| 2025-09-11 | 20:00 PM | 0.01 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Discovered .01" in gauge at 8p check. No idea when the shower came through, but I think it during twilight. |
| 2025-09-07 | 21:00 PM | 0.11 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Thunder showers at 3 and 7pm left .07" and .04" in gauge at 4pm and 9pm respectively. Not much, but we need every drop. :-) |
| 2025-08-30 | 18:00 PM | 0.02 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Sometime during the mid-afternoon, a brief shower drifted through unnoticed: but at a 6pm check inspired by slightly damp sidewalks, the gauge held .02". |
| 2025-08-24 | 11:00 AM | 0.08 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Overnight rain left .08" in gauge. OVC stratocums, not hot but mucho muggy, nor'easterly breeze 7-10 mph. Barometer at 30.07. |
| 2025-08-21 | 22:00 PM | 0.87 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Slight overnight shower netted .01" at 10am ob. Then a Thunderstorm & rain between 8:30 & 10pm gave .86" more. Weird weather these days. |
| 2025-08-14 | 21:00 PM | 0.73 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Thunder started rumbling constantly around 4:30p, and continued rumbling at frequent intervals until 7:30 or 8p. Rained pretty much all though this interval, sometimes light, sometimes heavy. Slacked off to almost nothing by 8:30p. Nine pm check found .73" in gauge. |
| 2025-08-12 | 15:00 PM | 0.21 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Overnight accumulation plus 10:40a shower left .18" in gauge by 11a. Another brief shower around noon added .03" to the total. |
| 2025-08-11 | 13:00 PM | 0.57 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Overnight accumulation left .55" in gauge by 11a. Another brief shower a little before noon added .02" to the total. |
| 2025-08-10 | 22:00 PM | 0.58 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Overnight, early morning, and an 11a to 12p showers filled the gauge 0.56" 12:30p ob: OVC stratocums most of the day, not hot but muggy, light north to NE breeze. Barometer at 30.35. Ten pm ob offered another .02" precip. |
| 2025-08-07 | 14:00 PM | 0.63 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Rain beginning around 9:30p Wednesday & still falling at 11:30p (bedtime) left .58" by Friday morning ob. A light shower began around 11:30a: at 1p, gauge held .05" with continuing sprinkles. |
| 2025-07-24 | 9:30 AM | 1.13 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Early morning showers, some heavy, granted us 1.13" of sorely needed rain. SCT mix of clouds, 100% humidity at OKI at 9:25a (!), compensating nor'easterly breeze 5-8 mph. Barometer at 30.36. |
| 2025-07-22 | 17:00 PM | 0.02 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Tiny afternoon shower added .02" to July puny rainfall total. But we'll take it. |
| 2025-07-21 | 17:00 PM | 0.08 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | Poured in Southport most of the afternoon, but nary a drop for Oak Island until sometime between 3:30 and 4:30pm, when a shower deposited .08" in the gauge. Not much, but we need every drop. |
| 2025-07-17 | 11:30 AM | 0.13 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Overnight showers gave us .13", much appreciated by the grass & weeds. BKN to OVC stratocum/cirrus mix, hot, humid, sou'westerly breeze 5-8 mph. Barometer at 30.32. |
| 2025-07-15 | 10:00 AM | 0.05 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Overnight shower left .05" in gauge. By time of ob, BKN mix of clouds, hot but not yet killer humid, southerly breeze 4-7 mph. Barometer at 30.30. |
| 2025-07-06 | 15:00 PM | 0.65 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Tropical Storm Chantal blew west of us overnight, dumping .63" by 10:30am. A brief shower later in the morning added .02" to the total when I checked again at 3pm, and then she was off to Virginia and points north. |
| 2025-07-05 | 23:00 PM | 0.48 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Tropical Storm Chantal inched her way NW today, depositing .24" by 10am; .10" by 1pm, .12" 6pm, and .02" at 11pm check, making for a not-very-good beach day for the tourists. |
