| 2026-06-02 | 8:00 AM | 0.08 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Less piddly amount of .08" in gauge from overnight shower. We're all grateful. |
| 2026-05-30 | 15:00 PM | 0.02 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Piddly little shower between 1 and 1:30pm left a piddly little .02" in gauge. |
| 2026-05-28 | 18:30 PM | 0.07 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Three sets of thunder rolled over beginning 4:15pm; only the first provided any significant (relatively speaking) rain in a short-lived burst. Recorded .07" at last ob at 6:30pm. |
| 2026-05-22 | 11:00 AM | 0.15 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | A good shower ending before 7:30am and a brief reprise around 10:30am put .15" in the gauge after 11 days without a drop. thank you, Universe. |
| 2026-05-11 | 18:00 PM | 0.98 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Two showers before noon started the rain-ball rolling. Then a downpour lasting 45 to 50 minutes filled the gauge tube to almost full: .98" all together at 6pm check. Hallelujah! |
| 2026-05-09 | 13:00 PM | 0.14 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | By 10:30am, the first morning rain clocked .08", then slacked. It started again around 11am, and stopped for the day about an hour later, adding .06" to our total. We are grateful. |
| 2026-05-07 | 16:00 PM | 0.21 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Morning rain gave us .08" at 11am check. By4pm, an additional .13" in gauge. |
| 2026-05-03 | 11:00 AM | 0.02 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Slight overnight accumulation of .02", bringing us up to .58" since 29 April. |
| 2026-05-02 | 21:00 PM | 0.43 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Lovely wet day with significant accumulation. .11" in gauge at 10a, and .24" more by 4p. At 9p check, there were another .08", bringing the day's total to .43" Woohoo! |
| 2026-05-01 | 11:15 AM | 0.02 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | A short early morning shower left .02" in gauge. Not much, but we're grateful for every drop we get. |
| 2026-04-30 | 9:30 AM | 0.11 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Overnight showers accumulated .11" in gauge at 9:30a check |
| 2026-04-29 | 17:50 PM | 0.02 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Several mid-morning rounds of sprinkles wet sidewalks and stepping stones, leaving a trace of moisture in the gauge. They continued into mid-afternoon. At 5:30pm ob, gauge held .02". |
| 2026-04-26 | 17:00 PM | 0.04 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Got all excited about the sprinkles that began around 10am. By 11:30am, though, all we'd accumulated was .01". Pffft. Light rain continued for about another hour then stopped. Checked the gauge at 5p to find only .03" additional. Sadly poor showing after 18 consecutive dry days. |
| 2026-04-08 | 10:00 AM | 0.01 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Brief sprinkle just before 8am left .01" in gauge. Early OVC evaporated to a sunny sky by a blustery NE breeze, 14-18 mph. Barometer at 30.60. |
| 2026-04-06 | 12:00 PM | 0.37 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Late start this morning, concrete surfaces already dry, wood ones very nearly so. Nonetheless, gauge held a blessed .37" from overnight showers, which is much needed. At 12pm ob, sky thinly BKN with cirrus and altocums, air mild, nor'easterly breeze 13-18. Barometer steady at 30.30. |
| 2026-03-28 | 0:00 AM | 0.02 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Light sprinkles became light rain for an hour or so, but only gave us .02" by noon, then turned sunny and breezy. Barometer at 30.52. |
| 2026-03-16 | 19:00 PM | 2.80 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | .Early morning shower deposited another .05" rain. But beginning at 12:30pm, a line of thunderstorms rolled through (I lost count at four) in a constant deluge that finally slacked off then stopped between 5:30 & 6pm. Checking the gauge at 7pm, I found a whopping 2.75" in it. It was the perfect afternoon to catch up on my Sudoku backlog. :-) |
| 2026-03-15 | 17:00 PM | 0.05 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | Late afternoon shower left .05" in gauge when I checked it at 5pm. |
| 2026-03-12 | 16:00 PM | 0.09 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Brief and occasionally heavy squall passed over between 2:45 & 3:15pm, leaving .09" in gauge. Wind has switched form SW to NW since this morning, gusting heavily 14-26 mph. Alas, the heat's back on & the windows closed, at least for a couple of days, while the March Lion is on duty. |
