April 1, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 57º F, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday. (29.89 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 40's, a high in the upper 70's , with clear skies and south winds 5-15 mph.

The low today was 55º F and the high was 81º F. It was clear or mostly clear all day.

Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the upper 70's with clear skies.

Sabbath
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the mid 70's with cloudy skies and a 60% chance of showers and thundershowers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 41º F, the high was 69º F, and 0.07" of precipitation 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.

3/31/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.01" at Greeneville and Shelbyville. There were 285 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 485 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6774 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.95" at Westbrook, Maine. There were 4 reports of 4" or more from Maine and 1 each from Connecticut and Rhode Island.

The most new snow reported was 21.5" at Kingvale, California.
The most snow reported on the ground was 81.0" at Kingvale, California.


TN-SR-32 Weather History
March 2010 had 3.24" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 38.9ºF and the average high was 58.2º F.
March 2009 had 3.40" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 41.8ºF and the average high was 62.5ºF.
March 2008 had 6.78" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 35.3º F and the average high was 58.6º F.
March 2007 had 2.39" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 44.8ºF and the average high was 69.3ºF.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
March 2006 had 2.4" of precipitation, the average low was 36.6ºF and the average high was 60.1ºF.
March 2005 had 2.8" of precipitation, the average low was 34.7ºF and the average high was 55.1ºF.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of February -
2010 - 10.03"
2009 - 12.48"
2008 - 14.47"
2007 - 9.39"
2006 - 12.2"
2005 - 12.1"