Station Overview Station Location
Station Number KS-RC-8 Latitude 38.2163
Station Name Sterling 0.5 NNW Longitude -98.20775
County Rice Elevation (ft) 1651



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 18 2.34 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Nov 18 1.14 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Dec 18 0.91 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jan 19 0.69 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Feb 19 1.02 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
March 19 2.39 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
April 19 2.44 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
May 19 4.30 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
June 19 4.35 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
July 19 3.79 0.96 26 0.96 26 0.00 0 0 4 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 19 3.40 5.53 31 5.53 31 0.00 0 0 16 2 0.0 0 0
Sept 19 2.34 0.19 32 0.19 26 0.00 6 1 3 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 29.11" 6.68" 89 days 6.68" 83 0.00" 6 days 1 23 days 2 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
10/1/2018
10/2/2018
10/3/2018
10/4/2018
10/5/2018
10/6/2018
10/7/2018
10/8/2018
10/9/2018
10/10/2018
10/11/2018
10/12/2018
10/13/2018
10/14/2018
10/15/2018
10/16/2018
10/17/2018
10/18/2018
10/19/2018
10/20/2018
10/21/2018
10/22/2018
10/23/2018
10/24/2018
10/25/2018
10/26/2018
10/27/2018
10/28/2018
10/29/2018
10/30/2018
10/31/2018
11/1/2018
11/2/2018
11/3/2018
11/4/2018
11/5/2018
11/6/2018
11/7/2018
11/8/2018
11/9/2018
11/10/2018
11/11/2018
11/12/2018
11/13/2018
11/14/2018
11/15/2018
11/16/2018
11/17/2018
11/18/2018
11/19/2018
11/20/2018
11/21/2018
11/22/2018
11/23/2018
11/24/2018
11/25/2018
11/26/2018
11/27/2018
11/28/2018
11/29/2018
11/30/2018
12/1/2018
12/2/2018
12/3/2018
12/4/2018
12/5/2018
12/6/2018
12/7/2018
12/8/2018
12/9/2018
12/10/2018
12/11/2018
12/12/2018
12/13/2018
12/14/2018
12/15/2018
12/16/2018
12/17/2018
12/18/2018
12/19/2018
12/20/2018
12/21/2018
12/22/2018
12/23/2018
12/24/2018
12/25/2018
12/26/2018
12/27/2018
12/28/2018
12/29/2018
12/30/2018
12/31/2018
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2019
1/2/2019
1/3/2019
1/4/2019
1/5/2019
1/6/2019
1/7/2019
1/8/2019
1/9/2019
1/10/2019
1/11/2019
1/12/2019
1/13/2019
1/14/2019
1/15/2019
1/16/2019
1/17/2019
1/18/2019
1/19/2019
1/20/2019
1/21/2019
1/22/2019
1/23/2019
1/24/2019
1/25/2019
1/26/2019
1/27/2019
1/28/2019
1/29/2019
1/30/2019
1/31/2019
2/1/2019
2/2/2019
2/3/2019
2/4/2019
2/5/2019
2/6/2019
2/7/2019
2/8/2019
2/9/2019
2/10/2019
2/11/2019
2/12/2019
2/13/2019
2/14/2019
2/15/2019
2/16/2019
2/17/2019
2/18/2019
2/19/2019
2/20/2019
2/21/2019
2/22/2019
2/23/2019
2/24/2019
2/25/2019
2/26/2019
2/27/2019
2/28/2019
3/1/2019
3/2/2019
3/3/2019
3/4/2019
3/5/2019
3/6/2019
3/7/2019
3/8/2019
3/9/2019
3/10/2019
3/11/2019
3/12/2019
3/13/2019
3/14/2019
3/15/2019
3/16/2019
3/17/2019
3/18/2019
3/19/2019
3/20/2019
3/21/2019
3/22/2019
3/23/2019
3/24/2019
3/25/2019
3/26/2019
3/27/2019
3/28/2019
3/29/2019
3/30/2019
3/31/2019
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2019
4/2/2019
4/3/2019
4/4/2019
4/5/2019
4/6/2019
4/7/2019
4/8/2019
4/9/2019
4/10/2019
4/11/2019
