May 20, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 48ºF, the sky was clear and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph.

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 50's, a high in the upper 70's and clear skies with winds 5-10 mph.

The low today was 46º F and the high was 80º F. It was clear today, though I did see a couple of clouds over Hendersonville as I was driving home from Nashville last evening around 7 PM.

Last year on the 20th the low was 53º F, the high was 73º F, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the low 80's with clear skies.

Weather Fact
The number of days in 2007 with 0.01" of precipitation or more in Hartford, Connecticut was 126 days. (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.

5/19/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports at time of blog entry that looked like they might be legitimate) -
No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 277 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 376 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5585 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 8.47" at Daytona Beach, Florida.

The only new snow reported was 1.1" at Paradise Ranger Station (Mount Rainier NP), Washington.
The most snow reported on the ground was 11.0" at Soda Springs, California.