November 1, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 46º F, some stars were visible (mostly clear or partly cloudy) and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was +0.03" since yesterday. (30.04 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 40's, a high in the upper 60's, with mostly clear skies, and northeast winds 5-10 mph.

The low today was 44º F and the high was 63º F. It was cloudy at 6 PM.

Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the mid 60's with mostly cloudy skies.

Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the low 60's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of showers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 35º F, the high was 57º 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.

10/31/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 231 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 376 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.15" at Paradise. There were 121 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
So far 5850 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.89" at Brookings, Oregon.

Reports of 4" or more:
None

The most new snow reported was 6.0" at Kremmling, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 8.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
October 2010 had 1.91" of rain, the average low temperature was 45.6ºF and the average high was 70.8ºF.
October 2009 had 7.87" of rain, the average low temperature was 47.3ºF and the average high was 64.2ºF.
October 2008 had 5.25" of rain, the average low temperature was 47.3ºF and the average high was 68.8ºF.
October 2007 had 5.80" of rain, the average low temperature was 52.2ºF and the average high was 73.4ºF.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
October 2006 had 3.9" of rain, the average low was 45.5ºF and the average high was 65.1ºF.
October 2005 had 0.1" of rain, the average low was 47.8ºF and the average high was 68.4ºF.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of October -
2010 - 47.34"
2009 - 54.66"
2008 - 49.73"
2007 - 35.57"
2006 - 43.5"
2005 - 42.2"