July 25, 2009

Happy Anniversary Richard and Liz!!!!!

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.02" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 70ºF, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph with stronger gusts.

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 60's, a high in the upper 80's, with partly cloudy skies and southwest winds 10-15 mph. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 70º F and the high was 86º F. It was partly cloudy most of the day with a very brief shower in the afternoon.

Last year on the 25th the low was 67º F, the high was 78º 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 mid 70's with partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy skies, and a 50% chance of showers or thundershowers.

Weather Fact
Hartford, Connecticut - The normal maximum temperature in January is 34º F and the normal minimum is 17º F. In July the normal maximum in is 85º F and the normal minimum is 62º F. There is an average of 46.16" 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.

7/24/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports at time of blog entry that looked like they might be legitimate) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.70" at Indian Mound. There were 279 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.07" at White House.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.30" at Bayou Vista. There were 451 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.17" at Benbrook and Edgecliff.
So far 5967 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 4.83" at Kingston, Rhode Island. Rhode Island had 2 reports over 4" and 9 other reports over 3".

0.1" of new snow was reported at Colville, Washington.
No snow was reported on the ground.