November 18, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.12" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 45º F, the sky was cloudy, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 30's, a high in the mid 50's, mostly cloudy skies, and south winds 5-10 mph.

The low today was 44º F and the high was 53º F. It was cloudy most of the day, but there was some sun shinning around noon.

Last year on the 18th the low was 23º F, the high was 40º F, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
Stockholm, Sweden - The average maximum temperature in January is 30.7º F and the average minimum is 23.0º F. In July the average maximum temperature is 71.4º F and the average minimum is 56.1º F. There is an average of 21.2" 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.

11/17/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.08" at Camden. There were 334 reports from Tennessee.
Then most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.44" at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.40" at Kingsville. There were 468 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6646 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 4.24" at Pepeekeo, Hawaii. There were 2 reports of 4" or more from Oregon and 1 from Hawaii.

The most new snow reported was 6.4" at Bendena, Kansas.
The most snow reported on the ground was 13.0" at Aspen Park, Colorado.