CENTRAL OHIO RAINGAGE NETWORK Precipitation Report for December 2017 Prepared by Bob Davis and Kristi Gardner.

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1 DAILY PRECIPITATION DATA (in inches) for December GAGE GAGE SECT NW NW SE SE NE NW NW SECT * * * 0.01 * * * * T * * T T T T T T T * T T 0.07 * * * * T * * T T T * T * T * T * * TOTAL TOTAL M M 2017 Gage Station ID Observer County Community 4 Whetstone Park of Roses 1NW Charleen & Diane Ehrbar Franklin Columbus 5 Powell 2NE Debra Keller Delaware Liberty Township 6 Huber Park Kristi Gardner Franklin Reynoldsburg 9 Carroll 3SE Janet Nungesser Fairfield Greenfield Township 11 Port Columbus Airport National Weather Service Franklin Columbus 14 OSU Golf Course Stephanie & Casey Williams Franklin Upper Arlington 18 OSU Stadium 1SW Al Sedam Franklin Clinton Township 1

2 DAILY PRECIPITATION DATA (in inches) for December GAGE GAGE SECT SW NE SE NE NE NW NW NE SECT T T s T 0.02s T 0.02 T T T T s T T T T T T T T T * T 0.08s T T T T * s * T T 0.02s s 31 TOTAL TOTAL M M 2017 Gage Station ID Observer County Community 19 Shadeville 1W Julie Allman Franklin Grove City 26 Whitehall Andy Brake Franklin Whitehall 31 Lithopolis Randall Solt Fairfield Lithopolis 34 Delaware 3E Ted Colflesh Delaware Brown Township 35 Bent Tree Golf Course 1SW James Jett Delaware Berkshire Township 37 Tartan Fields Golf Club Mark Winters Delaware Concord Township 38 The Market at Mill Run Bill Kern Franklin Columbus 47 Gahanna Woods Park Kim McGinnis Franklin Gahanna 2

3 DAILY PRECIPITATION DATA (in inches) for December GAGE GAGE SECT NE NE NW SE NE NE NE NE SECT * s * * * T * * s * 0.00 * s * 0.07 * * * 0.00 * * T * * * * T * * * * 0.00 * * * * 0.02c * * * * * * * * s * d T 31 TOTAL TOTAL M M M M Gage Station ID Observer County Community 48 Johnstown Josh Kleemeyer Licking Johnstown 50 Blacklick Woods 2NNE Richard Tennant Franklin Reynoldsburg 55 Scioto Country Club 1ESE Harry Parsons Franklin Upper Arlington 56 Reynoldsburg Water Plant Reynoldsburg Water Plant Franklin Reynoldsburg 60 Newark-Heath Airport 2NNE Cathy Peterfish Licking Newark 61 Sharon Woods Metropark 2E Ryan Davis Franklin Westerville 62 Kirkersville 1W Vinnie Moore Licking Etna Township 64 Worthington Worthington DPS Franklin Worthington 3

4 DAILY PRECIPITATION DATA (in inches) for December GAGE GAGE SECT SE SE NW NW NW NE NE NW SECT T T s * * * * s * * 0.00 T T * * * * T * * * T T * * T 0.10 * * T * * * T 0.00 * * * 0.00 * s * 0.00 * s * T T * T * s * s * T TOTAL TOTAL M M Gage Station ID Observer County Community 66 Sycamore Creek Park 1SW David Hague Fairfield Pickerington 68 Cumberland Trail Golf Course 2SW Donna Wortman Licking Etna Township 71 Heritage Golf Club John Fargo Franklin Hilliard 74 NE Marion Greg Stevens Marion Marion 75 Dublin Muirfield Village 2W Shirley Eyre Union Jerome Township 76 Johnstown 6ENE Luke Nutter Licking Liberty Township 78 New Albany 2NW Scott Jerzyk Franklin Columbus 79 Central Grandview Heights Vance Nichols Franklin Grandview Heights 4

5 DAILY PRECIPITATION DATA (in inches) for December GAGE GAGE SECT NE SW SW NW NE SE SECT T T s T T 0.04s T T T T 0.06s T T T T 0.05s * T T T s s s T TOTAL TOTAL M M 2017 Gage Station ID Observer County Community 81 Utica Craig & Tina Pargeon Licking Utica 83 Battelle Darby Creek Metropark Bill & Jan Porter Franklin Prairie Township 84 Sabina 3SE Ron Rockhold Fayette Concord Township 87 New California 3N Becky Stamm Union Mill Creek Township 88 St. Albans Golf Course David Straub Licking Alexandria 93 Carroll Terry Morris, Sr. Fairfield Greenfield Township 5

