August 17, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning, the 5:30 AM temperature was 55ºF, 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 today was 55ºF and the high was 84º. It was clear or mostly clear all day.

Weather Fact
An average of 54 persons are killed in the US by tornadoes each year. (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.

8/16/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 2.21" at Oakland.
The most rain in Texas was 4.05" at Abilene.
The most rain recorded in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.40" at North Richland Hills. (15 stations in Tarrant County reported, and 14 reported rain.)
So far 4746 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was4.05" at Abilene, Texas.