September 21, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 62ºF, the sky was mostly cloudy, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a high in the lower 80's and mostly cloudy skies with a 20% chance of rain.

The low today was 62ºF and the high was 82ºF. It was partly cloudy most of the day with a few periods of mostly cloudy.

The low last year on the 21st was 56ºF and the high was 86ºF and no rain was recorded on CoCoRaHS for our station.

Weather Fact
The average annual precipitation in Hong Kong, China is 87.2". In January the average high is 65.5ºF and the average low is 56.5ºF. In July, the average high is 88.7ºF and the average low is 79.9ºF. (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.

9/20/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 0.98" at Atoka . There were 268 reports from Tennessee.
The most rain recorded in Texas was 0.66" at Stratford . There were 279 reports from Texas.
No rain was recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 4223 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 3.85" at Jacksonville, Florida. (A 20.00" report from Castle Rock, Colorado appears to be a typo since all other reports from Douglas county ranged from 0.00" to 0.03").