January 19, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 42º F, the sky was mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.02 since yesterday's reading. (29.88 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 40's, a high in the mid 50's, mostly cloudy skies, and light south winds.

The low today was 41º F and the high was 60º F. It was mostly cloudy much of the day.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the mid 50's with cloudy skies and a 80% chance of rain.

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the mid 50's with cloudy skies. There is a 70% chance of rain.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 19th the low was 17º F, the high was 36º F, and a trace of precipitation and 0.4" of snow was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The record low for Nebraska was -47º F on December 22, 1989 at Oshkosh.
(2010 The World Almanac and Book of Facts. When the record 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.

1/18/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.71" at Cookville. There were 324 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.55" at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.10" at Nederland. There were 474 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6473 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 3.38" at Port Arena, California.

The most new snow reported was 10.5" at Gorham, Maine.
The most snow reported on the ground was 46.0" at Soda Springs, California.