4/12/2019
4/13/2019
4/14/2019
4/15/2019
4/16/2019
4/17/2019
4/18/2019
4/19/2019
4/20/2019
4/21/2019
4/22/2019
4/23/2019
4/24/2019
4/25/2019
4/26/2019
4/27/2019
4/28/2019
4/29/2019
4/30/2019
5/1/2019
5/2/2019
5/3/2019
5/4/2019
5/5/2019
5/6/2019
5/7/2019
5/8/2019
5/9/2019
5/10/2019
5/11/2019
5/12/2019
5/13/2019
5/14/2019
5/15/2019
5/16/2019
5/17/2019
5/18/2019
5/19/2019
5/20/2019
5/21/2019
5/22/2019
5/23/2019
5/24/2019
5/25/2019
5/26/2019
5/27/2019
5/28/2019
5/29/2019
5/30/2019
5/31/2019
6/1/2019
6/2/2019
6/3/2019
6/4/2019
6/5/2019
6/6/2019
6/7/2019
6/8/2019
6/9/2019
6/10/2019
6/11/2019
6/12/2019
6/13/2019
6/14/2019
6/15/2019
6/16/2019
6/17/2019
6/18/2019
6/19/2019
6/20/2019
6/21/2019
6/22/2019
6/23/2019
6/24/2019
6/25/2019
6/26/2019
6/27/2019
6/28/2019
6/29/2019
6/30/2019
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2019
7/2/2019
7/3/2019
7/4/2019
7/5/2019
7/6/2019 0.24
7/7/2019 0.00
7/8/2019 0.00
7/9/2019 0.47
7/10/2019 0.00
7/11/2019 0.00
7/12/2019 0.00
7/13/2019 0.00
7/14/2019 0.00
7/15/2019 0.00
7/16/2019 0.00
7/17/2019 0.00
7/18/2019 0.01
7/19/2019 0.00
7/20/2019 0.00
7/21/2019 0.00
7/22/2019 0.00
7/23/2019 0.00
7/24/2019 0.00
7/25/2019 0.00
7/26/2019 0.00
7/27/2019 0.00
7/28/2019 0.00
7/29/2019 0.24
7/30/2019 0.00
7/31/2019 0.00
8/1/2019 0.02
8/2/2019 0.00
8/3/2019 T
8/4/2019 T
8/5/2019 0.00
8/6/2019 0.00
8/7/2019 0.00
8/8/2019 0.27
8/9/2019 0.30
8/10/2019 0.02
8/11/2019 0.14
8/12/2019 0.05
8/13/2019 0.00
8/14/2019 0.22
8/15/2019 0.00
8/16/2019 0.00
8/17/2019 0.10
8/18/2019 0.27
8/19/2019 0.00
8/20/2019 0.00
8/21/2019 0.00
8/22/2019 0.34
8/23/2019 0.00
8/24/2019 0.00
8/25/2019 2.24
8/26/2019 0.02
8/27/2019 0.01
8/28/2019 0.06
8/29/2019 0.00
8/30/2019 1.46
8/31/2019 0.01
9/1/2019 0.00
9/2/2019 0.00
9/3/2019
9/4/2019
9/5/2019 0.00
9/6/2019 0.00 **
9/7/2019 0.00 **
9/8/2019 0.00 **
9/9/2019 0.00 **
9/10/2019 0.08 **
9/11/2019 0.00 0.00
9/12/2019 0.00
9/13/2019 0.00
9/14/2019 0.00
9/15/2019 0.00
9/16/2019 0.00
9/17/2019 0.00
9/18/2019 0.00
9/19/2019 0.00
9/20/2019 0.00
9/21/2019
9/22/2019
9/23/2019 0.00
9/24/2019 0.00
9/25/2019 0.00
9/26/2019 0.00
9/27/2019 0.00
9/28/2019 0.01
9/29/2019 0.10
9/30/2019 0.00



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
7/6/2019 7:00 AM 0.24 M M M M
7/7/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/8/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/9/2019 7:00 AM 0.47 M M M M
7/10/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/11/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/12/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/13/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/14/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/15/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/16/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 71 degrees, partly cloudy
7/17/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 7 AM Readings: 77 Degrees 75% Humidity 29.83 Pressure Calm winds
7/18/2019 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Current temperature 78 degrees, Pressure 29.80, Cloudy skies, Current wind 23 mph, 7/17/19 high 103 degrees, 7/17/19 low 78 degrees, Very light rain overnight with gusts up to 16mph. Stronger winds after sunrise.
