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Dangerous Heat in the Central and Eastern U.S.; Severe Thunderstorms in the Central U.S. and Northeast; Critical Fire Weather in the Four Corners

Dangerous, record-breaking heat will intensify across most of the central and eastern U.S this week. Heat indices will likely exceed 100 degrees. Severe thunderstorms are forecast from parts of the central High Plains into the Upper Midwest, and across parts of the Northeast. Critical fire weather conditions will continue across portions of the Four Corners and Great Basin. Read More >

...November temperatures were near normal for North Platte and
Valentine, while precipitation in November was above normal for
Valentine and North Platte...

For North Platte, the average daily mean temperature for the month
of November was 35.6 degrees which was right at the normal
of 35.6 degrees. The average daily high temperature for the month
was 50.9 degrees which was 0.7 degrees above the normal of 50.2 degrees.
The average daily low temperature was 20.3 degrees which
was 0.7 degrees below the normal of 21.0 degrees. No daily temperature
records were set during the month of November in North Platte.

For Valentine, the average daily mean temperature for the month of
November was 34.6 degrees which was 0.2 degrees above the normal of
34.4 degrees. The average daily high temperature for
November was 48.4 degrees which was 0.7 degrees above the normal of
47.7 degrees. The average daily low temperature for the month
was 20.7 degrees which was 0.5 degrees below the normal of 21.2
degrees. No daily record temperatures were set during the month
of November in Valentine.

At Lee Bird Field in North Platte, precipitation for November totaled
0.73 inches which was 0.09 inches above the normal of 0.64
inches. No daily precipitation records were set during the
month of November for North Platte.

At Miller Field in Valentine, precipitation for November totaled 1.39
inches which was 0.74 inches above the normal of 0.65 inches.
On the 29th, 0.43 inches of precipitation fell at Miller Field in Valentine
breaking the record of 0.40 inches set previously in 1991.

Snowfall for the month of November totaled 8.3 inches for North Platte.
This was 4.4 inches above the normal of 3.9 inches. No daily snow
records were set during the month of November for North Platte.

For Valentine, November snowfall totaled 10.3 inches and was 4.9 inches
above the normal of 5.4 inches. No daily snowfall records were
set during the month of November in Valentine.


...North Platte and Valentine precipitation totals for the
previous 12 months...

                        Precipitation             Departure
                        LBF       VTN           LBF       VTN
Month

December 2018           1.20      0.89         +0.79     +0.52

January 2019            0.13      0.22         -0.21     -0.04
February 2019           0.63      1.00         +0.13     +0.52
March 2019              2.68      1.84         +1.63     +0.77
April 2019              1.43      2.03         -0.84     -0.19
May 2019                6.19      7.35         +2.91     +4.22
June 2019               3.59      2.93         +0.17     -0.63
July 2019               5.83      4.26         +2.76     +1.05
August 2019             5.38      4.58         +3.09     +2.40
September 2019          0.96      2.69         -0.45     +1.05
October 2019            0.42      1.17         -1.13     -0.08
November 2019           0.73      1.39         +0.09     +0.74

TOTALS                 29.17     30.35         +8.94    +10.33