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The following information mainly focuses on climate and weather highlights for the month of October 2016 across the NWS Hastings coverage area, encompassing 24 counties in south central/central Nebraska, and 6 counties in north central Kansas. Click here for a map of this coverage area. The temperature and precipitation data presented here are largely based on the NWS Cooperative Observer network, along with data from a handful of automated airport sites. All climate averages and "normals" presented here are based on the official NCEI 1981-2010 normals.
"One-sentence summary" for Oct. 2016: October featured above-average warmth across our entire 30-county area, and WELL-BELOW average rainfall across most (but not all) of the area, as some of our far eastern counties (mainly along Highway 81) actually received near-to-slightly-above normal rain.
Please refer to the three images below for a "quick glance" at local weather/climate in Oct. 2016, and also a list of some of the wettest/driest rainfall totals for June-October (the past 5 months):
This graphic features an area rainfall map for Oct. 2016, along with a partial listing of official rainfall totals. This map was generated from the AHPS precipitation analysis page at water.weather.gov/precip |
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