| Observation Date |
Observation Time |
Precipitation |
Snowfall |
Snowfall SWE |
Snow Depth |
Snow SWE |
Notes |
| 10/1/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.11 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 49° 24hr: 49/69° Still harvesting a few tomatoes, cukes, salad greens and herbs. |
| 10/2/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, breezy, 46° 24hr: 46/60° Heard several rounds of geese honking as they flew above the clouds yesterday. |
| 10/3/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.81 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light to moderate rain, breezy, 43° 24hr: 42/48° A couple of small limbs are down and empty plastic planting pots are scattered around the yard this morning. |
| 10/4/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.10 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly cloudy, breezy, 47° 24hr: 43 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /47° First Fall day it didn't get out of the 40°s. We've been spoiled this year! |
| 10/5/2015 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, breezy, 45° 24hr: 43/56° Darned bear dragged our (bear-proof!) garbage can into a neighbor's yard and spewed garbage all over while sorting through it. They are really chowing down as cold weather approaches. |
| 10/6/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 43° with moderate morning dew. 24hr: 42/57° |
| 10/7/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 52° with moderate morning dew. 24hr: 44 [yesterday a.m.'s reset]/65° |
| 10/8/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 48° with heavy dew. 24hr: 47/61° Trees are finally beginning to color up. Saw a robin in the yard yesterday, first since the Spring. |
| 10/9/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 56° with heavy dew. 24hr: 48 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /66° A few leaves beginning to flutter down this morning for the first time. Still all of our large maples are mostly green. |
| 10/10/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.28 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 43° 24hr: 43/67° Installed the pond netting yesterday to keep leaves out until it freezes; usually do that much earlier. But there haven't been many leaves falling yet. |
| 10/11/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, with some thin, high cumulous clouds, 38° 24hr: 38/55° Heavy dew. |
| 10/12/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 46° with heavy dew. 24hr: 40 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /60° |
| 10/13/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Partly cloudy, 52° 24hr: 47/66° Virginia creeper vine is turning red and is now visible growing up and in a still green mulberry. |
| 10/14/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.03 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly sunny, 49° with heavy dew. 24hr: 48/60° Our ash tree is the first to turn color: from green to brown & crispy. |
| 10/15/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 41° with heavy dew. 24hr: 41/58° |
| 10/16/2015 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Partly cloudy, 47° 24hr: 41 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /55° A very light shower between 6:45 & 7:0am; if I hadn't been out with the dogs, I might have missed it. The gauge contained only heavy dew. |
| 10/17/2015 |
7:30 AM |
0.06 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 39° with heavy dew. 24hr: 38/57° Brief, moderate rainfall last night around 7pm. |
| 10/18/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 30° 24hr: 29/46° First Frost of the season. The funnel was frozen to the top of the gauge this morning with the dew. Time to remove the inner tube and funnel for the winter and find my second outer tube to swap out with the one that was outside overnight! |
| 10/19/2015 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Sunny, 26* with frost flakes all over the gauge. 24hr: 26/41° A couple of short flurries in the afternoon with a big snowsquall moving through at 4:30pm. The sun was shining low over the western mountain back-lighting the falling snow. Beautiful 1st snow of the season! We'll see how we feel about it at the end of February.... |
| 10/20/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 43° 24hr: 26 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /45° Double yesterday's morning temp this morning! Time to begin garden clean up in more moderate temps. |
| 10/21/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly sunny, with high, thin, clouds, 47° 24hr: 43/63° |
| 10/22/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly sunny, 53° 24hr: 47 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /69° Clean up of the garden continues in much balmier days... |
| 10/23/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, breezy, 46° 24hr: 45/68° A single brown, dry, crumpled leaf in the gauge this morning. |
| 10/24/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 31° 24hr: 30/52° Leaves really beginning to drop. |
| 10/25/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.12 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light drizzle, 50° 24hr: 31 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /50° Downright balmy. |
| 10/26/2015 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, calm, 36°. 24hr: 36/59° The "T" was the result of a few lingering drizzles yesterday morning, but the gauge was empty this morning. |
| 10/27/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Partly cloudy with high clouds, 32° 24hr: 31/51° Woke to the sound of a flock of geese flying overhead at 3am. Migrating by a full moon! A sure sign of Fall... |
| 10/28/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Showers, 47° 24hr: 32 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /53° Was expecting more than 0.01 --we need the rain. |
| 10/29/2015 |
8:00 AM |
2.44 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly cloudy, 58° 24hr: 47 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /63° The wind must have been tearing last night; there were some pine needles in the gauge this morning and the nearest pine tree is half a yard away. A few small limbs down under the maples. |
| 10/30/2015 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 42° 24hr: 42/63° Nothing in the gauge this morning, but a band of heavy rain and strong wind moved through around noon; brought some more small limbs down. Finally got clear skies to see the conjunction of planets in the East before dawn! Very bright and impressive. |
| 10/31/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 30° 24hr: 30/52° Total rain for the reporting month = 3.98" which belies the fact that October was a dry month. Almost all of that 3.98" came with only two storms, one early in the month and the other the day before yesterday. The ground was so dry after the 10/29 2.44" that it barely registered in the bottom of the basement sump pump. |
| 11/1/2015 |
7:30 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light shower, 47° 24hr: 30 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /51° Exactly one drop of rain in the gauge. Lots of leaves down, but our front yard maple is still half green with the rest turing yellow now. |
| 11/2/2015 |
7:30 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 42° 24hr: 41/57° Love the WYS! Looking at the actual numbers that built the past several winters clarifies blurry memory of those same winters! |
| 11/3/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 38° 24hr: 36/58° Perfect days for garden clean-up. |
| 11/4/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 42° 24hr: 38/66° Sleeping with the window open in November. Beautiful star-y night, but no aurora! |
| 11/5/2015 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 54° 24hr: 42 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /65° Pondering whether this was heavy dew or a "T" of precip. By the pattern of wet patio stones in the open, and dry stones under the trees that still have almost all their leaves, calling it a "T." |
| 11/6/2015 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 61° 24hr: 54/68° Ground is wet, but there was not even a drop in the gauge. A soggy feel to the air. |
| 11/7/2015 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 54° 24hr: 53/71° A few sprinkles yesterday, but nothing in the gauge this morning except two pine needles. |
| 11/8/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 39° 24hr: 37/57° With the unusual warmth decided to touch-up paint the front of the house; twice it looked like we might get a shower, but it passed by. |
| 11/9/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 30° with a hard frost. 24hr: 29/51° During yard clean up yesterday noticed that some cold tolerant annuals (such as alyssum) in protected places had started to rebloom! This morning the forsythia leaves have drooped and there's a silver frost on everything. |
| 11/10/2015 |
7:30 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 49° 24hr: 30 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /59° |
| 11/11/2015 |
7:30 AM |
1.13 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light drizzle, 47° 24hr: 46/51° Rain started a half hour after yesterdays' observation time. |
| 11/12/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain, 48° 24hr: 46/55° Getting lots of tick off our dog. Come on freeze! |
| 11/13/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.08 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, breezy, 49° 24hr: 46/55° Some small limbs knocked out of the maple trees overnight. |
| 11/14/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Partly cloudy, windy, 38° 24hr: 37/51° Set out the birdfeeder; I sure hope the bears are all denned for the winter by now! Wind came roaring out of the NNW just before daybreak. |
