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Thurston County Waste and Recovery Center Precipitation Data -  Nisqually River Estuary

N 47°04' 03" - W 122° 44' 54"

Site History: This location is one of the most extensively coved sites in Thurston County and has a wide variety of data available in many formats and data set increments.  Data on this site is available in daily totals but 15 minute data is also available upon request.  This site includes precipitation, temperature wind speed and direction, barometric pressure.  The basin this instrument location serves is both the lower Nisqually River and the McAllister Creek.

Note: The Water Year and the Calendar Year are not the same. The Water Year (WY) begins on October 1st of the preceding Calendar Year. It is a hydrologic measure not a calendar measure.

 For example: Water Year 2012 begins in October 2011 and also includes November and December 2011.

Nisqually/McAllister Basin Precipitation Data Thurston County Waste and Recovery Center

Year Zipped Excel Data Charts in PDF Comments / Other
2002 Available Upon Request Daily Totals Chart

Hourly data.  Additional parameters available for this location

2003 Available Upon Request Daily Totals Chart  
2004 Available Upon Request Daily Totals Chart  
2005 Available Upon Request Daily Totals Chart  
2006 Available Upon Request Daily Totals Chart  
2007 Available Upon Request Daily Totals Chart  
2008 Available Upon Request Daily Totals Chart

Precipitation files for use at Meridian Heights - Nisqually Bluff

2009 Available Upon Request Daily Totals Chart  

Nisqually/McAllister Basin Precipitation Data Thurston County Waste and Recovery Center

Water Year Summary Tables
Year Zipped Excel Data Tables in PDF Comments / Other
WY 2003 Available Upon Request Daily Totals Table Oct 1, 2002 - Sept 30, 2003
WY 2004 Available Upon Request Daily Totals Table Oct 1, 2003 - Sept 30, 2004
WY 2005 Available Upon Request Daily Totals Table Oct 1, 2004 - Sept 30, 2005
WY 2006 Available Upon Request Daily Totals Table Oct 1, 2005 - Sept 30, 2006
WY 2007 Available Upon Request Daily Totals Table Oct 1, 2006 - Sept 30, 2007
WY 2008 Available Upon Request Daily Totals Table Oct 1, 2007 - Sept 30, 2008
WY 2009 Available Upon Request Daily Totals Table Oct 1, 2008 - Sept 30, 2009
WY 2010 Available Upon Request Daily Totals Table Oct 1, 2009 - Sept 30, 2010
WY 2011

WY 2011 (Excel)

  1. Oct 2010

  2. Dec 2010

  3. Jan 2011

  4. Feb 2011

Daily Totals Table Oct 1, 2010 - Sept 30, 2011
WY 2012   Daily Totals Table Oct 1, 2011 - Sept 30, 2012

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