Station Overview Station Location
Station Number AL-JF-25 Latitude 33.4885
Station Name Fairfield 1.8 NE Longitude -86.8923
County Jefferson Elevation (ft) 623



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 15 3.52 1.85 28 1.85 28 0.00 0 0 7 0 0.0 0 0
Nov 15 5.01 6.43 30 6.43 30 0.00 0 0 11 0 0.0 0 0
Dec 15 4.88 9.38 31 9.38 31 0.00 0 0 14 0 0.0 0 0
Jan 16 5.11 3.40 29 3.40 29 0.00 0 0 6 1 0.0 0 0
Feb 16 5.14 6.70 29 6.70 29 0.00 0 0 8 1 0.0 0 0
March 16 5.37 4.35 31 4.35 31 0.00 0 0 9 2 0.0 0 0
April 16 4.65 6.14 30 6.14 30 0.00 0 0 7 0 0.0 0 0
May 16 4.94 1.52 31 1.42 19 0.10 12 1 3 1 0.0 0 0
June 16 4.81 4.65 30 4.65 30 0.00 0 0 10 0 0.0 0 0
July 16 5.07 6.68 29 6.68 29 0.00 0 0 11 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 16 4.18 3.46 27 3.46 27 0.00 0 0 13 2 0.0 0 0
Sept 16 4.11 0.43 29 0.43 29 0.00 0 0 5 3 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 56.79" 54.99" 354 days 54.89" 342 0.10" 12 days 1 104 days 10 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
10/1/2015 0.00
10/2/2015 0.06
10/3/2015
10/4/2015 0.10
10/5/2015 0.03
10/6/2015 0.00
10/7/2015 0.00
10/8/2015 0.00
10/9/2015 0.00
10/10/2015 0.43
10/11/2015 0.00
10/12/2015 0.00
10/13/2015
10/14/2015 0.00
10/15/2015 0.00
10/16/2015 0.00
10/17/2015 0.00
10/18/2015
10/19/2015 0.00
10/20/2015 0.00
10/21/2015 0.00
10/22/2015 0.00
10/23/2015 0.00
10/24/2015 0.00
10/25/2015 0.00
10/26/2015 0.47
10/27/2015 0.40
10/28/2015 0.36
10/29/2015 0.00
10/30/2015 0.00
10/31/2015 0.00
11/1/2015 1.38
11/2/2015 0.78
11/3/2015 0.03
11/4/2015 0.00
11/5/2015 0.00
11/6/2015 0.00
11/7/2015 1.34
11/8/2015 0.31
11/9/2015 0.12
11/10/2015 0.01
11/11/2015 0.00
11/12/2015 0.02
11/13/2015 0.00
11/14/2015 0.00
11/15/2015 0.00
11/16/2015 0.00
11/17/2015 0.00
11/18/2015 0.07
11/19/2015 2.33
11/20/2015 0.00
11/21/2015 0.00
11/22/2015 0.00
11/23/2015 0.00
11/24/2015 0.00
11/25/2015 0.00
11/26/2015 0.00
11/27/2015 0.00
11/28/2015 0.00
11/29/2015 0.00
11/30/2015 0.04
12/1/2015 0.14
12/2/2015 2.31
12/3/2015 0.00
12/4/2015 0.00
12/5/2015 0.00
12/6/2015 0.00
12/7/2015 0.00
12/8/2015 0.00
12/9/2015 0.00
12/10/2015 0.00
12/11/2015 0.00
12/12/2015 0.00
12/13/2015 0.00
12/14/2015 0.49
12/15/2015 0.00
12/16/2015 0.00
12/17/2015 0.42
12/18/2015 0.05
12/19/2015 0.00
12/20/2015 0.00
12/21/2015 0.00
12/22/2015 1.41
12/23/2015 0.06
12/24/2015 0.54
12/25/2015 0.40
12/26/2015 2.79
12/27/2015 0.01
12/28/2015 0.00
12/29/2015 0.45
12/30/2015 0.25
12/31/2015 0.06
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2016 0.00
1/2/2016 0.00
1/3/2016 0.00
