| 2026-04-08 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 2.5 | NA | | |
| 2026-04-07 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-04-06 | 7:00 AM | T | 0.0 | NA | 3.5 | 0.89 | | Few raindrops in late afternoon |
| 2026-04-05 | 7:00 AM | 0.21 | 2.0 | 0.22 | 6.0 | 1.11 | | Yesterday's snow depth done as snow was ending. Storm total 4/2-4/4 was 10.7" snow, SWE total 1.25' |
| 2026-04-04 | 7:00 AM | 0.35 | 2.7 | 0.34 | 5.5 | 0.90 | | Light snow this morning, kind of in a dry slot with most of the snow still to our west. Half of yesterday's snow melted. No rain or ice. |
| 2026-04-03 | 7:00 AM | 0.52 | 3.5 | 0.51 | 6.0 | 0.70 | | Icy crust in bottom of gauge and on board. We did have mist in the afternoon, and high of 33 with melting on surfaces. |
| 2026-04-02 | 7:00 AM | 0.20 | 2.5 | 0.20 | 2.5 | 0.20 | | Snowing, no rain or sleet. Snow depth is an average, some areas melted at first. |
| 2026-04-01 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-03-31 | 7:00 AM | T | T | T | 0.0 | NA | | Trace of pure sleet |
| 2026-03-30 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-03-29 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-03-28 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | Frost on surfaces. |
| 2026-03-27 | 7:00 AM | T | T | T | NA | NA | | Few snowflakes, countable. |
| 2026-03-26 | 7:00 AM | T | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-03-25 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-24 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-03-23 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | T | T | | 2% snow coverage, just a few shady spots left. |
| 2026-03-22 | 7:00 AM | T | T | T | T | T | | Few flakes in the gauge. Ground is bare except for drifted or shoveled areas. |
| 2026-03-21 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-03-20 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 3.0 | NA | | Snow depth 2-4” but 40% of yard is bare. |
| 2026-03-19 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 5.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-18 | 7:00 AM | 0.11 | 1.6 | 0.12 | 7.5 | 1.47 | | slight glaze on gauge from freezing fog/mist during night. Snowpack SWE was difficult due to heavy ice by the ground. |
| 2026-03-17 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-03-16 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 5.5 | 1.23 | | |
| 2026-03-15 | 7:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.2 | 0.01 | 5.5 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-14 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-03-13 | 7:00 AM | 0.51 | 5.8 | 0.51 | 7.0 | NA | | Gauge had 7", ground and board, multiple spots, all 5.8 average. First inch melted as it fell. All snow, no rain or mixed precip that I saw. |
| 2026-03-12 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-03-11 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 4.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-10 | 7:00 AM | 0.07 | 1.0 | 0.06 | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-03-09 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 4.0 | 1.09 | | 60% snow coverage, hard to estimate average depth, just using the same spot all season. Melted 2” overnight. |
| 2026-03-08 | 7:00 AM | 0.01 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-03-07 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 5.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-03-06 | 7:00 AM | T | NA | NA | 6.5 | NA | | Fog and mist, hasn’t frozen for 3 nights. |
| 2026-03-05 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 7.5 | NA | | Dense fog, all surfaces wet, low of 35. Ground under heavy tree cover is bare. |
| 2026-03-04 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 9.0 | NA | | Fog, no precip, low of 34. |
| 2026-03-03 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 11.0 | NA | | I tapped a few boxelders, not running. |
| 2026-03-02 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 11.0 | 2.74 | | So many layers of icy crust that it’s hard to get SWE. |
| 2026-03-01 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 11.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-02-28 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 11.0 | NA | | High wind yesterday blew down branches here and several trees blocked trails at the ski area 8 miles north of Park Rapids. Snow is crusty and coarse, so no blowing snow. Temp dropped from 42 yesterday morning to -1 during the night. |
| 2026-02-27 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 12.0 | NA | | Frosty morning. High40 yesterday, snow is settling and melting. |
| 2026-02-26 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-02-25 | 7:00 AM | T | T | T | 13.0 | NA | | Tail end of yesterday’s snow. |
| 2026-02-24 | 7:00 AM | 0.11 | 2.6 | 0.13 | 13.5 | NA | | Snowed from 5 - 7 this morning, then stopped. |
| 2026-02-23 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 12.0 | 2.54 | | Low -11. We’ve had a gauge catch of 3.08” plus, snow and rain, since November 1. Most of that is still on the frozen ground. |
| 2026-02-22 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-02-20 | 7:00 AM | 0.02 | 0.2 | 0.01 | 12.5 | NA | | Mixed precip again noted on board and in gauge. |
| 2026-02-19 | 7:00 AM | 0.28 | 2.5 | 0.29 | 12.5 | NA | | 2-day Storm total 6" snow plus about 0.35" rain. Gauge again had frozen rain this morning and there was anothe 1/10 glaze on the snowboard. Most precip fell yesterday morning, with a dusting of snow and ? overnight |
| 2026-02-18 | 7:00 AM | 0.71 | 3.4 | 0.39 | 11.5 | NA | | Rain till midnight, then snow, and heavy, wet snow is falling at time of collection. Lots of frozen rain coating the inside of the gauge and on the snowboard. |
