section of the nation. Happy Thanksgiving to all!!
12/5/2014 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Light rain began about 3:30 pm 12/4/14 and continued until about 10:00 amounting to 0.08. An additional 0.02 either condensed as fog or fell as drizzle during the 12/5 morning until 7:00 am 12/5
12/14/2014 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Quick moving line of broken showers came through between 5:00 am and 7:00 am. Had some lightening and thunder and wind gusts to 30-40 during the showers. This precipitation brings the total at this location for the year to 15.86.
12/30/2014 2:30 PM 0.01 0.5 0.01 0.5 0.01 Have had very light dry snow flurries since about 6:00 this morning. The moisture content is minimal
1/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.13 1.0 0.13 1.0 0.13 Snow began falling at midnight and continued to 7:00 am
1/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.09 0.5 0.09 1.5 0.22 Snow continued throught the early morning after 7:00am on 1/3/2015.
1/14/2015 7:00 AM 0.13 1.5 0.13 1.5 0.13 Snow began soon after midnite and fell until about 3:00 a.m.
1/31/2015 7:00 AM 0.39 M M M M Light drizzle and some sleet started yesterday around 4:00 pm and continued off and on all evening accumulating 0.04 by midnight. Heavier rain began at 1:00 am and continued through the night and continues now.
2/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Light rain continued through yesterday morning ending around 11:30 with a few spits and sputters after then
2/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 M 0.02 M M Light rain, sleet, slush began falling around 11:30a.m. yesterday and lasted until about 2:30. This was a frontal passage related event.
2/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.06 0.6 0.06 0.6 0.06 Snow started falling about 5:30 a.m. and ended shortly before 7:00 a.m. Snow accumulated on grass and vehicles but not on the streets.
2/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.16 2.0 0.16 M M This precipitation is from about 2 inches of snow.
2/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.08 1.0 0.08 3.0 0.24 Continuation of snow event. I was out of town but neighbors gave me approximate amounts.
2/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.04 0.5 0.04 M M Light snow started around 4:00 am and had accumulated about 0.5"
2/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.12 3.0 0.12 3.5 0.16 Snow began before 7:00 am and was reported yesterday. Continuation of snow during the day with heaviest before noon. Snow was fluffy and pretty dry as indicated by the melt versus measured snow. Another system came across during the night and added another 0.5" snow before 7:00 am
3/18/2015 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M Recorded 0.01 before midnight and 0.05 between midnight and 7:00 a.m.
3/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Rain began about 4:00 am and ended by 5:30 am
3/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.24 M M M M Fog and mist lasted most of the day. Light rain was on and off much of the day with heavier periods between 2:30 and 4:00 pm and then 8:00 to 10:00 pm
4/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.65 M M M M Strong thunderstorm approached from the west near 7:00pm. Strongest part with golfball hail and possible tornado moved just south of location. Experience significant pea size to marble hail that covered the ground.
4/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Thundershowers formed during the afternoon with good rain spotted around the area. My location was not under a good rain shaft, just sprinkles.
4/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.28 M M M M Thundershowers and storms were in the area most of the day yesterday. My site did not happen to be under one of them except for 0.02 through 9:00 pm. A brief thundershower began at 9:10 pm and lasted until 9:40, giving us an additional 0.13. Another good shower came across my site at 10:30 to 11:00 pm and dropped another 0.13.
4/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.31 M M M M The rain system moved in from the west, north west in the evening. A few sprinkles occurred between 8:00 and 9:00 pm. Rain started at 9:10 and continued fairly steady at a rate of about 0.14 inch per hour with some heavier bands until about 11:00
4/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Thundershowers moved in from the west late last night. Quite a bit of cloud to ground and cloud to cloud blue lightning. Precipitation was light for few minutes around 10:00. Mostly verga by the time it got to us.
4/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Yesterday's heavy storms and rain completely missed us with both the north and south storm complexes. With the cooled air and the dewpoint up to 52, we woke up to misty drizzle. Accumulation during the night amounted to 0.02. Misty drizzle was still accumulating when I left for the office.
4/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.84 M M M M Rain began at my location at 18:00 and continued until 21:30 with an accumulation of 0.59. Rain started again after midnight and continues today with total accumulation to 7:00 of 0.84.
4/28/2015 7:00 AM 2.21 M M M M A general heavy rain began across much of the central Texas Panhandle yesterday morning and continued throughout much of the day and then tapered into light rain for part of last night, ending before midnight.
5/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.40 M M M M A nice thundershower formed south and west of my location and moved across between 6:30 pm and 7:30 pm. This shower dropped 0.36. A couple of light showers moved across later during the night and left 0.04 additional
5/5/2015 7:00 AM 1.56 M M M M Heavy rain began at 7:20pm and lasted until 8:30pm as a very heavy thunderstorm built to the south and east as the back edge built to our site dropping 0.66 while Meadowlark and Borger received extremely heavy rain. Moderate rain began again at 10:30pm and lasted all night. Still raining at 7:00 this morning.
5/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Caught the edge of a thundershower.
5/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.66 M M M M I was on a trip and a neighbor recorded the amount and approximate times.
5/14/2015 7:00 AM 0.38 M M M M Rain began about 7:00 pm and lasted about 1 hour
5/16/2015 7:00 AM 1.42 M M M M Good steady rain began late Friday night and lasted through the night, ending about 5:00 am
5/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Storms and heavy rain were in the area all night but never crossed our area until after 7:00 this morning.
5/20/2015 7:00 AM 1.30 M M M M Heavy brief rains occurred throughout the day.
