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COCORAHS PRECIPITATION ABSURDITY 2024 FINAL RESULTS - MINNESOTA (573) WINS THE TRADITIONAL CATEGORY FOR THE FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW . . . AND THE PER CAPITA FOR THE SECOND TIME OVERALL! 1,884 NEW VOLUNTEER OBSERVERS HAVE JOINED THE NETWORK NATIONWIDE!CoCoRaHS 2024 Precipitation Absurdity has come to a close. Thanks to all of you, the network has recruited 1,884 new volunteer observers during March 2024! In the "traditional count" category (total number of new observers), Minnesota (573) took the lead on day one and never looked back, winning the category five years straight. Tennessee (150), Wisconsin (149), Kansas (80) and North Carolina (67) all did an amazing job and rounded out the top five. Well done indeed! more than half of our 50 states recruited ten observers or more during March. In the "population weighted-per capita" category, Minnesota (100.22) the 22nd most populous state, also won the Per Capita CoCoRaHS Cup for the second time in the past three years. Kansas (27.24), Wisconsin (25.29), South Dakota (24.18) and Wyoming (24.08) gave strong performances and finished two thru five. Great work everyone!
FINAL STANDINGS
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Minnesota
| 573 |
1
| 100.22 |
1
| 5.72 |
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Tennessee
| 150 |
2
| 21.27 |
6
| 7.05 |
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Wisconsin
| 148 |
3
| 25.12 |
3
| 5.89 |
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Kansas
| 80 |
4
| 27.24 |
2
| 2.94 |
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North Carolina
| 67 |
5
| 6.26 |
15
| 10.70 |
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Texas
| 64 |
6
| 2.13 |
31
| 30.03 |
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Indiana
| 61 |
7
| 8.93 |
9
| 6.83 |
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Michigan
| 59 |
8
| 5.88 |
17
| 10.03 |
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Ohio
| 51 |
9
| 4.34 |
19
| 11.76 |
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Colorado
| 47 |
10
| 8.05 |
10
| 5.84 |
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Iowa
| 46 |
11
| 14.37 |
7
| 3.20 |
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Pennsylvania
| 43 |
12
| 3.31 |
23
| 12.97 |
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California
| 43 |
12
| 1.10 |
39
| 39.03 |
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Illinois
| 39 |
14
| 3.10 |
25
| 12.58 |
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South Carolina
| 37 |
15
| 7.00 |
13
| 5.28 |
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New York
| 32 |
16
| 1.63 |
36
| 19.68 |
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Virginia
| 29 |
17
| 3.34 |
22
| 8.68 |
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Kentucky
| 28 |
18
| 6.21 |
16
| 4.51 |
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Florida
| 28 |
18
| 1.26 |
38
| 22.24 |
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Arkansas
| 23 |
20
| 7.55 |
11
| 3.05 |
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Massachusetts
| 23 |
20
| 3.29 |
24
| 6.98 |
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Mississippi
| 22 |
22
| 7.48 |
12
| 2.94 |
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South Dakota
| 22 |
22
| 24.18 |
4
| 0.91 |
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West Virginia
| 22 |
22
| 12.39 |
8
| 1.78 |
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Missouri
| 16 |
25
| 2.59 |
29
| 6.18 |
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New Mexico
| 14 |
26
| 6.62 |
14
| 2.11 |
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Wyoming
| 14 |
26
| 24.08 |
5
| 0.58 |
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Alabama
| 13 |
28
| 2.56 |
30
| 5.07 |
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New Jersey
| 12 |
29
| 1.30 |
37
| 9.26 |
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Georgia
| 10 |
30
| 0.92 |
40
| 10.91 |
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Oklahoma
| 8 |
31
| 1.99 |
33
| 4.02 |
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Oregon
| 8 |
31
| 1.89 |
34
| 4.24 |
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Nebraska
| 6 |
33
| 3.05 |
27
| 1.97 |
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Rhode Island
| 6 |
33
| 5.49 |
18
| 1.09 |
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Washington
| 6 |
33
| 0.77 |
43
| 7.79 |
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Maryland
| 5 |
36
| 0.81 |
42
| 6.16 |
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Maine
| 5 |
36
| 3.61 |
21
| 1.39 |
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Delaware
| 4 |
38
| 3.93 |
20
| 1.02 |
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Idaho
| 4 |
38
| 2.06 |
32
| 1.94 |
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Louisiana
| 4 |
38
| 0.87 |
41
| 4.59 |
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Arizona
| 3 |
41
| 0.41 |
46
| 7.36 |
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Montana
| 2 |
42
| 1.78 |
35
| 1.12 |
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Alaska
| 2 |
42
| 2.73 |
28
| 0.73 |
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Vermont
| 2 |
42
| 3.09 |
26
| 0.65 |
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Nevada
| 1 |
45
| 0.31 |
47
| 3.18 |
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Utah
| 1 |
45
| 0.30 |
48
| 3.38 |
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Connecticut
| 1 |
45
| 0.28 |
49
| 3.63 |
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New Hampshire
| 1 |
45
| 0.72 |
44
| 1.40 |
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Hawaii
| 1 |
45
| 0.69 |
45
| 1.44 |
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District of Columbia
| 0 |
50
| 0.00 |
50
| 0.67 |
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North Dakota
| 0 |
50
| 0.00 |
50
| 0.78 |
View the 2024 CoCoRaHS Precipitation Absurdity Trailer
COCORAHS PRECIPITATION ABSURDITY
Welcome to the CoCoRaHS Precipitation Absurdity Page. CoCoRaHS Precipitation Asburdity is our friendly recruiting contest to see who can recruit the most new volunteers during the 31 days of March. You will notice that the contest's name has changed in 2024. In order to not violate any copyright laws, we have decided to go in a new direction. This may sound absurd, but well it is. It's still the same contest, same cup, just a different name going forward.
There is always a need for a greater number of observations, as the saying goes "the rain doesn't fall the same on all". Due to the variability of precipitation, amounts measured can be quite different only a block or two away. Help fill in the gaps by recruiting a friend or relative during our contest. The more observations, the clearer the picture, the better the understanding of where it did and did not rain.
The contest is broken down into two categories: "Traditional Count" . . . the state that recruits the greatest number of new observers in March. The second category is "Per Capita*" or population weighted . . . the state that recruits the greatest number of new observers per one million of it's total population.
The winning state in each category receives the "CoCoRaHS Cup" to keep and exhibit for a year until next year's contest (in the tradition of the NHL's Stanley Cup). The cup usually travels around the state during the year, so check with your state coordinator for it's whereabouts at any certain time.
HISTORY
View the past cup winners (2006 - 2023) 
VIEWING THE COCORAHS CUP
  
 
     
 
The CoCoRaHS Cup - Does it look like a sterling silver rain gauge? Tiffany's would be proud.
*Per Capita Scoring - For each new volunteer who signs-up, the state will be given a percentage of "one point" based on the state's total population (potential volunteer pool). This will give those states with sparser populations an equal chance. States with smaller populations will receive a larger point value for a new volunteer compared to those with larger populations (For each new volunteer Wyoming will receive 1.72 points based on their population of 581,311 residents, whereas California who will receive a much lower number of points per each new volunteer, 0.03 with their population of 39,029,342 residents). These point values are based on "new stations per million residents" which is derived from the 2023 estimated population information (https://www.census.gov.)
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