July 10, 2008

Westmoreland TN Weather
4.74" of rain was in the rain gauge this morning, most of which came after I went to bed at 10 PM. I woke up around 2 AM and it was raining what sounded like a fairly strong rain at that time and it was still raining, though not as hard when I got up at 4:40 AM. The 5:30 AM temperature was 71ºF, a light rain was falling, and no noticeable wind was observed.
Interestingly enough, last year we had received over 4 inches of rain (4.12") at the time I made my 5:30 AM CoCoRaHS observation on July 11.

The forecast for today is for highs in the mid 80's and a 50% chance of rain.

The low for today was 67ºF and the high was 82ºF. The rain ended after 6 AM and the sky cleared to partly cloudy by the time I got home around 5PM.

Weather Fact
The greatest 24-hour temperature change in the United States was 100ºF (44º to -56º) at Browning, Montana on January 23-24, 1916. (Extreme Weather - Astronomy Magazine Special Issue - 2008).

CoCoRaHS
CoCoRaHS is a volunteer system where average people who like weather can record the precipitation at their location and help various climate researchers better understand precipitation patterns. For more information, go to the CoCoRaHS web site. The most rain in Tennessee recorded so far on CoCoRaHS for 7/9/2008 was 1.67" in Clarksville. So far 5354 CoCoRaHS entries have been made for 7/9/2008 and the greatest amount of rain was 5.60" at Medicine Lodge Kansas.