May 23, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 65ºF, the sky was mostly clouds and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph.

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 60's, a high in the low 80's and mostly cloudy skies with a 40% chance of rain and east winds 5-10 mph.

The low today was 64º F and the high was 82º F. Skies were partly cloudy most of the day with some periods of mostly cloudy, mainly early in the day and then again late in the afternoon.

Last year on the 23rd the low was 59º F, the high was 82º 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 upper 60's with mostly cloudy skies and a 30% chance of rain.

Weather Fact
The number of days in 2007 with 0.01" of precipitation or more in Houston, Texas was 128 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.

5/22/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports at time of blog entry that looked like they might be legitimate) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.22" at Dyer. There were 284 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.02" at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.30" at Mcqueeney. There were 377 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5464 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 4.93" at Boynton Beach, Florida.

The most new snow reported was 1.1" at Alma, Colorado.
No snow was reported on the ground.