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Rain Gauge

By year...
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Sources

All amounts of precipitation expressed in inches...

2010
Location
(Going Upstream)
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Avon* 4.45                       
Bayview* 2.9                      
Mt. Vernon 4.63 1.77                    

Burlington*

4.35                      

Duke's Hill

4.5 3.75                    
Lower Baker
(SHDW, just N of Concrete)
8.87                      
Upper Baker
(UBKW)
9.40                      
Darrington‡
(DARW)
9.5                      
Corkindale§ 8.57 3.62                    
Diablo
(DIA)
10.141                      
Ross
(ROS)
6.23                      

◘ = Partial figure for ongoing month.

⁄ = Missing and/or insufficient data due to gauge outage

○ = Use of UBDW manual collection precipitation gauge as substitute in near vicinity

? = Either questionable figure or unavailable.

2009
Location
(Going Upstream)
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Avon* 4.95 1.65 2.95 2.35 4.0 0.30 0.70 0.60 1.7 7.85 7.0 1.35
Bayview* 4.6 1.5 2.3 1.6 1.9 0.0 0.40 0.60 0.85 6.5 5.65 1.2
Mt. Vernon 4.63 1.41 2.9 1.99 3.77 0.3 0.74 0.63 1.77 6.11 6.12 1.58

Burlington*

4.85 1.45 2.4 2.0 3.5 0.30 0.60 0.50 1.7 7.6 7.0 1.35

Duke's Hill

7.6 2.2 7.07 4.1 6.2 0.25 0.5 0.49 2.75 10.5 15 4

Concrete^

19.2 2.78 ? ? 5.83 ? ? 0.28 ? ?
Lower Baker
(SHDW)
11.17 1.52 6.18 4.73 5.48 1.09 0.8 1.36* ? 10.81 15.74 4.36
Upper Baker
(UBKW)
14.7 2.1 8.6 4.8 7.6 0.2 0.9 1.43○ 4.0 8.7 20.3 6.6
Darrington‡
(DARW)
9.5 2.8 8.2 ? 4.72 ? 0.4 2.3 4.0 ? 20.3 6.5
Corkindale§ 11.58 1.92 6.4 3.75 5.39 1.45 1.17 2.25 3.51 12.82 16.92 5.13
Diablo
(DIA)
12.23 1.79 6.73 3.951 3.71 0.831 2.011 1.54 4.141 11.501 18.092 5.74
Ross
(ROS)
12.47 2.32 5.06 3.132 3.60 0.341 1.382 1.22 2.840 9.22 13.56 4.25

◘ = Partial figure for ongoing month.

⁄ = Missing and/or insufficient data due to gauge outage

○ = Use of UBDW manual collection precipitation gauge as substitute in near vicinity

* = PSE provided total via e-mail.

? = Either questionable figure or unavailable.

2008
Location
(Going Upstream)
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Avon* 3.05 4.3 4.7 2.75 2.95 2.9 1.05 3.55 0.75 1.8 7.75 3
Bayview* 2.3 2.6 4.1 1.2 2.6 2.4 .7 2.0 0.55 1.4 6.30 1.5
Mt. Vernon 3.31 3.04 4.48 2.79 2.71 2.75 0.92 3.16 0.62 1.65 6.23 4.37

Burlington*

3.35 4.5 5.0 3.4 3.25 3.05 1 3.45 0.80 1.75 7.75 3

Duke's Hill

5.5 6.8 6.2 4.6 3 3.2 1 5.1 2 3.5 10.30 2+

Concrete^

4.38 2.40 4.78 2.59 2.75 4.99 ? ? ? ? 12.97 1.89
Lower Baker
(SHDW)
6.60 6.05 5.88 2.57 2.92 2.17 0.76 4.93 1.23 3.71 11.62 8.34
Upper Baker
(UBKW)
9.60 9.30 8.10 2.5 3.15 2.7 1.4 5.6 1.4 5.2 14.40 12.30
Darrington‡
(DARW)
6.3 8.10 1.4 2.0 1.1 4.00 1.3 4.8 12.40 6.70
Corkindale§ 6.42 7.05 6.61 4.03 3.47 1.7 1.35 4.04 1.58 3.55 9.23 6.49
Diablo
(DIA)
10.27 10.58 5.42 2.291 2.22 1.29 1.51 4.53 1.591 4.441 12.39 9.09
Ross
(ROS)
7.15 7.08 4.76 1.382 1.22 0.62 0.41 3.74 0.791 3.43 9.861 6.17

◘ = Partial figure for ongoing month.

