1996 Precipitation
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The precipitation is collected in a bucket. As the bucket gets heavier,a set of gears turns indicating the precipitation. Every 15 minutes, thepaper tape is punched indicating the current weight of the bucket (measuredin inches of precipitation). The tape is manually read from midnight tomidnight each day. Accuracy is to the nearest 0.1 (tenth) of an inch.
The following table is an unofficial summary of the National WeatherService Weighing Rain Gage at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport,Oregon.
Missing Data
February 7-9, 1996 Bucket overflowed, values estimated based on uptownNewport readings
Day |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
June |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
|
1 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.2 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.2 |
|
2 |
.2 |
.0 |
.1 |
.1 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.3 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
1.3 |
|
3 |
.1 |
.3 |
1.1 |
.0 |
.3 |
.0 |
.1 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.3 |
.0 |
|
4 |
.2 |
.1 |
.5 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.1 |
.0 |
.7 |
.2 |
2.1 |
|
5 |
.4 |
2.2 |
.3 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.1 |
.2 |
|
6 |
.3 |
4.3 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.5 |
.6 |
|
7 |
1.0 |
2.9* |
.2 |
.0 |
.1 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
0 |
2.4 |
|
8 |
.0 |
2.3* |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
0 |
.7 |
|
9 |
.0 |
0.1* |
.1 |
.1 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
0 |
.6 |
|
10 |
.0 |
.0 |
.2 |
.4 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.1 |
.0 |
.5 |
|
11 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
1.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.1 |
.3 |
.7 |
|
12 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.4 |
.6 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.4 |
.6 |
1.0 |
|
13 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.3 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.2 |
.4 |
.2 |
.0 |
|
14 |
.6 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
2.0 |
.6 |
.4 |
mm |
|
15 |
1.6 |
.0 |
.0 |
.2 |
.4 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.1 |
.1 |
.2 |
mm |
|
16 |
.2 |
.2 |
.0 |
.5 |
.1 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.2 |
.1 |
.3 |
mm |
|
17 |
.1 |
1.3 |
.0 |
.4 |
1.0 |
.2 |
.9 |
.0 |
.0 |
.6 |
.2 |
mm |
|
18 |
.7 |
1.1 |
.0 |
.3 |
.4 |
.1 |
.1 |
.0 |
.3 |
.8 |
3.2 |
mm |
|
19 |
.5 |
.6 |
.1 |
.8 |
.1 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.3 |
3.0 |
mm |
|
20 |
1.2 |
1.1 |
.0 |
1.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
mm |
|
21 |
.3 |
.4 |
.1 |
.1 |
.4 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.7 |
.5 |
mm |
|
22 |
.6 |
1.3 |
.6 |
1.5 |
.5 |
.2 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.3 |
.0 |
mm |
|
23 |
.9 |
.5 |
.1 |
2.4 |
.1 |
.5 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
1.4 |
.4 |
mm |
|
24 |
.4 |
.3 |
.1 |
.0 |
.0 |
.4 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.3 |
.2 |
mm |
|
25 |
.5 |
.0 |
.0 |
.5 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.4 |
.0 |
mm |
|
26 |
.4 |
.0 |
.1 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.2 |
mm |
|
27 |
.8 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.8 |
mm |
|
28 |
.5 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.1 |
.1 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
1.1 |
.3 |
mm |
|
29 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.4 |
.0 |
.1 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.2 |
mm |
|
30 |
.0 |
.3 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.0 |
.1 |
.1 |
.0 |
1.0 |
mm |
||
31 |
.0 |
.5 |
.0 |
.1 |
.0 |
.0 |
2.1 |
||||||
Total |
11.5 |
19.0 |
4.4 |
9.9 |
4.8 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
0.5 |
2.9 |
8.4 |
13.1 |
23.7 est |
101.0 |
Mean |
10.7 |
8.0 |
8.2 |
4.8 |
3.5 |
2.7 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
2.6 |
5.4 |
10.9 |
11.8 |
70.9 |
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Date of last Update: January 3,1997
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