October 28, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 38ºF, the sky was mostly cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 8-12 mph.

The forecast for today is for a high in the upper 40's, a low in the upper 20's, with mostly clear skies.

The low today was 32ºF and the high was 49ºF. It cleared off by the time I got home at 10 PM and the temperature was in the upper 30's.

Last year on the 28th the low was 48ºF, the high was 57ºF, and no rain was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The highest temperature recorded in Arkansas was 120ºF on August 10, 1936 at Ozark. (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.

10/27/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 0.01" at Oak Grove and Kyles Ford. There were 283 reports from Tennessee.
The most rain reported in Texas was 0.50" at Encinal. There were 349 reports from Texas.
No rain was reported in Tarrant County.
So far 5091 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 4.82" at Grand Haven, Michigan.

The most new snow reported was 3.0" at Marenisco, Michigan.
The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 6.5" at Aniak, Alaska.