October 12, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
The rain gauge was empty this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 62ºF, it was mostly clear, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a high in the lower 80's, a low in the upper 50's, and partly cloudy sky's.

The low today was 61ºF and the high was 82ºF. It was clear in the morning, became partly cloudy in the afternoon, then mostly cloudy, then mostly clear again in early evening.

Last year on the 12th the low was 40ºF, the high was 64ºF, and no rain was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The average annual precipitation in Shanghai, China is 43.8". In January the average high is 45.9ºF and the average low is 32.9ºF. In July, the average high is 88.9ºF and the average low is 76.6ºF. (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.

10/11/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 0.02" at Blue Springs. There were 227 reports from Tennessee
The most rain recorded in Texas was 0.01" at Alamo. There were 249 reports from Texas.
There was no rain recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 4039 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 2.63" at Kingsland, Georgia.