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.

Table

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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F

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M

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J

A

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D

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Date of last Update: January 3,1997
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