July 7, 2008

Westmoreland TN Weather
The 5:30 AM temperature was 65º, the rain gauge was empty, the sky was clear, and no noticeable wind was observed.

The forecast for today is for a high around 90º and partly cloudy sky's.

The low today was 64ºF and the high was 85ºF. A thunderstorm came through in the afternoon, probably between 3 and 4:30 PM, and dropped 0.97", the first decent rainfall since the rainfall I recorded May 28.

Weather Fact
North America's lowest temperature was -87ºF at Northice, Greenland on January 9, 1954. (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 7/6/2008 was 4.10" in Lynnville(Giles County) . So far 4212 CoCoRaHS entries have been made for 7/6/2008 and the greatest amount of rain was 4.17" at De Funiak Springs, Florida and Havelock, North Carolina.