August 14, 2008

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

The forecast for today is for highs in the mid 80's and partly cloudy skies.

The low for today was 60ºF and the high was 84ºF. There was lots of sunshine all day.

Weather Fact
The highest measured average annual precipitation extreme for Australia is 316.3" per year over a period of 34 years in Bellenden Ker, Queensland. (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.

8/13/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -

The most rain reported in Tennessee was 0.28" at Ardmore.

The most rain in Texas was 2.49 " at Boerne.

The most rain recorded in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.05" at North Richland Hills.

So far 5209 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 7.00" at Olathe, Kansas (The Olathe Kansas report seems a little strang to me since the time of the report is 8 AM and it was entered at 12:04 AM and no other report from Kansas was for more than 0.28". The most rain from a legitimate looking report was 5.40." at Irmo, South Carolina.)