January 1, 2013

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.32" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 38º F, skies were cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.26" since yesterday morning. (29.89 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                      
Forecast
The low today will be in the mid 30's and the high will be in the low 40's.  Skies will be cloudy and winds will be north at around 5 mph. There is a 70% chance of rain during the day with a rain/snow mix in the late afternoon early evening.

The low today was 32ºF and the high was 40ºF.
                                                                                                                                                                   
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 36º F, the high was 57º 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)   45ºF          27ºF
Record (KBWG)   76°F (1952)   -8°F (1881)
                                                                                                                                                               
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.
                                                                                                                                              
12/31/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.28" at Lafayette (11:59 PM report). There were 266 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Bethpage.
                                                                                                                                      
So far 7524 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.45" at Russell, Kansas.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Reports of 4" or more -
None
                                                                                                                                                               
The most new snow reported was 9.0" at Payson, Arizona.
The most snow reported on the ground was 78.0" at Soda Springs, California.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
December 2012 had 7.65" of precipitation, the average low was 36.9ºF and the average high was 53.5ºF.
December 2011 had 4.44" of precipitation, the average low was 33.4ºF and the average high was 51.4º F.
December 2010 had 3.04" of precipitation, the average low was 24.9º F and the average high was 39.6º F. There was 8.5" of snow in December.
December 2009 had 4.98" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 30.6º F and the average high was 46.7º F.
December 2008 had 6.66" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 29.5º F and the average high was 50.0º F.
December 2007 had 5.04" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 34.8º F and the average high was 52.1º F.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
December 2006 had 2.8" of precipitation, the average low was 33.9º F and the average high was 55.3º F.
December 2005 had 2.1" of precipitation, the average low was 27.2º F and the average high was 44.7º F.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of December -
2012 - 48.60"
2011 - 63.16"
2010 - 55.99"
2009 - 60.51"
2008 - 58.65"
2007 - 44.23"
2006 - 50.4"
2005 - 47.9"

Snow from beginning of year through the end of December -
2012 - 1.5"
2011 - 11.2"
2010 - 22.9"
2009 - 2.6"
2008 - 6.8"
2007 - 4.5"
2006 - 14.0"
2005 - 1.7"

   Annual Average Temperatures
Year   Low      High  
2012 - 48.5ºF   71.0ºF
2011 - 48.1ºF   68.7ºF
2010 - 47.5ºF   66.0ºF
2009 - 42.8ºF   61.5ºF
2008 - 46.6ºF   67.2ºF
2007 - 48.5ºF   69.9ºF
2006 - 48.4ºF   68.3ºF
2005 - 47.9ºF   67.9ºF

No comments: