September 1, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 56ºF, the sky was clear and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 50's, a high in the upper 70s, partly cloudy skies, and northeast winds 5-10 mph.

The low today was 54º F and the high was 79º F. It was partly cloudy all day.

Last year on the 1st the low was 71ºF, the high was 89ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
Reno, Nevada - The normal maximum temperature in January is 46º F and the normal minimum is 22º F. In July the normal maximum temperature is 91º F and the normal minimum is 51º F. There is an average of 7.48" of precipitation per year.

Nashville, Tennessee (The nearest location to Westmoreland for comparison) - The normal maximum temperature in January is 46º F and the normal minimum is 28º F. In July the normal maximum temperature 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.

8/31/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.07" at Jasper. There were 287 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.01" at Rancho Viejo. There were 490 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6469 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 3.87" at Advance, North Carolina.

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

TN-SR-32 Weather History
August 2009 had 2.07" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 66.3º F and the average high was 83.8º F.
August 2008 had 4.45" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 64.5º F and the average high was 84.4º F.
August 2007 had 0.23" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 69.4º F and the average high was 92.8º F

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and measured rain to the nearest tenth.)
August 2006 had 7.4" of precipitation, the average low was 69.2ºF and the average high was 86.1ºF.
August 2005 had 13.4" of precipitation, the average low was 67.6ºF and the average high was 87.8ºF


Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of August -
2009 - 40.81"
2008 - 43.24"
2007 - 27.92"
2006 - 33.7"
2005 - 40.9"