October 27, 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 low 50's, a high in the low 60's, with skies becoming cloudy and southeast winds 5-10 mph. There is a near 100% chance of rain today, with the best chance this afternoon and evening.

The low today was 49º F and the high was 58º F. There were showers through much of the days, most of them light. A fairly hard rain fell between 7 and 8 PM.

Last year on the 27th the low was 38ºF, the high was 49ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Comparison
Dublin, Ireland - The average daily maximum temperature in January is 45.7º F and the average minimum is 36.5º F. In July the average maximum temperature is 66.0º F and the average minimum is 52.5º F. There is an average of 28.8" 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.

10/26/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.02" at Pikeville. There were 280 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 4.63" at Caldwell. There were 701 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 2.25" at Mansfield.
So far 6783 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 4.63" at Caldwell, Texas. There were 3 reports of 4" or more from Texas.

The most new snow reported was 12.0" at Angel Fire, New Mexico.
The most snow reported on the ground was 17.5" at Angel Fire, New Mexico.