December 2, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.11" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 26ºF, it was clear, and winds were calm. There was a light dusting of snow on the leaves, grass, cars and other exposed cold surfaces. The precipitation in the gauge was frozen.

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 30's, a high in the low 40's, and partly cloudy sky's.

The low today was 25ºF and the high was 43ºF. It was mostly cloudy in the morning and partly cloudy in the afternoon.

Last year on the 2nd the low was 38ºF, the high was 58ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the mid 20's, the high in the low 30's, with mostly cloudy sky's.

Weather Fact
The lowest temperature recorded in Michigan was -51ºF on February 9, 1934 at Vanderbilt. (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.

12/1/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.95" at Standing Stone State Park . The most snow reported was 2.4" at Erwin. There were 334 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.09" at Ropesville. There were 340 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace (less than 0.01") at Watauga.
So far, 5432 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 4.30" at Anchorage, Alaska.

The most new snow reported was 12.8" at Traverse City, Michigan.
The most snow reported on the ground was 29.0" at Anchorage, Alaska.