August 24, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 57ºF, the sky was clear and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 50's, a high in the low 80's, clear skies, and light northeast winds.

The low today was 57º F and the high was 80º F. The sky was clear or partly cloudy all day.

Last year on the 24th the low was 67ºF, the high was 83ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan - The normal maximum temperature in January is 22º F and the normal minimum is 5º F. In July the normal maximum in is 76º F and the normal minimum is 52º F. There is an average of 34.67" of precipitation per year.

Nashville, Tennessee (For comparison, this city is the nearest to me with data) - The normal maximum temperature in January is 46º F and the normal minimum is 28º F. In July the normal maximum in is 89º F and the normal minimum is 70º F. There is an average of 48.11" of precipitation per year.
(2009 The World Almanac and Book of Facts. Based on records for the period of 1971-2000.)

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.

8/23/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.92" at Mountain City. There were 260 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.47" at Shiner. There were 373 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5395 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 5.23" at North Beach, Maryland. Maryland had 3 reports over 4".

No new snow was reported.
No snow was reported on the ground.