January 27, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.71" in the gauge this morning and there was about 0.1" of ice on the trees, grass, and other exposed surfaces. The 5:30 AM temperature was 34ºF, freezing rain/rain was falling and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for the low in the low 30s and the high in the upper 30s with freezing rain changing to rain later in the morning.

The low today was 30º F and the high was 36º F. It rained all day.

Last year on the 27th the low was 26ºF, the high was 47ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low around 0ºF and a high around 11ºF with mostly cloudy skies.

Weather Fact
The lowest temperature recorded in West Virginia was -37ºF on December 30, 1917 at Lewisburg. (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.

1/26/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.05" at Petros. There were 288 reports from Tennessee. The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.10" at Dallas. There were 387 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at several locations.
So far, 5174 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported that looked legitimate was 1.31" at Centerville, Utah.

The most new snow reported was 12.9" at Mount Crested Butte, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 62" at Crested Butte, Colorado.