November 20, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 38º 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 60's, partly cloudy skies, and light northeast winds.

The low today was 37º F and the high was 62º F. It was mostly clear through the morning and early afternoon, becoming partly cloudy to mostly cloudy in the afternoon.

Last year on the 20th the low was 31º F, the high was 46º F, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
Tehran, Iran - The average maximum temperature in January is 45.0º F and the average minimum is 30.0º F. In July the average maximum temperature is 98.2º F and the average minimum is 75.2º F. There is an average of 9.1" 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.

11/19/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.09" at Harriman. There were 283 reports from Tennessee. No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.12" at Port Aransas. There were 438 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6485 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 3.64" at Forks, Washington.

The most new snow reported was 2.5" at Leavenworth, Washington.
The most snow reported on the ground was 10.0" at Aspen Park and Crested Butte, Colorado.