1/4/2016 0.00
1/5/2016 0.00
1/6/2016 0.00
1/7/2016 0.00
1/8/2016 0.02
1/9/2016 0.00
1/10/2016 0.42
1/11/2016 0.00
1/12/2016 0.00
1/13/2016 0.00
1/14/2016 0.00
1/15/2016 0.42
1/16/2016 0.03
1/17/2016 0.00
1/18/2016 0.00
1/19/2016
1/20/2016 0.00
1/21/2016 M
1/22/2016 1.53
1/23/2016 T
1/24/2016 0.00
1/25/2016 0.00
1/26/2016 0.00
1/27/2016 0.98
1/28/2016 0.00
1/29/2016 0.00
1/30/2016 0.00
1/31/2016 0.00
2/1/2016 0.00
2/2/2016 0.00
2/3/2016 2.92
2/4/2016 0.00
2/5/2016 0.00
2/6/2016 0.00
2/7/2016 0.00
2/8/2016 0.00
2/9/2016 0.00
2/10/2016 T
2/11/2016 0.00
2/12/2016 0.00
2/13/2016 0.00
2/14/2016 0.00
2/15/2016 0.13
2/16/2016 1.27
2/17/2016 0.05
2/18/2016 0.00
2/19/2016 0.00
2/20/2016 0.00
2/21/2016 0.07
2/22/2016 0.07
2/23/2016 0.57
2/24/2016 1.62
2/25/2016 0.00
2/26/2016 0.00
2/27/2016 0.00
2/28/2016 0.00
2/29/2016 0.00
3/1/2016 0.00
3/2/2016 0.77
3/3/2016 0.00
3/4/2016 1.22
3/5/2016 0.00
3/6/2016 0.00
3/7/2016 0.00
3/8/2016 0.00
3/9/2016 0.00
3/10/2016 0.00
3/11/2016 0.59
3/12/2016 0.00
3/13/2016 0.50
3/14/2016 0.00
3/15/2016 0.00
3/16/2016 0.00
3/17/2016 0.00
3/18/2016 T
3/19/2016 0.06
3/20/2016 T
3/21/2016 0.00
3/22/2016 0.00
3/23/2016 0.00
3/24/2016 0.00
3/25/2016 0.91
3/26/2016 0.00
3/27/2016 0.02
3/28/2016 0.16
3/29/2016 0.00
3/30/2016 0.00
3/31/2016 0.12
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2016 1.16
4/2/2016 0.02
4/3/2016 0.00
4/4/2016 1.16
4/5/2016 0.00
4/6/2016 0.00
4/7/2016 0.20
4/8/2016 0.00
4/9/2016 0.00
4/10/2016 0.00
4/11/2016 0.00
4/12/2016 2.39
4/13/2016 0.00
4/14/2016 0.27
4/15/2016 0.00
4/16/2016 0.00
4/17/2016 0.00
4/18/2016 0.00
4/19/2016 0.00
4/20/2016 0.00
4/21/2016 0.00
4/22/2016 0.00
4/23/2016 0.00
4/24/2016 0.00
4/25/2016 0.00
4/26/2016 0.00
4/27/2016 0.00
4/28/2016 0.00
4/29/2016 0.00
4/30/2016 0.94
5/1/2016 0.00
5/2/2016 0.12
5/3/2016 1.09
5/4/2016 0.00
5/5/2016 T
5/6/2016 0.00
5/7/2016 0.00
5/8/2016 0.00
5/9/2016 0.00
5/10/2016 0.00
5/11/2016 0.00
5/12/2016 0.00
5/13/2016 0.21
5/14/2016 0.00
5/15/2016 0.00
5/16/2016 0.00
5/17/2016 0.00
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5/22/2016 **
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5/25/2016 **
5/26/2016 **
5/27/2016 **
5/28/2016 **
5/29/2016 0.10
5/30/2016 0.00
5/31/2016 0.00
6/1/2016 0.00
6/2/2016 0.00
6/3/2016 0.11
6/4/2016 0.00
6/5/2016 0.63
6/6/2016 0.60
6/7/2016 0.00
6/8/2016 0.00
6/9/2016 0.00
6/10/2016 0.00
6/11/2016 0.00
6/12/2016 0.00
6/13/2016 0.00
6/14/2016 0.55
6/15/2016 0.12
6/16/2016 1.47
6/17/2016 0.44
6/18/2016 0.03
6/19/2016 0.00
6/20/2016 0.00
6/21/2016 0.00
