| 2026-02-28 | 6:35 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.5 | 1.14 | | melting but brief drop below freezing; some fog night of 2/27
Snowpack depth; SWE from guesstimate across my yard |
| 2026-02-27 | 7:04 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | a lot of melting |
| 2026-02-26 | 6:34 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | about 37; much melting |
| 2026-02-25 | 6:50 AM | 0.04 | 0.6 | 0.04 | NA | NA | | snowing—big flakes |
| 2026-02-24 | 7:06 AM | 0.67 | 7.6 | 0.67 | NA | NA | | snow & SWE until end of snow event
no rain mixing
storm ended ~ 15:30 |
| 2026-02-23 | 7:30 AM | 1.15 | 14.3 | 1.15 | 14.5 | 1.26 | | intermittent rain showers before snow start @ 13:15; gauge amt = 0.08; Snowpack depth = 0.2 across yard; Snowpack SWE =0.11 across yard; approx 40% covered (measurements adjusted DOWN to account for coverage)
At 19:50, snow depth = 4 5/8 in; SWE = 0.39 in
At 23:00, new snow depth = 3 3/8 in; new SWE = 0.22 in
At 7:30 (23/2) new snow depth = 6 1/8 in; new SWE = 0.46
Today’s report: Added all rain gauge measurements; all snow depth measurements & SWE measurements
Still snowing, some drifting from gusts; measuring spot level and mostly protected from wind |
| 2026-02-22 | 6:19 AM | T | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | very light rain |
| 2026-02-21 | 7:02 AM | 0.48 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | periods of rain throughout 2/20/2026 |
| 2026-02-20 | 6:51 AM | 0.01 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | light rain |
| 2026-02-19 | 7:03 AM | 0.11 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | still melting but still some snow pack |
| 2026-02-18 | 6:29 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | foggy; a lot of meting! :) most of ground is still snow covered; grass visible in places that get direct dun during all daylight hours |
| 2026-02-17 | 7:19 AM | T | NA | NA | NA | NA | | didn’t see ppt but there was a little liquid on my snowboard this am |
| 2026-02-16 | 7:11 AM | 0.20 | 1.3 | 0.24 | 5.0 | 1.14 | | snow started - 21:45: big flakes, melting on contact; “sticking” started about 22:30; at obser time: temp 30, cloudy, no ppt
Snowpack: measured at Fairview Cemetery, 12:45, at my maternal grandfather’s headstone, approx 0.2 mi from my station because snow pack much too variable at my station—drifting from after snow event end Jan 2026, extremely uneven melting w/ sun/shade variation. Even places that appear relatively flat when no snowpack are very variable today. |
| 2026-02-15 | 6:19 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-02-14 | 7:05 AM | T | T | T | NA | NA | | snow trace overnight |
| 2026-02-13 | 6:05 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-02-12 | 7:05 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | expect dome melting today |
| 2026-02-11 | 5:53 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-02-10 | 6:21 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | yard snow covered but too icy, too uneven for meaningful measurement. Guess snowpack depth about 3-4 in remaining from 1/25-1/26 snow event. |
| 2026-02-09 | 7:05 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | snow pack too icy, too uneven for a meaningful measurement. Guesstimate = 4 in |
| 2026-02-08 | 6:26 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-02-07 | 7:08 AM | T | T | NA | NA | NA | | ground snow covered but not enough to measure |
| 2026-02-06 | 6:15 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-02-05 | 7:18 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-02-04 | 7:44 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-02-03 | 7:16 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-02-02 | 6:20 AM | T | T | T | NA | NA | | about 5 flakes of snow at 8:50 hi |
| 2026-02-01 | 7:19 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-01-31 | 6:25 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-01-30 | 6:20 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | cold!! |
| 2026-01-29 | 6:34 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | very cold! |
| 2026-01-28 | 7:22 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | cold!! |
| 2026-01-27 | 6:02 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-01-26 | 7:45 AM | 2.27 | 9.2 | NA | 10.8 | NA | | All snow until ~12:45 when
sleet began to mix in. By 16:45, about 80-90% sleet. PPT ended ~ 22:00
(MG note: changed 11.1" "24-hr snowfall" to 9.2", as confirmed by observer. OST 1/26/2026 10:07 AM) |
| 2026-01-25 | 7:10 AM | 0.12 | 1.9 | 0.12 | NA | NA | | cold for this part of NJ; apple app temp = 14F; snow falling heavily. Gauge catch = SWE because no ppt before snow began sometime after 01:00 |
| 2026-01-24 | 6:18 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | T | T | | patches of unmelted snow in areas that experience no direct sunlight |
| 2026-01-23 | 7:02 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | T | T | | no snow pack left anywhere in direct sunlight; still melting @ 22:00. |
| 2026-01-22 | 6:43 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-01-21 | 7:03 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-01-20 | 6:15 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-01-19 | 6:20 AM | 0.49 | 2.9 | 0.46 | NA | NA | | Most of daylight hrs: intermittent, extreme, light rain/snow mix; temp above 32. Rain gauge amount = 0.03 @ 15:00 Very light snow, starting around 16:30, heavier ~ 16:50, “regular” snow ~ 17:00 - 21:30. Measurements taken at 22:00 |
| 2026-01-18 | 6:53 AM | 0.13 | 0.1 | 0.08 | T | T | | 1/17 snow event: very fine, light snow started ~ noon; gradually increased to big, then “normal” flakes, relatively heavy, from about 12:45 - 14:00, then back to fine, light snow, ending ~14:20. melted snow = 0.08in, snow depth approx 0.1 in. Reading taken 14:20.
Woke to light rain/snow mix (mostly rain), with ~0.06in slush, that melted down to 0.05in (meniscus just over 0.05).
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| 2026-01-17 | 6:07 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2026-01-16 | 7:18 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2026-01-15 | 8:00 AM | T | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | few drops ~17:00; few more ~18:10 |
| 2026-01-14 | 6:03 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2026-01-13 | 7:02 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2026-01-12 | 6:13 AM | 0.01 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | |
| 2026-01-11 | 8:00 AM | 1.02 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Rain started ~10:45, becoming heavier. By 12:45, very intense until about 18:30, then gradually subsiding. Extremely light by ~ 20:20 |
| 2026-01-10 | 6:18 AM | 0.01 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | light rain, ~ 20:00 |
| 2026-01-09 | 6:21 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2026-01-07 | 6:17 AM | 0.03 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | light rain, started ~19:25, then a little heavier; over by 23:15 |
| 2026-01-06 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | cloudy; threatening rain |
| 2026-01-05 | 7:03 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2026-01-04 | 6:47 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | only minimal traces if snow in completely shaded areas. No genuine “snow pack” |
| 2026-01-03 | 7:13 AM | T | T | T | 0.0 | 0.00 | | extremely light, intermittent, snow flurries late pm; about 16:00 - 17:30 |
| 2026-01-02 | 6:50 AM | 0.01 | T | T | T | T | | flurry overnight, between 00:00 and 06:00; ground re-covered but impossible to get accurate core measurement |
| 2026-01-01 | 7:36 AM | 0.04 | 0.3 | 0.04 | NA | NA | | - clear, snow after 01:00
- windy by 09:00 with a few strong gusts
- no snowpack prior to early am snow but ground very cold
OST 1/01/2026 10:19 AM |