February 26, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
Our first blooming daffodils were observed today!

There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 51º F, the sky was cloudy and winds were calm and a very light rain/heavy sprinkle was falling.

The forecast for today is for the low in the mid 50s and the high in the mid 60s with mostly cloudy skies during the day and a 90% chance of rain tonight.

The low today was 50º F and the high was 69º F. It was cloudy or mostly cloudy all day.

Last year on the 26th the low was 26º F, the high was 54º F, and 0.03" 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 30s with a near 100% chance of precipitation in the possible forms of freezing rain changing to sleet changing to snow.

Weather Fact
The average annual amount of precipitation in New Orleans, Louisiana is 64.16" 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.

2/25/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.39" at Savannah. There were 308 reports from Tennessee.
There was a trace of precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee at Bethpage, Portland, and Hendersonville.
The was 0.01" of precipitation reported in Texas at Corpus Christi. There were 349 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far, 5078 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.59" at Port Orford, Oregon.

The most new snow reported was 4.1" at Ferndale, Washington.
The most snow reported on the ground was 70.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.