October 29, 2008


The first frost for this CoCoRaHS station this fall.
Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 34ºF, the sky was clear, and winds were calm. There was a light frost.

The forecast for today is for a high in the upper 50's, a low in the low 30's, with clear skies.
The low today was 32ºF and the high was 57ºF. It was clear or mostly clear all day.

Last year on the 29th the low was 37ºF, the high was 60ºF, and no rain was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The lowest temperature recorded in California was -45ºF on January 20, 1937 at Boca. (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.

10/28/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 0.18" at Erwin. There were 283 reports from Tennessee. This station at Erwin also reported 1.6" of snow, the first snow I've seen reported in Tennessee this fall.
The most rain reported in Texas was 0.37" at Laredo. There were 340 reports from Texas.
No rain was reported in Tarrant County.
So far 5137 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 1.85" at Levittown, New York.
The most new snow reported was 5.7" at Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania.
The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 6.5" at Aniak, Alaska.

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