November 18, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 28ºF, the sky was mostly clear, and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. There was a light frost.

The forecast for today is for a high around 40, a low in the lower 20's, with partly cloudy sky's.

The low today was 23ºF and the high was 40ºF. It was mostly cloudy or partly cloudy during the day.

Last year on the 18th the low was 38ºF, the high was 60ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast low today is for a low in the low 20's and the expected high is for the low 30's. The sky is expected to be partly cloudy.

Weather Fact
The lowest temperature recorded in Iowa was -47ºF on February 3, 1996 at Elkader. (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.

11/17/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.60" at Standing Stone State Park. (I think Standing Stone State Park reports are suspect, the second most reported was 0.05" at Brentwood) There were 306 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 331 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far, 5248 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 1.59" at Erie, Pennsylvania.

The most new snow reported was 18.0" at Hinsdale, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 16.0" at Boonville, New York.