6/22/2016 0.00
6/23/2016 0.00
6/24/2016 0.00
6/25/2016 0.00
6/26/2016 0.00
6/27/2016 0.02
6/28/2016 0.68
6/29/2016 0.00
6/30/2016 0.00
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2016 0.00
7/2/2016 0.00
7/3/2016 0.00
7/4/2016 0.11
7/5/2016 0.02
7/6/2016
7/7/2016 0.00
7/8/2016 0.00
7/9/2016 0.00
7/10/2016 3.09
7/11/2016 0.02
7/12/2016 0.06
7/13/2016 0.88
7/14/2016 0.00
7/15/2016 2.36
7/16/2016 0.00
7/17/2016 0.00
7/18/2016 0.00
7/19/2016 0.00
7/20/2016 0.02
7/21/2016 0.00
7/22/2016 0.00
7/23/2016 0.08
7/24/2016 0.00
7/25/2016 0.00
7/26/2016 0.00
7/27/2016 0.00
7/28/2016 0.03
7/29/2016 0.01
7/30/2016 0.00
7/31/2016 M
8/1/2016 M
8/2/2016 T
8/3/2016 0.03
8/4/2016 0.00
8/5/2016 0.00
8/6/2016 0.00
8/7/2016 0.03
8/8/2016 0.22
8/9/2016 0.04
8/10/2016 0.76
8/11/2016 0.13
8/12/2016 0.09
8/13/2016
8/14/2016 0.22
8/15/2016 0.00
8/16/2016 0.00
8/17/2016 0.00
8/18/2016 0.00
8/19/2016 0.04
8/20/2016 1.50
8/21/2016 0.08
8/22/2016 0.23
8/23/2016 0.00
8/24/2016 0.00
8/25/2016 T
8/26/2016 0.00
8/27/2016
8/28/2016
8/29/2016 0.09
8/30/2016 0.00
8/31/2016 0.00
9/1/2016 0.02
9/2/2016 0.00
9/3/2016 T
9/4/2016 0.00
9/5/2016 0.00
9/6/2016 0.00
9/7/2016 0.00
9/8/2016 0.00
9/9/2016 0.00
9/10/2016 0.00
9/11/2016 T
9/12/2016 T
9/13/2016 0.00
9/14/2016 0.00
9/15/2016 0.00
9/16/2016 0.02
9/17/2016 0.05
9/18/2016 0.10
9/19/2016 0.24
9/20/2016 0.00
9/21/2016
9/22/2016 0.00
9/23/2016 0.00
9/24/2016 0.00
9/25/2016 0.00
9/26/2016 0.00
9/27/2016 0.00
9/28/2016 0.00
9/29/2016 0.00
9/30/2016 0.00



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 62° F
10/2/2015 7:00 AM 0.06 0.0 M M M 54° F Overcast, just stopped raining.
10/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M 51o F and overcast. Uncertain whether this is the outer fringe of Joaquin.
10/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M 59o F and cloudless. Rain sometime during the night.
10/6/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A few cloud bands in the SE + contrails.
10/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 63o F and a few scattered puffs of cloud.
10/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 66o F with scattered clouds.
10/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 69o and overcast.
10/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.43 M M M M 60o and overcast. There was a trace of rain right after 7 AM, and the rest fell during the night.
10/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast.
10/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 51° F and cloudless.
10/14/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 51° F and cloudless.
10/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudless.
10/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 58° F and cloudless.
10/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 43o and cloudless.
10/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudless and breezy.
10/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudless and breezy.
10/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Sunny.
10/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 53° and sunny.
10/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 58° F and cloudless.
10/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 65° F with broken clouds. Fantastic re/gold sunrise turning gray right at 7 AM.
10/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 68° and overcast. Streetlight still on at 7 AM. (Combination of thick clouds and late sunrise?)
10/26/2015 7:00 AM 0.47 M M M M 61° and raining.
10/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.40 M M M M 53° F. Dripping a little.
10/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.36 M M M M 64° F and misting.
10/29/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 60o F and overcast. Cleared up completely in the afternoon and then clouded up again during the night,
10/30/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 45o F and cloudless.
10/31/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 55° F, breezy, and overcast. Cirrus clouds and many jet contrails developed during the day. Clouded up during the night.
11/1/2015 7:00 AM 1.38 M M M M
11/2/2015 7:00 AM 0.78 M M M M
11/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M 63° and overcast.
11/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 63° and overcast.
11/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 67° and overcast. Cleared up enough in the evening to produce a nice pink sunset.
11/6/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 70° and overcast.
11/7/2015 7:00 AM 1.34 M M M M 60° F and overcast. Rained during the night and still very wet.
11/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.31 M M M M 49° F and overcast.
11/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M 48° F and overcast.
11/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M 49° F and overcast. Drove to Harpersville, about 40 mi SE, about 10 - 12AM. It misted the whole way there and back.
11/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 47° and cloudless, but hazy and mildly foggy.
11/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Overcast. Rained sometime during the night.
11/13/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 41° F. Broken clouds and nice pink-to-gold sunrise.
11/14/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 44° and one streak of cirrus cloud. I left at 7 AM and drove through Central Park and West End (1 - 4 miles SE, low-lying along a creek). There was a lot of frost on cars and roofs.
11/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 41° F and overcast. Brought in the most frost sensitive plants.
11/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 49° F. Scattered clouds and nice pink to gold sunrise.
11/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 59° F. Broken clouds. Sun shown through a break to create a brief fantastic fiery sunrise, ending when the opening closed.
11/18/2015 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M 64° F . Raining. Windy off and on since the afternoon.
11/19/2015 7:00 AM 2.33 0.0 M M M 44° F. Thunder started 10:15 AM (when rain slacked off) and lasted 30 min. Moderately foggy at time of observation.
11/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 42° F and cloudless.
11/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 41° and scattered clouds.
11/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M In the AM, two cloud layers. lower moving south to north. Upper moving west to east. No structure to either, just fragments.
11/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 26° F. A cloudbank across the northwest. The tomatoes froze.
11/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Broken clouds, brief red sunrise.
11/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 43° F. Broken clouds, brief red sunrise.
11/26/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 49° F and cloudless.
11/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 54° F and cloudless.
11/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 59° F. Broken clouds and fiery sunrise.
11/29/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 60° F. Broken clouds.
11/30/2015 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M 60° F Overcast. Rain during the night
12/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M 61° and overcast. Rain during the night.
12/2/2015 7:00 AM 2.31 M M M M 49° F and overcast. Rain during the night.
12/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 34° F with broken clouds.
12/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 31° F and cloudless.
12/5/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudless.
12/6/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 41° F. Black broken clouds. A little earlier, a higher layer of pink clouds showed through the breaks.
12/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 44° F with scattered clouds (Small puffs over the complete sky. Wind from NW. Clouds were transient, not there 30 min before or after.)
12/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 47° F and cloudless.
12/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 47° with scattered clouds. Wind from W.
12/10/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 51° F and broken clouds. Reticulated iris are above ground.
12/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 60° and overcast.
12/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 58° and broken clouds.
12/13/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 60° F and broken clouds. (Nice pink sunrise: 2 layers of clouds; upper illuminated, lower black and silouetted.
