October 12, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 52ºF, the sky was mostly cloudy and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 40's, a high in the mid 60's, mostly cloudy skies with winds from the north at 5 mph. There is a 70% chance of showers today, though it looks like areas south of Nashville have the best chance of getting rain.

The low today was 50º F and the high was 69º F. It was cloudy during most of the morning, gradually clearing to partly cloudy be late afternoon and mostly clear by early evening.

Last year on the 12th the low was 61ºF, the high was 82ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
Athens, Greece - The average daily maximum temperature in January is 56.1º F and the average minimum is 44.6º F. In July the average maximum temperature is 88.9º F and the average minimum is 73.0º F. There is an average of 14.6" 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.

10/11/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.28" at Roan Mountain. There were 274 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.02" at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.21" at Commerce. There were 520 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.05" at Blue Mound.
So far 5683 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 3.15" in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The most new snow reported was 7.5" in Fort Calhoun, Washington.
The most snow reported on the ground was 14" at Warren and Wheatland, Wyoming.