August 4, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning, the 5:30 AM temperature was 66ºF, the sky was clear, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for highs in the mid 90's and mostly clear skies.

The low for today was 65ºF and the high was 89ºF. The sky was mostly sunny all day.

Weather Fact
Wadi Halfa, Sudan averaged less than 0.1" of rain per year over a 39 year period. (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.

8/3/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -

The most rain recorded in Tennessee was 01.34" at Kingsport.

The most rain in Texas was 0.80" at Fort Davis.

No rain was recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.

So far 4025 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 2.32" at Carmel Hamlet, New York.