October 1, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was no of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 48ºF, the sky was mostly clear and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 50's, a high in the mid 70's, mostly clear skies, and south winds 5-10 mph.

The low today was 47º F and the high was 72º F. It was partly cloudy or mostly clear through the morning and early afternoon. In late afternoon and evening more clouds made it mostly cloudy.

Last year on the 1st the low was 46ºF, the high was 69ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
Norfolk, Virginia - The normal maximum temperature in January is 48º F and the normal minimum is 32º F. In July the normal maximum temperature is 87º F and the normal minimum is 71º F. There is an average of 45.74" 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.

9/30/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 306 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 5.83" at Laredo. There were 552 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6529 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 5.83" at Laredo, Texas. There were 4 reports from Texas of more than 4" of precipitation and 1 report of more than 4" from Florida.

The most new snow reported was 0.2" at Anaconda, Montana.
The most snow reported on the ground was 0.2" at Anaconda, Montana.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
September 2009 had 5.98" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 60.8º F and the average high was 78.4º F.
September 2008 had 1.24" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 61.1ºF and the average high was 80.8ºF.
September 2007 had 1.87" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 61.0ºF and the average high was 84.6ºF.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
September 2006 had 5.9" of precipitation, the average low was 57.4ºF and the average high was 74.8ºF.
September 2005 had 1.2" of precipitation, the average low was 61.0ºF and the average high was 82.0ºF.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of September -
2009 - 46.79"
2008 - 44.48"
2007 - 29.77"
2006 - 39.6"
2005 - 42.1"