September 20,2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 63ºF, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were calm.

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

The low for today was 62ºF and the high was 76ºF. It was mostly cloudy to cloudy most of the day.

The low last year on the 20th was 56ºF and the high was 84ºF and no rain was recorded on CoCoRaHS for our station.

Weather Fact
The average annual precipitation in Havana, Cuba is 46.9". In January the average high is 78.4ºF and the average low is 65.5ºF. In July, the average high is 88.3F and the average low is 74.8ºF. (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.

9/19/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 0.72" at Memphis. (This report was from 7:00 PM and the rain all took place after 7:00 AM. There no reports of rain on in the 9/19 reports from the normal times of around 7:00 AM 9/18 to 7:00 AM 9/19.). There were 287 reports from Tennessee.
The most rain recorded in Texas was 0.21" at Bunker Hill Village . There were 348 reports from Texas.
No rain was recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 4824 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 2.54" at Summerdale, Alabama.