Amateur Weather Observers Help Communities in Measurable Ways
DULUTH, Minn — In 1997, Fort Collins, Colorado saw 14.5 inches of rain in a span of 31 hours leading to flash flooding and several deaths. A year later, Colorado State University started the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, or CoCoRaHS. It was created to hopefully prevent another similar tragedy. In the decades since, CoCoRaHS has grown into…