12/14/2015 7:00 AM 0.49 0.0 M M M 51° and overcast. Windy all day. Raining at 6 AM. Rain and wind had stopped at time of observation.
12/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 43° F and cloudless. Sky cleared completely by 10 AM.
12/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 44° F and cloudless.
12/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.42 M M M M
12/18/2015 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M 31° F. Band of clouds in the SE. Colored at sunrise.
12/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
12/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 50° F and overcast.
12/22/2015 7:00 AM 1.41 M M M M 58° F. Trace of rain at 7 AM. The rest fell during the night.
12/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M 60° F and overcast. Breezy.
12/24/2015 7:00 AM 0.54 M M M M 64° and overcast. One thunderclap at 13:09. More at 3:33.
12/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.40 M M M M 66° and raining.
12/26/2015 7:00 AM 2.79 M M M M Rained and thundered (in the distance) off and on all day. Got thoroughly nasty 4:45-5 PM. Rain and close lightening. Power went out for a few seconds. According to the TV, a tornado touched down in Midfield (2-3 miles away) and followed Red Mountain NE. It passed from the N to S side of the mountain at Spaulding and Grace's Gap. Probably because of the mountain it transitioned to a funnel cloud at that point. Saw no damage when I went shopping in the Midfield/Fairfield area the next day. At time of observation, broken clouds.
12/27/2015 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
12/28/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Overcast. Windy (from SW).
12/29/2015 7:00 AM 0.45 M M M M 42°. Band of clouds across SE. I think these bands of clouds across the SE are produced by moist air rising over Red Mt.
12/30/2015 7:00 AM 0.25 0.0 M M M 50° F and overcast. Rain fell during the night. Thunder at 4 AM.
12/31/2015 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M 46° F and overcast.
1/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 34° F and broken clouds.
1/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 31° F and overcast.
1/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 31° with broken clouds.
1/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 31° with scattered clouds.
1/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 27° and cloudless.
1/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 30° with plenty of cirrus clouds and jet contrails.
1/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 39° F and overcast.
1/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M 50° F and overcast.
1/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 50° F and overcast.
1/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.42 M M M M 34° F and overcast.
1/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 22° F and scattered clouds. Fiery red sunrise.
1/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 29° F and cloudless.
1/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 29° and cloudless.
1/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 39° F and clear.
1/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.42 M M M M 42° F and raining.
1/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M 38° F and cloudless.
1/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 33° F. Clouding up. Now broken clouds. Was cloudless an hour or two before.
1/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 28° F.with scattered clouds.
1/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 34° F with broken clouds. Nice pink sunset.
1/21/2016 7:00 AM M 0.0 M M M 21° F and cloudless. Brrrrr. [Edit: Observer reported 0. The surrounding stations are reporting 0.08-0.14 with this report of 0 almost right in the middle of these other precip. reports. These surrounding reports line up well with RADAR data. This could be a possible date error. Observer provided notes of 21 F, when looking at Birmingham's daily temp reports this match up better with 7am on the 19th compared to this morning. Entered NA until the observer can be contacted.]
1/22/2016 7:00 AM 1.53 M M M M 44° F. Not raining at the moment.
1/23/2016 7:00 AM T T M M M 28° F. Snow fell during the night.
1/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 21° F with scattered clouds.
1/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cirrus clouds.
1/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 49° F and overcast.
1/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.98 M M M M 35° F and overcast.
1/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Broken clouds.
1/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 34° F and cloudless. Saw all 5 naked-eye planets at one time in the dawn sky.
1/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 40° and cloudless.
1/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 51° F and overcast.
2/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 59° F and overcast.
2/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 60° F with broken clouds.
2/3/2016 7:00 AM 2.92 M M M M 59° F and overcast. There was a sprinkle of rail about 10 AM. Rain started in earnest about 4PM and railed all night. Moderate wind from about 5 PM until into the night.
2/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
2/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 34° F and cloudless.
2/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 31° F with broken clouds. Nice pink sunrise.
