Sunday September 7, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
We had a trace (less than 0.01") of rain in the rain gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 60ºF, the sky was clear and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a high in the mid 80's and mostly clear skies.

The low for today was 59ºF and the high was 81ºF. There was lots of sunshine all day with mostly clear skies.

The low last year was 71ºF and the high was 89ºF and there was no rain recorded.

Weather Fact
The average annual precipitation in Bogota, Columbia is 32.4". In January the average high is 67.3ºF and the average low is 41.7ºF. In July, the average high is 64.6ºF and the average low is 45.5ºF. (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.

9/6/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 2.68" at Fayetteville. There were 340 reports from Tennessee.
The most rain recorded in Texas was 0.43" at Brownsville. There were 283 reports from Texas.
No rain was recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 4862 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 6.42" at Whispering Pines , North Carolina. Of the top 50 reports in amount of rain, around 78 were from North Carolina and most of the others were from South Carolina.