October 7, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 57ºF, the sky was mostly clear, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a high around 80, a low around 60, and a 50% chance of rain in the afternoon and a near 100% chance tonight.

The low today was 56ºF and the high was 74ºF. There were showers off and on from late morning on. At around 9PM we had 0.54" in the rain gauge and it rained enough between then and 5:30 AM on the 8th to put 1.92" in the gauge.

Last year on the 7th the low was 63ºF and the high was 87ºF and no rain was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The average annual precipitation in Prague, Czech Republic is 20.7". In January the average high is 32.7ºF and the average low is 22.5ºF. In July, the average high is 73.9ºF and the average low is 53.2ºF. (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.

10/6/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -

No rain was reported in Tennessee. There were 288 reports from Tennessee.
The most rain recorded in Texas was 2.50" at Childress. There were 447 reports from Texas.
The most rain recorded in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.93" at Azle.
So far 5763 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 3.80" at Asbury Lake, Florida.