February 1, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning from the fog yesterday morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 40ºF, the sky was mostly clear and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph with stronger gusts.

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 30s, a high in the mid 50s, and partly cloudy skies.

Last year on the 1st the low was 24ºF, the high was 43ºF, and 0.70" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast low today for the low 20s and the high for the mid 30s and partly cloudy skies.

Weather Fact
The highest temperature recorded in Wyoming was 115ºF on August 8, 1983 at Basin. (2009 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.

1/31/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 0.08" at Munford. There were 244 reports from Tennessee.
The most rain reported in Texas was 0.01" at Cedar Park. There were 274 reports from Texas.
No rain was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 4198 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 0.85" at Indialantic, Florida.

The most new snow reported was 11.5" at Anchorage, Alaska.
The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 57.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
January 2009 had 7.12" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 24.2ºF and the average high was 42.7ºF.
January 2008 had 3.84" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 25.1º F and the average high was 44.0º F.
January 2007 had 4.53" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 31.4ºF and the average high was 48.2ºF.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
January 2006 had 7.3" of precipitation, the average low was 35.0ºF and the average high was 54.3ºF.
January 2005 had 5.1" of precipitation, the average low was 34.0ºF and the average high was 49.6ºF.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of January -
2009 - 7.12"
2008 - 3.84"
2007 - 4.53"
2006 - 7.3"
2005 - 5.1"