June 1, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.05" precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 66º F, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday. (30.01 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 60's, a high in the mid 80's, with partly cloudy skies, and light west winds. There is a 30% chance of showers in the afternoon.

The low today was 66º F and the high was 83º F. It was partly cloudy or mostly clear all day.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 60's and a high in the upper 80's with partly cloudy skies and a 30% chance of rain.

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 60's and a high in the mid 80's with partly cloudy skies and a 60% chance of rain.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 56º F, the high was 86º F, and no 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.

5/31/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.66" at Huntland. There were 292 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.24" at Portland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.09" at Beaumont. There were 416 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.39" at Edgecliff.
So far 6226 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.12" at Plant City, Florida. This was the only report of 4" or more.

No new snow was reported.
No snow was reported on the ground (though we know there still is some at stations that regularly report in California such as Kingvale and Soda Springs.)


TN-SR-32 Weather History
May 2010 had 13.04" of rain, the average low temperature was 59.3ºF and the average high was 75.2ºF.
May 2009 had 9.85" of rain, the average low temperature was 58.1º F and the average high was 74.7ºF.
May 2008 had 7.53" of rain, the average low temperature was 53.1ºF and the average high was 74.3ºF.
May 2007 had 2.30" of rain, the average low temperature was 56.3ºF and the average high was 80.8ºF

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and measured rain to the nearest tenth.)
May 2006 had 2.6" of rain, the average low was 53.4ºF and the average high was 73.6ºF.
May 2005 had 2.0" of rain, the average low was 50.7ºF and the average high was 74.7ºF


Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of May -
2010 - 26.82"
2009 - 29.29"
2008 - 29.24"
2007 - 14.64"
2006 - 18.9"
2005 - 22.1"