6 DAILY PRECIPITATION DATA (in inches) for December GAGE GAGE SECT NE NE NE NW NE NW NW SECT * a * * * * * * * * e * 0.00 * s * * 0.00 T T T T 0.02a T * T * T * * * T * 0.60b * * T * * * * T * * T * * T 0.00 * T * * * * e TOTAL e TOTAL M 53.72e Gage Station ID Observer County Community 95 Town & Country Shopping Center 1S Melissa Benoit Franklin Whitehall 100 Woodside Green Park Phil Colflesh Franklin Gahanna 120 Whetstone Park of Roses 1SE Josh Reinicke Franklin Clintonville/Columbus 125 Northam Park Linda Menerey Franklin Upper Arlington 126 St. Albans Golf Course 1SW Eric Nagy Licking St. Albans Township 129 O'Shaughnessy Dam 2E Bern Sroka Delaware Powell 130 Heritage Golf Club 1NW Steve Rath Franklin Hilliard 6

7 OHIO SUPPLEMENTAL GAGES: DAILY PRECIPITATION DATA (in inches) for December GAGE GAGE SECT NW NE SECT T T * T T T * T T * * * * T c f TOTAL TOTAL Gage Station ID Observer County Community 202 Bryan Jeff Wetmore Williams Bryan 207 Dresden 2NW Amy Crawford Muskingum Cass Township 7

8 OUT-OF-STATE GAGES: DAILY PRECIPITATION DATA (in inches) for December GAGE GAGE T * T T T 31 TOTAL TOTAL Gage Station ID Observer Community 301 The Villages Bob Long The Villages, Florida 306 The Ponds of Summerville, SC Bob Davis Dorchester County, South Carolina 307 Charleston International Airport, SC National Weather Service North Charleston, South Carolina 8

9 ODNR and NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER STATIONS Available Precipitation Totals for December 2017 Gage Station I.D. County Monthly Total Annual Total Gage Station I.D. County Monthly Total Annual Total (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) 12 Parsons Avenue Water Franklin Plant 13 Morse Road Water Franklin Buckeye Lake 1N Licking Plant 20 Westerville Water Plant Franklin Newark Water Works Licking M 22 Minerva Park 1W Franklin Marysville Union London Fish Hatchery Madison Mt. Gilead Morrow M 33 Blacklick Woods Franklin Marion 2N Marion M 89 Tuttle Crossing Mall Franklin WCMH-TV Franklin SW 104 Circleville Pickaway Washington Court House Fayette Lancaster 2NW Fairfield Martinsburg 1SE Knox ABBREVIATIONS AND NOTES T Trace, an amount too small to measure a Reading taken at 9:00 p.m. M Missed reading; no data available b Reading taken at 10:30 a.m. * Missed reading; amount included in following measurement c Reading taken at 4:00 p.m. e Estimated amount, based on data from nearby gauges d Reading taken at 11:00 a.m.? Questionable value, based on data from nearby gauges f Reading taken at 2:00 p.m. NW Northwest sector of network NE Northeast sector of network SE Southeast sector of network SW SECT NWS s Southwest sector of network Geographic sector of network, based on direction of gauge from U.S. Route 23 (or Rt. 4 north of Marion), and US. Route 40. National Weather Service Estimated amount of water equivalent from a measured amount of snowfall. Notes: Most of our volunteers who report daily precipitation totals submit their data directly to Bob Davis or Kristi Gardner (CORN). Data for gages with monthly totals only have been obtained from Scott Kirk at ODNR / Division of Soil and Water Resources or from NWS websites. Daily totals for Port Columbus and Charleston, SC Airports are obtained from NWS websites. The Central Ohio Raingage Network is a group of volunteer precipitation observers who typically report precipitation measurements taken from plastic rain gauges of at least 5-inch capacity. Station I.D. nomenclature is adapted from National Weather Service (NWS) procedure for naming Cooperative Observer stations. The station is identified either by the nearest community or well-known landmark, along with a distance in miles, and direction from that community or landmark, if it exceeds approximately 1 mile. For example, Marion 2N represents a site that is approximately 2 miles north of the City of Marion. If no distance or direction is included with the station I.D., the station is located within the community, or less than 1 mile from the identified landmark. Gage ID numbers from and represent volunteers whose gages are located outside of the 10-county area officially designated by the NWS as the Central Ohio climatic section. The Central Ohio area consists of Marion, Morrow, Union, Delaware, Licking, Madison, Franklin, Fairfield, Fayette and Pickaway Counties. The intent of the precipitation tables in this report is to provide liquid equivalent amounts of precipitation that occurred in the 24 hours prior to the observation time on the date indicated in the table at each gauge site. Since the principal author of this report currently resides outside of the Central Ohio area, and does not personally experience the reported storms, it is not possible to positively confirm the dates of the storms as presented in this report. For future reference purposes, minor allowances may need to be made at times for defining actual dates of historical CORN rainfall amounts. Copies of past CORN reports can be obtained from the CORN website, or by contacting CORN Administrative staff. Data for Gages 18, 62, 74, 88, 108, 111, and 113 were not available at the time of publication. CORN Administrative Staff Bob Davis, Founder and Director Kristi Gardner, Assistant Director Emily Davis, Website Designer and Manager Thanks also to CORN storm spotters Cathy Peterfish and Becky Stamm, who send alerts during significant storm events. Contact Information therainguy@yahoo.com kgardner@emht.com, or theraingal@yahoo.com em.davis00@gmail.com 9

