February 1, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.06" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 51º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were 2 mph from the west. The barometer reading was -0.11" since yesterday morning. (29.95 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                   
Forecast
Today  
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the low 60's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south southwest at 5-10 mph. There is a 70% chance of showers with a thunderstorm possible.

The low today was 51ºF and the high was 63ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 56ºF, it was cloudy with winds from the south at 2 mph, there was 0.06" of rain in the gauge, and the barometer read 29.86".
        
Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the low 60's with clear skies.
      
Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the low 60's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 60% chance of showers Friday night. 
                                                
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 45º F, the high was 54º F, and 0.14" 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)     45ºF            26ºF
Record (KBWG)     74°F (1911)     -9°F (1951)

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.

1/31/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 249 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.45" at Stockdale. There were 793 reports from Texas.   
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.  
   
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.17" at Drummond. There were 101 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 3.0" at Luzerne.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan. 
   
So far 6775 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.45" at Stockdale, Texas.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                             
The most new snow reported was 24.5" at Fulton, New York.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 36.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado. 

TN-SR-32 Weather History
January 2012 had 4.77" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 30.2ºF and the average high was 51.7ºF. There was 0.6" of snow.
January 2011 had 2.61" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 24.7º F and the average high was 40.8º F. There was 8.0" of snow.
January 2010 had 4.27" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 24.2º F and the average high was 40.4º F. There was 9.1" of snow.
January 2009 had 7.12" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 24.2ºF and the average high was 42.7ºF. There was 1.4" of snow.
January 2008 had 3.84" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 25.1º F and the average high was 44.0º F.
January 2007 had 4.53" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 31.4ºF and the average high was 48.2ºF.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
January 2006 had 7.3" of precipitation, the average low was 35.0ºF and the average high was 54.3ºF. There was 3.5" of snow.
January 2005 had 5.1" of precipitation, the average low was 34.0ºF and the average high was 49.6ºF. There was 0.7" of snow.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of January -
2012 - 4.77"
2011 - 2.61"
2010 - 4.27"
2009 - 7.12"
2008 - 3.84"
2007 - 4.53"
2006 - 7.3"
2005 - 5.1"

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