| 2025-07-03 | 10:00 AM | 0.17 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | A brief shower around 5:45p Wednesday 2 July left .02" in gauge at 7pm check. Some thunder rumbles far and near promised more, but no rain by 11pm. At 10am check Thursday 3 July, another .15" appeared. Didn't hear a storm overnight, but hey! Rain is rain is rain. :-) |
| 2025-06-15 | 12:00 PM | 0.48 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Stormy weather continued through the day on Saturday. The edge of a thunderstorm brushed past us with heavy rain at 2:30-3pm, followed by a silent shower that began around 3:30, also with periods of heavy rain. I went to check the gauge at 5p (.19" accumulated), in a light sprinkle. Another thunderstorm blew up just as I returned to the house. An hour later, another .29" had accrued. This morning, gauge held .02", probably before midnight Saturday. Skies BKN stratocums, hot, muggy, SSW breeze at 10-15 mph. Barometer at 30.30. |
| 2025-06-11 | 9:00 AM | 0.30 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Overnight showers, heavy at times, dropped .30" in gauge by time of ob. SCT horizon-hugging clouds to south and east, otherwise clear; mildy-warm (but could sense the heat behind it; light SSE airs. Barometer at 30-31. |
| 2025-06-08 | 19:00 PM | 0.63 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | A line of thunderstorms began crossing through our neighborhood at 2:30p, with heavy rain for almost 2 hours. When I went out to check the gauge at 7pm, it held .63". |
| 2025-05-31 | 8:30 AM | 0.13 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | This morning, .13" in gauge from midnight-ish showers. Radar at 10pm Friday showed huge line of thunderstorm activity offshore: although we heard a few claps of thunder and 2 or 3 flashes of lightning, our accumulation brought no sturm und drang. |
| 2025-05-30 | 9:00 AM | 0.12 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Gauge held .12" this morning from overnight rain. Sky BKN with cums & stratocums circling the horizon. WSW breeze 12-15 mph. Forgot to take a barometer reading then, but it's down to 29.95 now, with a line of thunderstorms approaching. |
| 2025-05-28 | 10:00 AM | 2.44 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Rain became audible through the stove-fan vent at 9:30p Tuesday. Rained hard for a half-hour or so, slacked, rained hard again, repeating the pattern several more times. This morning gauge held 2.44" under an OVC mix of clouds. Warming up quickly, southerly breeze variable speeds. Barometer at 30.28. |
| 2025-05-14 | 19:00 PM | 0.04 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | One clap of thunder around 5:45 and less than a half-hour of gentle rain left .04" in the gauge this evening
at the 7pm check. This after a mostly sunny day with beautiful piles of towering cums around the horizon, whiter than white. Amazing. |
| 2025-05-13 | 11:00 AM | 1.17 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | A constant light rain throughout Sunday (11th) afternoon left .04" in the gauge at the 6pm check. Overnight rains amounted to 1.13" at time of ob. Horizon ringed by cums and cirrus but Carolina blue overhead. Atmosphere muggy, southerly breeze 7-10 mph. Barometer at 30.13. |
| 2025-05-12 | 10:00 AM | 0.08 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Early afternoon shower on Sunday (11th) added .03" to this day's total. This morning revealed another .05" fell overnight. Sky thin OVC stratocums, muggy if you're moving, Southerly breeze 3-6 mph. Barometer at 30.36. |
| 2025-05-11 | 12:00 PM | 1.86 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | At 6m Saturday (10th), a late afternoon shower left .14" in gauge. A second shower that evening added .16" at 9pm check. This morning (11th) a long line of thunderstorms rolled through, beginning around 5:50am & lasting until after 9am. At noon, there was a gratefully appreciated 1.56" in the gauge. Sky OVC stratocums, light northerly airs. Barometer at 30.40. |
