January 20, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.02" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. There was about 0.3" of new snow since 5:30 AM yesterday, making a total snowfall of about 0.7". The 5:30 AM temperature was 16ºF, the sky was mostly clear and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph with occasional stronger gusts.

The forecast for today is for the low in the upper teens and the high in the upper 20s with partly cloudy skies.

The low today was 16ºF and the high was 28ºF. There were snow flurries in the morning and late afternoon, but only a dusting of accumulation.

Last year on the 20th the low was 5ºF, the high was 24ºF, and a trace of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low around 7ºF and a high in the upper teens with partly cloudy skies.

Weather Fact
The highest temperature recorded in Utah was 117ºF on July 5, 1985 at Saint George. (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.

1/19/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.12" at Crossville. There were 273 reports from Tennessee. The most snow was 1.3" at the same Crossville station.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.02" at Indianola. There were 327 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far, 4803 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported that looked legitimate was 1.54" at Callaway, Florida.

The most new snow reported was 11.5" at Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
The most snow reported on the ground was 40.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.