December 17, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.07" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 37ºF, the sky was cloudy and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph.

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 30's, a high in the mid 40's, and a 40% chance of rain.

The low today was 35ºF and the high was 43ºF. It was cloudy all day with a little light drizzle.

Last year on the 17th the low was 23ºF, the high was 34ºF, and a trace (less than 0.01") of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low around zero, the high in the upper teens, and partly cloudy sky's.

Weather Fact
The highest temperature recorded in New Hampshire was 106ºF on July 4, 1911 at Nashua. (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.

12/16/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.27" at Lebanon. There were 352 reports from Tennessee. Many of the comments had reports of icing.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.38" at Nederland. There were 357 reports from Texas.
A trace (less than 0.01") of precipitation was reported at over half of the Tarrant County, Texas stations.
So far, 5403 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 3.23" at Idyllwild, California.

The most new snow reported was 16.5" at Durango, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 36.5" at Anchorage, Alaska.