June 1, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 68º F, it was mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.05" since yesterday morning. (30.14 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 60's and a high in the low 90's with clear skies. Winds will be from the north at around 5 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms after 1 PM.

The low today was 68ºF and the high was 92ºF. It 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. There is a 20% chance of thunderstorms or showers after 1 PM.

Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 60's and a high in the mid 90's with clear skies.     

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 66º F, the high was 83º F, and 0.05" of 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.

5/31/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 255 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.93" at Estilline. There were 482 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.99" at Houghton. There were 123 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 7219 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.15" at Brookings, Oregon.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 1.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 24.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
May 2011 had 6.52" of rain, the average low temperature was 55.7ºF and the average high was 76.8ºF.
May 2010 had 13.04" of rain, the average low temperature was 59.3ºF and the average high was 75.2ºF.
May 2009 had 9.85" of rain, the average low temperature was 58.1º F and the average high was 74.7ºF.
May 2008 had 7.53" of rain, the average low temperature was 53.1ºF and the average high was 74.3ºF.
May 2007 had 2.30" of rain, the average low temperature was 56.3ºF and the average high was 80.8ºF

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and measured rain to the nearest tenth.)
May 2006 had 2.6" of rain, the average low was 53.4ºF and the average high was 73.6ºF.
May 2005 had 2.0" of rain, the average low was 50.7ºF and the average high was 74.7ºF


Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of May -
2011 - 34.39"
2010 - 26.82"
2009 - 29.29"
2008 - 29.24"
2007 - 14.64"
2006 - 18.9"
2005 - 22.1"