5/22/2015 7:00 AM 1.01 M M M M Two waves of rain came across our area in the last 24 hours. The first one began about 10:30 pm and lasted until midnight. The second wave began approximately 1:45 am and continued heavy to moderate until about 3:00 am. Some drizzle still falling this morning at 7:00
5/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.55 M M M M A strong thunderstorm began at my location at 5:45 am. Frequent lightning, both cloud to ground and cloud to cloud, occurred. Heavy rain and wind lasted about about 40 minutes and then moderate to light rain continued through 7:00.
5/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.52 M M M M Thrunderstorms continued through the morning from the night before ending before noon. This brings this site precipitation to 15.00 inches for YTD.
5/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M A super cell began building just to the southwest of my location and continued to build as it moved across us at 5:25 pm. The storm dropped very brief but heavy rain with a mixture of pea to nickel hail. Hail amount was sparse.
6/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Thundershowers that built in eastern Colorado/western Kansas made their way across part of the Texas Panhandle from north to south.
6/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M I was not at home. A neighbor recorded the amount.
6/12/2015 7:00 AM 1.28 M M M M Strong thunderstorms with considerable lightning came across the area from the west. The rain began shortly before midnight and lasted about an hour
6/14/2015 7:00 AM 0.30 M M M M Showers came in from the southwest at 11:15 am. We accumulated 0.15 in about 15 minutes and then lighter rain for an accumulation of 0.19. An additional 0.11 fell beginning about 9:30 pm.
6/15/2015 7:00 AM 1.94 M M M M Heavy thunderstorms developed to the north and west of my site during the mid and late afternoon. Movement was generally to the northeast most of the afternoon but became more easterly later. Heavy rain began at my location at 6:00pm and lasted until about 7:15. Total accumulation during that time was 1.81. Rainfall rate from 6:00 to 6:15 was 2" per hour. Additional rain fell between 8:00 pm and 11:00 amounting to 0.12 and then an additional 0.01 fell during the rest of the night for a total of 1.94. This brings my ytd total to 18.99". This is more precipitation than any previous year total for 5 years!! Praise the Lord!!
7/2/2015 7:00 AM 0.42 M M M M Line of storms moved through with brief heavy rain which lasted from 9:15pm though about 9:30 pm.
7/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.19 M M M M Heavy rain occurred mostly to the east of my location with some area locations receiving several inches. We were on the very edge.
7/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.41 M M M M Don't have any information on timing. I was out of town and a neighbor read and recorded the amount.
7/10/2015 7:00 AM 1.61 M M M M Moderate rain lasted for several hours during the day and night. I was away.
7/18/2015 7:00 AM 0.33 M M M M Storms built across the western Panhandle and moved to the northeast. One stronger storm moved between Amarillo, Fritch, and Borger. My location was on the northern edge of the storm. We received 0.33 inch of rain beginning at 5:00 pm and ending around 5;30 pm.
7/21/2015 7:00 AM 2.06 M M M M A storm complex formed in New Mexico and moved across the Texas Panhandle. A light to moderate cell moved across my location beginning at 9:45pm and lasted about 30 minutes, dropping about 0.22. A stronger cell moved across my location between 11:15pm and midnight with heavy rain for the first 20-30 minutes. We received 1.52 during that storm. Light to moderate rain continued after midnight, dropping another 0.32" for a total of 2.06".
7/29/2015 7:00 AM 2.29 M M M M As low system approached from New Mexico, the frontal boundary disturbance settled on top of my location spawning thunderstorms with significant cloud to ground lightening, heavy rain, wind, and some pea size hail. The first storm built just to the east of my location and grew to encompass my location, starting heavy precipitation with the wind, hail, and lightening at 8:08 pm. I collected 0.75 by 8:30. Heavy to moderate rain continued until 10:00 pm with a total accumulation of 1.71 by 10:00 pm. We had a lull before another wave of moderate to heavy rain started at 10:30 pm. Another 0.58 fell before the rain ended near 1:00 am. Total rainfall for the event was 2.29". Total for the year at my location is 26.32, well above our annual average of 19-20. The last five years have averaged less than 16 inches.
7/30/2015 7:00 AM 0.27 M M M M
7/31/2015 7:00 AM 0.23 M M M M
8/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
8/3/2015 7:00 AM 1.32 M M M M Rain began at 9:55 pm with heavy rain starting at 10:00 lasting until 11:00. Accumulation at 11:30 was 0.97. Light to moderate rain continued until about 2:00 am with total accumulation of 1.32. Wind was strong during the heaviest part of the storm.
8/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M A neighbor read the gauge, but did not record details.
8/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M light showers drifted across our area from the south and west. Light rain began about 3:00 am and ended about 6:30.
8/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.22 M M M M Quick buildup and shower
8/18/2015 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M Light rain during the evening and night
8/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Light brief shower on the edge of heavier rain
8/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M Thundershowers which formed in Colorado and Kansas moved south and southeast during the night, moving across our area between 6:00 am and 7:00 am this morning.
9/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Thundershowers came in from the north with a cool front during the morning hours. Light rain fell at my location between 2:30 am and 7:00 am. Heavier showers were to the west and east of my location.
9/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Light, spotty showers came in from the west around 11:00 am. My location received 0.03 between 11:00 and 1:30. We were missed by all others showers. The Canadian River valley effect seemed to be working.
9/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.21 M M M M Two rounds of light to moderate rain contributed to the total. The first round began with light rain coming in from the west about 9 am and lasting until about 1:00 pm. Total precip for that period was 0.10. Heavier showers occurred to the immediate south and the east. The second round of showers began at 12:45 this morning, ending for my location by 3:30 am. Heavier rain occurred just to the west. We were on the eastern edge of a system moving south out of Colorado. We received 0.11 from this system.
9/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Intermittent light sprinkles occurred during the day. A heavy dew also contributed.



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