Monthly Rainfall for the Rim 2021
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From: Coyote 65
19-Jan-21
Got the first snow of 2021, just a dusting so far, but the forecast shows the possibility for moisture till next thursday.
2020 TOTALS ARE: 21.65 rain 2.5 ft. snow.
Hope we do better this year.
Terry
From: AZ8
19-Jan-21
5 inches of snow here in Flagstaff today. Lets keep these storms coming! Might be a big one coming this weekend. Keeping fingers crossed!
From: Jaeger63
23-Jan-21
Most of the state is in a severe drought right correct?
From: Coyote 65
23-Jan-21
correct. However this storm moving thru looks as if it will be dropping lots of moisture. Predicted to last thru next weekend.
Terry
From: StickFlicker
24-Jan-21
Jaeger, yes you're correct. It has been ongoing for a number of years.
From: BOHNTR
24-Jan-21
6” so far at the house....supposed to snow all day today and tomorrow and partly on Tuesday. Hopefully we get a couple feet!
From: Coyote 65
25-Jan-21
So far Monday evening, I have had 14", had to hose off the sat dish to get internet back.
Terry
From: AZ8
25-Jan-21
22” here so far at the house in Flagstaff since Sunday!
From: BOHNTR
26-Jan-21
I’ve got about 27” at my place.....drifts to 5’!
From: Coyote 65
26-Jan-21
A good website to see the snow is at Forest Lakes, highway 260 on top of the rim.
http://www.forestlakesweather.com/web/live_camera.html
From: Chuckster
26-Jan-21
Thanks for the updates. Any of you northern AZ boys have pics to share?
From: BOHNTR
26-Jan-21
From: BOHNTR
26-Jan-21
From: AZ8
26-Jan-21
From: AZ8
26-Jan-21
From: Chuckster
27-Jan-21
WOW! Nice pics. Thanks
From: azelkhntr
28-Jan-21
Thats good to see. Hopefully we'll get a robust monsoon this year.
From: Coyote 65
03-Feb-21
Jan total 2.96 plus 28 inches of snow.
Terry
From: AZBUGLER
09-Feb-21
Late to the party but here’s our place in Prescott. Just shy of two feet.
From: AZ8
10-Feb-21
We need more!
From: BOHNTR
11-Feb-21
A LOT more
From: AZ8
14-Feb-21
Fast moving storm. Only 2 inches in Flagstaff tonight. Better then nothing!
From: BOHNTR
14-Feb-21
A LOT more than predicted on this storm in the White Mountains! Over 8” at my place
From: AZ8
14-Feb-21
Very nice BOHNTR!....Ended up with 4.5 inches total here in east Flagstaff.
From: BOHNTR
14-Feb-21
Up to 11” now at my place. Parking lot photo at church
From: AZ8
14-Feb-21
Nice! Lets hope the storm coming tomorrow/Tuesday drops more!
From: Coyote 65
15-Feb-21
I only got 2 inches.
Terry
From: BOHNTR
16-Feb-21
Another 4-5" today......doesn't look like anymore storms for a couple weeks now. Still a foot on the ground where I'm at. We're still a long ways from being out of our drought......but a heck of a lot better shape than were were a month ago.
From: AZ8
16-Feb-21
Another 2 inches.
From: BOHNTR
17-Feb-21
Snowing pretty steady right now....already an additional 2”.....not sure where this little storm came from.
From: Coyote 65
28-Feb-21
.56 for Feb. 3.5 total for the year. Plus 32 inches of snow, most of which is not turned into moisture measured by my rain gauge.
Terry
From: AZ8
12-Mar-21
About 8-9 inches from this current storm here in Flagstaff. Pretty nice blanket on the ground!
From: BOHNTR
13-Mar-21
Only 4” or so here in the White Mtns.....but it’s supposed to snow most of the day and into the night so we’ll see how much we end up with
From: BOHNTR
13-Mar-21
Only 4” or so here in the White Mtns.....but it’s supposed to snow most of the day and into the night so we’ll see how much we end up with
From: AZ8
13-Mar-21
Ended up with just short of a foot here. Great late season storm!
