Climate Summary for June 2015 for North Platte & Valentine

North Platte and Valentine
Monthly Climate Summary
June 2015

JUNE 2015
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION
FOR NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE

ADEQUATE MOISTURE CONTINUED INTO JUNE ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA AS THE ACTIVE PATTERN FROM MAY...CARRIED OVER INTO
JUNE. A PERSISTENT TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUED THROUGH THE
FIRST TWO TO THREE WEEKS OF JUNE ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY.
THIS PATTERN BROUGHT EPISODES OF RAINFALL TO WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA. DURING THE LAST 10 DAYS OF JUNE...A RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE REPLACED THE TROUGH ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF THE
COUNTRY...WHICH LED TO WARMER AND MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS.

FOR NORTH PLATTE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR
JUNE WAS 70.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.7 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL
OF 67.9 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE
WAS 83.1 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 1.3 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 81.8
DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 58.0
DEGREES...WHICH WAS 4.0 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 54.0 DEGREES.
NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR JUNE 2015 IN NORTH PLATTE.

FOR VALENTINE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
OF JUNE WAS 69.1 DEGREES...AND WAS 1.6 DEGREES ABOVE THE
NORMAL OF 67.5 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR
THE MONTH WAS 81.1 DEGREES...WHICH WAS AT THE NORMAL
OF 81.1 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 57.0
DEGREES...WHICH WAS 3.0 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 54.0 DEGREES. NO
DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET DURING JUNE 2015 FOR VALENTINE.

AT LEE BIRD FIELD IN NORTH PLATTE...PRECIPITATION FOR JUNE
WAS 2.73 INCHES...AND WAS 0.69 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 3.42
INCHES. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH
FOR NORTH PLATTE.

AT MILLER FIELD IN VALENTINE...PRECIPITATION FOR JUNE TOTALED
3.42 INCHES...WHICH WAS 0.14 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 3.56
INCHES. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH FOR
VALENTINE.

           NORTH PLATTE SUMMARY           VALENTINE SUMMARY

         | JUN 15 | NORM |  DIFF |    | JUN 15 | NORM |  DIFF |
AVG TEMP |  70.6  | 67.9 |  +2.7 |    |  69.1  | 67.5 |  +1.6 |
AVG HIGH |  83.1  | 81.8 |  +1.3 |    |  81.1  | 81.1 |   0.0 |
AVG LOW  |  58.0  | 54.0 |  +4.0 |    |  57.0  | 54.0 |  +3.0 |
PRECIP   |  2.73  | 3.42 | -0.69 |    |  3.42  | 3.56 | -0.14 |


...NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR THE PAST 12
MONTHS...

                        PRECIPITATION             DEPARTURE

                        LBF       VTN           LBF       VTN

MONTH

JULY 2014               0.14      0.58         -2.93     -2.63
AUGUST 2014             5.10      2.62         +2.81     +0.44
SEPTEMBER 2014          1.39      0.74         -0.02     -0.90
OCTOBER 2014            0.73      0.56         -0.82     -0.69
NOVEMBER 2014           0.08      0.55         -0.56     -0.10
DECEMBER 2014           1.04      0.90         +0.63     +0.53

JANUARY 2015            0.28      0.31         -0.06     +0.05
FEBRUARY 2015           0.46      0.31         -0.04     -0.17
MARCH 2015              0.01      0.03         -1.04     -1.04
APRIL 2015              3.01      1.62         +0.74     -0.60
MAY 2015                4.34      7.12         +1.06     +3.99
JUNE 2015               2.73      3.42         -0.69     -0.14

TOTALS                 19.31     18.76         -0.92     -1.26

North Platte Observed June 2015 Temperatures Summary
Compared to Normal and Record High and Low Temperatures

Valentine Observed June 2015 Temperatures Summary
Compared to Normal and Record High and Low Temperatures

North Platte Observed June 2015 Precipitation Summary Compared to Normal and 2014

Valentine Observed June 2015 Precipitation Summary Compared to Normal and 2014

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by Chris Buttler & Matthew Masek
July 1, 2015