May 1, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was 1.19" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 64ºF, the sky was cloudy and winds were calm. A line of thunderstorms came through after 12 AM this morning, the thunder woke up Nancy who woke me up around 1:30 AM. All but 0.02" of rain came from these storms.

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 60's, a high in the upper 70s, and a 60% chance of showers or thundershowers.

The low today was 62º F and the high was 70º F. There were showers and thunderstorms off and on all day and it was cloudy all day.

Last year on the 1st the low was 57ºF, the high was 79ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 50s with partly cloudy skies.

Weather Fact
The average annual number of days with 0.01" of precipitation or more in Bismarck, North Dakota is 86 days per year. (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.

4/30/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.14" at Linden. There were 333 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.10" at Gallatin.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 8.42" at Whitesboro. There were 484 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.84" at Watauga.
So far 6347 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 8.42" at Whitesboro, Texas.

The most new snow reported was 15.0" at Great Falls, Montana.
The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 42.0" at Soda Springs, California.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
April 2009 had 6.96" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 48.5ºF and the average high was 69.5ºF.
April 2008 had 7.24" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 44.7º F and the average high was 69.5º F.
April 2007 had 2.95" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 44.0ºF and the average high was 66.6ºF.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
April 2006 had 4.1" of precipitation, the average low was 51.2ºF and the average high was 73.4ºF.
April 2005 had 8.0" of precipitation, the average low was 47.3ºF and the average high was 69.2ºF.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of April -
2009 - 19.44"
2008 - 21.71"
2007 - 12.34"
2006 - 16.3"
2005 - 20.1"