A noisy goat peers out from a nearby wire pen as Dennis Howick checks his government-issued rain gauge for precipitation.
His modest rural Celina farm - not unlike hundreds of others in this community - seems an unlikely place for an official National Weather Service (NWS) climate recording station. But appearances are deceiving; the Howick family's long-standing reputation for reliable and accurate weather reporting spans more than four decades. [More]
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