September 11, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
No rain in the rain gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 70ºF, the sky was cloudy, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a high in the mid 80's, mostly cloudy skies, and a 40% chance of showers.

The low for today was 69ºF and the high was 83ºF. There was a pretty good shower from around 3PM til around 4 PM that gave us 0.65" of rain, see tomorrows report.

The low last year on the 11th was 71ºF and the high was 81ºF and there was 0.77" of rain recorded on CoCoRaHS for our station.

Weather Fact
The average annual precipitation in Buenos Aires, Argentina is 45.2". In January the average high is 85.8ºF and the average low is 67.3ºF. In July, the average high is 59.7ºF and the average low is 45.7ºF. (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.

9/10/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 1.15" at Ramer. There were 330 reports from Tennessee.
The most rain recorded in Texas was 2.86" at Leakey. There were 483 reports from Texas.
The most rain recorded in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.67" at Saginaw.
So far 5552 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 6.46" at Rockingham, North Carolina.