May 11, 2009

There was 0.18" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 54ºF, the sky was cloudy and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph.

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 50's, a high in the low 70's, with cloudy skies in the morning clearing to partly cloudy skies this afternoon.

Last year on the 11th the low was 50º F, the high was 65º F, and 0.17" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the low 60's with partly cloudy skies and a 20% chance of rain.

Weather Fact
The average annual number of days with 0.01" of precipitation or more in Columbus, Ohio is 131 days 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.

5/10/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports at time of blog entry that looked like they might be legitimate) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.64" at Lafayette. There were 312 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.18" at Hendersonville.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 6.38" at De Kalb. There were 319 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.04" at Saginaw and Watauga.
So far 5025 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 6.38" at De Kalb, Texas.

The most new snow reported was 5.6" at Warren Afb, Wyoming.
The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 18.0" at Kingvale, California.