April 1, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was ?º F, it was ?, and winds were ?. The barometer reading was ? since yesterday morning. (? 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 80's with mostly clear skies.

The low today was 51ºF and the high was 84ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 79ºF, it was partly cloudy with winds 2 mph from the west, and the barometer read 29.59".
                          
Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the mid 80's with mostly clear skies. There is a 20% chance of isolated showers or thunderstorms.  
              
Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the mid 80's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of scattered showers or thunderstorms after 1 PM and a 50% chance overnight.        
                                                
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 34º F, the high was 56º F, and a trace 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)     64ºF            41ºF
Record (KBWG)     87°F (1940)     19°F (1923)

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.

3/31/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.28" at Chattanooga. There were 293 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.10" at Bridge City. There were 505 reports from Texas.    
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   
   
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.65" at Belleville. There were 132 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 2.6" at Lake City.  
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.36" at Niles.    
   
So far 6987 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.51" at Brookings, Oregon.
              
Reports of 4" or more:
Oregon - 1
                                                                                                                                      
The most new snow reported was 3.0" at Strafford and Walworth, New York.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 71.0" at Soda Springs, California.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
March 2012 had 4.07" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 47.6ºF and the average high was 72.5ºF.
March 2011 had 5.01" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 41.3ºF and the average high was 59.1ºF. There was 0.1" of snow.
March 2010 had 3.24" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 38.9ºF and the average high was 58.2º F.
March 2009 had 3.40" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 41.8ºF and the average high was 62.5ºF.
March 2008 had 6.78" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 35.3º F and the average high was 58.6º F.
March 2007 had 2.39" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 44.8ºF and the average high was 69.3ºF.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
March 2006 had 2.4" of precipitation, the average low was 36.6ºF and the average high was 60.1ºF.
March 2005 had 2.8" of precipitation, the average low was 34.7ºF and the average high was 55.1ºF.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of March -
2012 - 10.29"
2011 - 15.64"
2010 - 10.03"
2009 - 12.48"
2008 - 14.47"
2007 - 9.39"
2006 - 12.2"
2005 - 12.1"

Snow from beginning of year through the end of March -
2012 - 1.0"
2011 - 11.2"
2010 - 22.9"
2009 - 2.6"
2008 - 6.8"
2007 - 4.5"
2006 - 14.0"
2005 - 1.7"

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