| 2025-07-03 | 8:00 AM | T | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-07-02 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Very heavy dew. |
| 2025-06-11 | 8:00 AM | T | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Heavy morning dew. |
| 2025-06-10 | 8:00 AM | 0.23 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Drizzly rain at obs time. Spotty, small cloudbursts in the afternoon. Watched a dark blob pass directly south of my station which only gave me a few sprinkles. |
| 2025-06-09 | 8:00 AM | 0.22 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Raining at time of obs. |
| 2025-06-08 | 8:00 AM | 0.41 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | One clap of thunder during the night. |
| 2025-06-07 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | No dew. |
| 2025-06-06 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | 58° and calm at time of obs. |
| 2025-06-05 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Light dew. |
| 2025-06-04 | 8:00 AM | 0.71 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-06-03 | 8:00 AM | 0.04 | NA | NA | NA | NA | | Light rain at time of obs. |
| 2025-06-02 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Hazy orange sunrise. |
| 2025-06-01 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Sunrise dimmed by smoke haze |
| 2025-05-31 | 8:00 AM | 0.02 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Slight smoke haze again this morning. |
| 2025-05-30 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | 55° hazy with smoke, everything looks hello-green. |
| 2025-05-29 | 8:00 AM | 0.02 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-05-28 | 8:00 AM | T | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Drizzle and a few drops mid afternoon. |
| 2025-05-27 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Calm, no rain this morning so far. |
| 2025-05-26 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-05-25 | 8:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Dew, no frost. |
| 2025-05-24 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-05-23 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-05-22 | 8:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | 0.01” of rain from at reporting time yesterday. |
| 2025-05-21 | 8:00 AM | 0.31 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-05-20 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-05-19 | 8:00 AM | T | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | A short period of drizzle felt, mid afternoon. But nothing in gauge. |
| 2025-05-18 | 8:00 AM | T | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Period of drizzle around 1430. |
| 2025-05-17 | 8:00 AM | T | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | A few drops of rain during the night. |
| 2025-05-14 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Morning fog. |
| 2025-05-13 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Still dry, high fire danger. |
| 2025-05-12 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-05-11 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Very dry. Red flag warning for northern WI today. |
| 2025-05-10 | 8:00 AM | T | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Whatever rain from a few passing clouds that fell in gauge dried up. |
| 2025-05-09 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-05-08 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-05-07 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-05-06 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-05-04 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-05-03 | 8:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-05-02 | 8:00 AM | 0.13 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | All rain. |
| 2025-05-01 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-04-30 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Frost on roof; ice on birdbath. |
| 2025-04-29 | 8:00 AM | 0.49 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | T-storms with this rain. |
| 2025-04-23 | 8:00 AM | 0.07 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-04-22 | 8:00 AM | 0.02 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Liquid in gauge is rain and a few melted snowflakes from yesterday morning. |
| 2025-04-21 | 8:00 AM | 1.40 | 0.2 | 0.04 | T | NA | | Wet clumpy snow this AM following the rain that began around 1700. Less than half inch snow on ground. |
| 2025-04-20 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Not sure when it rained but there was a trace of liquid water in gauge. Frost on roofs, decks.
Changed T precip to zero. No rain in the area during previous 24 hrs. Moisture likely either residual from previous morning's ob and/or overnight condensation/dew. MKX OPL BRM |
| 2025-04-19 | 8:00 AM | T | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-04-18 | 8:00 AM | 0.34 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | All liquid precip in gauge. Short-lived T-storm at 1400. |
| 2025-04-06 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | T | NA | | Bits of snowpack in shaded spots. |
| 2025-04-05 | 8:00 AM | T | T | NA | T | NA | | Trace of freezing rain then snowflakes during hours of darkness. |
| 2025-04-04 | 8:00 AM | T | T | T | 0.0 | NA | | Frost this AM. A few snow flurries yesterday at 0830 reported as Trace. Snowpack averages to just under half an inch. |
| 2025-04-03 | 8:00 AM | 0.45 | T | T | 1.0 | NA | | Trace of snow on top of freezing rain and sleet/ice pellets. Some yard puddling due to frozen ground. |
| 2025-04-02 | 8:00 AM | 0.06 | 0.7 | 0.09 | 1.0 | NA | | Windy and drizzle at time of obs. Lost a lot of the ice and snow yesterday; but still was snow in the nearby woods last night. |
| 2025-04-01 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | NA | | Sparkly frost this AM; some ice still coating trees especially higher up. Snowpack has icy layer above grass. |
| 2025-03-31 | 8:00 AM | 0.42 | 2.8 | 0.26 | 2.5 | NA | | Gauge catch is accurate. New snow is just snow, not the ice on the snowboard underneath. Storm started with sleet/ice pellets changing to snow at about 12:15pm. Some blowing and drifting in evening in more open areas but my yard is fairly sheltered by nearby buildings. |
| 2025-03-30 | 8:00 AM | 1.00 | T | T | T | NA | | ! Started as light rain at 1845; transitioned to freezing rain at 1945. Exactly one inch gauge catch is liquid and slushy with sleet, ice pellets, maybe some snow too. Grass and roofs are white but it’s mostly from ice pellets (reported as Trace of snow). Can’t measure on the snowboard-too frozen. Tree branches coated with less than 0.1” but all have icicles hanging down. Very pretty; took photos.
