October 26, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 40ºF, 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 or mostly clear skies and light southeast winds.

The low today was 39º F and the high was 67º F. Skies were partly cloudy or mostly clear all day.

Last year on the 26th the low was 43ºF, the high was 69ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Comparison
Damascus, Syria - The average daily maximum temperature in January is 54.3º F and the average minimum is 32.9º F. In July the average maximum temperature is 97.2º F and the average minimum is 61.9º F. There is an average of 5.6" 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.

10/25/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.05" at Pikeville. There were 224 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.02" at Hendersonville.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.05" at Brownsville. There were 390 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5697 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 3.29" at Southwest Harbor, Maine.

The most new snow reported was 5.5" at Lewistown, Montana.
The most snow reported on the ground was 6.0" at Westcliffe, Colorado.