July 22, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.04" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 67ºF, the sky was cloudy, winds were calm, and a light rain was falling.

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 60's, a high in the upper 70's, with cloudy skies in the morning and south winds becoming 10-15 mph southwest winds. There is a 80% chance of showers or thundershowers with the best chance in the morning.

The low today was 67º F and the high was 73º F. It rained most of the day, with a very brief period in the afternoon of mostly cloudy skies with some sun visible.

Last year on the 22nd the low was 67º F, the high was 84º 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 50's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly cloudy skies and a 50% chance of showers or thundershowers.

Weather Fact
Los Angeles, California - The normal maximum temperature in January is 66º F and the normal minimum is 49º F. In July the normal maximum in is 75º F and the normal minimum is 63º F. There is an average of 13.15" of precipitation per year. (2009 The World Almanac and Book of Facts. Based on records for the period of 1971-2000.)

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.

7/21/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports at time of blog entry that looked like they might be legitimate) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.48" at Erwin. There were 280 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 4.31" at Powell. There were 531 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.63" at Benbrook.
So far 6578 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 4.99" at Cherokee, Kansas. Kansas had 5 reports of greater than 4" and Texas had 2 reports of more than 4". There was a report from Arkansas of more than 5", but the exact amount was not reported correctly according to the comment, so I guess the whole report is dubious.

No new snow was reported.
No snow was reported on the ground.