September 1, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 67º F, it was mostly clear or clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.06" since yesterday morning. (30.06 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 south southwest at around 5 mph.

The low today was 67ºF and the high was 95ºF. It was mostly clear at 6 PM.
           
Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the mid 90's with clear skies.
   
Saturday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 70s and a high in the mid 90's with mostly clear skies.                  

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 65º F, the high was 83º 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.

8/31/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 250 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.19" at Lubbock. There were 480 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.02" at Fort Worth.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.69" at Marquette. There were 124 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.03" at Watervliet.

So far 7052 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.13" at Apollo Beach, Florida.      

Reports of 4" or more: 
none
       
No new snow was reported. 
No snow was reported on the ground.


TN-SR-32 Weather History
August 2011 had 1.73" pf precipitation, the average low temperature was 64.6º F and the average high was 89.4º F.
August 2010 had 11.29" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 67.8º F and the average high was 84.8º F.
August 2009 had 2.07" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 66.3º F and the average high was 83.8º F.
August 2008 had 4.45" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 64.5º F and the average high was 84.4º F.
August 2007 had 0.23" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 69.4º F and the average high was 92.8º F

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and measured rain to the nearest tenth.)
August 2006 had 7.4" of precipitation, the average low was 69.2ºF and the average high was 86.1ºF.
August 2005 had 13.4" of precipitation, the average low was 67.6ºF and the average high was 87.8ºF

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of August -
2011 - 44.02"
2010 - 43.50"
2009 - 40.81"
2008 - 43.24"
2007 - 27.92"
2006 - 33.7"
2005 - 40.9"