December 8, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 29ºF, the sky was clear and winds were calm. There was a light frost.

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 40's, a high in the mid 50's, and partly cloudy sky's.

The low today was 28ºF and the high was 54ºF. It was partly cloudy the majority of the day,

Last year on the 8th the low was 44ºF, the high was 55ºF, and 0.25" of 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 mid 20's, with cloudy sky's and a 70% chance of precipitation. There could be freezing drizzle in the morning then snow in the afternoon and evening.

Weather Fact
The lowest temperature recorded in Missouri was -40ºF on February 13, 1905 at Warsaw. (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.

12/7/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.08" at Gray. The most new snow reported was 0.8" at Bristol. There were 245 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.01" at Harlingen. There were 259 reports from Texas.
There was no precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far, 4297 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 0.80" at Hoquiam, Washington. (A report of 4.5" from someplace in Onondaga county New York appears to be snow, not the water equivalent of the snow.)

The most new snow reported was 10.5" at Scottville, Michigan.
The most snow reported on the ground was 27.0" at Traverse City, Michigan.