June 5, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 68º F, the sky was clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.01" since yesterday. (29.96 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 70's, a high in the upper 80's, with partly cloudy skies, and southwest winds 5-15 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers in the afternoon.

The low today was 68º F and the high was 84º F. It was partly cloudy most of the day with a sprinkle between 1 and 2 PM.

Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the mid 80's with mostly cloudy skies and a 40% chance of rain.

Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the mid 80's with partly cloudy skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 5th the low was 56º F, the high was 74º F, and 0.04" 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.

6/4/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 3.52" at Newbern. There were 275 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.95" at Bethpage.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.90" at College Station. There were 517 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at Benbrook.
So far 6901 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.89" at Brookings, Oregon. Mississippi had 2 reports of 4" or more and Oregon had 1 report of 4" or more.

No new snow was reported.
The most snow reported on the ground was 36.0" at Kingvale, California.