September 15, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.10" of rain in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 60ºF, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a high in the lower 70's and mostly cloudy skies in the morning clearing to partly cloudy in the afternoon.

The low last year on the 15th was 54ºF and the high was 80ºF and a trace (less than 0.01") of rain was recorded on CoCoRaHS for our station.

Weather Fact
The average annual precipitation in Casablanca, Morocco is 16.8". In January the average high is 62.8ºF and the average low is 47.1ºF. In July, the average high is 77.7ºF and the average low is 66.7ºF. (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.

9/14/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 0.63" at Munford. There were 278 reports from Tennessee.

The most rain recorded in Texas was 5.97" at Kirbyville. There were 363 reports from Texas.

The most rain recorded in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.88" at Arlington.

So far 4671 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 9.81" at Portage, Indiana.