August 15, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning, the 5:30 AM temperature was 62ºF, the sky was mostly cloudy, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for highs in the mid 80's and mostly cloudy skies in the morning going to partly cloudy in the afternoon.

The low for today was 62ºF and the high was 82ºF. It was mostly cloudy in the morning, then partly cloudy, as the forecasters had predicted.

Weather Fact
The highest measured average annual precipitation extreme for north America is 276" per year over a period of 16 years in Henderson Lake, British Columbia, Canada. (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.

8/14/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -

The most rain reported in Tennessee was 1.03" at Bountville.

The most rain in Texas was 2.07 " at Austwell and Odem.

No rain was recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.

So far 5267 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 3.50" at Clarence, Missouri.