December 30, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 32ºF, it was clear and winds were calm. There was a very light frost.

The forecast for today is for the low in the low 30's and the high in the upper 50's with partly cloudy sky's.

The low today was 31ºF and the high was 61ºF. It was clear most of the day and became windy as the day went on with winds estimated at 8-12MPH with stronger gusts.

Last year on the 30th the low was 32ºF, the high was 48ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low around 4ºF and a high in the upper 20's with a 90% chance of snow.

Weather Fact
The lowest temperature recorded in Oklahoma was -27ºF on January 18, 1930 at Watts. (2009 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.

12/29/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.71" at Loretto. There were 290 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.40" at Burton. There were 304 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far, 4608 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 7.17" at Brookings, Oregon. (This is over 13" over the last two days, I hope this station is reporting correctly.)

The most new snow reported was 8.0" at Lame Deer, Montana.
The most snow reported on the ground was 68.0" at Soda Springs, California.