December 5, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 29º F, the sky was cloudy, and winds were calm. There was a snow sprinkle falling, tiny little snowflakes that could barely be seen on the hood of the truck.

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 20's, a high in the mid 30's, mostly clear skies, and north winds 5-10 mph.

The low today was 23º F and the high was 37º F. It was clear or mostly clear all day.

Tomorrow
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 40's and partly cloudy skies.

Day After Tomorrow
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 40's, and mostly cloudy skies with a 30% chance of rain.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 5th the low was 17º F, the high was 32º F, and 0.02" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The record low for Connecticut was -32º F on January 22, 1961 at Coventry.
(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.

12/4/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.31" at Cookville. There were 267 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.01" at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.82" at Bloomington. The most new snow reported was 2.0" at El Paso. There were 496 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6253 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 2.37" at Kaunakakai, Hawaii.

The most new snow reported was 13.5" at Walker, Michigan.
The most snow reported on the ground was 33.0" at Cloudcraft, New Mexico.