high temperature

Good Morning!  Let's jump in to all the information quickly.  Yesterday's high here in Cookeville at my station was 93.9°...our average high for this date is 87°..so we're almost 7° above normal.  For the month, we've average a high temperature of 86° while our normal high is 87.6°...last year, through this date, we averaged 95.4°...

No, I'm not referring to the upcoming DNC convention. It's the temperature.

Around the metro area, Friday may be rainy with a high predicted to plummet to a
record-low high of 61 degrees — that’s 26 degrees below the normal high of 87 degrees for mid-August.

We'll see highs in the mid 90's here in Cookeville and as always, the counties to our west will be even hotter. Relief is on the way as rain is forecasted Wednesday and Thursday. Highs on Friday and Saturday could be (and I emphasize could) in the lower 80's. Very nice!

July was a great month (weather wise) here in Middle Tennessee. With my apologies to the good guys at AlabamaWX.com, here is my attempt at 'by the numbers'!!

0....number of CoCoRaHS stations which reported rain on 7-3 and 7-17 in TN

1.....days in which the high temperature stayed in the 70's*

Let's look at a synopsis of the first ten days of July...

Average High Temperature: 85.1
Average Low Temperature: 62.1

Normal High: 87.1
Normal Low: 64.6

Days of rainfall: 5
Total Rainfall: 3.89"

Last year through this period
Avg. High: 88.2
Avg. Low: 66.1

Outlook for rest of month...

The June Daily Summary is available from the NWS-COOP station here in Cookeville and has been added to the 2008 Climate Summary list on the right-hand side of the blog.

Highlights
Avg High Temperature: 86.4°

Looks like we've awoken this morning to bright sunshine! Some areas have a little fog this morning....*Cookeville Webcam*

Tight pressure gradients ahead of a front will cause winds to increase significantly today. 15-25 mph will be the rule and we can't rule out gusts of 35 mph.

Temperatures will be very warm...approaching 80° today and Friday.

Be careful if you head to the lake or drive a high-profile vehicle.

Another beautiful morning here on the Cumberland Plateau in Middle Tennessee. We're currently in the lower 50's under sunny skies (52.6° to be exact!)

Our forecast today calls for the high temperature to reach 82°.