CoCoRaHS 
Community
Cooperative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network
Beginning in April 2008 for Rhode Island, you can
let us know how much rain, hail or snow you measured in your backyard or
schoolyard by joining the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network
- CoCoRaHS. This new program will help meteorologists, researchers, the media
and others see and study the variability of precipitation across Rhode Island. The
accumulated precipitation data will be available to anyone using the web. If
you'd like to contribute valuable precipitation information unique to your
location, then this program is for you!
In the future, we hope to
expand CoCoRaHS into other states in New England including
Massachusetts, Connecticut,
and New Hampshire.
The CoCoRaHS program began
in 1998 after devastating floods in the Denver
CO area missed all the official
rain gauges. In the years since, the CoCoRaHS network has grown to include over
8,000 observers in 29 states. Rhode
Island will be the 30th state to join the
network!
Volunteer Observers are now needed to help grow this network across Rhode Island. Volunteer
Observers are the backbone of the CoCoRaHS program. Observers record
precipitation information using the recommended 4" rain gauge and enter
their observations onto the CoCoRaHS webpage. Training slides and information
are available at the CoCoRaHS web site. Other Volunteer Observer duties along
with answers to frequently asked questions can be found searching through the
tabs on the CoCoRaHS main web page.
Please visit the CoCoRaHS web site at http://www.cocorahs.org
to learn more about the program and use the Join CoCoRaHS link to sign up as an Observer! If
you have any questions, the State Coordinator for Rhode Island is Bill Simpson and he can be
reached directly by sending an email to William.Simpson@noaa.gov
Thanks for your interest in
CoCoRaHS - Because Every Drop Counts!