| 2025-05-09 | 10:40 AM | 0.40 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Overnight rainfall (didn't wake up to thunder, so wasn't a storm) left a much-appreciated .40" in the gauge. Sky OVC stratocums at time of ob, but they burnt off as the day progressed. Southerly breeze 4-7 mph at 10:40am, and a mild 75 degrees. Barometer at 30.10. |
| 2025-05-04 | 11:45 AM | 0.92 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | T'storm rolled in right around 4:45am this morning. It passed over quickly, but rain continued for some time, to at least 6am. Gauge held .92" of much-needed moisture. At time of ob, sky OVC mix of clouds, wet, mildy-warm, southerly breeze 10-15 mph. Barometer at 30.09. |
| 2025-04-23 | 22:00 PM | 0.19 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Noticed sprinkles on sidewalks around 5pm, & real rain beginning near 5:30pm. At a 6pm check, .04" in gauge. At 10pm, another .15" accumulated. Grateful for it, went 12 days without. |
| 2025-04-11 | 20:30 PM | 0.45 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | A strong thunderstorm that sounded like it was directly over us started around 11 Thursday night; not sure how long it lasted. Found .34" in the gauge at 9:45 Friday morning. Another storm blew in a little before 7pm, pushed by a brisk north wind, and rain that seemed horizontal for a few minutes early on. This one had blown over by 8pm. The gauge at 8:30pm had an additional .11" in it. Weird weather. |
| 2025-04-08 | 11:00 AM | 0.60 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | A rip-roarin' thunderstorm rolled in Monday night around 10pm. Don't know how long it lasted (I fell asleep) but I imagine it didn't last beyond midnight. This morning there was .60" in the gauge. Sky had SCT puffy cums, air cooly-mild, northerly breeze 7-12 mph.
Barometer at 30.09. |
| 2025-04-01 | 9:30 AM | 0.25 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | A thunderstorm rolled in around 8:45pm Monday night, ending before 11pm. This morning, .25" in gauge at time of ob. BKN to OVC cums and stratocums, mild, southerly wind 7-9 mph. Barometer at 30.16. |
| 2025-03-26 | 10:30 AM | 0.04 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Overnight rain of .04" in gauge this morning. Sky Carolina blue clear, dry, cooly-mild, northerly breeze at 7-10 mph. Barometer at 20.26. |
| 2025-03-17 | 18:00 PM | 0.02 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | We've been out all day, but when I checked the gauge upon our return at 6pm, there were .02" in it. Don't know when it fell, sorry. |
| 2025-03-16 | 22:00 PM | 1.08 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Rain began between 3 and 4pm, and continued for an hour or so, leaving .21" in gauge by 6pm. Impressive thunderstorm cranked up around 7-ish, flashing, rumbling, and teeming rain for an hour-and-a-half or more, this time depositing .87" and still raining lightly at 9:45pm. Barometer currently at 30.08. |
| 2025-03-05 | 6:00 AM | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Real thunderstorm between 2 & 3:30 this afternoon, punctuated by close-in thunder claps, visible lightning, several heavy downpours, and blustery winds, resulted in 1.25" accumulation at 6pm ob. Add the paltry .03" in gauge at 10am, and today's total is a mere .03" short of equaling the entire month of February's 1.31". {EDIT: Observer reported 1.28 for new gauge catch. Surrounding reports of 0.00's indicate this could be a date error. Changed report of 1.28 to NA until observer can be contacted. Submission Time Before EDIT; 3/5/2025 9:50 PM CoCoSTAFF DNT} |
| 2025-02-28 | 9:00 AM | 0.15 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Surprise thunderstorm blew up around 11pm Thursday, ended before midnight; .15" in gauge at time of ob. Clear, cool, sou'westerly breeze 5-7 mph. Barometer at 30.19. |
| 2025-02-20 | 8:30 AM | 0.17 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Yep, Thursday's rain continued during the evening. Found .17" in gauge after thawing. The ice cap makes me pretty sure most if not all of the precip fell before midnight of the 19th. |
