October 1, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.43" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 56º F, skies were cloudy with rain, and winds were 3 mph from the east. The barometer reading was -0.24" since yesterday morning. (29.56 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      

Forecast

Today

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the upper 60's with cloudy skies. Winds will be east northeast at 5-15 mph. There is a near 100% chance of rain.

The low today was 56ºF and the high was 68ºF. There were lots of showers today and there was over an inch in the gauge at 7 PM when I got home.
                                                                                                                                                                
Tuesday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the upper 60's with cloudy skies. There is an 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms.
                                                                                                                                                            
Wednesday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly clear skies.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 1st the low was 42º F, the high was 60º 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)   76ºF          51ºF

Record (KBWG)   93°F (1926)   32°F (1924)
                                                                

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.
                                                                                                                                              

9/30/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.28" at Erwin. There were 311 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
                                                                               

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 10.80" at Etoile. There were 995 reports from Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.60" at Blue Mound.                                                                                                                                                                               

The  most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.07" at East Tawas. There were 143 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
                                                                                                                                                

So far 8322 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 10.80" at Etoile, Texas.
                                                                                                                                                        
Reports of 4" or more -
Texas -25
Louisiana - 12
Mississippi - 1

                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported reported was 1.8" at Anchorage, Alaska.
The most snow reported on the ground was 5.9" at Anchorage, Alaska.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
September 2012 had 5.30" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 57.2º F and the average high was 77.2º F.
September 2011 had 6.76" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 56.5º F and the average high was 76.6º F.
September 2010 had 1.93" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 58.7º F and the average high was 78.5º F.
September 2009 had 5.98" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 60.8º F and the average high was 78.4º F.
September 2008 had 1.24" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 61.1ºF and the average high was 80.8ºF.
September 2007 had 1.87" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 61.0ºF and the average high was 84.6ºF.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
September 2006 had 5.9" of precipitation, the average low was 57.4ºF and the average high was 74.8ºF.
September 2005 had 1.2" of precipitation, the average low was 61.0ºF and the average high was 82.0ºF.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of September -
2012 - 36.13"
2011 - 50.78"
2010 - 45.43"
2009 - 46.79"
2008 - 44.48"
2007 - 29.77"
2006 - 39.6"
2005 - 42.1"

The water year (October 1 of the previous year through September 30) -
2012 -  48.51"
2011 - 61.34"
2010 - 59.15"
2009 - 60.86"
2008 - 58.94"
2007 - 40.6"
2006 - 45.5"