From: Coyote 65
13-Mar-21
I got a total of 8 inches, 2 inches that melted off and then another 6. The rain gauge said that the 2 inches of snow yielded .41 inches of moisture, so total would be about 1.6 inches.
Terry
From: AZBUGLER
14-Mar-21
Close to a foot on the ground here in Forest Lakes last night.
From: AZ8
16-Mar-21
Another 4 inches this morning in Flagstaff. One week total close to 20 inches! Been a very active early March. Let’s hope for more!
From: Coyote 65
16-Mar-21
I just got 4 more inches. Make that 6 inches as the snow has been falling off and on most of Tuesday.
Terry
From: BOHNTR
17-Mar-21
Got 5” at the house yesterday......supposed to rain early next week. Sure hope so
From: Coyote 65
24-Mar-21
Got a little snow that melted off and now after dark it has accumulated about an inch.
Terry
From: AZ8
24-Mar-21
Another 5” in Flagstaff. You elk tag holders are having a snowy March....closing in on 30” for the month. Hopefully this continues into April!
From: AZ8
24-Mar-21
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From: BOHNTR
24-Mar-21
Getting a little bit here in the white mountains.....couple inches of wet snow.
From: BOHNTR
24-Mar-21
Getting a little bit here in the white mountains.....couple inches of wet snow.
From: Knothead
27-Mar-21
AZ8, Flagstaff area seems to have gotten a lot of snow over last 8-10 days. What are you up to for the month of March and for 2021 so far?
From: AZ8
27-Mar-21
Knothead: Yeah, looks like the western Rim country is doing pretty good. We are up to 90” for the season. Only 7” came in Nov/Dec 2020. Over 80” since, so it’s been a snowy 2021. March will close out with 32”. Normal is 17”, so we’re doing good! Been shed hunting and the country looks good. Unfortunately, it’s drying pretty quick tho. Looks like a warm spell heading for Arizona later in the week.
From: Coyote 65
15-Jun-21
Today is officially the first day of Monsoon season, and we got 8 hundreds of an inch temp dropped down from 102 to 68. Hopefully this is the start of something good.
Terry
From: BOHNTR
16-Jun-21
Good little shower this evening.....hope it’s a sign of good things to come!
From: Coyote 65
16-Jun-21
Me too, got a little bit today too. 104 in payson and when I got home 68. .003 on the rain gauge.
Terry
From: BOHNTR
20-Jun-21
.25” this afternoon......I’ll take what I can!
From: Coyote 65
10-Jul-21
First major rainstorm for us today. .63 inches. Have had several small storms that dropped .1 inches, so the total so far for the month/year are 1 inch and 8.6 inches. Normal rainfall is around 20 inches, so you can see we are a wee bit below normal. Hope this monsoon takes off and dumps a bunch more moisture.
Terry
From: AZ8
10-Jul-21
Yeah, nothing to brag about here in Flagstaff either. We’ve had 2 decent rains, and a couple spitters. Forecast next week looks good, so hoping it ramps up quick!
From: Knothead
22-Jul-21
any recent reports?
From: Coyote 65
22-Jul-21
Coyote 65's Link
Supposed to have a big storm this weekend, starting Thursday afternoon.
From: BOHNTR
22-Jul-21
Since July 1, we're over 4" in Lakeside.
From: Knothead
23-Jul-21
You ok Terry? Looks like your area may have surpassed yearly averages after the last storm rolled through.
From: AZ8
23-Jul-21
Pushing 6” here in Flagstaff in the last 14 days. Rivers literally flowing through town!
From: BOHNTR
23-Jul-21
3” out of the storm last night.....worst I’ve ever been in. Supposed to be another strong one tonight. Every water hole is overflowing around here
From: Coyote 65
23-Jul-21
Knothead, we are ok, live on the side of hill, about 50ft. higher than the nearest stream. We have received about 2.5 inches with this storm. More expected tonight.
