August 1, 2008

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.34" of rain in the gauge this morning, the 5:30 AM temperature was 68ºF, the sky was partly cloudy and no wind was observed.

The forecast for today is for highs in the low 90's and partly cloudy sky's.

The low for today was 68ºF and the high was 87ºF. It was partly cloudy all day.

Weather Fact

The normal low for Nashville, Tennessee in July is 70ºF. (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.

7/31/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -

The most rain recorded in Tennessee was 2.73" in Brentwood.

The most rain in Texas was 1.52" in Groves.

Saginaw had the most rain in Tarrant County, Texas with 0.62", and all 15 stations reporting had at least 0.05".

So far 4976 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 4.90" at Marble Hill, Missouri.

TN-SR-32 Weather History

July 2008 had 8.57"" of rain, the average low temperature was 66.5F and the average high was 85.9ºF.

July 2007 had 8.31" of rain, the average low temperature was 65.3ºF and the average high was 84.4ºF

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)

July 2006 had 4.7" of rain, the average low was 67.2ºF and the average high was 87.6ºF.

July 2005 had 3.9" of rain, the average low was 68.7ºF and the average high was 86.1ºF

Rain from beginning of year through the end of July -

2008 - 38.79

2007 - 27.67

2006 - 26.3

2005 - 27.5