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Curtis Cooperative Weather Observer Receives
30 Year Length of Service Award
Lorinda Elson, the Cooperative Weather Observer from 3 miles north northeast of Curtis, Nebraska was recently presented with her 30 Year Length-of-Service Award and 30 year pin presented by the National Weather Service out of North Platte, NE.
Lorinda’s husband, Dale begun providing temperature, precipitation and snowfall data to the National Weather Service beginning in April of 1985. In August of 1993 Dale passed away and Lorinda continued the legacy of the Curtis 3 NNE station that her husband had started. Lorinda provides her data to the local Curtis newspaper and data is also published by the National Climatic Data Center.
There are over 300 official volunteer cooperative weather observers in Nebraska and nearly 11,000 nationwide. Observers are placed at private residences, farms, municipal facilities, utilities, dams, parks, game refuges, radio and television stations, and other locations.
The nation owes a debt of gratitude to the cooperative weather observers who have quietly and steadily built up what amounts to a priceless service. The United States government, NWS and State Climatologist commend Lorinda Elson for doing such a fine job taking these meticulous observations, and disseminating the data.
Bill Taylor (NWS North Platte, NE) presents Lorinda Elson with her 30 Year Length of Service Award and 30 year pin
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