We lost power last night for a couple of hours. We have a standby generator that starts and switches the power automatically but I had set it not to run as the freezers and refrigerator would stay cold until the power came back on or until I started the gen.
Terry
From: BOHNTR
25-Jul-21
Keep safe, Terry. Sure is greening up everywhere.....elk should be healthy going into winter.
From: AZBUGLER
26-Jul-21
I can’t remember seeing this number of intense storms so widespread across the state.
Terry, I’m sure you noticed the site we often look at has some sort of an error. I know for a fact that we’ve seen more than a quarter inch out of each storm in Forest Lakes!
Lots of rain and flooding all over the Prescott area too and the prairie is greening up nicely!
From: Coyote 65
26-Jul-21
I noticed the error too. They were getting rain when I wasn't, so the rain amounts are not to be trusted. Total rain that I received was a little over 4 inches for the storm. Have not checked any of the stock tanks, still staying hunkered down until tomorrow when I go to Payson and get a haircut. Don't want to look like a girly man.
Terry
From: AZBUGLER
26-Jul-21
Lol. What I’ve seen so far is literally Epic. Places that haven’t seen water in years are a mess! It’s pretty awesome for sure.
From: Knothead
26-Jul-21
This will hopefully spread the animals around so they are not all concentrated in a few places now. Now a want to be greedy and get the lakes filled back up.
From: AZBUGLER
27-Jul-21
Knothead, I can see that being close by unless it just stops suddenly.
From: AZ8
27-Jul-21
Winter rains and snowpack is what fills up the large lakes and reservoirs. Some smaller local lakes have faired well, but it’s hardly made a dent in the overall long term storage concerns. After all this rain, Roosevelt has only risen about a foot. When the monsoon takes a break, which always happens, it’ll continue its downward trend again. But this has been GREAT for the short term and saved the forest and rangeland for awhile. It was getting dire. We bought some time now! Let’s hope for a wet winter!
From: AZBUGLER
27-Jul-21
I don’t know….. those raging flood waters are pushing several feet of water into those washes. The washes feed the rivers and the rivers feed the lakes. Can’t imagine that that doesn’t provide an impact. But, of course, winter weather is important as well.
From: AZ8
27-Jul-21
Yeah, it looks impressive to us..... but the overall picture is just a blip in a year's water capacity. Here's a current, real time reading at Roosevelt Lake. After all that rain, it went up a foot and as you can see on the right, the lake is already dropping. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining...haha.... love all this rain, but monsoon floods have very little effect on filling up the major reservoirs.
From: BOHNTR
28-Jul-21
Scott reservoir was just a mud hole two weeks ago.......water is still flowing into it and it’s about ready to go over the spillway! Did a lot of good for that particular reservoir.
From: Coyote 65
30-Jul-21
Here is official Roosevelt lake height Sorry too small to read. July 1, 182, July 30, 211, and this is feet.
Terry
From: AZ8
30-Jul-21
AZ8's Link
Lol….Roosevelt has not gone up 30 feet since July 1…. That would put it at about 99%full!! It would have been breaking news on every local station! Elevation on June 30 was 2123. Today it’s sits at 2122. Everyone can do the math. This rain has been great, but let’s not make stuff up. SRP runs Roosevelt. Their data is official. My apologies if I’m reading your chart wrong.
From: Coyote 65
30-Jul-21
Coyote 65's Link
Here is the link I used, would like to believe it is true, if not shame on me. I do know all crossings of Tonto Creek in Tonto Basin are closed so it is flowing.
Terry
From: KHunter
04-Aug-21
KHunter's Link
Different numbers posted here. came up a little over a foot? .
From: BOHNTR
04-Aug-21
My area officially received right at 10” of rain for the month of July.
From: AZ8
05-Aug-21
July ended with 9.03” in my neighborhood here in Flagstaff
From: AZ8
17-Aug-21
One of the best summer monsoon I can remember! If it keeps raining here in Flagstaff, we’re gonna need Noah and his Ark! lol
From: BOHNTR
19-Aug-21
3/4” here yesterday......good long lasting soaking rain.
From: Coyote 65
21-Dec-23
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