Ice accretion dowel has just under 0.1” of ice on upper surface but it is lumpy with ice pellets. Under surface ice-coated with 1cm icicles.
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| 2025-03-29 | 8:00 AM | 0.06 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Precipitation type all liquid rain. |
| 2025-03-28 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | T | T | | Bits of snow in protected places. No frost this morning. |
| 2025-03-27 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | T | T | | Frost this AM. Still approx. half-inch of snow in shady places. |
| 2025-03-26 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.5 | NA | | Lt frost this AM. Averaged multiple measurements of snowpack: 2” in about one sixth of the yard to zero in most areas. |
| 2025-03-22 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-03-21 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | |
| 2025-03-20 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | No frost, 21° F. No snow from yesterday’s storm. Reported “none” via m-PING about every hour as radar imagery showed my location within the snow band. |
| 2025-03-19 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | No precipitation as of 0800. Not even flurries. |
| 2025-03-18 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Clear most of night so some frost, but overcast at 0800. |
| 2025-03-17 | 8:00 AM | T | T | T | 0.0 | 0.00 | | A few snowflakes yesterday at time of obs. |
| 2025-03-16 | 8:00 AM | 0.06 | T | T | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Freezing rain at 2000. A few snowflakes this AM. |
| 2025-03-15 | 8:00 AM | 0.09 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | | Rained during night. Only piled up snow left here in town. |
| 2025-03-14 | 8:00 AM | 0.02 | 0.0 | 0.00 | T | NA | | Short-duration thunderstorm passed through at 0700. Small patches of ice or icy snow left in shady places. |
| 2025-03-13 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.5 | NA | | Still icy snow in shaded areas; averaged to 0.5”. Frost this AM. |
| 2025-03-12 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | NA | | Snowpack averages 1.5”. |
| 2025-03-11 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.5 | NA | | |
| 2025-03-10 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | 1.50 | | Snowpack averages 4.0 but reported 5.0” that is within my open protected* area and has a SWE of 1.5. Snow is gone from under trees but in open areas is crusty/icy and the column is holding up.
*protected from dogs, rabbits, squirrels. |
| 2025-03-09 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.0 | NA | | |
| 2025-03-08 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8.5 | NA | | Frost. Not much loss of snowpack. |
| 2025-03-07 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.0 | NA | | |
| 2025-03-06 | 8:00 AM | 0.04 | 0.6 | 0.08 | 10.5 | NA | | Very windy with blowing snow. Gauge catch may be more accurate than snowboard since board may have received blown-in snow. |
| 2025-03-05 | 8:00 AM | 0.58 | 6.7 | 0.63 | 11.0 | NA | | Blowing wet snow stuck to all sides of the house! Mainly northerly winds caused some drifting but gauge and snowboard fairly accurate here in town where buildings slow the wind. Storm began with rain at 1915; rain + ice pellets at 1945; ice pellets + snow at 2000; all snow at 2030. 1.0” at 2200. |
| 2025-03-04 | 8:00 AM | 0.16 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | NA | | Precip type was all rain. Puddling due to frozen ground. |
| 2025-03-03 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.5 | 1.45 | | Snowpack averages about 3.0” but where core was taken it was 3.5”. |
| 2025-03-01 | 8:00 AM | 0.03 | 0.2 | 0.01 | 5.0 | NA | | Precip started as mixed ice pellets and rain, followed by blowing snow. |
| 2025-02-28 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.0 | NA | | |
| 2025-02-27 | 8:00 AM | 0.02 | 0.2 | 0.01 | 6.5 | NA | | Some raindrops in the evening; wet snow during the night. |
| 2025-02-26 | 8:00 AM | T | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.0 | NA | | Freezing rain less than 1.0 mm. Frozen droplets in gauge. |
| 2025-02-25 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7.5 | NA | | Light frost. |
| 2025-02-24 | 8:00 AM | T | T | T | 9.5 | 1.60 | | Trace was flurries at 0800 time of obs yesterday and liquid precip during the night. |
