January 23, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 46º F, the sky was cloudy with fog, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was +0.15 since yesterday's reading. (29.82 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 50's, a high in the upper 50's, mostly cloudy skies, and southeast winds 10-20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon.

The low today was 44º F and the high was 60º F. There was a period of partly cloudy in the morning around 9 AM, then most of the day was mostly cloudy.

Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 60's with cloudy skies and a 80% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the mid 40's with mostly cloudy skies and a 20% chance of rain.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 23rd the low was 40º F, the high was 62º F, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The record low for New Hampshire was -47º F on January 29, 1934 at Mt. Washington.
(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.

1/22/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.71" at Oak Ridge. There were 329 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.69" at Gallatin.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.03" at Mathis. There were 454 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6573 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 6.90" at Fort White, Florida. Florida had 16 reports of 4" or more and Arizona had 6 reports of 4" or more and Colorado had 1 report of 4" or more.

The most new snow reported was 35.0" at Flaggstaff, Arizona.
The most snow reported on the ground was 85.0" at Kingvale, California.