March 1, 2011

Happy Birthday Linda !!!!

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 34º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was +0.05" since yesterday at 8 PM. (29.99 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the mid 50's with clear skies. Winds will be from the northeast at around 5 mph.

The low today was 32ºF and the high was 55ºF. It was partly cloudy at 6 PM.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the low 60's with clear skies.

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 60's with mostly clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 34º F, the high was 44º 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.

2/28/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.65" at Clarksville. There were 300 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 2.21" at Westmoreland (8 PM report).

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.00" at Mount Pleasant. There were 494 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.24" at Fort Worth.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.32" at Belleville. There were 102 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.9" at Bay City and Walker.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.69" at Stevensville. The most new snow was a trace at Buchanan and Niles.

So far 6537 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.80" at Indianapolis, Indiana.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 16.0" at Leavenworth and Plain, Washington.
The most snow reported on the ground was 144.0" at Soda Springs, California.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
February 2011 had 8.02" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 31.9ºF and the average high was 52.1ºF. There was 3.1" of snow recorded.
February 2010 had 2.52" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 26.0ºF and the average high was 40.9ºF. There was 5.3" of snow recorded.
February 2009 had 1.96" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 32.2ºF and the average high was 53.2ºF. There was 1.0" of snow recorded.
February 2008 had 3.85" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 30.6º F and the average high was 50.0º F. There was 2.8" of snow recorded.
February 2007 had 2.45" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 24.8ºF and the average high was 43.8ºF. There was 4.5" of snow recorded.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
February 2006 had 2.5" of precipitation, the average low was 30.1ºF and the average high was 48.5ºF. There was 10.4" of snow recorded.
February 2005 had 4.2" of precipitation, the average low was 34.0ºF and the average high was 52.5ºF. There was no snow recorded.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of February -
2011 - 10.63"
2010 - 6.79"
2009 - 9.08"
2008 - 7.69"
2007 - 6.98"
2006 - 9.8"
2005 - 9.3"