Climate Summary for September 2015 for North Platte & Valentine

North Platte and Valentine
Monthly Climate Summary
September 2015

SEPTEMBER TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE NORMAL
FOR NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE
PRECIPITATION WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR VALENTINE
AND NEAR NORMAL FOR NORTH PLATTE

SEPTEMBER TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA. PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW TO NEAR NORMAL ACROSS
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...WHILE ELSEWHERE...PRECIPITATION WAS NEAR NORMAL
TO MUCH ABOVE NORMAL...PARTICULARLY OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA. WHERE A
BROAD SWATH OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON THE 23RD OF SEPTEMBER. ACROSS
THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS
CONTINUED AS RAINFALL IN THESE AREAS WAS GENERALLY LESS THAN 50 PERCENT
OF NORMAL.

FOR NORTH PLATTE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR SEPTEMBER WAS
68.7 DEGREES WHICH WAS 6.4 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 62.3 DEGREES.
THE MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 68.7 DEGREES MADE SEPTEMBER 2015 THE SIXTH
WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS
83.2 DEGREES AND WAS 5.4 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 77.8 DEGREES. THE
AVERAGE DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 54.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 7.5
DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 46.8 DEGREES. IRONICALLY...GIVEN THE VERY
WARM CONDITIONS IN SEPTEMBER...ONLY ONE DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORD
OCCURRED DURING THE MONTH AT NORTH PLATTE. ON THE 26TH THE LOW
TEMPERATURE WAS 59 DEGREES. THIS WAS THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE EVER
RECORDED FOR SEPTEMBER 26TH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 58 DEGREES SET IN
1897.

FOR VALENTINE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF
SEPTEMBER WAS 67.4 DEGREES AND WAS 5.1 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 62.3
DEGREES. THIS MARK MADE SEPTEMBER 2015 THE 6TH WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON
RECORD FOR VALENTINE. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 82.1
DEGREES...WHICH WAS 4.8 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 77.3 DEGREES. THE
AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 52.7 DEGREES WHICH WAS 5.3 DEGREES
ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 47.4 DEGREES. ONE DAILY RECORD HIGH WAS SET DURING
THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER FOR VALENTINE. ON THE 14TH...THE HIGH IN
VALENTINE WAS 101 DEGREES...BREAKING THE RECORD OF 96 SET PREVIOUSLY IN
1969 AND 1935.

AT LEE BIRD FIELD IN NORTH PLATTE...PRECIPITATION FOR SEPTEMBER WAS
1.25 INCHES...AND WAS 0.16 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1.41 INCHES. ONE
DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET DURING THE MONTH FOR NORTH PLATTE.
ON THE 23RD...0.96 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT LEE BIRD FIELD BREAKING THE
RECORD OF 0.95 INCHES SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1941.

AT MILLER FIELD IN VALENTINE...PRECIPITATION FOR SEPTEMBER TOTALED 4.80
INCHES...WHICH WAS 3.16 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 1.64 INCHES. THE
4.80 INCH TOTAL MADE SEPTEMBER 2015 THE SECOND WETTEST SEPTEMBER ON
RECORD FOR VALENTINE. ONE DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET DURING THE
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER FOR VALENTINE. ON THE 23RD...3.58 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL AT MILLER FIELD. THIS BROKE THE DAILY RECORD OF 0.66 INCHES SET
PREVIOUSLY IN 1941. THE 3.58 INCH TOTAL ALSO BROKE THE ALL TIME WETTEST
DAY FOR ALL OF SEPTEMBER. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS ON SEPTEMBER 1ST AT
2.92 INCHES SET IN 1909.

           NORTH PLATTE SUMMARY           VALENTINE SUMMARY

         | SEP 15 | NORM |  DIFF |    | SEP 15 | NORM |  DIFF |
AVG TEMP |  68.7  | 62.3 |  +6.4 |    |  67.4  | 62.3 |  +5.1 |
AVG HIGH |  83.2  | 77.8 |  +5.4 |    |  82.1  | 77.3 |  +4.8 |
AVG LOW  |  54.3  | 46.8 |  +7.5 |    |  52.7  | 47.4 |  +5.3 |
PRECIP   |  1.25  | 1.41 | -0.16 |    |  4.80  | 1.64 | +3.16 |

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

                        PRECIPITATION             DEPARTURE
                        LBF       VTN           LBF       VTN
MONTH

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
JULY 2015               2.55      3.25         -0.52     +0.04
AUGUST 2015             3.19      1.89         +0.90     -0.29
SEPTEMBER 2015          1.25      4.80         -0.16     +3.16

TOTALS                 19.67     24.76         -0.56     +4.74

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

August Temperature Summary for Valentine (Click to zoom)

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

August Precipitation Summary for North Platte (Click to zoom)

North Platte Observed September 2015 Precipitation Summary
Compared to Normal, 2014

August Precipitation Summary for Valentine (Click to zoom)

Valentine Observed September 2015 Precipitation Summary
Compared to Normal, 2014

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by Matt Masek/Chris Buttler
October 1, 2015