| 11/15/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 35° 24hr: 31/43° Birdfeeder is alive with birds this morning. All the regulars are back: chickadees, titmice, red-headed woodpecker, wrens, nuthatchers, and sparrows. No hawks, yet. |
| 11/16/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 46° 24hr: 36 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /52° |
| 11/17/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, with frost, 31° 24hr: 30/61° Rats! It was too early to set up the birdfeeder; at 2am a bear knocked over our garbage can. This time the "bear proof" lid held. Will hang the feeder higher.... |
| 11/18/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 35° with melting frost. 24hr: 29/53° |
| 11/19/2015 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 52° 24hr: 35 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /53° Drizzle started early last evening, resulting in exactly five drops of precip in the gauge this morning. Barely enough to cover the bottom of the inner tube. |
| 11/20/2015 |
8:00 AM |
1.06 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 44° 24hr: 44/57° Much needed rain. |
| 11/21/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 31° with light frost. 24hr: 30/50° |
| 11/22/2015 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly cloudy, 43° 24hr: 31 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /46° Installed the bubblers in the pond to keep a small spot open during winter icing. Setting up the snowboard today. |
| 11/23/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 27° 24hr: 27/45° Glad I got the pond bubbler in yesterday! The birdfeeder is a very crowded and active place this morning. |
| 11/24/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 25° 24hr: 21/40° First morning with ice on the pond. |
| 11/25/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 23° with frost. 24hr: 22/40° Had the Thanksgiving turkey defrosting in a cooler in the car, and this morning the ice cubes around it were exactly the same. No gentle thawing this year! Pond ice never completly melted yesterday. |
| 11/26/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly cloudy with frost on cars and lawns and roofs, 29° 24hr: 23 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /45° Started the day not with reading the gauge, but filling the bird feeder; didn't seem right to have it mostly empty on Thanksgiving! |
| 11/27/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, with thin, high clouds, 42° 24hr: 29 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /56° Not sure if the wet patio stones are due to a "T" of precip or heavy morning dew. |
| 11/28/2015 |
7:30 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
A few drops beginning to fall, no accumulation in the gauge, 51° 24hr: 42 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /59° Might not have noticed the rain this morning except I heard it falling on the dried leaves in the garden where the gauge is set up. Lifting up my face confirmed it! |
| 11/29/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.04 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 33° 24hr: 33/53° |
| 11/30/2015 |
7:20 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Partly cloudy, 26° 24hr: 25/49° Total rain for November: 2.33" with most of it occurring on only 2 separate days with over an inch. Watered all the new plantings very well before putting the hose away for the winter. |
| 12/1/2015 |
7:30 AM |
0.18 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain, 40° 24hr: 26 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /46° When adding my paper precipitation form to my 10 year garden journal, it was interesting to see how many previous Novembers had snowdays. This year: zip! |
| 12/2/2015 |
7:30 AM |
0.34 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Fog, 43° 24hr: 40 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /43° |
| 12/3/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.45 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 38° 24hr: 38/48° Put away all the bear defense things to chain the bear-proof cans in place at the edge of our driveway. We take the winter off, and re-install everything in March. |
| 12/4/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Partly sunny, 37° 24hr: 37/43° Wind roared through around midnight & woke me up. This morning the new snowboard was tossed across the yard. I'd made it from lighter material that the ones I'd used in previous years. |
| 12/5/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, frost, 29° 24hr: 29/46° Thankfully, more seasonal temperatures are here; had noticed the buds on the hydrangeas were swelling and the tops of the early spring bulbs were beginning to emerge. That's trouble --with the entire winter still ahead. |
| 12/6/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 26° with heavy frost. 24hr: 25/52° I had left the gauge on the kitchen table to thaw and noticed when I went back to measure, that a small puddle of moisture around the bottom of the OUTSIDE of the gauge had formed. Never noticed that frost is thicker on the outside, rather than the inside, of the gauge! |
| 12/7/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 30° with heavy frost. 24hr: 26 [yesterday a.m.'s reset]/ 49° |
| 12/8/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 33° 24hr: 30/49° Spectacular afternoon yesterday, felt like the 60°s. Neighbors walking around without sweaters or jackets. |
| 12/9/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 33° 24hr: 26/49° |
| 12/10/2015 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 44° 24hr: 33 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /45° Bedroom windows partially open overnight. Not sure if this is "T" precip or heavy dew; wasn't even a single drop in the gauge, but on the bottom there were some very tiny circles, consistent with a short passing drizzle, so I went with "T." |
| 12/11/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 39° 24hr: 37/55° We haven't even put our lawnmower away for the winter because the grass is still green. Very odd December... |
| 12/12/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly cloudy, 44° 24hr: 39 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /56° |
| 12/13/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 51° 24hr: 44 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /59° NJ meterologist, Dave Kearns, mentioned his fear that this winter is going to be "back loaded," with a lots of snow in February & March. We'll see. And measure! |
| 12/14/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Fog, 47° 24hr: 47/63° A few drops on the ground are from fog condensing on the trees and dripping off the tips of the limbs, so I went with zero precip instead of a "T." |
| 12/15/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.26 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly sunny, 50° 24hr: 47 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /60° A breeze beginning to pick up. Very heavy rain at 1:03am after a moderate rainfall earlier in the evening. |
| 12/16/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 35° 24hr: 35/54° The wind was REALLY blowing last night! Blew Christmas bows out of planters here, and blew lights off our neighbor's arch. |
| 12/17/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 46° 24hr: 35 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /48° A few species crocus in the pond garden are up and bright green and look like they are getting ready to bloom!! |
| 12/18/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.69 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly cloudy, 38° 24hr: 38/51° |
| 12/19/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 27° 24hr: 27/42° Finally feeling like December... |
| 12/20/2015 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Partly cloudy, 28° 24hr: 27/34° Snow flurries at 2:30pm and again around 8pm. This is our 2nd snow event of the season, the first being a blast of snow squalls quickly moving through 10/19/15. Neither resulted in any accumulation. |
| 12/21/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 36° 24hr: 28 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /39° |
| 12/22/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain, 47° 24hr: 36 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /49° Rain in gauge was just barely 0.01" |
| 12/23/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.13 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 44° 24hr: 44/53° Unusually warm December temperatures continue with only seven days all month getting lower than 30° here. |
| 12/24/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.86 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 62°! 24hr: 44 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /62° Lawn is still green and now the Butterfly bushes are leafing out. Swelling buds on hydrangea. |
| 12/25/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly sunny, 45° 24hr: 45/65° Merry Christmas! We had Christmas Eve dinner her for our family --for the first time with all the windows open! Full Moon was lovely... |
| 12/26/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 43° 24hr: 43/58° |
| 12/27/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.14 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Drizzling, 44° 24hr: 41/51° |
| 12/28/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.03 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly cloudy, 33*. 24hr: 33/52* |
| 12/29/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.65 |
0.5 |
0.47 |
0.5 |
0.47 |
