July 27, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
The rain gauge had 0.22" of rain in it this morning, the 5:30 AM temperature was 71ºF, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph with occasional stronger gusts.

The forecast for today is for highs in the lower 90's and partly cloudy skies.

The Low for today was 71ºF and the high was 87ºF. It was mostly sunny all day.

Weather Fact
Nashville Tennessee averages 48.11" of rain a year. (2008 The World Almanac and Book of Facts). (Nashville is about 50 miles from my location near Westmoreland.)

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.

7/26/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -

The most rain recorded in Tennessee was 3.25" in Clifton.

The most rain in Texas was 0.57" in Fort Davis.

No rain was recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.

So far 4388 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 3.25" at Clifton, Tennessee and Jacksonville, Florida. (An entry for Cameron Park, Texas of 7.20" appeared to be for 7/22/2008 thru 7/24/2008, not sure why it was entered for this date, maybe inexperienced station. Entry for Sunland Park, New Mexico for 3.32 was confusing and I couldn't tell for sure when the actual reading took place and what time period it covered, so I left it out. The next most rain in New Mexico was 1.75" in Silver City.)