August 9, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning, the 5:30 AM temperature was 58ºF, 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 today was 58ºF and the high was 82ºF. The sky was mostly clear most of the morning and partly cloudy in the middle of the day and then mostly clear again. There was lots of sunshine all day.

Weather Fact
In Europe, Astrakhan Russia averaged 6.4" of precipitation per year over a 66 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.

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

The most rain recorded in Tennessee was 2.83" at Loretto.

The most rain in Texas was 0.92" at Shady Shores.

No rain was recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.

So far 5043 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 3.77" at Pontotoc, Mississippi.