November 4, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 37º F, the sky was mostly cloudy and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 40's, a high in the mid 60's, mostly clear skies, and west winds at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 34º F and the high was 67º F. After a some clouds in the early AM, it was sunny the rest of the day.

Last year on the 4th the low was 42º F, the high was 72º F, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
Lima, Peru - The average maximum temperature in January is 79.0º F and the average minimum is 66.0º F. In July the average maximum temperature is 66.4º F and the average minimum is 59.4º F. There is an average of 0.2" 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.

11/3/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.01" at Greenville. There were 286 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was a trace at Corpus Christi. There were 461 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6224 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 2.91" at Vero Beach, Florida.

The most new snow reported was 0.4" at Eureka, Montana.
The most snow reported on the ground was 21.0" at Aspen Park, Colorado.