August 11, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning, the 5:30 AM temperature was 59ºF, the sky was clear, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for highs in the mid 80's and mostly clear skies.

The low for today was 58ºF and the high was 80ºF. There was lots of sunshine all day.

Weather Fact
The highest measured average annual precipitation extreme for Asia is 467.4" per year over a period of 38 years in Mawsynram, India. (2008 The World Almanac and Book of Facts.)

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.

8/10/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -

The most rain reported in Tennessee was 0.01" at Germantown and Memphis (both are in Shelby county).

The most rain in Texas was 2.74" at Reklaw.

No rain was recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.

So far4385 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 5.12" at Liberty, Kansas.