7/19/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M High 7/18/19 102 degrees, Low 7/18/19 77 degrees, Current 79 degrees, Pressure 29.80, Winds 6 mph south, Humidity 70%, Sunny
7/20/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M High/low 7/19/19 103/73, current temperature 78 degrees, Humidity 75%, Pressure 29.77, Winds south 7mph, Sunny skies
7/21/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 7/20/19 High/low 103/73, Current 76 degrees, Pressure 29.91, Humidity 74%, Winds calm, Cloudy skies
7/22/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M High/low 7/21/19 95/72 degrees, current temp. 68 degrees, Pressure 30.15, Humidity 86%, Winds calm, Sunny skies
7/23/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Current 61 degrees, Humidity 72%, Pressure 30.27, winds calm, Sunny skies, 7/22/19 high/low 91/65
7/24/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Current 61 degrees, Pressure 30.21, Winds 2 mph SSE, Humidity 71%, Clear skies
7/25/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Current 67 degrees, Pressure 30.09, Humidity 69%, Wind 11mph S, Skies clear
7/26/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Current 67 degrees, humidity 66%, Pressure 30.06, Winds 11 mph south, Skies clear
7/27/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Current 71 degrees, Pressure 30.12, Humidity 65%, Winds 11 mph south, Clear skies
7/28/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Current 71 degrees, Pressure 30.00, Humodity 68%, Winds 15 mph south, Sunny skies
7/29/2019 7:00 AM 0.24 M M M M Current 69 degrees, Pressure 29.97, Humidity 88%, Winds calm, Skies clear. Peak winds at this location between 10-10:30 pm were only 6 mph, however 70 mph winds were reported less than 30 miles NE.
7/30/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Current 68 degrees, Humidity 68%, Pressure 30.06, Winds calm, Clear Skies
7/31/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Current 73 degrees, Pressure 30.00, Humidity 70%, Winds calm, Partly cloudy skies
8/1/2019 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Current 76 degrees, Humidity 75%, Pressure 29.97, Winds 4 mph south, Partly cloudy skies
8/2/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Currently 71 degrees, Pressure 30.00, Humidity 84%, Winds 3 mph ESE, Cloudy skies. Very light rain started at 7:45 AM. Non-measureable rain fell yesterday around 3:30 PM.
8/3/2019 7:00 AM T M M M M Current 73 degrees, Pressure 30.03, Humidity 91%, Winds calm, Cloudy skies, Currently very light sprinkles
8/4/2019 7:00 AM T M M M M Current 70 degrees, Humidity 87%, Pressure 30.03, Sunny skies, Calm winds. Very light sprinkles yesterday morning.
8/5/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Current 72 degrees, Pressure 29.97, Humidity 84%, Winds 3 mph south, Clear skies
8/6/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Current 74 degrees, Pressure 29.88, Humidity 76%, Calm winds, Partly cloudy skies
8/7/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Current 74 degrees, Humidity 77%, Pressure 29.80, Calm winds, Clear skies
8/8/2019 7:00 AM 0.27 M M M M Current 72 degrees, Pressure 29.88, Humidity 88%, Winds 3 mph east, Cloudy skies with rain and occasional lightning. Strongest wind recorded overnight was 12 mph. Light off and on rains started at midnight.
8/9/2019 7:00 AM 0.30 M M M M Current 71 degrees, Pressure 29.91, Humidity 88%, Cloudy skies, Calm winds, Thunderstorms to the SW.
8/10/2019 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Current 75 degrees, Humidity 96%, Pressure 29.88, Winds 3 mpg SSE, Cloudy skies with light sprinkles. Heavier rains NW of Rice County.
8/11/2019 7:00 AM 0.14 M M M M Current 73 degrees, Pressure 29.88, Humidity 93%, Calm winds, Cloudy skies. Rain occurred overnight and storms are currently southwest of Rice County.