Raining, 32° 24hr: 27/44° An ice glaze on everything, porch railing, patio lights, lawns, and cars. The snowboard was a compressed mass of ice, snow, and sleet, weighted down with rain. The snow depth is exact; no rounding. Took a while to find all my "winter" equipment this morning, even though I'd gotten it all together in October! Been using the extra outer gauge for a while, but had to find the metal ruler with metric tenth inch marking, the metal rimmed 1 lb coffee can for punching into the snow/ice on the board, a plastic ruler for scraping down the ice on the inside of the gauge (considerable, this morning!), and a pyrex measuring cup with a spout for careful transfer to the smaller, inner tube when my hands are cold and slippery. Well, we've all been whining about how warm December has been; a taste of winter today! (DR-observer reported a 5" depth; likely 0.5" but for now set to NA) |
| 12/30/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.08 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
M |
Fog, 34° 24hr: 32/35° Compressed snow and ice still covers approx 40% of the ground. EdgeWeather has been predicting all week that the ski resorts will finally be able to open this weekend; they are on the other side of Hamburg Mountain from our location here. |
| 12/31/2015 |
8:00 AM |
0.09 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
Overcast, 39° 24hr: 34 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /40° All snow is gone except for the small piles where it had slid off our metal roof. |
| 1/1/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Overcast, 33° 24hr: 32/41° A wonderful New Year to all! Time to start perusing all the 2016 garden catalogues that have been piling up before Christmas! |
| 1/2/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
Mostly cloudy, 28° 24hr: 27/38° Early afternoon there were a few, very light passing snow flurries. This morning ice is forming around the edge of the pond. The lake is still open water when most years kids are ice-skating during their winter break. |
| 1/3/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny, 29° 24hr: 27/36° Finally! Blue skies!! A joy after a long string of gray, dark days... |
| 1/4/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Mostly sunny, 20° 24hr: 20/37° The little patch of open water on our pond that the bubbler is keeping open has become a very popular place for birds! |
| 1/5/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny, 4° 24hr: 3/21° The ground was crunching underfoot when I walked out to fill the birdfeeder yesterday, I think Old Timers call it "hoar frost." The new pond bubbler is struggling to keep a hole open in the ice: it's made two, small "ice volcanoes" which the birds are hopping up to drink! |
| 1/6/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny, 10° 24hr: 4 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /26° Tiny, very fine ice crystal frost on glass surfaces. Crunchy ground on the way to the bird-feeder again. |
| 1/7/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Partly cloudy, 17° 24hr: 10 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /36° The "ice volcanoes" on the pond from the bubblers are growing. Beautiful grouping of the cresent moon & Venus on the eastern horizon at 6am. |
| 1/8/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
Sunny, with some high, thin clouds, 19° 24hr: 17 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /41° Ordered seed for the 2016 garden. |
| 1/9/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
3.00 |
overcast, 35° 24hr: 19° (Yesterday a.m. reset) /38° Mist so fine this morning, you have to tilt the face up to feel it. |
| 1/10/2016 |
7:30 AM |
1.05 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Raining, 43° 24hr: 34 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /43° The ground was so sodden that water squished in through the holes on the sides of my Crocs on the way to the gauge this morning. An "all rain" event here. |
| 1/11/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.60 |
T |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Mostly sunny, 24° 24hr: 23/54° Snow flurries around 6am. The gauge contained a single, frozen disk this morning, so it's back to winter "melting procedures" prior to reading. |
| 1/12/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Mostly cloudy, 18° 24hr: 16/29° Moving the snow-board into position... |
| 1/13/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.04 |
0.4 |
0.04 |
0.4 |
0.04 |
Sunny, 14° 24hr: 14/39° The exact same measurement from the gauge as the snow-board. Very fluffy snow. |
| 1/14/2016 |
7:30 AM |
0.02 |
0.5 |
0.03 |
0.8 |
M |
Snowing, 17° 24hr: 15/25° Both the gauge & snow-board amounts could be under a small amount; in melting down the snow I overheated them and some of the liquid was converted to steam. Sorry. Distracted by our dog; she has ACL surgery scheduled and the snow is tricky walking for her. Wish they made YakTrax for dogs! |
| 1/15/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
0.6 |
0.06 |
Partly cloudy, 25° 24hr: 17 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /30° The snow in the gauge melted down to a single drop; it was 'leftover' snow that continued briefly after yesterday a.m.'s gauge reading. A flock of robins 12?) near the pond yesterday morning. |
| 1/16/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.38 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Overcast, light fog, 36° 24hr: 25 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /46° The rain has washed away the snow, except for a small patch here or there. |
| 1/17/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Cloudy, 29° 24hr: 28/48° The 0.01 in the gauge this morning is 'leftover' rain that ended soon after yesterday's reading. |
| 1/18/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.03 |
0.4 |
0.04 |
0.4 |
0.04 |
Sunny, 15° 24hr: 14/31° |
| 1/19/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
0.00 |
T |
M |
Sunny, 9° 24hr: 9/22° Ice volcanoes back on the pond above the bubbler. We had a brief round of flurries in the afternoon. A dusting remains on all surfaces, but too scant to measure. |
| 1/20/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
T |
M |
Mostly sunny, 23° 24hr: 9 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /23° Very strong winds have subsided; planters blow off the porch and several containers tossed around the yard. The snow on the east-facing sides of the trees is gone, but there is still a light dusting of snow on the ground. |
| 1/21/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
Sunny, 20° 24hr: 20/31° The light covering of remaining snow now covers approx. half of the ground, so I'm reporting zero instead of a "T." |
| 1/22/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sun dimming with thickening cloud cover, 14° 24hr: 12/30° |
| 1/23/2016 |
7:45 AM |
0.36 |
3.2 |
0.38 |
3.2 |
0.38 |
Snowing, 18° 24hr: 15 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /28° Snow began sometime between midnight and 4am. This is a "good packing" snow. |
| 1/24/2016 |
8:00 AM |
1.04 |
12.4 |
1.04 |
14.5 |
M |
Sunny, 12° 24hr: 8/23° Gauge overflowed, so the 1.04 from the board core sample is more reliable than the 0.61 from the gauge. Total snow on ground is difficult to report accurately because of drifting, and the winds here were not even that bad! 14.5" is my best guess at an average depth. Will take the SWE later and report tomorrow for SWE Monday, since at these temps there won't be any melting. (MG note: based on above, changed 0.61" prcp to 1.04". Original report submitted 1/24/2016 8:43 AM) |
| 1/25/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
13.0 |
1.22 |
Sunny, 14° 24hr: 12 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /34° Another surprise with winter measurements: adding up each day's core SWE on the snow-board does not give the same result as punching a single core sample from the lawn. This snow compacted neatly inside the 1 lb coffee can so the core could be taken in one stomp right down to the lawn. |
| 1/26/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
10.0 |
M |
Cloudy, 31° 24hr: 13 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /42° Lots of goldfinch on the birdfeeder. Snowpack remains all powder. Our in-line metal roof is glacier-like, with slabs of snow sliding slowly to the edge, where the weight of it + icicles, cause it to "calve" off in a big CRASH! But no more ice dams! |
| 1/27/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
6.5 |
M |
Overcast, 34° 24hr: 31 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /47° A brief rain shower at 9:45am yesterday. Snowpack is now sodden on its way to slushy. Snow on Ground of 6.5 is an average of samples ranging from 5.75 - 7.0. |
| 1/28/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
6.0 |
M |
Sunny, 16° with frost. 24hr: 16/41° Black ice on patio/driveway this morning. Surprised the snowpack only lost 0.5" yesterday, down to 6.0" (average of 4 now frozen samples). Nice to have to change the timer on the walkway lights to accommodate the lengthening days. |
| 1/29/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
5.5 |
M |
Cloudy, 25° 24hr: 16 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /39° The 5.5" snowpack is the average of four samples, all frozen. Lots and lots of charter busses heading north on Route 23 toward Mountain Creek yesterday afternoon. |
| 1/30/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
0.00 |
5.0 |
M |
Partly cloudy, 21° 24hr: 21/37° Two different bands of light snow moved through, one in the morning, and another in the afternoon. No accumulation. 5" of frozen snowpack remaining; needed to put on my YakTraxs this morning to take measurements. |
| 1/31/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
5.0 |
M |
Cloudy, 34° 24hr: 21 [yesterday am's reset] /40° Snowpack holding at 5.0" Total January precip = 3.10" and Total Snowfall = 16.9" |
| 2/1/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
3.0 |
0.88 |
Cloudy, 45° 24hr: 34 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /53° Half of the remaining snowpack melted yesterday; and the snow is melting back from walkways, patio, and driveway. Birdfeeder is a very, very busy spot! |
| 2/2/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.5 |
M |
