September 19, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 59ºF, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a high in the low 80's and partly cloudy skies.

The low last year on the 19th was 58ºF and the high was 83ºF and no rain was recorded on CoCoRaHS for our station.

Weather Fact
The average annual precipitation in Geneva, Switzerland is 35.6". In January the average high is 38.3ºF and the average low is 27.9ºF. In July, the average high is 76.3F and the average low is 53.2ºF. (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.

9/18/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was a Trace (less than 0.01)" at Loretto. (Based on the comment and other reports this was most likely from a heavy dew and should not have been reported). There were 301 reports from Tennessee.
The most rain recorded in Texas was 0.24" at Camp Wood . There were 382 reports from Texas.
No rain was recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 4870 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 3.64" at Citrus Park , Florida.