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



Month 30 Yr Avg by PRISM Total Prcp Sum Days Covered By All Observations Daily Prcp Sum Daily Observation Count Multiday Prcp Sum Days Covered by Multiday Observations Multiday Observation Count Days With Prcp Days With Trace Total Snowfall Days With Snowfall Days With Snow On Ground
Oct 17 1.75 2.21 5 2.21 5 0.00 0 0 5 0 0.0 0 0
Nov 17 0.84 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Dec 17 0.83 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jan 18 0.61 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Feb 18 0.61 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
March 18 1.27 0.08 1 0.08 1 0.00 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
April 18 1.60 0.78 3 0.78 3 0.00 0 0 3 0 0.0 0 0
May 18 2.50 1.86 4 1.86 4 0.00 0 0 4 0 0.0 0 0
June 18 3.37 3.93 18 3.93 18 0.00 0 0 7 0 0.0 0 0
July 18 2.65 2.81 12 2.81 12 0.00 0 0 12 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 18 2.99 2.06 10 2.06 10 0.00 0 0 10 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 18 2.06 1.08 5 1.08 5 0.00 0 0 5 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 21.08" 14.81" 58 days 14.81" 58 0.00" 0 days 0 47 days 0 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
10/1/2017 0.01
10/2/2017
10/3/2017
10/4/2017 0.22
10/5/2017 0.31
10/6/2017 1.64
10/7/2017
10/8/2017
10/9/2017
10/10/2017 0.03
10/11/2017
10/12/2017
10/13/2017
10/14/2017
10/15/2017
10/16/2017
10/17/2017
10/18/2017
10/19/2017
10/20/2017
10/21/2017
10/22/2017
10/23/2017
10/24/2017
10/25/2017
10/26/2017
10/27/2017
10/28/2017
10/29/2017
10/30/2017
10/31/2017
11/1/2017
11/2/2017
11/3/2017
11/4/2017
11/5/2017
11/6/2017
11/7/2017
11/8/2017
11/9/2017
11/10/2017
11/11/2017
11/12/2017
11/13/2017
11/14/2017
11/15/2017
11/16/2017
11/17/2017
11/18/2017
11/19/2017
11/20/2017
11/21/2017
11/22/2017
11/23/2017
11/24/2017
11/25/2017
11/26/2017
11/27/2017
11/28/2017
11/29/2017
11/30/2017
12/1/2017
12/2/2017
12/3/2017
12/4/2017
12/5/2017
12/6/2017
12/7/2017
12/8/2017
12/9/2017
12/10/2017
12/11/2017
12/12/2017
12/13/2017
12/14/2017
12/15/2017
12/16/2017
12/17/2017
12/18/2017
12/19/2017
12/20/2017
12/21/2017
12/22/2017
12/23/2017
12/24/2017
12/25/2017
12/26/2017
12/27/2017
12/28/2017
12/29/2017
12/30/2017
12/31/2017
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2018
1/2/2018
1/3/2018
1/4/2018
1/5/2018
1/6/2018
1/7/2018
1/8/2018
1/9/2018
1/10/2018
1/11/2018
1/12/2018
1/13/2018
1/14/2018
1/15/2018
1/16/2018
1/17/2018
1/18/2018
1/19/2018
1/20/2018
1/21/2018
1/22/2018
1/23/2018
1/24/2018
1/25/2018
1/26/2018
1/27/2018
1/28/2018
1/29/2018
1/30/2018
1/31/2018
2/1/2018
2/2/2018
2/3/2018
2/4/2018
2/5/2018
2/6/2018
2/7/2018
2/8/2018
2/9/2018
2/10/2018
2/11/2018
2/12/2018
2/13/2018
2/14/2018
2/15/2018
