December 21, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 28º F, the sky was mostly clear, and winds were calm. There was frost.

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 30's, a high in the mid 40's, partly cloudy skies in the morning with increasing cloudiness during the day cloudy this afternoon, and west winds around 5 mph.

The low today was 28º F and the high was 40º F. It was mostly clear or partly cloudy all day.

Tomorrow
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the mid 50's with partly cloudy skies.

Day After Tomorrow
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the low 50's with cloudy skies.
There will be a 20% chance of rain during the day increasing to 50% overnight.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 21st the low was 14º F, the high was 37º F, and 0.13" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The record low for Iowa was -47º F on February 3, 1996 at Elkader.
(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.

12/20/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.63" at Cookville. The most new snow was 5.0" at Allardt. There were 245 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.09" at Bethpage, Gallatin, and Westmoreland. The most new snow reported was 0.5" at Bethpage.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.01" at Floresville and Stockdale. There were 358 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5348 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 9.55" at Ookala, Hawaii. Hawaii had 2 reports of 4" or more.

The most new snow reported was 29.0" at Shoreham, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 46.0" at Soda Springs, California.