| 2025-02-23 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.0 | NA | | |
| 2025-02-22 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 10.0 | NA | | No frost 11° |
| 2025-02-21 | 8:00 AM | T | T | T | 10.5 | NA | | Trace report was flurries at yesterday’s observation time; no precip in gauge. |
| 2025-02-20 | 8:00 AM | T | 0.2 | T | 11.0 | NA | | Very fluffy stellar dendrites, some in clumps, falling slowly, at time of obs. |
| 2025-02-19 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 11.0 | NA | | |
| 2025-02-18 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 11.5 | NA | | -18, kinda cold this morning. Light frost. |
| 2025-02-17 | 8:00 AM | T | T | T | 12.0 | 1.66 | | Light frost -13° F, clear skies. Trace snow reported is from flurries observed at yesterday’s time of measure. |
| 2025-02-16 | 8:00 AM | 0.02 | 0.9 | 0.04 | 13.0 | NA | | Dry fluffy snow, light to no wind. Flurries at 8AM obs. |
| 2025-02-15 | 8:00 AM | 0.13 | 4.0 | 0.16 | 12.5 | NA | | Snowing at 8:00 time of measure; very fluffy, no wind. |
| 2025-02-14 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.5 | NA | | |
| 2025-02-13 | 8:00 AM | 0.05 | 0.4 | 0.05 | 9.5 | NA | | Fine-grained snow fell straight down, good gauge and snowboard catch. |
| 2025-02-12 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.0 | NA | | Temperature inversion; chimney smoke leveling off, smells lingering. |
| 2025-02-11 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.5 | NA | | Clear -16°F, light frost |
| 2025-02-10 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.5 | 1.33 | | Clear, light frost, -1°F at 8AM. Actual snowpack average is 9.7”. |
| 2025-02-09 | 8:00 AM | 0.25 | 2.8 | 0.27 | 10.0 | NA | | Was windy with some drifting from roofs and trees thirty feet away from snowboard so that 2.8” (that includes settling overnight) may be high. But, I did measure 2.8” new snow at 15:30 when there were just a few flurries falling at the end of the storm. |
| 2025-02-08 | 8:00 AM | 0.15 | 1.8 | 0.17 | 7.5 | NA | | 15° snowing at 8AM time of measure. Actual snowpack averages 7.7” |
| 2025-02-07 | 8:00 AM | T | T | T | 6.0 | NA | | Reported Trace of snow since there were flurries at time of measure yesterday. High winds and gusts blew much snow yesterday yet none blew into the gauge. Light frost on cold surfaces this AM. Snowpack averages 6.2” |
| 2025-02-06 | 8:00 AM | 0.04 | 0.4 | 0.04 | 6.0 | NA | | Freezing drizzle on gauge and snowboard started at 1930 with southerly wind. New snow SWE missed the frozen drizzle on board so would have expected it to be less than gauge amt.? 20° with gusty winds and flurries at time of measure.
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| 2025-02-05 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6.5 | NA | | Clear sky, light frost. Actual Snowpack averaged 6.7”. |
| 2025-02-04 | 8:00 AM | 0.02 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 7.0 | NA | | Actual snowpack is 6.8”. Some ice/frozen snow stuck to snow board, so that 0.2” missed at least a small amount of precipitation. |
| 2025-02-03 | 8:00 AM | NA | 2.0 | NA | 7.0 | 0.78 | | Snowing heavily with clumps and flakes falling straight down at time of measure. Actual snowpack was 6.8” but another two tenths of an inch fell as I was hurrying my measurement! Snow began sometime after 0330. //EDIT: 0.90" gauge catch and 0.85" new snowfall SWE set to NA pending followup with observer. Reported snow fall and surrounding reports indicate that gauge catch and snowfall SWE are data entry (decimal) error. -CCR Staff SDH- |
| 2025-02-02 | 8:00 AM | 0.11 | 1.3 | 0.11 | 5.0 | NA | | Good gauge catch; no drifting on snowboard. Snow was stellar dendrites with some snow pellets. Actual snowpack 4.9” rounded to 5”. Overcast- Groundhog did not see shadow. |
| 2025-02-01 | 8:00 AM | T | T | T | 3.5 | NA | | Frost and stellar dendrite flakes 3–5mm. Snowpack is crystallized but still holding up at 3.5” |
| 2025-01-31 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.5 | NA | | Frost. Snowpack held up despite 40° high and sun. |
| 2025-01-30 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.5 | NA | | Mostly sunny with no wind to start the day, 18°. Snowpack average of 3.6”, expect to lose some today as high predicted at 40° |
