October 17, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.28" in the rain gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 54ºF, the sky was cloudy, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a high in the mid 60's, a low in the mid 40's, and partly cloudy sky's.

The low today was 48ºF and the high was 62ºF. The day started out cloudy (with presumably a little precipitation to account for the trace in the gauge) and gradually worked its way to clear by evening.

Last year on the 17th the low was 64ºF, the high was 76ºF, and 0.23" of rain was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The average annual precipitation in Tokyo, Japan is 55.4". In January the average high is 49.1ºF and the average low is 34.2ºF. In July, the average high is 83.8ºF and the average low is 72.1ºF. (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.

10/16/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 0.53" at Memphis. There were 290 reports from Tennessee.
The most rain recorded in Texas was 6.71" at Houston. There were 525 reports from Texas.
The most rain recorded in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.57 at Grand Prairie.
So far 5435 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 6.71" at Houston, Texas.
No new snow was reported. The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 7.3" at Sleetmute, Alaska .