January 18, 2013

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 25º F, skies were mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.35" since yesterday morning. (30.30 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                                                     

Forecast

The low today was 23ºF and the high was 47ºF.
                                                                                                                                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 18th the low was 26º F, the high was 37º F, and 0.16" pf 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          26ºF

Record (KBWG)   74°F (1929)  -11°F (1948)
                                                                                                                                                               

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.
                                                                                                                                              

1/17/2013 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.75" at Kingsport. There were 355 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.01" at Hendersonville.

                                                                                                                                      

So far 9470 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.06" at Jacksons Gap, Alabama.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
Reports of 4" or more -

Alabama - 1
                                                                                                                                                               

The most new snow reported was 10.0" at Knik, Alaska.
The most snow reported on the ground was 79.0" at Soda Springs, California.