2/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 32° F and overcast.
2/10/2016 7:00 AM T T M M M 21° and cloudless. I saw 5 or 6 snowflakes yesterday about noon. In Alabama, that's snow, and people get all excited! Nice pink sunset.
2/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 35° F and cloudless.
2/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 37° F and cloudless.
2/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 27° F and cloudless.
2/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 28° F with scattered clouds.
2/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M 43° F and overcast.
2/16/2016 7:00 AM 1.27 M M M M 41° F and overcast.
2/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M 39° F and overcast. Cleared up partly in the morning, a sprinkle in the afternoon, and the rest of the rain during the night.
2/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 34° F and cloudless.
2/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 40° F and cloudless.
2/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 46° F and overcast.
2/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M 59° and overcast. Rained during the night.
2/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.07 M M M M 58° F and overcast.
2/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.57 M M M M 55° and overcast.
2/24/2016 7:00 AM 1.62 M M M M 49° F and overcast. Rained almost the entire 24 hr (although not at 7 AM either day). Became thoroughly windy in the evening and remained so overnight. 3-4 thunder rumbles at 3:30 AM.
2/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 35° F and cloudless.
2/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 31° F and cloudless.
2/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 31° F and cloudless.
2/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudless.
2/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 49° F with scattered clouds.
3/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 53° F and cloudless.
3/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.77 M M M M Clouded up quickly in the morning. Started raining in the afternoon. Thunder at 4:45 PM lasting for about an hour. Cloudless at time of observation.
3/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 42° F and overcast.
3/4/2016 7:00 AM 1.22 M M M M
3/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 35° F and cloudless.
3/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudless.
3/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 50° F. Broken clouds at 6 AM in process of clearing.
3/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 52° F. Cirrus clouds appeared in the afternoon. At time of obsevation, cirrus clouds, contrails, and cloud band over Red Mountain.
3/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 59° and cloudless.
3/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Clouded up throughout the day, breezy. Thin or hazy clouds at time of observation. Periwinkles and azaleas starting to bloom. Trees and bushes starting to leaf out.
3/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.59 M M M M 59° F and overcast.
3/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 62° and overcast.
3/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.50 M M M M 60° F and overcast.
3/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 60° F and overcast.
3/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 54° F and cloudless.
3/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 60° F with cirrus clouds.
3/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/18/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M 50° F and broken clouds.
3/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M 54° F with light rain. Started raining at 5 AM. I suspect it rained earlier to produce that much.
3/20/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M 57° F and cloudless.
3/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 31° F and cloudless.
3/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 36° F and cloudless. Frost on rooftops in low lying areas I drove through shortly after this observation.
3/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 58° and overcast.
3/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.91 0.0 M M M Started misting about 9 AM. Serious rain began about 10:30. There were 6 or 7 lightning bolts about 10:50. Rain tapered off in the afternoon, and there was 2nd belt of rain about 9 PM. (This was all quite clear on the weather map on TV, but the predicted times of arrival of rain belts were off.) 44° F with thin scattered clouds at time of observation.
3/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M 60° F and overcast. Not raining but had been recently.
3/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.16 M M M M 51° F and overcast.
3/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 41° F and cloudless.
3/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 53° F with very thin cloud cover.
3/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.12 0.0 M M M 53° F and raining slightly.
4/1/2016 7:00 AM 1.16 M M M M 61° F and overcast. Somewhat windy during the day. Most of rain must have fallen during the night.
4/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M 43° F and sunny.
4/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/4/2016 7:00 AM 1.16 0.0 M M M 45° and cloudless.
4/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 49° and cloudless.
4/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M 46° and cloudless. Windy during the day. a few small to medium limbs down in the neighborhood. Rain at night.
4/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 45° and cloudless.
4/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 45° F and overcast.
4/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 52° F wth broken clouds.
4/12/2016 7:00 AM 2.39 M M M M 55° F Overcast. Rain and thunder early in the night.
4/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 45° F with broken clouds.
