August 1, 2010

Happy Birthday Eldon!!!!!!

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.01" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 70º F, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.02" since yesterday. (29.97 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 60's, a high in the low 90's, with mostly clear skies and light northwest winds.

The low today was 70º F and the high was 86º F. It was partly cloudy all day.

Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the upper 90's with mostly clear skies.

Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 70's and a high in the upper 90's with clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 64º F, the high was 83º F, and 0.01" 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.

7/31/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.28" at Byrdstown. There were 267 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.26" at Portland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.25" at Bergheim. There were 374 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6137 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.39" at Williams, Arizona.

Reports of 4" or more:
Arizona - 1

No new snow was reported.
No snow was reported on the ground.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
July 2010 had 1.91" of rain, the average low temperature was 68.8º F and the average high was 86.5º F.
July 2009 had 5.24" of rain, the average low temperature was 65.3º F and the average high was 81.3º F.
July 2008 had 8.57" of rain, the average low temperature was 66.5º F and the average high was 85.9º F.
July 2007 had 8.31" of rain, the average low temperature was 65.3º F and the average high was 84.4º F

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and measured rain to the nearest tenth.)
July 2006 had 4.7" of rain, the average low was 67.2ºF and the average high was 87.6ºF.
July 2005 had 3.9" of rain, the average low was 68.7ºF and the average high was 86.1ºF


Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of July -
2010 - 32.21"
2009 - 38.74"
2008 - 38.79"
2007 - 27.69"
2006 - 26.3"
2005 - 27.5"