February 22, 2009

The driveway around 7:30 AM this morning. Approximately 0.7" of snow fell last evening and about 0.5" is on the ground now.

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.26" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 22º F, the sky was mostly clear and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph with stronger gusts. It rained yesterday in the late afternoon and changed to snow in the early evening. The snow had ended by 7:30 PM and we got about 0.7" total snow.

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

Last year on the 22nd the low was 32º F, the high was 57º F, and 0.19" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low around 4º F and a high in the low 20s with partly cloudy skies.

Weather Fact
The average annual amount of precipitation in Des Moines, Iowa is 34.72" 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.

2/21/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.34" at Dickson (All the reports from the 21st reporting precipitation were late afternoon, evening, or night reports). There were 261 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.13" at College Station. There were 301 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far, 4287 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 0.98" at Columbus, Montana.

The most new snow reported was 18.2" at Brewerton, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 70.0" at Kingvale, California.