January 1, 2012

Happy New Year !!! Welcome 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 55º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were 5 mph from the southwest. The barometer reading was -0.09" since yesterday morning. (29.68 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 mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the west at around 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph. 

The low today was 36ºF and the high was 57ºF. It was mostly cloudy with winds 15 - 20 mph much of the morning and partly cloudy to mostly clear with lighter winds in the afternoon. At 8 PM the barometer read 30.03", the temperature was 40ºF, it was partly cloudy, and winds were 5 mph from the west.

       

Monday

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

      

Tuesday

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

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 1st the low was 30º F, the high was 59º F, and 0.57" of 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 (1952)     -8°F (1881)

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.

12/31/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.03" at Greeneville and Kingsport. There were 234 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.06" at Inez. There were 447 reports from Texas.  

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.74" at Lansing. There were 101 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 1.5" at Lake City.

The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.38" at Buchanan. 

   

So far 6202 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.27" at Meacham, Oregon.

 

Reports of 4" or more:

none

             

The most new snow reported was 7.0" at Dayton, Wyoming.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 29" at Anchorage, Alaska.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
December 2011 had 4.44" of precipitation, the average low was 33.4ºF and the average high was 51.4º F.
December 2010 had 3.04" of precipitation, the average low was 24.9º F and the average high was 39.6º F. There was 8.5" of snow in December.
December 2009 had 4.98" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 30.6º F and the average high was 46.7º F.
December 2008 had 6.66" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 29.5º F and the average high was 50.0º F.
December 2007 had 5.04" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 34.8º F and the average high was 52.1º F.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
December 2006 had 2.8" of precipitation, the average low was 33.9º F and the average high was 55.3º F.
December 2005 had 2.1" of precipitation, the average low was 27.2º F and the average high was 44.7º F.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of December -
2011 - 63.16
2010 - 55.99"
2009 - 60.51"
2008 - 58.65"
2007 - 44.23"
2006 - 50.4"
2005 - 47.9"

Snow from beginning of year through the end of December -
2011 - 11.2"
2010 - 22.9"
2009 - 2.6"
2008 - 6.8"
2007 - 4.5"
2006 - 14.0"
2005 - 1.7"

   Annual Average Temperatures
Year   Low      High  
2011 - 48.1ºF   68.7ºF
2010 - 47.5ºF   66.0ºF
2009 - 42.8ºF   61.5ºF
2008 - 46.6ºF   67.2ºF
2007 - 48.5ºF   69.9ºF
2006 - 48.4ºF   68.3ºF
2005 - 47.9ºF   67.9ºF