December 1, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.09" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 35ºF, the sky was cloudy with a light mist or mist/snow mix, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph.

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 20's, a high in the mid 30's, cloudy sky's, and a 60% chance of precipitation, either rain or snow showers.

The low today was 33ºF, the high was 39ºF, there were rain and snow showers off and on all day with a little sleet also.

Last year on the 1st the low was 24ºF, the high was 43ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast low today is for the mid teens, the high for the upper 20's and a 50% chance of snow

Weather Fact
The highest temperature recorded in Massachusetts was 107ºF on August 2, 1975 at Chester and New Bedford. (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.

11/30/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 0.87" at Mount Juliet. There were 322 reports from Tennessee.
The most rain reported in Texas was 0.10" at Laredo. There were 288 reports from Texas.
The most rain reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.02" at Bedford, Fort Worth, and Watauga.
So far 4705 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 4.46" at Thomasville, Georgia.

The most new snow reported was 9.6" at Breckenridge, Colorado.
The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 44.5" at Stony River, Alaska.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
November 2008 had 2.26" of rain, the average low temperature was 35.7ºF and the average high was 54.9ºF.
November 2007 had 3.62" of rain, the average low temperature was 36.8ºF and the average high was 57.9ºF.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
November 2006 had 4.1" of rain, the average low was 39.3ºF and the average high was 59.1ºF.
November 2005 had 3.7" of rain, the average low was 38.8ºF and the average high was 60.7ºF.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of November -
2008 - 51.99"
2007 - 39.19"
2006 - 47.6"
2005 - 45.9"