February 20, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the form of a snow flurry yesterday morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 17º F, the sky was mostly clear and winds were calm. There was frost.

The forecast for today is for the low in the low 30s and the high in the mid 40s with clear skies.

The low today was 16º F and the high was 44º F. The skies were clear or mostly clear all day with a little wind blowing most of the day.

Last year on the 20th the low was 22º F, the high was 53º F, and a trace of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

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

Weather Fact
The average annual amount of precipitation in Chicago, Illinois is 36.27" per year. (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.

2/19/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.88" at Sevierville. There were 311 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.11" at Portland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.09" at Houston. There were 351 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far, 5248 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.49" at Sunny Side, Georgia.

The most new snow reported was 10.4" at Marquette, Michigan.
The most snow reported on the ground was 76.0" at Kingvale, California.