Mostly sunny, 27° 24hr: 26/52° A good, steady melt-off yesterday. Where snow exists it it 1" but now there are larger areas, around trees and shrubs, widened paths, etc. with open ground, so I reported an average snow depth of 0.5" |
| 2/3/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
M |
Raining, 38° 24hr: 27 [yesterday am's reset] /45° Almost 50% of the ground is now snow-free (the grass that had been under it is still pretty green). YakTraxs were welcomed walking over the puddles of water on top of the remaining compressed ice! |
| 2/4/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.62 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
Cloudy, 43° 24hr: 39/53° Snow is now gone, except in piles where it had been plowed or shoveled and against the base of rockwalls. Chipmunks are out and about; and a black bear was killed just north of here on Route 23. |
| 2/5/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.09 |
1.4 |
0.09 |
1.4 |
0.09 |
Snowing, 29° 24hr: 29/46° Wet snow on all grassy surfaces; less on bluestone patio and driveway. Even on cloudy days like yesterday the sun is warming up darker surfaces. |
| 2/6/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
0.3 |
M |
Mostly cloudy, 21° 24hr: 20/37° The "T" from the gauge was from the snow that continued briefly after yesterday's 8am reading; it amounted to a single drop. The 0.3" snow on ground is an average: large areas of the yard are 0.6" while others were swept bare by the wind. |
| 2/7/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
M |
Sunny, 23° 24hr: 21 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /38° Light snowcover remains on approx 60% of the ground; the rest is bare, so I'm reporting "T." |
| 2/8/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
M |
Overcast, 30° 24hr: 23 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /44° There is still 0.2" on the uncleared portion of the snowboard and in 1/4 of the yard, but the rest is open ground, so I'm reporting "T". This snow-cover remaining from the 2/5 snow has been persistent for this time of year. |
| 2/9/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.03 |
0.3 |
0.03 |
0.3 |
M |
Overcast, 22° 24hr: 22/35° |
| 2/10/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.2 |
0.02 |
0.3 |
M |
Overcast, with occasional light snow flurries, 29° 24hr: 22 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /32° Total Snow on Ground is an average. There is still 0.9" snow on the uncleared portion of the snowboard and in a few places in the yard, but most of the yard had melted to bare ground before this new covering arrived last night. |
| 2/11/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.2 |
0.02 |
0.6 |
M |
Sunny, 15° 24hr: 14/34° Ice 'volcanoes' over the bubbler on the pond again. Snowpack, as it seems every report this week, is an average. The uncleared portion of the snowboard & shady areas = 1.2", open lawn samples range from 0.1" - 0.4" Very light powder fell last night. |
| 2/12/2016 |
7:00 AM |
T |
T |
M |
0.2 |
M |
Sunny, calm, 9° 24hr: 8/22° A period of light snow around 3pm left no trace in the gauge this morning or on the board. I don't think the remaining snowpack melted down to 0.2" but more evaporated in the very strong winds we had yesterday. |
| 2/13/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.1 |
0.01 |
0.2 |
M |
Mostly sunny, breezy, 14° 24hr: 8/25° ANOTHER light snow; sometime overnight. Squirrels ate all the buds off a hydrangea right in front of the poor gardener! Saw the black plume from that warehouse fire from the top of Route 287 yesterday morning, on my way to the NJ Flower Show this weekend. |
| 2/14/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
M |
T |
M |
Sunny, windy, -8° 24hr: -9° / 15° Last night's low of minus 9 equals the lowest temperature of last winter, which we had't seen here in many years before that. Two short rounds of snow flurries: one right after OBS yesterday and on in the afternoon. |
| 2/15/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
T |
M |
Overcast, 7° 24hr: -8 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /13° The remaining snow is too thin and spotty to get a core from, so reporting N/A this morning. |
| 2/16/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.54 |
1.2 |
0.15 |
0.3 |
M |
Drizzle, 43° 24hr: 7 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /43° We had 1.2" of snow before the change-over last evening. By morning it had been compressed to 0.3" with a layer of ice underneath. Ground is some slush over a thick layer of ice. YakTrax were essential this morning! (MG note: based on above, changed 0.3" "new snow depth" to 1.2". Original report submitted 2/16/2016 8:08 AM) |
| 2/17/2016 |
8:00 AM |
1.03 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Cloudy, 31° 24hr: 31/49° Needed the YakTrax to walk outside in the morning; by afternoon everything had melted and washed away. But the heavy rain on frozen ground = the start of the annual water seeping into the basement season. |
| 2/18/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny, 21° 24hr: 20/33° Only a few, lone piles of snow left in the road where it had been plowed. Snowdrops are up and in tight bud in the pond garden. |
| 2/19/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Partly cloudy with sun through high, thin clouds,17° 24hr: 14/31° |
| 2/20/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
Wow! Sunny, above freezing for the first time since 2/4, and glorious bird song this morning. 36° 24hr: 17 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /36° |
| 2/21/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Mostly cloudy with faint sun shining through, 39° 24hr: 35/55° Lots of different species birdsong this morning. There were still a couple of people out on the ice fishing yesterday, but the way parts are opening up that activity looked very, very dicey. |
| 2/22/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
Mostly sunny, 30° 24hr: 30/51° Light frost. Light rain early last evening. |
| 2/23/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Overcast, 30° 24hr: 26/47° Grey skies thickening just since I went out to the gauge. |
| 2/24/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.41 |
0.4 |
M |
T |
M |
Overcast, 34° 24hr: 30/34° Light snow began @ 11:20am. 0.4" of snow before changing over to sleet and freezing rain late afternoon. By this morning most of the snow is now a thin layer of slush, too liquid to pick up from the snowboard. |
| 2/25/2016 |
8:00 AM |
1.96 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Overcast, 47° 24hr: 34 [yesterday's a.m. reset] /58° That blast of thunder at 12:48pm yesterday was a prelude to the intense storms that arrived in the evening. We were across town at a meeting and driving home around midnight saw limbs down, gravel and debris from earlier flooding over many roadways, AND a flooded basement. The fix to the pump was a simple clamp! Man! |
| 2/26/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.04 |
T |
M |
T |
M |
Mostly sunny, windy, 25° 24hr: 24/47° Brief showers throughout the day; by 5:30pm they changed to snow showers. A light dusting this morning, most of it on grassy surfaces, cars, etc. |
| 2/27/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny, 22° 24hr: 19/31° The pond garden is awash in snowdrops, out first spring bulbs to appear. But after yesterday's wind and below freezing temps, they don't look happy about being up yet! |
| 2/28/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Thin sun through high clouds, 35° 24hr: 22 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /39° |
| 2/29/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Cloudy, 46° 24hr: 35 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /57° Better get the pond mucked out fast. With a warm day or two and evening rains, that's the recipe for toads and frogs to begin their annual migration to mating pools. |
| 3/1/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Cloudy, 31° 24hr: 30/55° With ice off the lake just a week, two pairs of Canadian Geese have arrived. Total Rainfall for February = 4.81" with almost 3" of that coming in two deluges a week apart. |
| 3/2/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.10 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Partly cloudy, 37* with strong winds. 24hr: 30 [yesterday a.m.'s rest] /51° Lots of birdsong yesterday. The first of the blue crocuses have joined the snowdrops in the pond garden. |
| 3/3/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny, 19° 24hr: 18/37° Thin layer of ice back on the pond. |
| 3/4/2016 |
7:00 AM |
0.07 |
0.5 |
0.07 |
0.5 |
0.07 |
Extremely fine, light snow falling, 22° 24hr: 19 [yesterday a.m.'s reset /35° Town salt truck came through around 5am. |
| 3/5/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
T |
M |
T |
M |
Mostly sunny with high, thin clouds, 26° 24hr: 19/39° Robins back in the neighborhood and regulars at the pond bubbler. Precip is melted "left over" snow in the gauge following yesterday's 7am reading; nothing left on the snowboard. Snow coverage is approx 50% of the ground. |
| 3/6/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
T |
M |
Cloudy, 28° 24hr: 21/38° First flock of mixed blackbirds moving through the yard (red-winged blackbirds, grackles, and startlings) --great sound of Spring! Only approx 25% snowcover left in shadiest spots. |
| 3/7/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Sunny, with some thin, high clouds, 33° 24hr: 23/42° Only small piles of plowed/shoveled snow remain. |
| 3/8/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Mostly cloudy, 37° 24hr: 33/56° Set up the pond filter & waterfall after mucking out the pond; all we need is one rainy night and the toads will be back to lay their eggs. |
| 3/9/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Sunny, 39° 24hr: 36/68° First woodchuck ablin' up the road... |