⁄ = Missing and/or insufficient data due to gauge outage

⌂ = Used the Corps Dataquery's UBDW gauge as UBKW was damaged for part of May 2008.

2007
Location
(Going Upstream)
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Avon* 6.2 4.9 5.15 .90 1.45 1.60 1.4 .90 2.5 2.15 2.7 5.25
Bayview* 5.3 1.8 4.00 .50 .70 .50 1.3 .65 2.0 6.8 1.35 3.40
Mt. Vernon 6.04 3.37 4.78 1.29 1.61 1.55 1.23 .88 2.39 5.52 2.6 3.92

Burlington*

6.5 5.4 5.5 1.45 1.6 1.45 1.4 .80 2.6 7.5 2.1 5.70

Duke's Hill

7.5 7 8.25 2.5 1.5 2.8 1.5 1.25 4 7.5

Concrete^

? 5.44 8 3.39 1.71 3.24 ? ? 6.10 6.04 5.08 11.03
Lower Baker
(SHDW)
10.05 6.55 ? 5.01 1.98 3.14 2.73 1.16 2.26 9.63 6.15 12.78
Upper Baker
(UBKW)
14.70 8.90 14.20 7.1 1.90 2.8 3.4 1.1 4.1 14
Darrington‡
(DARW)
11.60 8.20 ? ? 1.40 2.3 1.6 1.3 3.2 10.7
Corkindale§ 8.86 3.97 9.88 3.93 1.43 3.03 1.35 1.8 2.94 6.98 4.98 9.64
Diablo
(DIA)
12.08 6.53 13.92 4.91 2.02 2.56 1.44 .86 2.05 8.41 8.4 16.78
Ross
(ROS)
9.73 4.84 11.18 2.75 1.52 1.48 1.17 .8 1.46 6.45 6.64 13.87

⁄ = Missing and/or insufficient data due to gauge outage

2006
Location
(Going Upstream)
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Avon* 7.30 2.90 1.45 3.85 2.60 1.05 .80 .30 1.4 2.4 6.95 3.15
Bayview* 6.70 3.30 1.65 2.80 2.45 1 .60 .30 1.45 1.8 5.35 1.6
Mt. Vernon 7.12 3.04 1.67 3.38 2.40 1.23 1.00 .26 2.07 2.24 7.65 3.3

Burlington*

8.20

2.30 1.50 4.00 3.35 1.25 .60 .30 .85 2.5 7.45 3.25

Duke's Hill

12.75

5.25 2.75 4.50 4.25 1.75 1 .20 3 2.75 12.25 5

Concrete^

16.68 5.13 2.66 4.16 2.71 2.61 4.18 2.43 14.46 7.61
Lower Baker
(SHDW)
16.18 4.39 3.44 2.89 2.88 2.41 1.41 .26 1.7 2.47 19.61
Upper Baker
(UBKW)
27.79 7.68 5.33 6.22 3.64 3.23 1.81 .32 2.29 3.4 30.3 11.6
Darrington‡
(DARW)
            1.2 .40 1.2 2.9 29.3 14.4
Corkindale§ 18.283 8.1 3.273 4.492 1.400 4.250 1.891 0.740 2.021 4.120 20.14 8.36
Diablo
(DIA)
21.88 7.00 2.28 3.04 2.06 1.95 .93 .23 1.99 2.55 29.3 10.01
Ross
(ROS)
17.28 5.36 2.02 3.60 1.00 2.01 .61 .14 1.26 1.39 25.58 8.69

⁄ = Missing and/or insufficient data due to gauge outage

Sources:

*Dike District 12 via e-mail

Skagitriverhistory.com personal rain gauge

^Bill Krause, Weather Underground

US Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division Dataquery

§Steve Johnson of Corkindale, near MP 103 on SR 20, 5 miles upriver from Rockport and 3 miles downriver from Marblemount via e-mail

•William L. LaRue, Plant Manager City of Anacortes Water Treatment Plant (in Mt. Vernon) via e-mail