January 21, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning from snow flurries during the day yesterday. The 5:30 AM temperature was 10ºF, the sky was clear and winds were calm. There was frost.

The forecast for today is for the low in the mid 20s and the high in the upper 30s with clear skies.

The low today was 10ºF and the high was 38ºF with clear or mostly clear skies all day.

Last year on the 21st the low was 10ºF, the high was 40ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the mid teens and a high in the low 20s with partly cloudy skies.

Weather Fact
The lowest temperature recorded in Vermont was -50ºF on December 30, 1933 at Bloomfield. (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.

1/20/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.31" at Erwin. There were 283 reports from Tennessee. The most snow was 3.9" at the same Erwin station with 4.4" on the ground.
No precipitation reported in Texas. There were 329 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far, 4817 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported that looked legitimate was 1.09" at Hammond, Indiana.

The most new snow reported was 15.0" at Skandia, Michigan.
The most snow reported on the ground was 42.0" at Soda Springs, California.