May 14, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 66ºF, the sky was cloudy and winds were estimated to be 8-12 mph with stronger gusts.

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 60's, a high in the mid 70's, with mostly cloudy skies and a 60% chance of thunderstorms or showers.

The low today was 64º F and the high was 77º F. It was partly cloudy much of the day. There was a front that moved through in the morning and gave us 0.30" of rain.

Last year on the 14th the low was 55º F, the high was 67º F, and 0.02" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the mid 60's with partly cloudy skies.
Weather Fact
The average annual number of days with 0.01" of precipitation or more in Des Moines, Iowa is 112 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.

5/13/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports at time of blog entry that looked like they might be legitimate) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.20" at Ardmore. There were 290 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.29" at Fort Stockton. There were 404 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.03" at Benbrook.
So far 6157 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 4.09" at Ridge Manor, Florida.

The most new snow reported was 4.0" at Flora, Oregon.
The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 24.0" at Soda Springs, California.