10 SUMMARY INFORMATION for December 2017 PRECIPITATION FOR MONTH: Overall Central Ohio precipitation: Averaged below normal over all 4 sectors of the network. Range of monthly precipitation totals in Central Ohio: Low: Blacklick Woods (Franklin Co.) High: Carroll (Fairfield Co.) Significant precipitation totals outside Central Ohio area: In Ohio: Bryan (Williams Co.) In other States: The Villages, Florida Snowfall at Port Columbus: 8.1 inches (normal snowfall for December is 5.0 inches) PRECIPITATION FOR CALENDAR YEAR: Overall Central Ohio precipitation: Averaged well above normal over all 4 sectors of the network. Range of annual precipitation totals in Central Ohio: Low: Dublin-Muirfield Village 2W (Union Co.) High: Worthington (Franklin Co.) Significant precipitation totals outside Central Ohio area: In Ohio: In other States: Total snowfall for season (October through December) at Port Columbus: 5.0 inches (normal snowfall for October through December is 6.1 inches) Central Ohio Sector Data Average Precipitation for Month (in.) Average Precipitation for Year (in.) NW Sector NE Sector SE Sector SW Sector Overall 4-sector Normal precipitation at Port Columbus Central Ohio Significant Storm Information for Month: January 22-24: Precipitation over this 3-day period started with significant rain on the 22 nd and 23 rd, followed by accumulating snow on the 24 th. The majority of our volunteers reported a melted equivalent total precipitation for the storm that ranged from about 0.8 to 1.2 inches. Miscellaneous: Information presented in this report is primarily as submitted by our volunteers... minimal quality control checks have been undertaken this month due to primary author health issues. Central Ohio Reservoir and Drought Information Delaware Lake Pool Elevation (Norm. pool = ft.) Hoover Reservoir Pool Elevation (Norm. pool = ft.) (Ft.) (Ft.) (Ft.) Alum Creek Lake Pool Elevation (Norm. pool = ft.) Central Ohio Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) End of this month (+) 1.7 [moist spell] End of last month (+) 1.8 [moist spell] Change (+) 0.2 (-) 0.1 (+) 0.5 (-)

11 MONTHLY PRECIPITATION SUMMARY TABLES

12 Monthly Precipitation Totals for CORN Gage Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) * M * M M M M

13 Monthly Precipitation Totals for CORN 2017 Gage Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) (in.) M M M 62 M M * M M * * M M M

14 Monthly Precipitation Totals for CORN 2017 Gage Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual M M M M M M M M

15 Gage No. - County & Location Gage No. County & Location Gage No. County & Location FR Whetstone Park of Roses 1NW PI Circleville 5-DE Powell 2NE 55-FR Scioto Country Club 1ESE 105-FA Lancaster 2NW 6- FR Huber Park 56-FR Reynoldsburg Water Plant LI Buckeye Lake 1N LI Newark Water Works 9-FA Carroll 3SE DE Polaris Fashion Place 1NNW 60-LI Newark-Heath Airport 2NNE 110-UN Marysville 11-FR Port Columbus Airport 61-FR Sharon Woods Metropark 2E 111-MO Mt. Gilead 12-FR Parsons Avenue Water Plant 62-LI Kirkersville 1W FR Morse Road Water Plant MR Marion 2N 14-FR OSU Golf Course 64-FR Worthington FR WCMH-TV FA Sycamore Creek Park 1SW 116-FT Washington Court House FR OSU Stadium 1SW 68-LI Cumberland Trail Golf Course 2SW FR Shadeville 1W FR Westerville Water Plant FR Whetstone Park of Roses 1SE FR Heritage Golf Club 121-DE Center Village 22-FR Minerva Park 1W MR NE Marion UN Dublin Muirfield Village 2W 125-FR Northam Park 26-FR Whitehall 76-LI Johnstown 6ENE 126-LI St. Albans Golf Course 1SW MD London Fish Hatchery 78-FR New Albany 2NW FR Central Grandview Heights 129-DE O Shaughnessy Dam 2E FR Heritage Golf Club 1NW 31-FA Lithopolis 81-LI Utica OHIO SUPPLEMENTAL GAGES 33-FR Blacklick Woods 83-FR Battelle Darby Creek Metropark DE Delaware 3E 84-FT Sabina 3SE 202-WI Bryan 35-DE Bent Tree Golf Course 1SW DE Tartan Fields Golf Club 87-UN New California 3N FR The Market at Mill Run 88-LI St. Albans Golf Course 206-KN Centerburg 6NE FR Tuttle Crossing Mall 1SW 207-MU Dresden 2NW KN Martinsburg 1SE FR Obetz FA Carroll FR Town & Country Shopping Center 1S OUT-OF-STATE GAUGES 47-FR Gahanna Woods Park The Villages, FL 48-LI Johnstown The Ponds at Summerville, SC 50-FR Blacklick Woods 2NNE 100-FR Woodside Green Park 307- Charleston Airport, SC Central Ohio Counties Central Ohio Counties Ohio Supplemental Counties DE = Delaware FA = Fairfield FR = Franklin FT = Fayette LI = Licking MD = Madison MO = Morrow MR = Marion PI = Pickaway UN = Union KN = Knox MU = Muskingum WI = Williams 15