June 13, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 65ºF, the sky was clear and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 60's, a high in the mid 80's, partly cloudy skies, northwest winds 5-10 mph and a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 64º F and the high was 82º F. There were lots of clouds through the morning and early afternoon. A brief shower cooled things down around 3:30 PM but didn't produce much rain. Then there was clearing to partly cloudy and the sky was mostly clear when we got home around 10:30 to 11 PM.

Last year on the 13th the low was 68º F, the high was 87º F, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the low 70's with partly cloudy skies.

Weather Fact
The number of days in 2007 with 0.01" of precipitation or more in New York, New York was 133 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.

6/12/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports at time of blog entry that looked like they might be legitimate) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.82" at Camden. There were 376 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 2.53" at Hendersonville.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 4.52" at Dallas. There were 495 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 3.10" at Bedford.
So far 6776 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 4.52" at Dallas, Texas.

The most new snow reported was 0.2" in Larimer County, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 1.0" at Golden, Colorado and Soda Springs, California.