June 1, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.47" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 61º F, it was cloudy with a light rain falling, and winds were 3 mph from the southwest. The barometer reading was -0.18" since yesterday morning. (29.65 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

Today

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the mid 60's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the west northwest at 5-15 mph. There is a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms this morning with the best chance before 7 AM.

The low today was 50ºF and the high was 65ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 60ºF, there was 0.08" of rain in the gauge from rain in the early morning, it was mostly cloudy with 2 mph southwest winds, and the barometer read 29.86".
                                                                                                                                                            

Saturday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly clear skies. 
                                                                                                                                                          

Sunday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the low 80's with clear skies.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 1st the low was 68º F, the high was 92º F, and no precipitation was recorded for the 24 hour period preceding 5 AM for this CoCoRaHS station.
                                                                                                                                                            

Today's Normal and Record Temperatures (Bowling Green, KY airport)

                High          Low
------------    -----------   -----------

Normal (KBWG)   82ºF          60ºF

Record (KBWG)   98°F (1951)   40°F (1966)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

5/31/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.80" at Lebanon. There were 281 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee. 
                                                                                                                                            

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.45" at Plano. There were 633 reports from Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 2.42" at Fort Worth.
                                                                                                                                                

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.14" at Kalamazoo. There were 140 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.06" at Watervliet.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 7992 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.19" at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

Reports of 4" or more -
North Carolina -4
Florida -1
                                                                                                                                                    

No new snow was reported.     

No snow was reported on the ground.


TN-SR-32 Weather History
May 2012 had 6.99" of rain, the average low temperature was 58.7ºF and the average high was 82.0ºF.
May 2011 had 6.52" of rain, the average low temperature was 55.7ºF and the average high was 76.8ºF.
May 2010 had 13.04" of rain, the average low temperature was 59.3ºF and the average high was 75.2ºF.
May 2009 had 9.85" of rain, the average low temperature was 58.1º F and the average high was 74.7ºF.
May 2008 had 7.53" of rain, the average low temperature was 53.1ºF and the average high was 74.3ºF.
May 2007 had 2.30" of rain, the average low temperature was 56.3ºF and the average high was 80.8ºF

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and measured rain to the nearest tenth.)
May 2006 had 2.6" of rain, the average low was 53.4ºF and the average high was 73.6ºF.
May 2005 had 2.0" of rain, the average low was 50.7ºF and the average high was 74.7ºF


Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of May -
2012 - 20.76
2011 - 34.39"
2010 - 26.82"
2009 - 29.29"
2008 - 29.24"
2007 - 14.64"
2006 - 18.9"
2005 - 22.1"