Cooling Down with Afternoon-Evening Showers

An autumnal dip into cooler temperatures and showery weather is on tap for the weekend. Both Saturday and Sunday, most of the showers will occur later in the day, through late evening. Some lightning flashes and rumbles of thunder may occur. Read More >

One component of the Cooperative Observer Program in the National Weather Service is the automated precipitation gage. The Fischer Porter system is one of the automated gages that is in use across the country.

Here is an image of a Fischer Porter gage:

Fischer Porter Rain Gage

In West Michigan, these gages are installed at the following locations:

Location	County
Grand Haven	Ottawa
Hastings	Barry
Jackson	Jackson
Kent City	Kent
Montague	Muskegon
St. Johns	Clinton
Scottville	Mason
Stanton	Montcal

In the table below, you will find links to graphs of precipitation data for each site for each year list. You will notice that the precipitation amount periodically falls to near zero - this occurs when the accumulator container is partially or completely emptied.

Additionally, you will find a link to a zipped file containing the complete data set for that year (in 15 minute increments) in csv format. If you click on the CSV link, save the file to your computer, extract it, and then you can view the data in any text editor or most spreadsheet programs..

	Grand Haven	Hastings	Jackson	Kent City	Montague	St. Johns	Scottville	Stanton
2020	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV
2019	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV
2018	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV
2017	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV
2016	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV
2015	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV
2014	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV	PNG CSV

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Cooling Down with Afternoon-Evening Showers

Cooperative Data - Fischer Porter Systems in West Michigan