| 2025-01-29 | 8:00 AM | T | T | NA | 3.5 | NA | | Melted and refrozen precip in gauge. Wind blew most of the snow off snowboard. Graupel and fine flakes. |
| 2025-01-28 | 8:00 AM | T | T | T | 3.5 | NA | | Flurries at about 0700. Snowpack down to 3.7”. |
| 2025-01-27 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 4.0 | 0.55 | | 19° cloudy, windy. |
| 2025-01-26 | 8:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.1 | T | 4.0 | NA | | Most of the flurries fell before the wind picked up but measurement in the gauge and on the snowboard is still suspect. |
| 2025-01-25 | 8:00 AM | 0.02 | 0.9 | 0.03 | 4.5 | NA | | Snow started as fine-grained, quickly turned to dry light fluff. |
| 2025-01-24 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4.0 | NA | | Nothing in gauge but on cold surfaces there is what I think is frost. Thru a 10x hand lens some are shaped like little rounded trees. |
| 2025-01-23 | 8:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.4 | 0.01 | 4.0 | NA | | Very fluffy, dry snow. Gauge catch measured less than 0.01 so used snowboard core SWE. |
| 2025-01-22 | 8:00 AM | 0.05 | 1.0 | 0.05 | 4.0 | NA | | Fluffy snow, good gauge catch, no drifting. 5° F flurries at time of measure; stellar dendrites up to 4mm with a few snow pellets and clumps of flakes. |
| 2025-01-21 | 8:00 AM | T | T | T | 3.0 | 0.38 | | It was sunny all day, not sure what accumulated in the gauge and in the deck but reported it as Trace. -26° clear skies no wind. |
| 2025-01-17 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.5 | NA | | 29°, overcast, wind moving medium sized branches; spruce trees sway. |
| 2025-01-16 | 8:00 AM | 0.04 | 0.6 | 0.05 | 4.0 | NA | | |
| 2025-01-15 | 8:00 AM | T | T | T | 4.0 | NA | | Light frost, clear this AM |
| 2025-01-14 | 8:00 AM | T | T | T | 4.0 | NA | | Very fine snow plus light frost. |
| 2025-01-13 | 8:00 AM | 0.08 | 1.4 | 0.09 | 4.5 | 0.33 | | Clear this AM, no frost. Some wind gusts yesterday created minor drifting but yard at gauge location had none. Measured 1.2” new snow at 1600. |
| 2025-01-12 | 8:00 AM | 0.19 | 2.5 | 0.20 | 3.0 | NA | | Light snow at time of measure. Actual snowpack is 2.8”. |
| 2025-01-11 | 8:00 AM | T | T | T | T | NA | | Some very pretty stellar dendrite snowflakes (up to one quarter inch diam) on and off yesterday. Snowpack remains at less than 0.5” despite the small amounts added the past week. |
| 2025-01-10 | 8:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.2 | 0.01 | T | NA | | Small, stellar dendrite snowflakes with a few chunky ‘stellars’ that look like cookie sprinkles. A few aggregate clumps of snow falling at time of measure. |
| 2025-01-09 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | T | NA | | 11° partly sunny, very light frost. |
| 2025-01-08 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | T | NA | | A very light frost on cold surfaces this AM. |
| 2025-01-07 | 8:00 AM | T | T | NA | T | NA | | Flurries noted during day, none in gauge but entered as Trace. Snowpack averages less than half an inch. Light frost. |
| 2025-01-06 | 8:00 AM | T | T | NA | 0.5 | 0.04 | | Was able to obtain a core from the half inch of snowpack. It is sublimating and likely will only be a trace tomorrow. Flurries during the day and early this AM on top of a light spotty layer of overnight frost. Some low, fast-moving clouds this morn, with blue sky above. Lovely. |
| 2025-01-05 | 8:00 AM | 0.00 | 0.0 | NA | 0.5 | NA | | -7°. Snowpack barely averages 0.5” |
| 2025-01-04 | 8:00 AM | T | T | T | 0.5 | NA | | Skies cleared in the evening allowing some light, pebbly frost. -7° at time of measure. |
| 2025-01-03 | 8:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.2 | 0.01 | 0.5 | NA | | 9° overcast, light north-ish wind. Accumulated enough snowpack to measure a half inch. |
| 2025-01-02 | 8:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.2 | 0.01 | T | NA | | Light, fluffy flurries all day long. Less than half an inch between the grass blades; recorded as Trace. |
| 2025-01-01 | 8:00 AM | 0.01 | 0.1 | NA | T | NA | | Light snow fell as small snowballs and rod-shape (2-4mm avg) with granular snow stuck to it. I’ve never observed this type of snow before. Took photos. Some patchy freezing rain after midnight that did not completely cover surfaces. More bead-like snow on top of that. |