January 26, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 31º F, the sky was mostly cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was +0.15 since yesterday's reading. (29.73 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 20's, a high in the mid 30's, partly cloudy skies, and west winds 10-15 mph.

The low today was 26º F and the high was 34º F. It was mostly cloudy most of the day and there were snow showers sometime during the day.

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

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the low 40's with cloudy skies and a 50% chance of rain during the day and a 60% chance of freezing rain, sleet, or snow Thursday night.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 26th the low was 26º F, the high was 37º F, and a trace of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The record high for New Jersey was 110º F on July 10, 1936 at Runyon.
(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.

1/25/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 3.07" at Ten Mile. There were 326 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.46" at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.14" at Eldorado. There were 448 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6761 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 4.39" at Brevard, North Carolina. There were 3 reports of 4" or more from North Carolina.

The most new snow reported was 14.0" at Rockport, Maine.
The most snow reported on the ground was 75.0" at Kingvale, California.