November 14, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.03" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 56ºF, the sky was cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph.

The forecast for today is for a high in the mid 60's, a low in the low 40's, partly cloudy sky's, a 50% chance of rain this afternoon and a near 100% chance of rain tonight.

The low today was 52ºF and the high was 64ºF. It was cloudy in the morning and a light rain fell in the afternoon through the night. At 5:30 AM on the 15th there was 0.47" in the gauge.

Last year on the 14th the low was 54ºF, the high was 60ºF, and 0.43" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast low today is for a low in the low 30's and the expected high is for the mid 40's. The sky is expected to be cloudy with a 40% chance of precipitation in the form of snow showers.

Weather Fact
The lowest temperature recorded in Illinois was -36ºF on January 5, 1999 at Congerville. (2008 The World Almanac and Book of Facts.)

CoCoRaHS
CoCoRaHS is a volunteer system where average people who like weather can record the precipitation at their location and help various climate researchers better understand precipitation patterns. For more information, go to the CoCoRaHS web site.

11/13/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.22" at Rockwood. There were 390 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.03" at Nederland. There were 328 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far, 5669 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 3.45" at Nehalem, Oregon.

The most new snow reported was 2.5" at somewhere in Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska.
The most snow reported on the ground was 29.5" at somewhere in Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska.