March 1, 2010

Happy Birthday Linda !!!!

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 34º F, the sky was cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.02" since yesterday. (29.88 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast .
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 20's, a high in the mid 40's , and cloudy skies with light north winds.

The low today was 34º F and the high was 44º F. It was cloudy all day.

Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the upper 30's with cloudy skies and a 20% chance of snow in the morning.

Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 20's and a high in the upper 30's with partly cloudy skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 25º F, the high was 42º F, and 0.30" of precipitation and a trace of snow was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The record low for Tennessee was -32º F on December 20, 1917 at Mountain City.
The record high for Tennessee was 113º F on August 9, 1930 at Perryville.
(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.

2/28/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.03" at Livingston. There were 220 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.12" at Wimberley. There were 387 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5386 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.85" at Crestline, California.

The most new snow reported was 11.4 at Erie, Pennsylvania.
The most snow reported on the ground was 58.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.


TN-SR-32 Weather History
February 2010 had 2.52" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 26.0ºF and the average high was 40.9ºF. There was 5.3" of snow recorded.
February 2009 had 1.96" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 32.2ºF and the average high was 53.2ºF. There was 1.0" of snow recorded.
February 2008 had 3.85" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 30.6º F and the average high was 50.0º F. There was 2.8" of snow recorded.
February 2007 had 2.45" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 24.8ºF and the average high was 43.8ºF. There was 4.5" of snow recorded.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
February 2006 had 2.5" of precipitation, the average low was 30.1ºF and the average high was 48.5ºF. There was 10.4" of snow recorded.
February 2005 had 4.2" of precipitation, the average low was 34.0ºF and the average high was 52.5ºF. There was no snow recorded.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of February -
2010 - 6.79"
2009 - 9.08"
2008 - 7.69"
2007 - 6.98"
2006 - 9.8"
2005 - 9.3"