| 2026-02-17 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 8.5 | NA | | high of 50, and barely dipped below freezing last night. |
| 2026-02-16 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 8.5 | 2.00 | | Snow depth is thin under heavy tree cover. By yesterday evening the snow was melting from top to bottom, and really started to settle for the first time. |
| 2026-02-15 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 9.5 | NA | | Freezing fog, daily highs in the 40s |
| 2026-02-14 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 9.5 | NA | | Thick icy crust on snowpack is not showing a lot of melting yet, high yesterday here was 52 |
| 2026-02-13 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 9.5 | NA | | High 39 at airport, 44 on our patio. |
| 2026-02-12 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 9.5 | NA | | Heavy crust on top, melting daily. |
| 2026-02-10 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 10.0 | NA | | High 41 yesterday, solid crust on the snowpack, still sitting at just under 10". |
| 2026-02-09 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 10.0 | 2.05 | | Snowpack core is pretty solid, packed crust and ice. |
| 2026-02-08 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-02-07 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 10.0 | NA | | Crusty top layer of snow |
| 2026-02-05 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-02-04 | 7:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 12.0 | NA | | Mixed, crusty precipitation |
| 2026-02-03 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-02-02 | 7:00 AM | T | T | T | 12.0 | 1.97 | | Snowpack SWE is hard to measure due to all the ice layers at the bottom. I think this is accurate, the other recents may have been a bit low. |
| 2026-02-01 | 7:00 AM | 0.12 | 2.7 | 0.18 | 12.0 | NA | | Some wind last night, so less in the gauge. Snow began around 10 pm. |
| 2026-01-31 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 9.5 | NA | | |
| 2026-01-30 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-01-29 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | -20 again! |
| 2026-01-28 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-01-27 | 7:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 10.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-01-26 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.0 | 1.70 | | It's getting hard to get accurate snow depth SWE measurements, due to the layers of ice and sugar snow at the bottom. |
| 2026-01-25 | 7:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 10.0 | NA | | Snow flurry 'round midnight |
| 2026-01-24 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 10.0 | NA | | -31.4 was our low |
| 2026-01-23 | 7:00 AM | T | T | T | NA | NA | | Dusting of new snow yesterday morning. Did not include drifting that occurred later. Low -29. |
| 2026-01-22 | 7:00 AM | 0.02 | 0.3 | 0.02 | 10.5 | NA | | Light fluff yesterday morning and during the night. |
| 2026-01-21 | 7:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.2 | 0.01 | 10.5 | NA | | Dusting of snow last night, temp 5 now |
| 2026-01-20 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-01-19 | 7:00 AM | 0.04 | 0.5 | 0.08 | 10.0 | 1.89 | | Measured 0.5" snowfall mid-day as falling snow ended, followed by heavier wind and drifting. This added another 0.5", which I did not include. Gauge catch was 0.04 but that could be low due to morning wind. Total snowpack depth appears accurate. I recalibrated my scale for SWE, and the denominator is 206. Wt in grams / 206 = melted value in hundreths of an inch. |
| 2026-01-18 | 7:00 AM | 0.04 | 0.7 | 0.04 | NA | NA | | Very light, fluffy snow, temp -5, light S wind. |
| 2026-01-17 | 7:00 AM | 0.03 | 1.1 | 0.08 | 9.0 | NA | | Horizontal snow, so gauge is for sure low, board could be slightly drifted but snow total for 2 days is about 1.5" in multiple locations in the yard. |
| 2026-01-16 | 7:00 AM | 0.04 | 0.5 | 0.04 | NA | NA | | Light snow and wind, but gauge catch and board are the same. |
| 2026-01-15 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 9.0 | NA | | Heavy crust on snowpack after Mon-Tues meltdown. |
| 2026-01-14 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-01-13 | 7:00 AM | T | 0.0 | NA | 9.5 | NA | | Trace rain overnight, no snow, temps stayed above freezing after Chinook winds yesterday. Snow depth dropped 1.5" overnight. Surfaces and snow crusted and glazed. |
| 2026-01-12 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 11.0 | 1.72 | | |
| 2026-01-11 | 7:00 AM | 0.02 | 0.5 | 0.03 | 11.0 | NA | | Breezy, so gauge catch is slightly lower. |
| 2026-01-10 | 7:00 AM | 0.02 | 0.5 | 0.02 | NA | NA | | Wintry mix, trace, last evening then fluffy snow. |
| 2026-01-09 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-01-08 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | Fog and mist overnight. |
| 2026-01-07 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.0 | NA | | |
| 2026-01-06 | 7:00 AM | T | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | Freezing fog all day and all night, trace frozen precip in gauge |
| 2026-01-05 | 7:00 AM | 0.02 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.0 | 1.67 | | Freezing drizzle midday yesterday. |
| 2026-01-04 | 7:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-01-03 | 7:00 AM | T | T | T | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-01-02 | 7:00 AM | T | T | T | NA | NA | | Frosty |
| 2026-01-01 | 8:00 AM | 0.07 | 1.5 | 0.08 | 11.5 | NA | | Light snow beginning around 4 AM, no wind. Late observation, Happy New Year! |