4/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.27 M M M M 55° F and overcast.
4/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 54° F and overcast.
4/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 54° F and overcast. (Yes, same as yesterday.)
4/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 51° F and cloudless.
4/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 50° F and cloudless.
4/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 52° F and cloudless.
4/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 60° F with cirrus clouds.
4/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 61° F and cloudless.
4/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 63° F and hazy.
4/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 64° F and overcast.
4/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
4/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.94 M M M M 60° F and overcast.
5/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M Overcast.
5/3/2016 7:00 AM 1.09 M M M M
5/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 51° F and cloudless.
5/5/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M
5/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 53° F and cloudless but hazy.
5/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 51° F and cloudless.
5/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.21 M M M M 51° F.
5/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 52° F and cloudless.
5/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 70° F
5/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 70° F
6/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 75° F and scattered clouds.
6/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M 69° F. Clouded up during the day and began raining about 4 PM.
6/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 69° F and overcast.
6/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.63 M M M M 65° F. Good, healthy rain at time of observation.
6/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.60 M M M M 69° F and overcast.
6/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 65° and cloudless.
6/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 65° F and cloudless.
6/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 73° F and cloudless.
6/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 73° F with cirrus clouds.
6/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 71° F and cloudless, but hazy.
6/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 71° F with scattered clouds and haze.
6/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 70° F. Cloudless but hazy. Thunder 4 - 4:30 PM.
6/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.55 M M M M Thunder off and or from about 3:30 PM to 7 AM. Raining at time of observation.
6/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M
6/16/2016 7:00 AM 1.47 M M M M Thunder (loud!) began at 9:11 PM and lasted for about 30 min. More not-so-loud thunder about 11 PM.
6/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.44 M M M M 71° F. Cloudless, but hazy.
6/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M 69° F with broken clouds.
6/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 68° F and cloudless.
6/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 67° F. Cloudless, but hazy.
6/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 70° F with broken clouds.
6/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 71° F. Half of sky covered with cloud fragments. Wind from west.
6/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 73° F. Broken clouds thin enough for the sun to shine through.
6/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 73° F and cirrus clouds (or jet contrails?)
6/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 73° F. Scattered thin clumpy clouds. Thunder 3:30 - 4 PM. Clouded up at that time and remained overcast until dark, but no rain here.
6/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M 68° F. Cloudless. Thunder 3:30 - 7 PM. Rain sometime during that period.
6/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.68 M M M M 69° F and overcast. Thunder began 4:25 PM. Power was off 5 - 6:30 PM, although lights blinked on briefly 3 or 4 times.
6/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 64° F and cloudless.
7/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 63° F and cloudless.
7/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 70° F and cloudless.
7/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M 74° F and sunny.
7/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M 75° F, broken clouds, west wind.
7/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 75° F
7/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 77° F. About half overcast.
7/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Broken clouds.
7/10/2016 7:00 AM 3.09 M M M M 1:25 PM One loud thunder clap and rain began. 4:00 PM much more loud thunder, wind, torrential rain, and the power went out. Rain and thunder began to die away at 4:25. Power back on at 4:55, rain had stopped, but there was still distant thunder. 70° F at time of observation.
7/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M At 5 PM, dark clouds, wind, and rain visible in the distance in several directions. None here at that time, but some rain during the night. 69° F with thin overcast at time of observation.
7/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M 70° F. Trace of rain 10 - 11 AM. The rest 6 - 8 PM.
7/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.88 M M M M Thunder began 3:45. Windy.
7/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 69° F and cloudless.
7/15/2016 7:00 AM 2.36 M M M M 67° F with scattered clouds. 4:00 first heard thunder. 4:15 loud thunder. Some thunder almost simultaneous with lightning. Windy. (Large tree blew down and flattened a house about 4 blocks away.) More rain during the night.
7/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 70° F. Thin, broken clouds.
7/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 71° F and cloudless.
7/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 72° F and cloudless.
