You may have noticed rain and snowfall totals now being reported for Jefferson through the National Weather Service. That’s because one Jefferson resident has taken the role of being the official weather observer.

Tim Pound lives just south of Jefferson and became the official weather observer for the City. As a weather observer, Pound explains he records the day’s high, low and observed temperatures, as well as precipitation totals from rain or snow. Pound says the data is then collected electronically by the National Weather Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as the official weather data for Greene County.

Pound describes why he wanted to be a weather observer.

“Outside of a few years in my life, every job I’ve ever worked at weather always played a big part. It’s just something that has always interested me. I had a chance to take over actually what John Beltz had done for years.”

Pound says the job itself isn’t difficult, but what is difficult is having to record the information daily. When he is on vacation and can’t record the data, Pound says the National Weather Service allows for a substitute to do it instead. The City of Jefferson has been without an official weather observer since 2016, when Beltz retired.