| 2026-03-10 | 11:00 AM | 0.01 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Another foggy night & morning, another .01" condensation in gauge. |
| 2026-03-09 | 13:00 PM | 0.26 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Heavy rain Sunday evening (3/8) between 6 & 7:30p DST, which subsequently diminished to a light rain when gauge checked at 10p, registering .22". Today, another .04" added to total, most likely ending in wee hours. |
| 2026-02-27 | 23:00 PM | 0.85 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | A seriously rainy day. At 8:30am, found .09" in gauge. At 4:30pm, after a really rainy afternoon, added .74". Most recent showers left .02", bringing the total to .85 at 11pm. |
| 2026-02-26 | 21:00 PM | 0.20 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | On-and-off showery day. .01" in gauge at 11 am; plus .02" more at 5pm; and .17" at 8:30pm. |
| 2026-02-22 | 10:00 AM | 0.61 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Rain in gauge from 11:30am Saturday (21st) measured .03". More showers began immediately after that reading & continued until the next ob, at 7pm, with an additional .33". This morning, overnight precip left .25", bringing 24-hour total to .61". Our 4th consecutive day of pervasive mist and fog means more OVC skies and damp, chilly air. Airs are light. Barometer at 30.01. |
| 2026-02-15 | 22:00 PM | 0.88 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Rain began mid-afternoon, heavy at times. By 6pm, there was .70" in gauge. Checked again when rain stopped, around 10pm, and added .18" to the total. |
| 2026-02-07 | 10:00 AM | 0.01 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | A very brief shower last evening left .01 in the gauge. Today, the sky is Carolina blue over a blustery nor'westerly breeze 14-20 mph. It's chilly, mostly because of the wind. Barometer at 30.17. |
| 2026-02-05 | 18:00 PM | 0.56 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Sprinkly morning on Wednesday 2/4, but settled into light rain. At 3pm, emptied .02" from gauge. By 6:30pm we'd added .15", and still the rain came down. This chilly but snow-free morning at 10am, a new .38" pushed up the total, increasing by another .01" by 6pm. Not raining anymore, but wet under a thoroughly grey sky with a nor'easterly breeze 10-15 mph. Barometer at 30.18. |
| 2026-02-01 | 18:00 PM | 0.14 | 7.5 | 0.14 | NA | NA | | We had the biggest snowfall since Tim and I moved here in 1997, 7 to 8". Reminded me of my 20 years in upstate NY, and of how little I miss it. |
| 2026-01-26 | 12:30 PM | 0.19 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Overnight & morning rains deposited .19" in gauge. Sky OVC stratus, chilly, nor'westerly breeze 10-18 mph. Barometer at 30.06. |
| 2026-01-25 | 12:00 PM | 0.03 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | .03" in gauge from morning showers. Sky OVC stratus, cold, northerly breeze 5-8 mph. Barometer at 30.22 |
| 2026-01-24 | 16:00 PM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | NA | NA | | The barometer rose from 30.40 to 30.59 today, and the Weather Service is no longer calling for any ice/freezing rain in our vicinity. Tabloid weather strikes incorrectly again! |
| 2026-01-23 | 15:00 PM | 0.01 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Brief shower between 2 & 2:30p left .01" in gauge. Winter storm warnings abound, even though the water temperature off Oak Island is still in the 50s. The Tabloid Weather guys sure like to keep the population off-balance |
| 2026-01-18 | 18:00 PM | 0.69 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Rained all day. Had been at it a while already at 10:30am, when .19" were in the gauge. Then 7 hours later, at 5:30, added .50" to total. |
| 2026-01-14 | 5:30 AM | 0.06 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Late afternoon thunderstorm (at least in Southport, where I was at the time) had dropped .06" not too long before I checked the gauge at home at 5:30. |
| 2026-01-04 | 11:00 AM | 0.18 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Recorded an additional .13" at 4pm Saturday amid continuing drizzle. This morning, .05" more. Clear, damp, cool, light northerly airs. Barometer up to
30.30. |
| 2026-01-03 | 12:30 PM | 0.16 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Rain started falling last night or early this morning. The gauge held .07" at 10:30am, & another .09" an hour later. Current conditions are OVC stratocums dispensing light drizzle, and light air. Barometer is at 30.05. |