August 1, 2011

Happy Birthday Eldon!!!

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 68º F, it was clear or mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.03" since yesterday morning. (29.97 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 mid 90's with clear skies. Winds will be from the north northeast at around 5 mph.

The low today was 67ºF and the high was 92ºF. It was clear at 6 PM. 
 
Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 60's and a high in the upper 90's with clear skies.   

Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the upper 90's with clear skies.           

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 70º F, the high was 86º F, and 0.01" 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.

7/31/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.68" at Mount Juliet. There were 296 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.48" at Bethpage and Westmoreland.
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.73" at Carrizo Springs. There were 453 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.76" at Watersmeet. There were 100 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6239 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.87" at Moncks Corner, South Carolina.    

Reports of 4" or more: 
South Carolina - 1
    
No new snow was reported. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 1.0" at Soda Springs, California.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
July 2011 had 1.40" of rain, the average low temperature was 68.9º F and the average high was 91.0º F.
July 2010 had 1.91" of rain, the average low temperature was 68.8º F and the average high was 86.5º F.
July 2009 had 5.24" of rain, the average low temperature was 65.3º F and the average high was 81.3º F.
July 2008 had 8.57" of rain, the average low temperature was 66.5º F and the average high was 85.9º F.
July 2007 had 8.31" of rain, the average low temperature was 65.3º F and the average high was 84.4º F

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and measured rain to the nearest tenth.)
July 2006 had 4.7" of rain, the average low was 67.2ºF and the average high was 87.6ºF.
July 2005 had 3.9" of rain, the average low was 68.7ºF and the average high was 86.1ºF


Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of July -
2011 - 42.29"
2010 - 32.21"
2009 - 38.74"
2008 - 38.79"
2007 - 27.69"
2006 - 26.3"
2005 - 27.5"