2/16/2018
2/17/2018
2/18/2018
2/19/2018
2/20/2018
2/21/2018
2/22/2018
2/23/2018
2/24/2018
2/25/2018
2/26/2018
2/27/2018
2/28/2018
3/1/2018
3/2/2018
3/3/2018
3/4/2018
3/5/2018
3/6/2018
3/7/2018
3/8/2018
3/9/2018
3/10/2018
3/11/2018
3/12/2018
3/13/2018
3/14/2018
3/15/2018
3/16/2018
3/17/2018
3/18/2018
3/19/2018
3/20/2018
3/21/2018
3/22/2018
3/23/2018
3/24/2018
3/25/2018
3/26/2018
3/27/2018
3/28/2018 0.08
3/29/2018
3/30/2018
3/31/2018
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2018
4/2/2018
4/3/2018
4/4/2018
4/5/2018
4/6/2018
4/7/2018
4/8/2018
4/9/2018
4/10/2018
4/11/2018
4/12/2018
4/13/2018
4/14/2018
4/15/2018
4/16/2018
4/17/2018
4/18/2018
4/19/2018
4/20/2018
4/21/2018 0.58
4/22/2018 0.17
4/23/2018
4/24/2018
4/25/2018 0.03
4/26/2018
4/27/2018
4/28/2018
4/29/2018
4/30/2018
5/1/2018
5/2/2018
5/3/2018
5/4/2018
5/5/2018
5/6/2018
5/7/2018
5/8/2018
5/9/2018
5/10/2018
5/11/2018
5/12/2018
5/13/2018
5/14/2018
5/15/2018
5/16/2018
5/17/2018
5/18/2018 0.28
5/19/2018
5/20/2018
5/21/2018
5/22/2018
5/23/2018
5/24/2018 1.52
5/25/2018
5/26/2018
5/27/2018
5/28/2018 0.04
5/29/2018 0.02
5/30/2018
5/31/2018
6/1/2018 0.00
6/2/2018 0.00
6/3/2018 0.00
6/4/2018 0.00
6/5/2018 0.00
6/6/2018 0.00
6/7/2018 0.00
6/8/2018 0.00
6/9/2018 0.00
6/10/2018 0.00
6/11/2018 0.52
6/12/2018
6/13/2018 0.44
6/14/2018
6/15/2018
6/16/2018
6/17/2018 1.25
6/18/2018
6/19/2018
6/20/2018 0.44
6/21/2018
6/22/2018 0.10
6/23/2018 0.00
6/24/2018
6/25/2018 1.15
6/26/2018
6/27/2018
6/28/2018
6/29/2018
6/30/2018 0.03
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2018 0.04
7/2/2018
7/3/2018 0.10
7/4/2018
7/5/2018
7/6/2018
7/7/2018 0.37
7/8/2018
7/9/2018
7/10/2018
7/11/2018
7/12/2018
7/13/2018 0.15
7/14/2018 0.08
7/15/2018
7/16/2018 0.95
7/17/2018 0.12
7/18/2018
7/19/2018
7/20/2018
7/21/2018
7/22/2018
7/23/2018
7/24/2018 0.13
7/25/2018
7/26/2018 0.05
7/27/2018
7/28/2018 0.50
7/29/2018 0.15
7/30/2018
7/31/2018 0.17
8/1/2018
8/2/2018 0.25
8/3/2018
8/4/2018 0.20
8/5/2018
8/6/2018
8/7/2018
8/8/2018 0.03
8/9/2018 0.14
8/10/2018
8/11/2018 0.10
8/12/2018
8/13/2018
8/14/2018 0.09
8/15/2018
8/16/2018 0.02
8/17/2018
8/18/2018
8/19/2018 0.23
8/20/2018
8/21/2018
8/22/2018
8/23/2018 0.05
8/24/2018
8/25/2018
8/26/2018 0.95
8/27/2018
8/28/2018
8/29/2018
8/30/2018
8/31/2018
9/1/2018
9/2/2018 0.14
9/3/2018
9/4/2018 0.29
9/5/2018
9/6/2018
9/7/2018
9/8/2018 0.21
9/9/2018 0.02
9/10/2018
9/11/2018
9/12/2018
9/13/2018
9/14/2018
9/15/2018
9/16/2018
9/17/2018
9/18/2018
9/19/2018
9/20/2018
9/21/2018 0.42
9/22/2018
9/23/2018
9/24/2018
9/25/2018
9/26/2018
9/27/2018
9/28/2018
9/29/2018
9/30/2018



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2017 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M We were on the edge of a shower that moved across during the early morning.
