January 23, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 46ºF, the sky was partly cloudy and winds were estimated to be 8-12 mph.

The forecast for today is for the low in the upper 20s and the high in the upper 50s with mostly cloudy skies.

The low today was 40ºF and the high was 62ºF. It was clear in the morning, then mostly cloudy in the afternoon with a sprinkle sometime.

Last year on the 23rd the low was 23ºF, the high was 39ºF, and 0.11" of 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 mid 20s with partly cloudy skies.

Weather Fact
The lowest temperature recorded in Virginia was -30ºF on January 22, 1985 at Mountain Lake Bio. Station. (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.

1/22/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.01" at Greeneville and Cookeville. There were 274 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation reported in Texas. There were 336 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far, 4952 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported that looked legitimate was 1.52" at Monterey, California.

The most new snow reported was 6.8" at Lacona, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 39.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.