December 4, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.23" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 36ºF, there was light raining falling, and winds were estimated to be 1-3mph.

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 20's, a high in the upper 30's, and cloudy sky's with a 50% chance of light rain or snow flurries.

The low today was 24ºF, the high was 49º, and it was cloudy up until around noon, then it cleared off to a clear sky and enough sunshine to warm it up to around 38º before the soon started to set.

Last year on the 4th the low was 24ºF, the high was 39ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low around 4ºF, the high in the lower 20's, with partly cloudy sky's.

Weather Fact
The lowest temperature recorded in Minnesota was -60ºF on February 2, 1996 at Tower. (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.

12/3/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.54" at Memphis. The most snow reported was 0.2" at Surgoinsville . There were 298 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.01" at Washington, Goliad, and Victoria. There were 344 reports from Texas.
There was no precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far, 5108 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 2.59" at New Hampton, Iowa.

The most new snow reported was 8.0" at Helena, Montana.
The most snow reported on the ground was 28.0" at Anchorage, Alaska.