October 1, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 44º F, it was clear or mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.014" since yesterday morning. (30.00 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.) 

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the low 60's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the northwest at 5-10 mph.

The low today 42ºF and the high was 60ºF. It was mostly cloudy at 3 PM and was cloudy or mostly cloudy until sunset.

Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the mid 60's with clear skies.
    
Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 40s and a high in the low 70's with clear skies.                     

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 50º F, the high was 70º F, and no precipitation was recorded for the 24 hour period preceding 5:30 AM for this CoCoRaHS station.

Today's Normal and Record Temperatures (Bowling Green, KY airport)
                 High            Low
                 -------------   -------------    
Normal (KBWG)    76°F            51°F
Record (KBWG)    93°F (1926)     32°F (1924)

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.

9/30/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.03" at Brentwood. There were 256 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.01" at Bethpage.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.98" at El Cenizo. There were 738 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.54" at Fort Worth.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 2.38" at Chatham. There were 152 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.64" at Niles.

So far 7588 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.98" at El Cenizo, Texas.

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

TN-SR-32 Weather History
September 2011 had 6.76" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 56.5º F and the average high was 76.6º F.
September 2010 had 1.93" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 58.7º F and the average high was 78.5º F.
September 2009 had 5.98" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 60.8º F and the average high was 78.4º F.
September 2008 had 1.24" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 61.1ºF and the average high was 80.8ºF.
September 2007 had 1.87" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 61.0ºF and the average high was 84.6ºF.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
September 2006 had 5.9" of precipitation, the average low was 57.4ºF and the average high was 74.8ºF.
September 2005 had 1.2" of precipitation, the average low was 61.0ºF and the average high was 82.0ºF.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of September -
2011 - 50.78"
2010 - 45.43"
2009 - 46.79"
2008 - 44.48"
2007 - 29.77"
2006 - 39.6"
2005 - 42.1"

The water year (October 1 of the previous year through September 30) -
2011 - 61.34"
2010 - 59.15"
2009 - 60.86"
2008 - 58.94"
2007 - 40.6"
2006 - 45.5"