2003 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

Table

The following table is an unofficial summary of the National Weather Service Weighing Rain Gauge 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

.3

.0

.3

.1

 

 

 

 

.0

.1

.1

 

2

.8

.1

.3

.8

.0

 

 

 

 

.0

.0

.8

 

3

.4

.0

.1

.4

.3

 

 

 

 

.0

.0

.1

 

4

1.1

.0

.1

.1

.4

 

 

 

 

.0

.1

.1

 

5

.0

.0

.3

1.0

.1

.1

 

 

 

.0

.1

1.5

 

6

.0

.0

.7

.1

.0

 

 

 

 

.7

.0

.3

 

7

.0

.0

1.6

.3

.0

 

 

 

.4

.0

.0

.5

 

8

.0

.0

.3

.3

.1

 

.2

 

.1

.1

.0

.0

 

9

.0

.0

.6

.1

.0

 

 

 

.4

.0

.0

.7

 

10

.0

.0

.1

.1

.0

 

 

 

.1

.1

.2

.3

 

11

.4

.0

.2

.2

.0

 

 

 

.2

.1

.0

.3

 

12

2.6

.0

.4

.3

.0

 

 

 

 

.0

.1

.7

 

13

.3

.0

.7

.1

.0

.4

 

 

 

.0

.0

3.4

 

14

.0

.1

.6

.8

.0

 

 

 

 

.1

.0

.3

 

15

.0

.8

.4

.1

.0

 

 

 

 

.2

.7

.0

 

16

.0

.3

.1

.2

.2

 

 

 

.3

.1

.9

.9

 

17

.0

1.1

.0

.2

.1

 

 

 

 

.0

.3

.1

 

18

.0

.1

.0

.0

.0

 

 

 

 

.0

.3

.0

 

19

.0

.3

.4

.0

.0

 

 

 

.1

.8

1.6

.3

 

20

.0

.6

.2

.0

.0

 

 

 

 

.4

.4

1.4

 

21

.1

.3

2.8

.1

.0

 

 

 

 

.0

.4

.0

 

22

.8

.0

1.0

.0

.0

.1

 

 

 

.5

.0

.0

 

23

.1

.0

.2

1.5

.0

 

 

 

 

.0

.4

.3

 

24

.4

.0

.4

.5

.1

 

 

 

 

.0

.1

.9

 

25

.9

.0

.5

.1

.0

 

 

 

 

.0

.7

.2

 

26

.5

.0

.2

.4

.0

 

 

 

 

.0

.2

.4

 

27

.1

.1

.1

.0

.0

 

 

.1

 

.0

.0

.9

 

28

.0

.2

.0

.0

.0

 

 

 

 

.3

1.2

1.1

 

29

2.5

 

.0

.0

.0

 

 

 

.1

.2

1.9

1.1

 

30

1.4

 

.0

.0

.0

 

 

 

 

.0

.2

.1

 

31

2.7

 

.3

 

.0

 

 

 

 

.0

 

.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

15.2

4.3

12.6

8.0

1.4

0.6

0.2

0.1

1.7

3.6

9.9

17.5

75.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mean

10.2

8.7

7.7

5.0

3.7

2.7

1.0

1.0

2.4

5.1

10.7

11.4

69.6

(1971-2000)

J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

O

N

D

YR

Pct. Of Mean

149%

49%

164%

160%

38%

22%

20%

10%

71%

71%

93%

154%

83%

Water Year (Oct-Sep) Cumulative

 

O

N

D

J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

 

Mean

5.1

15.8

27.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Observed

3.6

13.5

31.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Monthly Precipitation Graphs

January

 

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May

 

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June

 

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September

 

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October

 

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November

 

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December

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Yearly Precipitation Graph

Water Year Cumulative Precipitation Graph

 

Date of last Update: January 1, 2004
Document Coordinator: hmscweather@oregonstate.edu