October 21, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 46ºF, the sky was mostly clear and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 40's, a high in the low 70's, with partly cloudy skies and winds from the south at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 42º F and the high was 67º F. It was clear or mostly clear through the morning, then partly cloudy or even mostly cloudy through much of the afternoon and early evening.

Last year on the 21st the low was 45ºF, the high was 62ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather History
Cairo, Egypt - The average daily maximum temperature in January is 65.8º F and the average minimum is 48.2º F. In July the average maximum temperature is 93.9º F and the average minimum is 71.1º F. There is an average of 1.0" 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.

10/20/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.02" at Winchester. There were 275 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.02" at Wellington. There were 468 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6234 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 2.02" at Pepeekeo, Hawaii.

The most new snow reported was 5.5" at Lewistown, Montana.
The most snow reported on the ground was 1.0" at Meeteetse, Wyoming and Kingvale, California.