| 3/10/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Mostly cloudy, with a little hazy sun peeking trough in the East, 54° 24hr: 39 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /76° Sounds of many flocks of geese overhead this morning. |
| 3/11/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.12 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Overcast, breezy, 49° 24hr: 49/73° |
| 3/12/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Sunny, 31° with frost. 24hr: 29/58° |
| 3/13/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
46° 24hr: 31 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /62° |
| 3/14/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.11 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Moderate rain, 38° 24hr: 38/5° After a cloudy day and evening, rain began overnight. |
| 3/15/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.17 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Extremely fine drizzle, 39° 24hr: 37/41° |
| 3/16/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Sunny, 39° with heavy dew. 24hr: 39/56° |
| 3/17/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.06 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Partly cloudy, 44° 24hr: 41/65° Low, distant, rolling thunder for over 20 minutes after 5pm yesterday, preceding the brief, moderate rain showers. |
| 3/18/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Sunny, 39° 24hr: 37/58° Two walls of dark clouds moved through yesterday mid afternoon & again early evening bringing strong winds and a few sprinkles. A single drop in the gauge this morning. Glad I didn't put the funnel back in the gauge yet, with the possibility of snow, maybe a lot of snow for this weekend. |
| 3/19/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Sunny, with some thin, high clouds, 30° 24hr: 28/50° A few sprinkles coming back from SpringFest Garden Show yesterday afternoon; all of the county roads had de-icing stripes applied. |
| 3/20/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Mostly cloudy, 26° 24hr: 26/44° Early morning hike to see the logging that's begun with Friends of Sparta Mountain WMA; delayed inputing my morning reading until 9:55am and the temps had only risen to 29° |
| 3/21/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
T |
T |
M |
Sunny, 27° 24hr: 26/43° A light dusting overnight covering lawns, cars, elevated surfaces; no accumulation on dark bluestone patio. Both the melted value from the gauge and snowboard just barely covered the bottom of the tube, not even making it up to 0.01" |
| 3/22/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
Sunny, 27° 24hr: 27/46° Second morning small icicles are hanging from the waterfall rocks. Flurries at 10pm, no accumulation. |
| 3/23/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Overcast, 45° 24hr: 27 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /53° Current radar shows rain, but nothing is reaching the ground. |
| 3/24/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Hazy sun, 39° 24hr: 37/64° |
| 3/25/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Cloudy, 54° 24hr: 39 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /57° Just barely made it to the first line 0.01" |
| 3/26/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Sunny, 31° 24hr: 30/66° A think disk of ice with the liquid in the gauge this morning; will wait a bit longer to put the inner gauge and funnel back out. |
| 3/27/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Overcast, 38° 24hr: 31 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /59° |
| 3/28/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Raining, 38° 24hr: 37/57° |
| 3/29/2016 |
7:30 AM |
0.27 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Sunny, 36° with a few cumulous clouds whipping out of the NW. Extremely windy last night, grill cover blown off, chairs flipped over, and the contents of one of the recycle cans are strewn all over the pond garden. 24hr: 36/56°
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| 3/30/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Sunny, 27° 24hr: 27/50° |
| 3/31/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Mostly cloudy, with sun weakly shinning through, 47° 24hr: 27 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /60° |
| 4/1/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 61° 24hr: 47 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /69° Signs of some drizzle overnight on cars, the patio (but still dry under the patio table) didn't even result in a drop in the gauge. Last night was the first Spring Peeper in the pond. |
| 4/2/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.04 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain, 45° 24hr: 45/76° After just a single toad calling from the pond the night before, yesterday was a chorus of calls, with seven toads there all day. We sure need more rain! Total for the entire month of March was only 0.97" |
| 4/3/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.19 |
T |
M |
T |
M |
Sunny, 26° with roaring wind. 24hr: 26/56° Power went out when I first tried to enter the report. Snowboard flipped across the yard, so measurements "N/A" for sure! Dusting on snow on most surfaces; there was a lot of snow built up on the outside of the gauge on its west facing side. Gauge was frozen hard to its stake. Sad to see all of the newly opened forsthyia blooms and new buds on other perennials encased in ice this morning... |
| 4/4/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.10 |
0.8 |
M |
0.8 |
M |
Snow winding down, 28° 24hr: 26 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /38° Forget to re-position the snow-board after the yesterday's wind blew it under a spruce tree; snow depth is measured from the top of our patio table. |
| 4/5/2016 |
7:30 AM |
0.32 |
T |
M |
T |
M |
Sunny, 20° 24hr: 19/36° Yesterday started and ended with snow, with rain in between. Gauge was frozen to the post this morning, and a slight dusting of snow remains on the ground. Carried in pots of spring bulbs last night & it looks like we'll do the same tonite too. |
| 4/6/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Sunny, 22° 24hr: 20/42° There was a thin layer of ice forming on half of the pond yesterday; wonder if the batch of egg stringers from the early mating of toads will survive this cold snap? No "peeping" this week! |
| 4/7/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Overcast, 46° 24hr: 22 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /48° Snowpeas and peas germinating despite the recent cold temps. Forsythias took a beating though, looking browned and tattered. |
| 4/8/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.60 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Went from sunny to overcast between starting out for the gauge and writing the report! 37° 24hr: 36/54° A couple of periods of hard, pounding rain yesterday. Bear tracks in the garden; took down birdfeeders for the summer. |
| 4/9/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
T |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Cloudy, 39° 24hr: 26/42° Several batches of snow flurries throughout the day yesterday. |
| 4/10/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.05 |
T |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Bright sun, 25° 24hr: 24/38° A few flurries during the morning and then steady, light to moderate snow all afternoon. At a few points it started to accumulate on the grass and elevated pots and planters. Ice hanging off parts of the pond waterfall this morning, and the grass crunched walking out to the gauge. Another morning where the gauge was frozen to the post! Odd Winter + an odd Spring... |
| 4/11/2016 |
7:30 AM |
T |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Overcast, 38° 24hr: 25 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /50° Signs of a light drizzle on the patio and the gauge, but it didn't even amount to a drop. |
| 4/12/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.22 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Raining, 57° 24hr: 38 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /57° |
| 4/13/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.04 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Sunny, 33° 24hr: 32/56° Early tulips beginning to bloom. |
| 4/14/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
0.0 |
M |
Sunny, 37° 24hr: 33 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /59° Some clouds earlier, but they've cleared out. I'll put the snowboard away today; Usually Tax Day is my cut-off for reporting New Snowfall and Total Snow on Ground. |
| 4/15/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 34° with frost. 24hr: 31/65° |
| 4/16/2016 |
7:10 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 36° 24hr: 34 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /68° |
| 4/17/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 36° 24hr: 33/70° Peas are up about 1" in the vegetable garden. Still no return of Spring Peepers in the pond after one night 4/1/16 and then the return of overnight in the 20°s for four days. |
| 4/18/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 47° 24hr: 36 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /80° Our first 80° of this season! |
| 4/19/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly cloudy, windy, clearing skies, 58° Day began with overcast skies. 24hr: 47 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /81° Peepers finally back in the pond last night. |
| 4/20/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 43° 24hr: 39/68° |
| 4/21/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 46° 24hr: 37/73° Late season tulips hitting their peak. |
| 4/22/2016 |
7:30 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Partly cloudy with hazy sun through high, thin clouds, 56° 24hr: 46 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /75° A few drops at 9pm; if I hadn't been outside with the dog I would have missed them. Nothing in the gauge. 9 straight days without measurable rain; only 1.56" m-t-d. So much for "April showers..." Earth Day! |
