December 20, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.04" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 35ºF, the sky was cloudy and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 20's, a high in the low 50's, and a 60% chance of rain in the afternoon and evening.

The low today was 34ºF and the high was 53ºF. It was cloudy all day with a thunderstorm around 5PM. There wasn't much rain, but there was lightning nearby.

Last year on the 20th the low was 35ºF, the high was 54ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low around 5ºF, the high in the low 20's, and a 60% chance of snow.

Weather Fact
The lowest temperature recorded in New Mexico was -50ºF on February 1, 1951 at Gavilan. (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.

12/19/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.37" at Dover. There were 342 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.80" at Hallettsville. There were 393 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.08" at Bedford.
So far, 5289 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 1.97" at O'Brien, Oregon.

The most new snow reported was 19.6" at Noxon, Montana.
The most snow reported on the ground was 40.0" at South Fork, Colorado.