August 17, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was 1.22" of precipitation in the gauge this morning for the period of 8/10 through 8/17. The 5:30 AM temperature was 72ºF, the sky was partly cloudy and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph.

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The low today was 72º F and the high was 87º F. It was partly coudy most of the day with a breif shower around 6 PM.

Last year on the 17th the low was 55ºF, the high was 84ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The weather in Oshkosh while we were there from the 10th to the 16th was hot with temperatures in the 80's every day. There was a brief shower on the afternoon of 8/10 and a sprinkle on the morning of 8/16 before we left. In between skies were mostly clear or clear with some fairly stiff winds (10-20 mph?) on 8/14 and 8/15.

Weather Fact
Caribou, Maine - The normal maximum temperature in January is 19º F and the normal minimum is 0º F. In July the normal maximum in is 76º F and the normal minimum is 55º F. There is an average of 37.44" of precipitation per year.

Nashville, Tennessee - The normal maximum temperature in January is 46º F and the normal minimum is 28º F. In July the normal maximum in is 89º F and the normal minimum is 70º F. There is an average of 48.11" 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.

8/16/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.24" at Greenville. There were 290 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.47" at Amarillo. There were 435 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6521 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 5.62" at Big Coppitt Key, Florida. There were 2 reports of more than 4" of rain from Florida, 2 from Missouri, 2 from Nebraska, and 1 from South Carolina.

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