December 15, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 45º F, the sky was cloudy and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph.

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 20's, a high in the mid 40's, mostly cloudy skies in the morning clearing to partly cloudy this afternoon, and northwest winds 10-15 mph.

The low today was 28º F and the high was 53º F. It was cloudy all day, and the temperature dropped during the day to around 32º F at 9 PM.

Tomorrow
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the low 40's with clear skies.

Day After Tomorrow
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 50's with clear skies.
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 15th the low was 29º F, the high was 59º F, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The record low for Idaho was -60º F on January 18, 1943 at Island park Dam.
(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.

12/14/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 048" at Mosheim. There were 304 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.02" at Gallatin and Portland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.53" at Garwood. There were 499 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.01" at Benbrook.
So far 6659 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 4.25 at New Brockton, Alabama. This was the only report of 4" or more.

The most new snow reported was 16.5" at Walden, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 51.0" at Kingvale, California.