10/4/2017 7:30 AM 0.22 M M M M Light rain accumulated during the day and evening to 0.05 before midnight. An additional 0.17 occurred beginning at 6:30 and ending shortly before 7:30 am this morning.
10/5/2017 7:00 AM 0.31 M M M M Rain began with the first round of showers at 5:45 pm lasting until about 7:30 pm. About 0.11 fell during this time. A second line of showers moved in during early morning hours and end around 6:30 am.
10/6/2017 7:00 AM 1.64 M M M M Heavy rain began at 8:00 am Thursday morning with local and areal flooding. Rain lasted most of the day.
10/10/2017 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Caught the edge of rainshowers moving across the central part of the panhandle before midnight.
3/28/2018 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M This is the first measureable precipitation at my location since October 2017. Drizzle began around 7:30am on the 27th and persisted until about 8:00 pm on the 27th.
4/21/2018 7:00 AM 0.58 M M M M Praise the Lord for the beneficial precipitation...!!! Thundershowers began with sprinkles and light rain at 7:30 pm and continued in about three main waves through midnight. 0.50" fell before midnight and 0.08" fell after midnight. There was some thunder and lightning and wind, but nothing severe.
4/22/2018 7:00 AM 0.17 M M M M A band of light rain moved over the location between 10:30 and 1:00pm and built much stronger just a few miles to the east and northeast.
4/25/2018 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Light rain moved in from the north as predicted but the bulk of the precipitation slid east. The western tail of the precipitation first caught our site between 6:00 and 7:00. Light rain continues past 7:00am. I will include additional amount in tomorrows report.
5/18/2018 7:00 AM 0.28 M M M M Small thundershower formed to the southwest and moved over my site. Some wind and small hail.
5/24/2018 7:00 AM 1.52 M M M M Thunderstorms built to the northwest and west of the area a moved to the northeast generally until the storms to the west began moving almost directly east. Rain began at my site at 8:15 pm, becoming very heavy for several minutes at 8:25 to 8:35. Rain continued at various rates until about 10:30. Total amount before midnight was 1.10". Additional rain moved in from the west and southwest at 12:30. An additional 0.42 fell after midnight. Praise the Lord!!
5/28/2018 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Miss by the heavier storms
5/29/2018 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Missed by the heavier storms, again.
6/1/2018 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/2/2018 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/3/2018 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/4/2018 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/5/2018 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/6/2018 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/7/2018 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/8/2018 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/9/2018 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/10/2018 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/11/2018 7:00 AM 0.52 M M M M After being completely skunked for several days by thunderstorms on all sides of my location, one finally built to the west and southwest and moved across my site leaving 0.52"!!!Yea!!!Praise the Lord! The build up of this storm took over an hour before it moved across us with moderate rain beginning at 6:15 pm. Heaviest rain began at 6:30 and lasted for about 7 minutes as the backside rain shaft with high wind (over 40 mph) accompanied the downburst. Lighter rain continued off and on until about 7:00 pm.
6/13/2018 7:00 AM 0.44 M M M M
6/17/2018 7:00 AM 1.25 M M M M
6/20/2018 7:00 AM 0.44 M M M M Thundershowers moved across our area from the north, northwest with heavy brief showers inbedded with general lighter rain, ending about 6:45 am
6/22/2018 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Thundershowers moved in from the northwest about 3:15am. Some thunder was heard. My site received 0.10
6/23/2018 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Heavy and severe storms approached from the west. One went north of us and one went south of us between us and Amarillo. No precip...
