May 9, 2009

There was 2.52" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:50 AM temperature was 66ºF, the sky was cloudy with rain falling and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. Strong thunderstorms came through around 2 AM this morning and again at 4 AM and yet again around 5AM with heavy rain and lightening. It was still raining a little at 5:50 when I checked the gauge.

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 50's, a high in the low 70's, with cloudy skies and a 90% chance of thunderstorms, though for the morning it looks like the majority of the rain will be to our south.

The low today was 58º F and the high was 73º F. It was cloudy with mist and or drizzle at times throughout the morning. In the afternoon it cleared to partly cloudy with winds estimated to be 8-12 mph until calming by nightfall.

Last year on the 9th the low was 59º F, the high was 76º F, and 0.59" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the low 50's with a 90% chance of rain.

Weather Fact
The average annual number of days with 0.01" of precipitation or more in Chicago, Illinois is 130 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.

5/8/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports at time of blog entry that looked like they might be legitimate) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.01" at Brentwood. There were 360 (yep, the same as yesterday) reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 1.03" at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.06" at Cleveland. There were 372 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6221 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 7.57" at Montgomery, Alabama.

The most new snow reported was 3.5" at Lead, South Dakota.
The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 24.0" at Kingvale, California.