September 1, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning, the 5:30 AM temperature was 72ºF, the sky was mostly clear and no wind was observed.

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

The actual low for today was 71ºF and the high was 89ºF. It was partly cloudy most of the day, with a few periods of mostly cloudy in the afternoon and thunder was heard around 4 - 5 PM.

Weather Fact
The normal amount of precipitation in Nashville, Tennessee in September is 3.6". (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.

8/31/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain recorded in Tennessee was 0.48" in Sparta.
The most rain in Texas was 0.95" in Carrizo Springs.
No rain was recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 4157 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 3.42" at Haines City, Florida.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
August 2008 had 4.45"" of rain, the average low temperature was 64.5F and the average high was 84.4F.
August 2007 had 0.23" of rain, the average low temperature was 69.4ºF and the average high was 92.8ºF
(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
August 2006 had 7.4" of rain, the average low was 69.2ºF and the average high was 86.1ºF.
August 2005 had 13.4" of rain, the average low was 67.6ºF and the average high was 87.8ºF
Rain from beginning of year through the end of August -
2008 - 43.24
2007 - 27.90
2006 - 33.7
2005 - 40.9