October 11, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
The rain gauge was empty this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 60ºF, it was mostly clear, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a high in the mid 80's, a low around 60, and partly cloudy sky's.

The low today was 60ºF and the high was 81ºF. It was mostly clear or clear all day.

Last year on the 11th the low was 41ºF, the high was 70ºF, and no rain was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The average annual precipitation in Sao Paulo, Brazil is 57.4". In January the average high is 81.1ºF and the average low is 65.7ºF. In July, the average high is 71.2ºF and the average low is 53.1ºF. (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.

10/10/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 1.55" at Ardmore. (The next most rain was 0.03" at Erwin, the 1.55" looks suspicious to me but there was nothing in the comments to indicate it was from more than 1 day or anything.) There were 292 reports from Tennessee
The most rain recorded in Texas was 0.02" at Fort Davis. There were 316 reports from Texas.
There was no rain recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 4945 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 5.15" at Chuluota, Florida.