October 1, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 55º F, the sky had lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was +0.05" since yesterday. (29.94 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 40's, a high in the mid 70's, clear skies and northeast winds at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 50º F and the high was 70º F. It was clear at 6 PM.

Sabbath
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly clear skies.

Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the mid 60's with clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 47º F, the high was 72º F, and no precipitation was recorded for the 24 hour period preceding 5:30 AM 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.

9/30/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.80" at Etowah. There were 257 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 461 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6679 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 9.45" at Washington, North Carolina.

Reports of 4" or more:
North Carolina - 67
Virginia - 31
Maryland - 10
South Carolina - 8
Florida - 2
Georgia - 1
New York - 1

The most new snow reported was 1.8" at Sleetmute, Alaska.
The most snow reported on the ground was 1.8" at Sleetmute, Alaska.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
September 2010 had 1.93" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 58.7º F and the average high was 78.5º F.
September 2009 had 5.98" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 60.8º F and the average high was 78.4º F.
September 2008 had 1.24" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 61.1ºF and the average high was 80.8ºF.
September 2007 had 1.87" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 61.0ºF and the average high was 84.6ºF.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
September 2006 had 5.9" of precipitation, the average low was 57.4ºF and the average high was 74.8ºF.
September 2005 had 1.2" of precipitation, the average low was 61.0ºF and the average high was 82.0ºF.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of September -
2010 - 45.43"
2009 - 46.79"
2008 - 44.48"
2007 - 29.77"
2006 - 39.6"
2005 - 42.1"

The water year (October 1 of the previous year through September 30) -
2010 - 59.15"
2009 - 60.86"
2008 - 58.94"
2007 - 40.6"
2006 - 45.5"