Measuring precipitation for the CoCoRaHS Network

Richard Cox interviews Noah Newman, education and outreach coordinator for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow (CoCoRaHS) network, a citizen science initiative that started in northern Colorado in 1998 and now includes a network of almost 20,000 volunteers in all 50 states who record and report precipitation daily for research purposes.

An episode of the KRFC Communities that Work podcast, hosted by Sean, titled "Measuring precipitation for the CoCoRaHS Network" was published on March 14, 2025 and runs 37 minutes.

March 14, 2025 ·37m · KRFC Communities that Work

Summary

KRFC Communities that Work host Richard Cox has a conversation with Noah Newman, Education and Outreach Coordinator for CoCoRaHS. The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, or CoCoRaHS, is a non-profit, community-based network of volunteers of all ages and backgrounds working together to measure and map precipitation (rain, hail, and snow).  Trained volunteers use low-cost measurement tools and an interactive website to provide high-quality data for natural resource, education, and research applications.  The network originated with the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University in 1998 as a result of a devastating flood in Fort Collins the preceding year. It now includes almost 20,000 volunteers in all 50 states, as well as Canada.

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