September 22, 2008 (First day of Fall)

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

The forecast for today is for a high in the lower 80's and mostly clear skies in the morning and partly cloudy skies in the afternoon.

The low for today was 58ºF and the high was 83ºF. The sky was partly cloudy most of the day. Mrs. observed a very brief shower at around 3 PM resulting in a trace (less than 0.01") of rain.

The low last year on the 22nd was 57ºF and the high was 87ºF and no rain was recorded on CoCoRaHS for our station.

Weather Fact
The average annual precipitation in Istanbul, Turkey is 27.4". In January the average high is 47.8ºF and the average low is 37.2ºF. In July, the average high is 82.8ºF and the average low is 65.3ºF. (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.

9/21/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 0.91" at Dyersburg . There were 280 reports from Tennessee.
The most rain recorded in Texas was 0.23" at Harlingen . There were 269 reports from Texas.
No rain was recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 4261 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 3.93" at Metairie, Louisiana.