# Where can I track local rainfall totals online, like they print in the local newspaper? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 21, 2019, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-track-local-rainfall-totals-online-like-they-print-in-the-local-newspaper/842071 "2019-10-21T05:48:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-track-local-rainfall-totals-online-like-they-print-in-the-local-newspaper/842071/1 "2019-10-21T05:48:27Z")
The newspaper in Eugene prints a rainfall summary every Sunday which tracks the local average and actual precipitation totals since the beginning of the month and year. IME this is fairly typical newspapers generally. For various reasons I want to stop receiving the paper, but I don’t know anywhere else I can get this information. Is there anywhere I can get this information online? I’ve tried [www.weather.gov](http://www.weather.gov), operated by NOAA, but with light yellow text on a white background it’s close to useless. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-track-local-rainfall-totals-online-like-they-print-in-the-local-newspaper/842071/2 "2019-10-21T13:36:51Z")
If you go to the weather channel website for your location and select monthly, they have an “almanac” column on the right hand side with some of that information. For example: [https://weather.com/weather/monthly/l/0b1d231bcc2e2ad1340fa2c988cafaa840c3e4717404c7d19afa8d938dd2aad4](https://weather.com/weather/monthly/l/0b1d231bcc2e2ad1340fa2c988cafaa840c3e4717404c7d19afa8d938dd2aad4) ---
**Author:** ![Mithras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mithras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithras)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-track-local-rainfall-totals-online-like-they-print-in-the-local-newspaper/842071/3 "2019-10-21T13:56:09Z")
[weather.gov](http://weather.gov) does have exactly what you want, though. Go to: [Climate](https://w2.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=pqr) Select Eugene for your location and click Go. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-track-local-rainfall-totals-online-like-they-print-in-the-local-newspaper/842071/4 "2019-10-21T14:31:29Z")
[Weather Underground](https://api.wunderground.com/history/airport/KEUG/2019/10/21/DailyHistory.html?req_city=Eugene&req_state=OR&reqdb.zip=97401&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999) has similar info. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-track-local-rainfall-totals-online-like-they-print-in-the-local-newspaper/842071/5 "2019-10-21T14:38:19Z")
> [@Mithras](#): > > [weather.gov](http://weather.gov) does have exactly what you want, though. Go to: > [Climate](https://w2.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=pqr) > Select Eugene for your location and click Go. I wanted to note that I tried this and the information that comes up is black text on a white background, since the OP mentioned a display issue. Hopefully this gets him around that. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-track-local-rainfall-totals-online-like-they-print-in-the-local-newspaper/842071/6 "2019-10-21T15:18:03Z")
There’s also browser extensions you can add that will change the contrast of a web page. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-track-local-rainfall-totals-online-like-they-print-in-the-local-newspaper/842071/7 "2019-10-21T17:13:57Z")
> [@Mithras](#): > > [weather.gov](http://weather.gov) does have exactly what you want, though. Go to: > > [Climate](https://w2.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=pqr) > > Select Eugene for your location and click Go. Although this link works initially, it seems to throw the ERR\_NAME\_NOT\_RESOLVED error when I try any other city and zipcode. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Mithras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mithras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithras)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-track-local-rainfall-totals-online-like-they-print-in-the-local-newspaper/842071/8 "2019-10-21T17:27:51Z")
What, you’re assuming that site has an intuitive interface? To switch to a different region: 1. Click the ‘Climate Locations’ tab 2. Click the ‘Other NWS Climate Pages’ link with the multi-colored US map in the lower right. 3. Click on the region in the map that contains the city/zip you want a report for. 4. Either hit back or go to step 1 because you didn’t select the right region in step 3. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-track-local-rainfall-totals-online-like-they-print-in-the-local-newspaper/842071/9 "2019-10-21T17:33:57Z")
[https://cocorahs.org/](https://cocorahs.org/) Volunteers report their rain gauge volumes. “Real” weather services sometimes use these numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-track-local-rainfall-totals-online-like-they-print-in-the-local-newspaper/842071/10 "2019-10-21T17:38:11Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > There’s also browser extensions you can add that will change the contrast of a web page. I tried it in the Google app just now, instead of Samsung Internet, and now the this website looks fine, with dark blue or black characters on a white background. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-track-local-rainfall-totals-online-like-they-print-in-the-local-newspaper/842071/11 "2019-10-22T05:25:25Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > [https://cocorahs.org/](https://cocorahs.org/) > Volunteers report their rain gauge volumes. “Real” weather services sometimes use these numbers. This is the site I use here on the Big Island. Over 126 inches so far this year. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-track-local-rainfall-totals-online-like-they-print-in-the-local-newspaper/842071/12 "2022-05-12T19:02:46Z")
[Bumped to ask a follow-on question about the [cocorags.org](http://cocorags.org) website] Since this thread was active, I’ve been using the [cocorahs.org](http://cocorahs.org) website consistently, and have noticed the rainfall amounts reported on the website are consistently higher than what’s reported in the local paper. For instance, in the Eugene area, the Register-Guard reports a precipitation total of just under 2.0" from 5/1 - 5/10/22; by contrast, [cocorahs.org](http://cocorahs.org) reports around 3.0" for the same period. (I say “about” because variances between different reporting stations in the area are common.) The local TV news weather reports generally track closer to what [cocorahs.org](http://cocorahs.org) says. For those who use [cocorahs.org](http://cocorahs.org), has anyone noticed these discrepancies? And if so, are the reported amounts on [cocorahs.org](http://cocorahs.org) generally higher than what other local news sources say?