October 21, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 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 around 40, with cloudy to mostly cloudy skies early clearing to partly cloudy in the afternoon.

The low today was 44ºF and the high was 62ºF. It was cloudy or mostly cloudy most of the day.

Last year on the 21st the low was 47ºF, the high was 72ºF, and no rain was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The lowest temperature recorded in Alaska was -80ºF on January 23, 1971 at Prospect Creek Camp. (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.

10/20/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was a trace (less than 0.01") at Brentwood. There were 287 reports from Tennessee.
No rain was recorded in Texas. There were 351 reports from Texas.
No rain was recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5066 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 0.51" at Forks, Washington.
The most new snow reported was 0.3" at Aniak, Alaska.
The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 4.0" at Aniak, Alaska.