January 2023 Climate at North Platte and Valentine

North Platte
Valentine
text summary
...TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW NORMAL AND PRECIPITATION WELL ABOVE
NORMAL IN JANUARY FOR NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE...

FOR NORTH PLATTE, THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH 
OF JANUARY WAS 23.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.3 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL 
OF 26.3 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF 
JANUARY WAS 33.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 7.2 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 
40.7 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY WAS 
12.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.6 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 11.9 DEGREES. 
TWO DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES WERE SET OR TIED DURING THE MONTH OF
JANUARY FOR NORTH PLATTE. ON THE 1ST, THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT NORTH 
PLATTE WAS 31 DEGREES. THIS WAS THE WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE EVER
RECORDED ON THAT DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 29 DEGREES SET IN 
1926 AND 1918. ON THE 17TH, THE LOW IN NORTH PLATTE WAS 31 DEGREES.
THIS TIED THE RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE WHICH
WAS ALSO SET IN 1894. 

FOR VALENTINE, THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF 
JANUARY WAS 21.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.5 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 
24.5 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY WAS
30.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 7.2 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 37.8 DEGREES. 
THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 11.4 DEGREES
WHICH WAS 0.2 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 11.2 DEGREES. NO DAILY 
TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY FOR 
VALENTINE. 

AT LEE BIRD FIELD IN NORTH PLATTE, PRECIPITATION FOR JANUARY TOTALED 
1.87 INCHES WHICH WAS 1.48 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 0.39 INCHES.
JANUARY 2023 WILL GO DOWN AS THE 3RD WETTEST JANUARY ON RECORD FOR
NORTH PLATTE. ONE DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD WAS SET DURING THE MONTH
OF JANUARY FOR NORTH PLATTE. ON THE 18TH, 1.03 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
WAS RECORDED AT LEE BIRD FIELD. THIS BROKE THE RECORD OF 0.76 INCHES
SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1883. 

AT MILLER FIELD IN VALENTINE, PRECIPITATION FOR JANUARY TOTALED 2.36 
INCHES WHICH WAS 2.04 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 0.32 INCHES. 
JANUARY 2023 WAS THE WETTEST JANUARY ON RECORD FOR VALENTINE. THE 
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 1.74 INCHES SET IN 1944. TWO DAILY PRECIPITATION
RECORDS WERE SET DURING JANUARY FOR VALENTINE. ON THE 2ND, 0.96 INCHES
OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED AT MILLER FIELD. THIS BROKE THE RECORD
OF 0.11 INCHES SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1949. ON THE 19TH, 0.75 INCHES OF 
PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED AT MILLER FIELD, BREAKING THE RECORD OF 
0.35 INCHES SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1988. 

AT NORTH PLATTE, SNOWFALL FOR JANUARY TOTALED 22.6 INCHES WHICH WAS 17.5
INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 5.1 INCHES. JANUARY 2023 WILL GO DOWN AS
THE SNOWIEST JANUARY ON RECORD FOR NORTH PLATTE. THE PREVIOUS JANUARY
MONTHLY RECORD WAS 21.2 INCHES IN JANUARY 1949. ONE DAILY SNOWFALL 
RECORD WAS SET DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY FOR NORTH PLATTE. ON THE 
18TH, 13.9 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT LEE BIRD FIELD. THIS BROKE THE RECORD 
OF 9.0 INCHES SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1988. THIS WAS ALSO THE HIGHEST CALENDAR
DAY SNOWFALL EVER RECORDED FOR NORTH PLATTE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 12.8
INCHES RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 1909.

AT VALENTINE, 28.3 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN JANUARY. THIS WAS 23.9 
INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 4.4 INCHES. JANUARY 2023 WILL GO DOWN AS 
THE SNOWIEST JANUARY ON RECORD FOR VALENTINE. THE PREVIOUS JANUARY
RECORD WAS 18.3 INCHES SET IN JANUARY 1929. THREE DAILY 
SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH AT VALENTINE AND ARE
SUMMARIZED BELOW.

DATE                SNOWFALL            PREVIOUS RECORD AND YEAR

2                   11.0 IN.                  2.5 IN./1975   
18                   7.0 IN.                  3.5 IN./1988
27                   3.0 IN.                  2.2 IN./1944   


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

                        PRECIPITATION             DEPARTURE
                        LBF       VTN           LBF       VTN
MONTH

FEBRUARY 2022           0.03      0.14         -0.54     -0.47 
MARCH 2022              0.85      0.25         -0.15     -0.76
APRIL 2022              1.43      1.99         -0.86     -0.49
MAY 2022                2.98      2.54         -0.37     -0.98
JUNE 2022               0.43      1.53         -3.11     -2.43
JULY 2022               4.03      1.32         +0.85     -1.50
AUGUST 2022             0.96      1.78         -1.60     -0.26
SEPTEMBER 2022          0.91      0.80         -0.70     -0.92
OCTOBER 2022            0.57      0.21         -1.08     -1.21
NOVEMBER 2022           0.25      0.26         -0.24     -0.31
DECEMBER 2022           1.40      2.22         +0.95     +1.79

JANUARY 2023            1.87      2.36         +1.48     +2.04

TOTALS                 15.71     15.40         -5.37     -5.50