September 1, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.02" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 73º F, skies were mostly cloudy, and winds were from the west at 3 mph. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (30.03 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

Today

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the upper 80's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south southwest at 5-10 mph. There is a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 70ºF and the high was 87ºF.  There was a shower in the afternoon that dropped 1.00" of rain. 
                                                                                                                                                                
Sunday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the mid 80's with cloudy skies. There is a 90% chance of showers or thunderstorms.
                                                                                                                                                          

Monday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the mid 80's with cloudy skies. There is an 80% chance of showers or thunderstorms.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 1st the low was 67º F, the high was 95º 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)   87ºF          63ºF

Record (KBWG)   104°F (1943)  44°F (1887)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

8/31/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.85" at Dickson. There were 309 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.19" at Gallatin.
                                                                                                                                            

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.63" at Ingram. There were 588 reports from Texas.

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.                                                                                                                                                                                                        

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was a trace at Ishpeming and Marquette. There were 136 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 7595 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.80" at Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

Reports of 4" or more -

Arkansas -8
Louisiana - 1

                                                                                                                                                            

No new snow was reported.
No snow was reported on the ground.


TN-SR-32 Weather History
August 2012 had 4.13" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 63.3º F and the average high was 85.2º F. 
August 2011 had 1.73" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 64.6º F and the average high was 89.4º F.
August 2010 had 11.29" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 67.8º F and the average high was 84.8º F.
August 2009 had 2.07" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 66.3º F and the average high was 83.8º F.
August 2008 had 4.45" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 64.5º F and the average high was 84.4º F.
August 2007 had 0.23" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 69.4º F and the average high was 92.8º F

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and measured rain to the nearest tenth.)
August 2006 had 7.4" of precipitation, the average low was 69.2ºF and the average high was 86.1ºF.
August 2005 had 13.4" of precipitation, the average low was 67.6ºF and the average high was 87.8ºF

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of August -
2012 - 30.83"
2011 - 44.02"
2010 - 43.50"
2009 - 40.81"
2008 - 43.24"
2007 - 27.92"
2006 - 33.7"
2005 - 40.9"