December 31, 2011

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 39º F, it was cloudy or mostly cloudy, and winds were 1 mph from the southwest. The barometer reading was +0.15" since yesterday morning. (29.77 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the upper 50's with clear skies. Winds will be from the west at around 5 mph. There is a chance of a sprinkle tonight after midnight.

The low today was 36ºF and the high was 56ºF. Skies were clear most of the day with a few clouds in the late afternoon.

       

Sunday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the low 50's with mostly clear skies. 

      

Monday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the mid 30's with clear skies.                          

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 31st the low was 49º F, the high was 66º 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)     44ºF            26ºF

Record (KBWG)     76°F (1875)      1°F (1976)

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.

12/30/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.02" at Atoka. There were 243 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.02" at Bloomington. There were 488 reports from Texas.  

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.40" at Drummond. There were 94 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 2.4" at Drummond.

The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.28" at Buchanana. 

   

So far 6516 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.10" at Port Orford, Oregon.

 

Reports of 4" or more:

Oregon -2
California - 1

             

The most new snow reported was 5.0" at Chelan, Washington.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 30.0" at Willow, Alaska.