7/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Scattered clouds. Beautiful, bright rainbow in the evening, from horizon to horizon, with partial outer reversed rainbow and 2 inner rainbows along side the main 1.
7/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Cirrus clouds.
7/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 74° F. Broken clouds (Some clotted clouds).
7/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 73³ F. Thin overcast, sun shining through (an hour earlier only cirrus clouds).
7/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M 5:15 - 6:15 thunder. Somewhere in there a little rain, but most fell during the night.
7/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 74° F. First noticed rain at 5 PM. Only a trace at that time, but more during the night.
7/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 72° F. Scattered clouds.
7/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Thin overcast with sun shining through.
7/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 74° F and overcast.
7/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M 72° F
7/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M 74° F
7/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 73° F with scattered clouds.
7/31/2016 7:00 AM M 0.0 M M M 73° F with scattered clouds.//EDIT: QPE shows measurable precip here this day. Appears 7/31 and 8/1 obs were transposed on submission. Zero precip set to NA pending followup with observer. OST 8/06/2016 10:34 AM
8/1/2016 7:00 AM M M M M M 72° F and cloudless.//EDIT: Appear 7/31 and 8/1 obs were transposed on submission. QPE shows no precip here this day. 0.22 precip set to NA pending followup with observer. OST 8/06/2016 10:34 AM -SDH-
8/2/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M 72° F and cloudless.
8/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Clouded up, thunder and rain in the afternoon.
8/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 74é F and cloudless.
8/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 74° F and cloudless.
8/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 72° F with lots of cirrus clouds.
8/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M 71° F, scattered clouds, some cirrus, clouded up during day, breezy, thunder beginning about 4:30 PM, then rain.
8/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.22 M M M M 73° F scattered or broken clouds, some cirrus.
8/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M 73° F, overcast.
8/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.76 M M M M Rain about 9 AM. Overcast and misting at time of observation.
8/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M 73° F, overcast.
8/12/2016 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M 72° F, broken clouds.
8/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.22 M M M M 71° F, overcast.
8/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 72° F, cloudless.
8/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 71° F, cloudless.
8/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 72° F with scattered clouds.
8/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M 72° F and overcast.
8/20/2016 7:00 AM 1.50 M M M M 70° F and overcast at time of observation. Torrential rain 12:00 noon - 12:10. Then lessened but continued for 2 - 3 hours. Occasional thunder.
8/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M 71° F and broken clouds.
8/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.23 M M M M 70° F and broken clouds.
8/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 70° F with cirrus clouds.
8/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 73° F and cloudless.
8/25/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M 72° F and cloudless.
8/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 73° F and scattered clouds.
8/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M 71° F and cloudless.
8/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 72° F and cloudless.
8/31/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 71° F and cloudless.
9/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Scattered clouds (about half of them filamentous) 71° F.
9/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Scattered clouds 70° F.
9/3/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Rain - 4 - 4:30 PM. Distant thunder 4:15 - 5 PM
9/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cloudless and breezy.
9/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 69° F and cloudless.
9/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 69° F with scattered clouds.
9/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 69° F.
9/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 69° F and cloudless.
9/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 70° F with scattered clouds, including a lot of "cotton balls".
9/11/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M 70° F with broken clouds.
9/12/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M 68° F with broken clouds.
9/13/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 69° F and cloudless. 5 - 6 sounds of thunder between 6:10 and 6:40 PM.
9/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M 72° F and cloudless.
9/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M 74° F and overcast.
9/18/2016 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M 71° F and overcast. Several rain showers during the day.
9/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.24 M M M M 72° F and overcast.
9/20/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 69° F and cloudless.
9/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Scattered cloud fragments.
9/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 71° and cloudless.
9/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 70° and cloudless.
9/25/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 69° F scattered clouds, mostly in the SE.
9/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 58° F (YES!) and cloudless.
9/29/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 52° and cloudless.
9/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 52° and cloudless.



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
5/18/2016 5/29/2016 7:00 AM 12 0.10 0.0 M I think we're entering a dry spell.



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