October 1, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning, the 5:30 AM temperature was 48ºF, the sky was clear and no wind was observed.

The forecast for today is for highs in the upper 60's, a low around 40, and mostly clear skies.

The low today was 46ºF and the high was 69ºF. It was mostly clear to partly cloudy all day.

The low last year on the 1st was 54ºF, the high was 81ºF, and no rain was recorded for our CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The normal amount of precipitation in Nashville, Tennessee in October is 2.9". (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.

9/30/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain recorded in Tennessee was 0.06" at Dover. There were 297 reports from Tennessee.
No rain was recorded in Texas. There were 334 reports from Texas.
No rain was recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5214 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 5.15" at Cutler, Florida.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
September 2008 had 1.24" of rain, the average low temperature was 61.1ºF and the average high was 80.8ºF.
September 2007 had 1.87" of rain, the average low temperature was 61.0ºF and the average high was 84.6ºF.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
September 2006 had 5.9" of rain, the average low was 57.4ºF and the average high was 74.8ºF.
September 2005 had 1.2" of rain, the average low was 61.0ºF and the average high was 82.0ºF.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of September -
2008 - 44.48"
2007 - 29.77"
2006 - 39.6"
2005 - 42.1"