| 4/23/2016 |
7:20 AM |
0.06 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain, 56° 24hr: 56/80° We need far more rain than this; the ground under the patio shrubs is still dry. |
| 4/24/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 43° 24hr: 39/67° The 0.02" in the gauge this morning is from the 'leftover' rain early yesterday morning. By early afternoon the clouds had cleared out and it was a beautiful, sunny, breezy day. |
| 4/25/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 49° 24hr: 43/69° Mowed the lawn for the first time yesterday and deep water all perennial transplants. Ground not mulched is very dry. |
| 4/26/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.35 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 49° 24hr: 46/69° Set out in covered tunnels the first of the "cool weather" veggies: varieties of lettuce and parsley. Tulips are going by. |
| 4/27/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.15 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 44° 24hr: 42/66° |
| 4/28/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly sunny with high, thin clouds, 44° 24hr: 39/68° Another round of Spring Peepers calling last night. |
| 4/29/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.04 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 44° 24hr: 43/60° "Ground Hog Day reports:" similar report for three days. Sure wish the rain was more substantial! |
| 4/30/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 43° 24hr: 41/53° Total rain for CoCoRaHS month of April: 2.23" Onward, to "May flowers." |
| 5/1/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.06 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain, 43° 24hr: 43/60° |
| 5/2/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.32 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 43° 24hr: 42/52° |
| 5/3/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.47 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
48° 24hr: 43 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /68° |
| 5/4/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.32 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain, 46° 24hr: 46/52° After dry April, 1.17" of rain in first four days of May. |
| 5/5/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 43° 24hr: 43/49° Lawns are getting really tall and shaggy with the consecutive rainy days making mowing impossible. First of the Spring blooming perennials, Bleeding Heart (well, second if you count hellebores) are beginning bloom. A few of the very late blooming tulips remain. |
| 5/6/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.16 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Raining, 47° 24hr: 43/52° Eighth straight day of rain. Going to be very interesting to try and cut the lawn after the rain stops. Well, all the top growth will give the the root systems a good start for summer. |
| 5/7/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.40 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Drizzling, 47° 24hr: 45/54° Maple leaves are out but neither ash or oak are yet. Everything seems to be on hold awaiting warm weather, except for the grass! |
| 5/8/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.27 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Rain ending, 48° 24hr: 43/56° Rain began again around 6am. Heavy at times. |
| 5/9/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 48° 24hr: 41/66° A rabid raccoon was killed in our neighbor's yard yesterday. 2011 was the last bad rabies year here. |
| 5/10/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy sun through lots of high and mid level clouds, 46° 24hr: 39/75° Peeper back in the pond again yesterday. |
| 5/11/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 45° 24hr: 40/62° A few very light sprinkles briefly yesterday afternoon. Nothing in the gauge this morning. |
| 5/12/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 52° with morning dew. 24hr: 45 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /82° Had to clean the mold/pollen/tree seed casings out of the inner tube. |
| 5/13/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 58° 24hr: 52 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /81° With Sunday's overnight forecast for the 30°s I'm holding off planting warm weather annuals and vegetables. |
| 5/14/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.40 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 52° 24hr: 48/62° |
| 5/15/2016 |
7:00 AM |
0.17 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, breezy, 42° 24hr: 41/68° |
| 5/16/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, breezy, 40° 24hr: 35/56. Had heat cable on in the cold frame last night for the first time this Spring and all veggie beds covered. |
| 5/17/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 51° 24hr: 39 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /66° Bottom of the gauge is just covered, not enough to reach 0.01" But no evidence on grass or cars that this was dew. |
| 5/18/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Partly cloudy, 50° 24hr: 45/64° Exactly one drop in the gauge, and agin, no sign of dew on grass, plants or cars. |
| 5/19/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 52° 24hr: 49/67° |
| 5/20/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy sun, 47° 24hr: 42/75° Hoping the forecast holds and the low 40°s are behind us, beginning to set out heat loving veggies out in covered raised beds. |
| 5/21/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 53° 24hr: 47/79° |
| 5/22/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.22 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light overcast, 50° 24hr: 48/62° Rain didn't begin until after dark. |
| 5/23/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny 54* 24hr: 48/65° Two drops in the gauge that I'm reported as heavy dew; had a few periods of dark skies yesterday where it looked as if it could rain, but it never did. |
| 5/24/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain, 55° 24hr: 54/71° Another try with Spring Peepers back in the pond last night. No egg stringers or tadpoles this late in the Spring? |
| 5/25/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.04 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, through high, thin clouds, 56° 24hr: 49/68° |
| 5/26/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy sun, 62° with morning dew. 24hr: 56 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /85° First 80°+ since the one 4/22. First night with bedroom A/C on. |
| 5/27/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly cloudy, 68° 24hr: 62 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /84° There was a single drop in the gauge; while trying to decide if it were dew or precip, noticed small drops on the black plastic mulch in the veggie garden. By the looks of the sky earlier this morning, the rain drops were very recent. |
| 5/28/2016 |
6:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Clear with high, thin clouds, 68° 24hr: 68/85° |
| 5/29/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.15 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy sun, 67° 24hr: 64/83° Several thunderstorms moved through the area yesterday afternoon, but we were on the edge of each of them. |
| 5/30/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.25 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly cloudy with sun peaking through occasionally, 63° 24hr: 62/82° Again, a disappointing amount of rain from the first tropical system of the summer. High humidity continues. |
| 5/31/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy sun, 65° 24hr: 63/77° Less humid. Total precipitation for May = 3.37" |
| 6/1/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly sunny with high, thin clouds, 60° 24hr: 55/80° I thought this year's May total of 3.37" was dry (second half really was) until I went back to see last year's: 0.56" ! |
| 6/2/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, less humid, with high, thin clouds, 61° 24hr: 57/77° |
| 6/3/2016 |
7:00 AM |
0.03 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain, 59° 24hr: 59/75° Rain didn't start until around 6:30am. Hope we get more of it; the ground is very dry. |
| 6/4/2016 |
7:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, hazy, 64° 24hr: 59 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /66° |
| 6/5/2016 |
7:00 AM |
0.10 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 61° 24hr: 61/76° |
| 6/6/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.35 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 64° 24hr: 61/64° Was expecting more rain. A few rumbles of thunder late yesterday afternoon with one brief period of heavy rain during which we lost power briefly. |
| 6/7/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Partly cloudy, 64° 24hr: 61/75° |
| 6/8/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.06 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 54° 24hr: 52/75° At 2:08pm the longest, continual peal of rolling thunder I've ever heard occurred, but the rain from that storm went to our south. The 0.06" came with a very brief T-storm at 4:45pm. Temps dropped dramatically. |
| 6/9/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.37 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, breezy, 49° 24hr: 46/59° Last night even though the front had moved through a few hours earlier, we got several strong gusts of wind. |
| 6/10/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, continued breezy, 52° 24hr: 49 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /66° Buying replacement herbs for the small herb garden not protected by electric fencing; rabbits and woodchucks are feasting. Sustained winds are blowing a lot of sticks, leaves, and mulberries into the pond, requiring mucking out; unusual after the initial spring start up.
