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JANUARY 2016
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITAITON FOR NORTH PLATTE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE
JANUARY SAW MOST OF NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...INCLUDING
VALENTINE...COVERED IN SNOW THROUGH THE MONTH...RESULTING IN
GENERALLY COOLER TEMPERATURES. SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...INCLUDING
NORTH PLATTE...ON THE OTHER HAND DID NOT SEE THE SNOW COVER
THROUGH THE MONTH WHICH RESULTED IN MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES. AN
ACTIVE MONTH WITH NUMEROUS LIGHT PRECIPITATION EVENTS RESULTING
IN ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA.
FOR NORTH PLATTE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY
WAS 28.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.5 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 25.0
DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 41.1 DEGREES AND
WAS 2.2 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 38.9 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE
DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 15.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.7 DEGREES
ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 11.1 DEGREES. ONE RECORD TEMPERATURE WAS SET.
ON JANUARY 6TH...THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS ONLY 31 DEGREES. THIS
SET THE RECORD FOR HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURES...BREAKING THE
OLD RECORD OF 30 DEGREES SET IN 1903.
FOR VALENTINE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF
JANUARY WAS 22.7 DEGREES AND WAS 0.9 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF
23.6 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 33.1
DEGREES...WHICH WAS 3.4 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 36.5 DEGREES.
THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 12.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.5
DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 10.7 DEGREES. ONE DAILY TEMPERATURE
RECORD WAS SET DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY FOR VALENTINE. ON THE
30TH...THE LOW WAS 32 DEGREES AT MILLER FIELD TYING THE RECORD
HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE SET IN 1890.
AT LEE BIRD FIELD IN NORTH PLATTE...PRECIPITATION FOR JANUARY WAS
0.48 INCHES...AND WAS 0.14 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 0.34
INCHES. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH
OF JANUARY FOR NORTH PLATTE. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH TOTALED 5.6
INCHES AND WAS 0.8 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 4.8 INCHES. NO
DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH FOR NORTH
PLATTE.
AT MILLER FIELD IN VALENTINE...PRECIPITATION FOR JANUARY TOTALED
0.52 INCHES...WHICH WAS 0.26 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 0.26
INCHES. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE REACHED DURING THE
MONTH. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH TOTALED 7.0 INCHES...WHICH WAS 3.2
INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 3.8 INCHES. NO DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS
WERE SET DURING THE MONTH FOR VALENTINE.
| JAN 16 | NORM | DIFF | | JAN 16 | NORM | DIFF |
AVE TEMP | 28.5 | 25.0 | +3.5 | | 22.7 | 23.6 | -0.9 |
AVE HIGH | 41.1 | 38.9 | +2.2 | | 33.1 | 36.5 | -3.4 |
AVE LOW | 15.8 | 11.1 | +4.7 | | 12.2 | 10.7 | +1.5 |
PRECIP | 0.48 | 0.34 | +0.14 | | 0.52 | 0.26 | +0.26 |
SNOW | 5.6 | 4.8 | +0.8 | | 7.0 | 3.8 | +3.2 |
...NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR 2015...
PRECIPITATION DEPARTURE
MONTH LBF VTN LBF VTN
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
OCTOBER 2015 2.06 1.54 +0.51 +0.29
NOVEMBER 2015 0.67 1.74 +0.03 +1.09
DECEMBER 2015 0.28 1.04 -0.13 +0.67
JANUARY 2016 0.48 0.52 +0.14 +0.26
TOTALS 21.03 27.28 +0.80 +7.26
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 North Platte Observed January 2016 Temperatures Summary Compared to Normal and Record High and Low Temperatures |
 Valentine Observed January 2016 Temperatures Summary Compared to Normal and Record High and Low Temperatures |
 North Platte Observed January 2016 Precipitation Summary Compared to Normal, 2015 |
 Valentine Observed January 2016 Precipitation Summary Compared to Normal, 2015 |
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Page composition by Matt Masek February 1, 2016 |
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