September 1, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 66º F, the sky had lots of stars visible, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.01" since yesterday. (30.07 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 upper 80's, with clear skies and southeast winds 5-10 mph.

The low today was 65º F and the high was 83º F. The sky was partly cloudy at 6 PM.

Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 60's and a high in the low 90's with mostly clear skies.

Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the mid 80's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 54º F, the high was 79º 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.

8/31/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.36" at Jackson. There were 277 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Hendersonville.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.42" at Vidor. There were 511 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.02" at Richland Hills.
So far 6938 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.90" at Bunker, Missouri.

Reports of 4" or more:
Missouri - 1
Louisiana - 1

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

TN-SR-32 Weather History
August 2010 had 11.29" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 67.8º F and the average high was 84.8º F.
August 2009 had 2.07" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 66.3º F and the average high was 83.8º F.
August 2008 had 4.45" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 64.5º F and the average high was 84.4º F.
August 2007 had 0.23" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 69.4º F and the average high was 92.8º F

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and measured rain to the nearest tenth.)
August 2006 had 7.4" of precipitation, the average low was 69.2ºF and the average high was 86.1ºF.
August 2005 had 13.4" of precipitation, the average low was 67.6ºF and the average high was 87.8ºF


Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of August -
2010 - 43.50"
2009 - 40.81"
2008 - 43.24"
2007 - 27.92"
2006 - 33.7"
2005 - 40.9"