|
| 6/11/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Getting cloudier, 54° 24hr: 44/69° |
| 6/12/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, breezy, 72° 24hr: 54 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /79° Several times yesterday the skies darkened and the wind blew up, but the storm went to our north or south. At 5:30pm we caught the edge of one of the storms, which left all of two drops in the gauge this morning. |
| 6/13/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly sunny, continued windy, with lots of small, passing cumulous clouds, 52° 24hr: 51/75° Setting out a few plants saw that the ground is very dry several inches deep, except in heavily mulched garden beds. Wind + lack off rain requiring extra watering. |
| 6/14/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, breezy, 54° 24hr: 50/65° |
| 6/15/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, fifty-four degrees. Twenty-four hour: forty-nine° /seventy-three° [numerical keys one through six stopped working on this keyboard.] |
| 6/16/2016 |
7:30 AM |
0.16 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 59° 24hr: 54 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /75° |
| 6/17/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.14 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Partly cloudy, 59° 24hr: 55/65° |
| 6/18/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Beautiful morning. Sunny, 59° 24hr: 49/74° |
| 6/19/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 67° 24hr: 55/78° |
| 6/20/2016 |
7:30 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly sunny, 60° and continued dry. 24hr: 56/81° Summer Solstice; days begin to shorten again. Summer garden hitting its peak, with day-billies, salvia, and other perennials blooming. |
| 6/21/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.17 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Clearing, 64° 24hr: 60 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /82° |
| 6/22/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 58° 24hr: 52/78° A perfect summer day! Dry continues with only 1.44" all month to date. Neighboring lawns and fields are turning brown. The parts of our lawn not shaded by large maples are browning, too. |
| 6/23/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy sun, 58° 24hr: 54/77° Only thing in the gauge funnel this morning were small pieces of maple leaves from gypsy moth activity, which thankfully, has been light this year. Very dry. |
| 6/24/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 62° 24hr: 57/75° |
| 6/25/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 60° 24hr: 54/77° |
| 6/26/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 60° 24hr: 56/79° Dry. Lawns and fields in the area are browning out. |
| 6/27/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 59° 24hr: 57/80° The fruit in our mulberry tree has ripened, and what a Bird Show! Boatloads of robins and catbirds all over it, plus sightings of a Baltimore Oriole; Rose-breasted Grosbeak; Carolina wren; and a few crows. We stop feeding birds here late March because of bears, so when Nature feeds them at this time each year it's nice to see many others besides "the regulars." |
| 6/28/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.47 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 66° 24hr: 59 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /80° Finally! A much needed, soaking rain! Astilbes (a draught sentinel plant in my garden) were getting crunchy. |
| 6/29/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.14 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 63° 24hr: 63/70° Periods of light drizzle during afternoon; we were on the norther side of a strong t-storm around 8:30pm with only a short period of moderate to heavy rain. |
| 6/30/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 62° with morning dew (amounted to a single drop in the gauge). 24hr: 57/74° What a difference humidity levels make! Total rain for June: 2.05" --last year over 8". |
| 7/1/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 61° 24hr: 57/79° Clouds have thickened since OBS to reporting. Morning started out mostly sunny. |
| 7/2/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.32 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny with a few cumulous clouds floating by from the W/NW, 59° 24hr: 58/77° Two different batches of T-storms moved to our south last evening. |
| 7/3/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy sun through high, thin, clouds, 57° 24hr: 52/70° Came home last night to find the contents of our garbages strewn all over; a bear has figured out how to unscrew the "bear proof" can. Going to be a rough Summer... |
| 7/4/2016 |
7:20 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 60° with heavy dew. The dew inside the gauge totaled one drop. 24hr: 57/73° |
| 7/5/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.37 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 66° 24hr: 60 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /77° Very "soupy" start to the day. |
| 7/6/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 68° with heavy dew. 24hr: 64/80° A new record for dew in the gauge this morning: 3 drops! |
| 7/7/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy sun, still, 66° with light dew. 24hr: 64/83° |
| 7/8/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.09 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Partly cloudy, still, 69° 24hr: 66 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /83° The other side of town was clobbered with a downpour at 1:30pm, nothing here until 4:30pm with a short period of heavy rain. Fireflies have been out in the evening all week. |
| 7/9/2016 |
8:00 AM |
2.72 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Fine drizzle, 62° 24hr: 62/81° Rain started at 2:35pm and by 3:35pm it had overtopped the inner gauge, so 1+ in 1 hour. Rain was coming down too hard to go out and get the actual reading.A small limb came down in our front yard maple. Quite a gulley-washer! |
| 7/10/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.76 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 64° 24hr: 62/65° Two short periods of drizzle yesterday before thunder could be heard moving in at 8:37pm, followed by moderate to heaving rain resulting in almost all of the 0.76" in the gauge. Bear back in the "bear-proof" garbage can again last night around 11pm. |
| 7/11/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 62° 24hr: 57/72° Looked threatening several times yesterday, but only one brief passing shower of fine drizzle late afternoon. |
| 7/12/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Partly cloudy, 59° with moderate dew. 24hrs: 54/74° |
| 7/13/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy sun, 65° 24hr: 59 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /77° |
| 7/14/2016 |
6:45 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 70° 24hr: 65 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /77° A few sprinkles around dinnertime yesterday. Nothing in the gauge this morning except one beetle. |
| 7/15/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.25 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Partly cloudy, 67° with heavy dew. 24hr: 65/77° A couple of crashes of lightning and thunder at 3:35pm followed by a short period of moderate rain. By the look of the clouds, we were on the edge of a strong storm. |
| 7/16/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy sun, still, 66° with heavy dew. 24hr: 64/81° Condensation in gauge = 2 drops. |
| 7/17/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy sun, 66° with moderate dew leaving 2 drops in the gauge.. 24hr: 65/79° Zucchini and cucumber harvest beginning; still at least a week away from red tomatoes. |
| 7/18/2016 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 69° 24hr: 65/80° Yesterday for the first time heard the droning of the annual cicadids. "Six more weeks until frost." Sigh. |
| 7/19/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 64° 24hr: 62/82° Two very brief storms passed through yesterday: one around 3:30pm with one large bolt of lightning left 0.03"; the 2nd around 10:30pm with lots of lightning and distant thunder left only 0.02" |
| 7/20/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Partly cloudy, 61° with moderated morning dew. 24hr: 55/76° |
| 7/21/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 60° with dew. 24hr: 55/76° Even with this dry weather, the constant morning dew was causing algae to grow in the bottom of the inner tube, requiring the end-of-July clean out... |
| 7/22/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy sun, still, 69° 24hr: 60/81° Ground is very, very dry. |
| 7/23/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 72° 24hr: 66/86° 86 is exceedingly hot here; we're at 1,100' |
| 7/24/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly sunny, 66° 24hr: 62/86° Very, very hot day yesterday. A/C on all night. |
| 7/25/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy sun, 74° 24hr: 67/84° Horribly dry. |
| 7/26/2016 |
7:00 AM |
1.24 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 66° 24hr: 66/84° We just got some brief, moderate rain & distant thunder with the first storm that went to our South after 4pm; but it at least wet the ground a little so the deluge that came around 6pm didn't all just run off. We needed rain badly. |
| 7/27/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 63° 24hr: 61/82° Heard cicadas again yesterday. |
| 7/28/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy sun, 63° 24hr: 60/82° |
| 7/29/2016 |
7:20 AM |
0.33 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 67° with rain dripping from the trees that I first thought was drizzle. 24hr: 63 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /81° |
| 7/30/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.22 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 65° 24hr: 63/80° Wind and moderate to heavy rain came through around dinnertime, leaving a beautiful, very long lasting rainbow in the East beginning at 7pm. A lovely end to the day! |
| 7/31/2016 |
7:10 AM |
2.15 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 68° 24hr: 65/77° Only two days of 2+" rain skews how dry the month of July has been. A lot of watering needed in between deluges! |
| 8/1/2016 |
8:00 AM |
1.17 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 65° 24hr: 65/71° Sent in a Significant Weather Report at 7pm last evening after receiving an inch of rain in one hour and included this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqEUkgbu3bQ The 1.17" following the day before's 2.15" is a LOT of rain for the rocky soils around Lake Tamarack (Stockholm/ Hardyston Twsp)!! Wow!
