November 14, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 44º F, the sky was mostly clear, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 40's, a high in the low 70's, clear skies, and light southwest winds.

The low today was 42º F and the high was 70º F. It was mostly clear all day.

Last year on the 14th the low was 52º F, the high was 64º F, and 0.03" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
San Salvador, El Salvador - The average maximum temperature in January is 86.5º F and the average minimum is 61.3º F. In July the average maximum temperature is 86.2º F and the average minimum is 66.4º F. There is an average of 68.3" 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.

11/12/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.01" at Greeneville and Oak Grove. There were 249 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.02" at Helotes. There were 443 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6310 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 6.56" at Hampton, Virginia. Virginia had 13 reports of 4" or more and Hawaii and North Carolina each had 1 report of 4" or more.

The most new snow reported was 9.0" at Livingston and Roundup, Montana.
The most snow reported on the ground was 13.0" at Fairbanks, Alaska.