6/25/2018 7:00 AM 1.15 M M M M A complex of storms approached from the north and the northwest and joined between us and Dumas. Storms that were severe to the north reduced in strength to very nice rain storms with mostly pea sized hail and heavy rain. Rain began at 12:07 am and lasted through about 3:30 am. Hail started at 12:35 and lasted about 20 minutes. Lightening and thunder occurred during the hail period with some wind, but nothing severe.
6/30/2018 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Thundershowers formed and dissipated from the southwest. An edge of one caught us for a few minutes at 8:55 pm.
7/1/2018 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Rain began at 10:55 from a high base thundershower that formed west and moved over us.
7/3/2018 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M
7/7/2018 7:00 AM 0.37 M M M M Morning rain on the 6th after 7:00 am
7/13/2018 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M
7/14/2018 7:00 AM 0.08 M M M M
7/16/2018 7:00 AM 0.95 M M M M
7/17/2018 7:00 AM 0.12 M M M M
7/24/2018 7:00 AM 0.13 M M M M
7/26/2018 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
7/28/2018 7:00 AM 0.50 M M M M
7/29/2018 7:00 AM 0.15 M M M M
7/31/2018 7:00 AM 0.17 M M M M
8/2/2018 7:00 AM 0.25 M M M M A thundershower came across us from the north late in the evening. Rain began at 11:55 pm with some lightning and thunder. Heaviest rain began at 12:05 and lasted a few minutes. Nice shower.
8/4/2018 7:00 AM 0.20 M M M M Thunderstorms approached from the west, building and collapsing before my location. We finally caught the edge of a thundershower at 10:50 pm. We received 0.08 from that brief shower. Showers moved in from the west after midnight and left 0.12 additional, for a total of 0.20.
8/8/2018 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
8/9/2018 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M One cell of many went across my site between 8:00 pm and 8:15 pm. Thankful for that.
8/11/2018 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Moderate rain began at 5:30 pm with large drops lasting about 10 minutes and lighter rain for another 10 minutes. Some distant thunder.
8/14/2018 7:00 AM 0.09 M M M M Wrap around thundershowers from the low pressure to the northeast of us came across my location at 3:00 am and just before 7:00 am.
8/16/2018 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M A promising system of thundershowers approached during the morning hours but fell apart for my location.
8/19/2018 7:00 AM 0.23 M M M M Storms approached from the northwest but began weakening and splitting to the northwest of my location. Light rain began falling at 11:15 pm and lasted to shortly after midnight. Some lightening and thunder.
8/23/2018 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
8/26/2018 7:00 AM 0.95 M M M M Thunderstorms popped up during the late afternoon. My location caught the edge of a heavier storm to the east. Wind blown rain began at 5:00 pm and continued for about 20 minutes. Another round began about 6:15 and lasted for about 45 minutes. Lighter rain occurred off and on ending around 11:30. The heavier rain was accompanied by pea size hail, wind, and lightning. A very nice evening!!
9/2/2018 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M About 7:15 pm high wind and blowing dust preceded moderate to heavy rainfall with high, gusty wind for 10-12 minutes.
9/4/2018 7:00 AM 0.29 M M M M Very light rain around 8:30 am. Thunderstorm at 9:45 with gusty wind and blowing rain that lasted 15 minutes.
9/8/2018 7:00 AM 0.21 M M M M Light rain and drizzle for several hours. Heavy clouds and overcast all day with light north wind.
9/9/2018 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Mid-morning very light rain shower
9/21/2018 7:00 AM 0.42 M M M M A neighbor read the rain gauge. No other details



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes



Observation Date Observation Time Notes Largest Stone Size Average Stone Size Smallest Stone Size Stone Consistency Duration Minutes Durration Accuracy Damage Timing More Rain than Hail Hail Started Largest Hail Started Angle of Impact Number of Stones on Pad Distance Between Stones on Pad Depth of Stones on Ground