August 18, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning, the 5:30 AM temperature was 56ºF, the sky was clear, and winds were calm.

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

The low for today was 56ºF and the high was 86ºF. It was clear or mostly clear all day.

Weather Fact
An average of 49 persons are killed in the US by hurricanes 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.

8/17/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 0.09" at Spring Hill.
The most rain in Texas was 3.85" at Seguin.
The most rain recorded in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.01" at Saginaw.
So far 4610 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 5.04" at Wilmer, Alabama.