November 1, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 34º F, it was clear or mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.12" since yesterday morning. (30.12 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)  

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the upper 60's with clear skies. Winds will be from the south at around 5 mph.

The low today was 34ºF and the high was 64ºF. It was clear at 6 PM.
 
Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the upper 60's with clear skies.
      
Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the mid 50's with cloudy skies.  There is a 70% chance of showers.                      

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 44º F, the high was 63º F, and no precipitation was recorded for the 24 hour period preceding 5:00 AM for this CoCoRaHS station.

Today's Normal and Record Temperatures (Bowling Green, KY airport)
                 High            Low
                 -------------   -------------    
Normal (KBWG)    63°F            41°F
Record (KBWG)    83°F (1971)     17°F (1887)

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.

10/31/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.02" at Brentwood and Dunlap. There were 255 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 492 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.62" at Wolf Lake. There were 126 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.23" at Watervliet.

So far 6955 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 8.95" at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
Florida - 7
          
The most new snow reported was 1.5" at Belmont, Maine and Chichester, New Hampshire. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 15.0" at Becket, Massachusetts.


TN-SR-32 Weather History
October 2011 had 1.44" of rain, the average low temperature was 44.2ºF and the average high was 67.5ºF.
October 2010 had 1.91" of rain, the average low temperature was 45.6ºF and the average high was 70.8ºF.
October 2009 had 7.87" of rain, the average low temperature was 47.3ºF and the average high was 64.2ºF.
October 2008 had 5.25" of rain, the average low temperature was 47.3ºF and the average high was 68.8ºF.
October 2007 had 5.80" of rain, the average low temperature was 52.2ºF and the average high was 73.4ºF.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
October 2006 had 3.9" of rain, the average low was 45.5ºF and the average high was 65.1ºF.
October 2005 had 0.1" of rain, the average low was 47.8ºF and the average high was 68.4ºF.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of October -
2011 - 52.22"
2010 - 47.34"
2009 - 54.66"
2008 - 49.73"
2007 - 35.57"
2006 - 43.5"
2005 - 42.2"