1998 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 1 & 2, Values missing, recording tape jammed, estimate using Guin Library Tipping Bucket Gauge.

Late June and July, Values missing, recording tape jammed, estimate using Guin Library Tipping Bucket Gauge.

October 9-14, Daily values missing, recording tape jammed, total for month OK.

December 28, Gauge full, estimated using Guin Library Hobo Event Tipping Bucket Gauge.

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

1.5

.6

.6

.0

.3

.0

.0

.0

.0

.5

.2

2.4

 

2

.0

.3

.3

.0

.1

.0

.0

.0

.0

.3

.0

.4

 

3

.5

.3

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.4

.0

 

4

.5

.4

.2

.0

.0

.0

.1

.0

.0

.2

1.2

.0

 

5

.9

.4

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.5

1.3

 

6

.6

.3

.0

.1

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.8

.4

 

7

.1

.1

.3

.1

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

0.1

.8

 

8

.0

.9

.2

.0

.1

.0

.0

.0

.0

.1

0.3

.1

 

9

.0

.0

.2

.3

.0

.1

.0

.0

.0

mm

0.1

.0

 

10

.3

1.5

.3

.8

.0

.5

.0

.0

.0

mm

.4

.5

 

11

1.2

.4

.1

.2

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

mm

.1

1.1

 

12

.6

1.3

.7

.4

.3

.0

.0

.0

.0

mm

.0

.7

 

13

.5

.5

.0

.0

.1

.0

.0

.0

.0

mm

.0

.9

 

14

1.4

.9

.1

.1

.7

.0

.0

.0

.0

mm

.4

.0

 

15

.1

.7

.0

.0

.3

.1

.0

.0

.0

.0

.4

.0

 

16

1.4

.1

.1

.0

.2

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

 

17

.5

.1

.0

.0

.4

.1

.0

.0

.1

.0

.1

.0

 

18

.7

.9

.0

.1

.0

.0

.0

.0

.3

.0

.0

.0

 

19

1.4

.2

.0

.0

.0

.1

.0

.0

.1

.0

.9

.0

 

20

.3

1.9

.0

.0

.9

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

2.7

.0

 

21

.5

.2

1.8

.0

.6

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.4

.0

 

22

.9

.2

.7

.0

.0

mm

.0

.0

.0

.0

.2

.0

 

23

.6

.0

1.6

.1

.1

mm

mm

.1

.0

.0

.7

.0

 

24

.6

.1

.4

.1

.7

mm

mm

.0

.1

.2

.9

1.3

 

25

.5

.1

.1

.0

.1

mm

mm

.0

.3

.0

4.2

1.9

 

26

.0

.1

.2

.0

.0

mm

mm

.0

.0

.0

.9

.1

 

27

.0

.1

.7

.1

.0

mm

mm

.0

.0

.7

.6

3.9

 

28

.0

2.0

.0

.0

.0

mm

mm

.0

.0

.3

.4

4.5

est.

29

.4

 

.0

.0

.2

mm

.1

.0

.0

.0

.8

.6

 

30

.0

 

.3

.0

.1

mm

mm

.0

.0

.0

1.2

.5

 

31

.0

 

.1

 

.0

 

.1

.0

 

.2

 

.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

16.0

14.6

9.0

2.4

5.2

2.5

0.3

0.1

0.9

5.3

18.9

21.9

97.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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Monthly Precipitation Graphs

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June

 

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December

 

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Yearly Precipitation Graph

 

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Date of last Update:January 4, 1999
Document URL:http://www.hmsc.oregonstate.edu/weather/summaries/nws/1998/nwsweigh1998.html
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