August 8, 2008

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

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

The low for today was 61ºF and the high was 80ºF. It was mostly sunny all day.

Weather Fact
In Ausralia, Muika (Troudaninna) in South Australia averaged 4.1" of precipitation per year over a 42 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.

8/7/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -

The most rain recorded in Tennessee was 1.47" at White House.

The most rain in Texas was 1.00" at Giddings and Mason.

The most rain recorded in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace (less than 0.01") at Euless.

So far 5210 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 4.53" at St. Francis, Kansas.