November 26, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 36º F, the sky was mostly clear, and winds were calm. There was frost.

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 30's, a high in the upper 40's, partly cloudy skies becoming mostly cloudy , and west winds around 10 mph. There is a 20% chance of rain.

The low today was 36º F and the high was 47º F. It was mostly clear or partly cloudy all day.

Last year on the 26th the low was 23º F, the high was 57º F, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The record high for Alaska was 100º F on January 27, 1915 at Fort Yukon.

(2009 The World Almanac and Book of Facts. When the low or high has been recorded multiple times for a state, the latest is reported here.)

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.

11/25/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.21" at Jackson and Medina. There were 269 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.03" at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.69" at El Campo. There were 445 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6193 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 4.41" at Key West, Florida. This was the only report of 4" or more.

The most new snow reported was 3.5" at Lead, South Dakota.
The most snow reported on the ground was 14.3" at Aniak, Alaska.