July 1, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 61º F, it was mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (30.06 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the low 90's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the southeast at around 5 mph.

The low today was 60ºF and the high was 85ºF. It was mostly cloudy at 6:30 PM.
    
Saturday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the mid 90's with clear skies.

Sunday
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 partly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms after 1 PM.         

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 60º F, the high was 79º 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.

6/30/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.10" at Dunlap. There were 249 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.68" at Brownsville. There were 472 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.02" at Kalamazoo. There were 124 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6909 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.63" at Tybee Island, Georgia. 
Reports of 4" or more:
Georgia - 2
Florida - 1
North Carolina - 1

No new snow was reported. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 52.0" at Soda Springs, California.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
June 2011 had 6.50" of rain, the average low temperature was 64.4º F and the average high was 85.6º F.
June 2010 had 3.48" of rain, the average low temperature was 67.6º F and the average high was 84.4º F
June 2009 had 4.21" of rain, the average low temperature was 66.0º F and the average high was 84.8º F.
June 2008 had 0.98" of rain, the average low temperature was 65.4ºF and the average high was 84.8º F.
June 2007 had 4.74" of rain, the average low temperature was 62.2ºF and the average high was 85.1º F

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and measured rain to the nearest tenth.)
June 2006 had 2.7" of rain, the average low was 61.6ºF and the average high was 82.5º F.
June 2005 had 1.5" of rain, the average low was 63.3ºF and the average high was 83.8º F.


Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of June -
2011 - 40.89"
2010 - 30.30"
2009 - 33.50"
2008 - 30.22"
2007 - 19.38"
2006 - 21.6"
2005 - 23.6"