October 18, 2009

Our first frost of the season! This picture was taken at about 8:30 AM after the sun had been shinning for a couple of hours and the temperature had warmed up to about 36º F.

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.01" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 34ºF, the sky was mostly clear or clear and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The first frost of the season was on the ground this morning.

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 30's, a high in the mid 50's, with clear skies and winds from the northwest at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 33º F and the high was 54º F. It was clear through the morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon.

Last year on the 18th the low was 42ºF, the high was 61ºF, and a trace of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
Bucharest, Romania - The average daily maximum temperature in January is 34.7º F and the average minimum is 22.1º F. In July the average maximum temperature is 83.8º F and the average minimum is 60.1º F. There is an average of 23.4" 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.

10/17/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.83" at Dayton. There were 273 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.12" at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.59" at Mission. There were 374 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5705 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 3.91" at Springville, Alabama.

The most new snow reported was 3.0" at Sylvania and Westfield, Pennsylvania.
The most snow reported on the ground was 7.5" at Sylvania, Pennsylvania.