CoCoRaHS in the News

The local news in Columbia, SC recently broadcast a short video on CoCoRaHS and the March Madness competition.  NWS Hydrologist Leonard Vaughan was highlighted in this video and he stressed the importance of having more observers across the state. There have already been 30 new South Carolina observers added this month, so let’s keep up the recruiting effort!  You can watch the video here.

CoCoRaHS March Madness

We’re entering the final week of CoCoRaHS March Madness!  The State Climate Office of North Carolina released some videos to help with the recruiting spirit.  From basketball to office viewing parties, these people make using their rain gauges an everyday activity (to the dismay of some fellow workers)!  You can view all five videos here.

billy bar and 40 years of snow data (video)

Ever wonder what other people collecting daily precipitation data are like? In a short video by Morgan Heim of Day’s Edge Productions, billy barr (spelled in all lowercase) and his over 40 years of snow data are profiled. billy is the sole resident of Gothic, Colorado a ghost town that was abandoned in the 1920s. For the last 40 years, billy has lived in his cabin, collected hats, and recorded the snow levels for every day of the year. He also recorded the daily highs and lows in temperature, wildlife sightings, and the duration of snowpack into spring. Sound familiar? 

He has been condition monitoring for over 40 years! Scientists just discovered billy’s treasure trove of data and they plan to use it for climate change analysis. Moral of the story? Long records of precipitation data are really valuable. So, thank you for being an observer, lets make our own 40 years of data!