1997 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, the paper tape is punched indicating the current weight of the bucket (measured in inches of precipitation). The tape is manually read from midnight to midnight each day. Accuracy is to the nearest 0.1 (tenth) of an inch.

Missing Data

January 7-13, Values missing, recording tape jammed.
January 30-31, Values incomplete.
October 29-31, Tape in gage jammed, monthly total OK.
December 29-31, Tape in gage jammed, monthly total estimated.

Table

The following table is an unofficial summary of the National Weather Service Weighing Rain Gage at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Oregon.

Day

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Year

1

.3

.4

2.2

.1

.0

.0

.1

.0

.0

.8

.0

.0

2

.6

.0

.3

.0

.3

.0

.0

.0

.0

.3

.0

.0

3

.0

.0

.4

.1

.2

.5

.0

.0

.0

.9

.2

.0

4

.4

.1

.0

.0

.1

.4

.0

.0

.0

.4

.0

.0

5

.1

.0

.7

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.1

.0

6

.1

.1

1.3

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.1

.4

.0

7

mm

.2

.2

.1

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

0

.7

8

mm

.0

.1

.6

.0

.0

.8

.0

.0

1.0

0

.3

9

mm

.0

1.3

.0

.0

.0

.1

.0

.0

1.6

0

1.5

10

mm

.0

1.1

.0

.0

.0

.5

.0

.1

.6

.0

.1

11

mm

.4

.6

.0

.0

.1

.1

.0

.0

.3

.0

.0

12

mm

.1

.2

.4

.0

.3

.0

.0

.0

.1

.1

.0

13

mm

.3

.0

1.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.2

.0

.0

.0

14

.0

.2

.0

.6

.0

.0

.0

.0

.5

.0

.0

.5

15

.0

.0

1.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

1.1

.0

.0

.7

16

.2

.1

1.0

.2

.0

.0

.0

.0

1.9

.0

.2

2.5

17

3.5

.2

.0

.0

.0

.1

.0

.0

.6

.1

.3

.2

18

.3

.8

.9

.3

.0

.1

.0

.0

.4

.0

.2

.0

19

.2

.4

1.2

1.6

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

2.4

.0

20

.7

.1

.1

.1

.0

.0

.0

.2

.0

.0

.1

.5

21

.9

.0

.0

.0

.0

1.4

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.1

22

.1

.0

.0

.8

.1

.6

.0

.1

.0

.0

.6

.1

23

.1

.0

.0

.1

.3

.2

.0

.1

.0

.0

1.8

.1

24

.1

.0

.0

.0

.1

.0

.0

.5

.0

.0

.8

.1

25

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.6

.0

.0

.0

26

.0

.2

.4

.3

.0

.0

.0

1.4

.5

.1

.0

.1

27

1.0

.3

.5

.0

.1

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.4

0.1e

28

.1

.2

.0

.5

1.2

.1

.0

.2

.0

.4

1.2

0.3e

29

.0

.0

.1

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

mm

.7

mm

30

3.7

.3

.4

.5

.0

.0

.0

.6

mm

.3

mm

31

mm

.2

1.9

.0

.0

mm

mm

Total

12.4

4.1

14.0

7.3

4.8

3.8

1.6

2.5

6.5

9.2

9.8

7.9 est.

83.9 est.

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

(1961-1990)

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F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

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N

D

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Date of last Update: January 2, 1998
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