CoCoRaHS March Madness 2021


 

 
COCORAHS 2021 MARCH MADNESS FINAL RESULTS - MINNESOTA (270) WINS THE TRADITIONAL CATEGORY . . . RHODE ISLAND WINS THE PER CAPITA!   CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH STATES!  1,596 NEW OBSERVERS OVERALL!

FINAL STANDINGS

Traditional Count Top Five

270 Minnesota
163 Wisconsin
119 South Carolina
91
 North Carolina 
75 Texas


Per Capita* Count Top Five

 62.70

 Rhode Island
 50.90 Minnesota
 34.20
 North Dakota
 28.66 Wisconsin
 25.73
 South Carolina

For the latest standings of all 50 states please click below:

Traditional

Per Capita 


2021 March Madness New Observers Map
Updated: FINAL






Watch the CoCoRaHS March Madness promotional trailer: TRAILER 

COCORAHS MARCH MADNESS

Welcome to the CoCoRaHS March Madness Page.  CoCoRaHS March Madness is our friendly recruiting contest between all 50 states to see who can recruit the most new volunteers during the 31 days of March. 

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 - 2020)















2020 Final Traditional Count

2020 Final Per Capita Count



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 states 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 1.77 points based on their population of 563,626 residents, whereas California who will receive 0.03 points with their population of 37,253,956 residents).  These point values are based on "new stations per million residents" which is derived from the 2010 estimated population information (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population).
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