January 30, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was a snow sprinkle yesterday morning resulting in a trace being reported for today on CoCoRaHS. There is still about 0.5" of snow on the ground as the temperature never got above freezing yesterday and there was very little sunshine. The 5:30 AM temperature was 27ºF, the sky was mostly clear and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph.

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

The low today was 26º F and the high was 40º F with lots of sunshine under partly cloudy and mostly clear skies.

Last year on the 30th the low was 17ºF, the high was 34ºF, and 1.56" 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 around 9ºF and partly cloudy skies.

Weather Fact
The highest temperature recorded in Wisconsin was 114ºF on July 13, 1936 at Wisconsin Dells. (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.

1/29/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.15" at Sparta. There were 315 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow reported was 1.2" at Vanleer and Clarksville.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.08" at Corpus Christi. There were 345 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at Grapevine.
So far, 5081 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported that looked legitimate was 2.82" at Jacksonville Beach, Florida.

The most new snow reported was 12.5" at Delanson, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 60.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.