October 22, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 42ºF, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph.

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

The low today was 41ºF and the high was 63ºF. It was clear to partly cloudy all day.

Last year on the 22nd the low was 50ºF, the high was 79ºF, and no rain was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The highest temperature recorded in Alaska was 100ºF on June 27, 1915 at Fort Yukon. (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.

10/21/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
No rain was reported in Tennessee. There were 294 reports from Tennessee.
The most rain recorded in Texas was 0.42" at Borger. There were 355 reports from Texas.
No rain was recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5398 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 1.15" at Colton, Oregon.

The most new snow reported was 2.7" at Eagle River, Alaska.
The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 6.8" at Sleetmute , Alaska.