October 23, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 45ºF, the sky was partly 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, with partly cloudy skies early and becoming overcast in the afternoon and a chance of scattered showers in the evening and a 80% chance of showers after midnight.

The low today was 44º and the high was 70º.

Last year on the 23rd the low was 56ºF, the high was 69ºF, and 2.24" of rain was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The lowest temperature recorded in Arizona was -40ºF on January 7, 1971 at Hawley Lake. (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.

10/22/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was a trace (less than 0.01") at Belle Meade. There were 295 reports from Tennessee.
The most rain recorded in Texas was 0.26" at Austwell. There were 351 reports from Texas.
The most rain recorded in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.03" at Blue Mound.
So far 5563 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 4.16" at Beaver City, Nebraska.
The most new snow reported was 8.0" at Conifer, Colorado.
The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 7.2" at Cowdrey, Colorado.