8/12/2019 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Current 75 degrees, Pressure 29.74, Humidity 78%, Winds 3 mph from the west, Sunny skies. Light rain occurred overnight.
8/13/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Currently 75 degrees, Pressure 29.94, Humidity 89%, Calm winds, Sunny skies
8/14/2019 7:00 AM 0.22 M M M M Current 67 degrees, Pressure 29.88, Humidity 82%, Calim winds, Partly cloudy skies. Thunderstorms moved through around 10:30 PM last night with peak winds at 23 mph.
8/15/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Current 70 degrees, Pressure 29.83, Humidity 82%, wind 6 mph South, Mostly sunny skies
8/16/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 4.2 earthquake felt around 8 AM. centered near South Hutch. Pictures swayed on walls and we heard a small rumble noise. At least one aftershock. Current 69 degrees, Pressure 29.65, Humidity 92%, Calm winds, Cloudy skies, Thunderstorms currently 10 miles north and west of Sterling.
8/17/2019 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Current 71 degrees, Pressure 29.59, Humidity 79%, Wind 7 mph south with gusts up to 14 mph, Cloudy skies with rain
8/18/2019 7:00 AM 0.27 M M M M Current 68 degrees, Pressure 29.62, Humidity 86%, Winds 6 mph ENE, Partly cloudy skies. Another 4.1 earthquake last night near South Hutch, about 25 miles southeast of Sterling. This makes at least 9 over 2.0 in less than 48 hours.
8/19/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Current 74 degrees, Pressure 29.71, Humidity 92%, Calm winds, Early morning fog, currently sunny skies.
8/20/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Current 79 degrees, Pressure 29.74, Humidity 72%, Wind 6 mph south, Sunny skies
8/21/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Current 78 degrees, Pressure 29.74, Humidity 56%, Winds south@ 3 mph, Cloudy skies, Rain to the north and west of Sterling.
8/22/2019 7:00 AM 0.34 M M M M Current 72 degrees, Pressure 29.77 rising, Humidity 92%, Winds 2 mph east, Mostly cloudy skies
8/23/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Current 69 degrees, Pressure 29.77 rising, Humidity 93%, Winds calm, Cloudy skies, Thunderstorms to the north and west of Rice County.
8/24/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Current 70 degrees, Pressure 29.80, Humidity 91%, Calm winds, Cloudy skies with light sprinkles just beginning. Rain is moving in from the west.
8/25/2019 7:00 AM 2.24 M M M M Current 65 degrees, Pressure 29.91, Humidity 95%, Winds south 1 mph, Cloudy skis with lightning and light rain. Rain received between 1 AM and 1:56 AM was 1.21". By 8:20 AM the total had climbed to 1.60". The rest fell between 8:30-9:30 AM, making the reporting a couple of hours late due to lightning.
8/26/2019 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Current 72 degrees, Pressure 29.71 falling, Humidity 96%, Winds wsw 5 mph. Yesterday's report was a couple of hours later than usual due to lightning and rain, so the 7-9 am amount was included in the Sunday report, making this 24 total smaller.
8/27/2019 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Current 66 degrees, Pressure 30.03 steady, Humidity 81%, Calm winds, Partly cloudy skies. Showers to the west.
8/28/2019 7:00 AM 0.06 M M M M Current 60 degrees, Pressure 30.15, Humidity 87%, Calm winds, Clear skies
8/29/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/30/2019 7:00 AM 1.46 M M M M Current 67 degrees, Pressure 30.09, Humidity 91%, Calm winds, Cloudy skies with rain. Heaviest rain was from 11-1145 pm last night with 1.04". Wind gusts at that time were at least 50 mph.
8/31/2019 7:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
9/1/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/2/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/5/2019 6:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/6/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/7/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/8/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/9/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/10/2019 7:00 PM 0.08 M M M M
9/11/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/12/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/13/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/14/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/15/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/16/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/17/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/18/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/19/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/20/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/23/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/24/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/25/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/26/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/27/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
9/28/2019 7:30 AM 0.01 M M M M
9/29/2019 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M
9/30/2019 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
9/6/2019 9/11/2019 3:00 PM 6 0.00 M M



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