September 16, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 55ºF, the sky was clear, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph.

The forecast for today is for a high in the lower 70's and partly cloudy skies.

The low today was 54ºF and the high was 73ºF. It was partly cloudy with a few periods of mostly cloudy.

The low last year on the 16th was 45ºF and the high was 69ºF and no rain was recorded on CoCoRaHS for our station.

Weather Fact
The average annual precipitation in Copenhagen, Denmark is ?". In January the average high is 35.6ºF and the average low is 28.4ºF. In July, the average high is 68.9ºF and the average low is 55.0ºF. (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.

9/15/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 1.01" at Maryville. There were 362 reports from Tennessee.
The most rain recorded in Texas was 4.79" at El Campo. (A report of 38.00" at Woodville seems highly unlikely). There were 379 reports from Texas.
No rain was recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5330 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 5.51" at Kappa, Illinois. (Except for the apparent typo report from Woodville, Texas noted above.)