|
| 8/2/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Partly cloudy, 64° 24hr: 63/69° Rain was from left-over light rain after OBS time yesterday morning. |
| 8/3/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
A lovely morning! Sunny, 59° 24hr: 56/70° Heavy dew and low humidity. |
| 8/4/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Another beautiful morning! Sunny, 58° 24hr: 55/73° |
| 8/5/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 63° with moderate dew (2 drops). 24hr: 59/74° A little more haze and higher humidity this morning. August ritual underway: dehydrating herbs to preserve for winter use. Parsley & basil survived the first assault by woodchucks. |
| 8/6/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 70° and humid. 24hr: 64/74° Wind started picking up, feeling like rain approaching, but skies are still light with occasional peeks of Sun. |
| 8/7/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.99 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 61° with heavy dew. 24hr: 58/79° All of the 0.99" occurred during one thunderstorm between 3 & 4pm (sent Significant Weather Report). |
| 8/8/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 60° with moderate dew. 24hr: 57/77° I hope this "boom or bust" precipitation pattern isn't this summer's New Normal; days of completely dry, punctuated by a few deluges of 1+ inch an hour. |
| 8/9/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 61° with moderate dew (1 drop). 24hr: 57/75° The last two nights the skies have been too hazy to see any early Persieds. Hope the night skies clear by Thursday! |
| 8/10/2016 |
7:45 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Fine drizzle, 69° and very humid. 24hr: 61/77° Wouldn't have known it was raining had I not been walking outside to the gauge. There were fine drops in the funnel, but nothing had dripped down to the tube (yet). Radar looks interesting... |
| 8/11/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.16 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly cloudy, 73° and extremely humid. 24hr: 69 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] 78° All the house windows are fogged up; A/C on all day and all night. Outdoor activities extremely limited. The dog doesn't even want to go out! |
| 8/12/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.89 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Partly cloudy, 71° 24hr: 68/84° Dramatic lightning and thunder storm last night. Went out at 3:30am to see the Perseids and there was still a lot of "heat lightning" in the area. House windows all fogged up again this morning. |
| 8/13/2016 |
7:10 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly sunny, 74° 24hr: 72/83° Storms moved by us all day, to the north and the south with lots of rolling thunder. A late afternoon storm moving just south of us left a few drops. |
| 8/14/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.56 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 73° 24hr: 70/85° Fourth straight day awakening to fogged windows all over the house. Yesterday was beastly. Two major thunderstorms occurred while rafting down the Delaware yesterday, but rain held off here until evening. |
| 8/15/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy sun, 70° 24hr: 68/83° |
| 8/16/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy sun through thickening clouds, 67° 24hr: 64/80° Moderate dew amounting to 3 drops in the gauge this morning. |
| 8/17/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.18 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 69° 24hr: 67/80° This sustained heat and humidity has hit the cucumbers, zuchinni, and tomatoes hard. The only thing doing well are the herbs which I continue to dry for winter use. |
| 8/18/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, humid, 64° 24hr: 64/76° |
| 8/19/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 66° with heavy dew. 24hr: 64/77° |
| 8/20/2016 |
6:15 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Clear, 61° with moderate dew. 24hr: 61/78° |
| 8/21/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Away for weekend; gauge read by neighbor Sunday morning. |
| 8/22/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.77 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Beautiful clear, crisp, breezing morning, 62° and heavy dew. 48hr: 61/78° Very heavy rain around dinner-time yesterday. |
| 8/23/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Beautiful, cool, crisp morning. Clear, 54° with heavy dew (3 drops in the gauge). 24hr: 50/70° |
| 8/24/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 56° with moderate dew (one drop in the gauge). 24hr: 54/72° |
| 8/25/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy sun, 66° 24hr: 56 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /76° |
| 8/26/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.01 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Humid, faint sun through thick haze, 72° with moderate dew. 24hr: 66° [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /76° The 0.01 is the result of some extremely light rain yesterday + dew. |
| 8/27/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 64° with light haze and moderate dew. 24hr: 61/80° |
| 8/28/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 60° with moderate dew. 24hr: 58/77° |
| 8/29/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 67° 24hr: 60 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /79° |
| 8/30/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 58° with moderate dew. 24hr: 57/79° |
| 8/31/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Faint sun through thick haze, 66° 24hr: 58 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /77° |
| 9/1/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, with rain still dripping from the trees, 66° 24hr: 65/76° Total rain for August was 4.78" |
| 9/2/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Beautiful sunny, crisp morning with a light breeze, 57° 24hr: 55/75° The 0.02" is from the last line of light rain an hour after yesterday a.m. OBS. |
| 9/3/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 57° with dew. 24hr: 56/70° Not sure if this precip is dew or possible overnight shower; it amounted to 3 drops. |
| 9/4/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Hazy sun, calm, 54° with some dew. 24hr: 51/71° |
| 9/5/2016 |
7:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly sunny, 53° 24hr: 53/72° Ground is very, very dry. Instead of a weekend with a tropical storm, it's been heavy watering garden and all transplants. |
| 9/6/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 65° with a light breeze. 24hr: 53° [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /74° Ground is bone dry. |
| 9/7/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 68° and quite humid. 24hr: 65 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /74° Pulling out shriveled cucumber, zucchini, and tomato vines, except for the cherry tomatoes which are still going strong --with a lot of watering! |
| 9/8/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny through a light haze, 62° with light dew. 24hr: 61/77° |
| 9/9/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Cloudy, 72°, very humid and dead calm. 24hr: 62 [definitely yesterday a.m.'s reset] /80° Was so hopeful the rain would get here last night. But no. Ground is bone dry. |
| 9/10/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sun through hazy sky, 69° 24hr: 68/79° A line of storms pretty much broke up before going by between 5:30-7:00pm leaving 4 drops in the gauge. Ground under the trees was still dry. Overnight another line left just under 0.05" Boy, do we need rain! |
| 9/11/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, breezy, 72° 24hr: 69 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /81° Oppressive humidity yesterday. Three drops in the gauge this morning. |
| 9/12/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Beautiful sunny, crisp morning, 48° with light dew. 24hr: 47/73° Trying to water plants yesterday and saw all of the astibles has become crispy. Everything is so, so dry. |
| 9/13/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Partly cloudy with sun shining through high haze, 56° Light dew. 24hr: 48°[yesterday a.m.'s reset] /68° Lawn is brown; only 0.12" in this first half of September. |
| 9/14/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 62° with moderate dew. 24hr: 56 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /73° Terribly dry. |
| 9/15/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.05 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, breezy, 53° 24hr: 52/78° Yet ANOTHER storm moved around us late afternoon; thunder, lightening, but only 0.05" |
| 9/16/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 49° with very heavy dew. 24hr: 47/64° So much dew in the gauge this morning it came almost up to the 0.01" line. |
| 9/17/2016 |
5:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Full moon going down over the western mountain, 50° 24hr: 49/66° |
| 9/18/2016 |
7:45 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 66° with a slight breeze. 24hr: 50 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /71° There was exactly one drop in the gauge this morning but after coming in and writing the report a light shower started. Hope there is more to come! |
| 9/19/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.54 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain, 65° 24hr: 65/71° Approx half of the rain fell early afternoon & the second batch before sunrise. Thankfully, the first round was light rain to moisten up the top layer of the soil so this much needed rain didn't just run off. |
| 9/20/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.18 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Fog, 60° 24hr: 59/68° Need more rain. |
| 9/21/2016 |
8:00 AM |
T |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Mostly cloudy, with sun trying to shine through high clouds, 60° with heavy dew. 24hr: 58/72° Not sure if this is a "T" of precip or just heavy dew. A mosquito in the bottom of the gauge. |
| 9/22/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Gorgeous morning, sunny, 52° with heavy dew. 24hr: 51/70° |
| 9/23/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 50° with moderate dew. 24hr: 49/72° |
| 9/24/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.11 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 54° 24hr: 50 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /74° |
| 9/25/2016 |
5:30 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Clear, 45° 24hr: 43/63° Usually I report in daylight; but "night time" observations are lovely with the crescent moon and stars abounding. |
| 9/26/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 41° with heavy dew (3 drops in gauge). 24hr: 40/60° Without nights even in the 30°s yet, the trees are turning colors at the tops of the ridge-line, but muted shades of rust mostly. A few sumacs are brighter orange, but still duller than their usual Fall display. Too dry... |
| 9/27/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.25 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, 57° 24hr: 41 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /62° 1:30am the sound of rain on the roof woke me up; surprised there was only 0.25" in the gauge this morning. |
| 9/28/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
M |
M |
M |
Sunny, 46° with heavy dew (4 drops in gauge) 24hr: 45/63° |
| 9/29/2016 |
8:00 AM |
0.02 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Overcast, breezy, 52° 24hr: 46 [yesterday a.m.'s reset] /61° Unless we get a ton of rain today, September is going to be a very, very dry month. M-T-D: 1.27" |
| 9/30/2016 |
7:30 AM |
0.07 |
M |
M |
M |
M |
Light rain, 50° and breezy. 24hr: 49/57° Total rain for reporting month of September = 1.34" |