| 2025-02-19 | 18:00 PM | 0.25 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Cold, blustery, grey, rainy day. Recorded .02" at 10am; .05" more at 3pm; and .18" just a few minutes ago at 6pm. It's actively raining at this time, but I doubt I'll be outside again tonight. :-) |
| 2025-02-16 | 11:30 AM | 0.44 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | As forecast, it's a rainy, blustery day. At this point, more rain than lull, with .15" accumulation at 10am, & .04" more by 11:15. Still raining, so more to come ... Heavy shower mid-afternoon added .24" to total at 5pm check, and then a residual .01" at 8pm bedtime ob. |
| 2025-02-14 | 10:30 AM | 0.03 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Forgot to record the .03" accumulation from a brief but heavy shower occurring around 11:30am on Thursday until I noticed it in the gauge at the time of my 10:30 ob on this perfect, brilliantly sunny February day. Sorry. |
| 2025-02-11 | 10:00 AM | 0.03 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Light showers left .03" in gauge under OVC stratus & sprinkles, chilly air, nor'westerly breeze 4-7 mph. Barometer at 30.42. |
| 2025-02-02 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2025-01-28 | 11:15 AM | 0.10 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Rain showers continued after my 1930 ob last night, so I suspect most, if not all, of the .10" in the gauge this morning fell before midnight. Be that as it may ... Sky this morning was Carolina blue from horizon to horizon, a welcome 57-degree ambient temp, 44 degree low, back to "normal" winter at last. Very little residual snow remaining on the ground. Sou'westerly breeze 7-10 mph. Barometer at 30.17. |
| 2025-01-27 | 20:00 PM | 0.23 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Overnight showers deposited .11" in gauge at 8:15am ob. OVC stratus, wet, chilly, calm. Barometer at 30.41 at that time. Checked again at 7:30pm: .12" additional accumulation. Thaw almost complete now. This is the longest snow has ever hung around on the ground in the 28 years I've lived on Oak Island. Roads iced over Wednesday & Thursday, but cleared by Friday afternoon. Weird weather. |
| 2025-01-23 | 11:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | Warmed up just enough yesterday afternoon to ensure temps in the low 20s would freeze sleet/snow mix on ground solid. Our street is completely iced over for the first time in the 28 years we've lived here. Usually Oak Island's preemptive school and services closings are a joke, but not this time. Grey skies with some sunny breaks, cold (three kettles of boiling water barely budged the ice floe in our birdbath), northerly wind 8-12 mph. Barometer down to 30.54. No new accumulation. |
| 2025-01-22 | 13:00 PM | 0.71 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Woke to crunchy snow, a few "drifts" up to 2.5". Melted snow/sleet mix in gauge funnel into cylinder: totaled .71". A few mixed flurries through the day but no further accumulation. OVC grey sky, cold, northerly breeze 8-12 mph. Barometer at 30.60. |
| 2025-01-19 | 16:00 PM | 0.47 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Recorded another .05" yesterday afternoon at 6:30pm. Overnight, collected .41" by 10am check. Foggy, wet, cool, light airs. Barometer at 29.98 at that time. Added .01" to total at 4pm. |
| 2025-01-18 | 11:30 AM | 0.24 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Raining during ob this morning, with .04" in gauge. OVC stratocums, wet, light rain, chilly, calm. Barometer down to 30.17. UPDATE at 13:30---rain in lull, .20" more accumulation. |
| 2025-01-11 | 17:30 PM | 0.33 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | .31" in gauge this morning at 8am check under OVC stratus. Cold, wet, light airs. Barometer at 29.90.
At 5pm, .02" additional accumulation. Barometer up to 30.07. |
| 2025-01-06 | 15:00 PM | 0.03 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | "It's a grey, grey, gloomy day, / a strange and Moody Blues day ..." One brief downpour around 2pm amongst several tiny squalls accumulated .03 by the 3pm check. And that apparently was that for the day. |