Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast and Northern Plains; Critical Fire Weather in the West

Scattered severe thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts and hail are forecast across the Northeast U.S. and North Dakota today. Heavy to excessive rainfall is possible over eastern New Mexico into western Texas and over the western Florida peninsula today. Critical fire weather conditions will persist today over parts of the interior Northwest and Great Basin. Read More >

Summer Solstice

The Summer Solstice officially occurs at 2234z, June 20. This is 5:34 pm CDT or 4:34 pm MDT on Monday, June 20, 2016.

The summer solstice occurs when the sun is positioned at it's furthest northern position from the Earth's equator. During the day of the summer solstice, locations north of the equator see their most minutes of daylight for the year. Locations to the south of the equator will see the least minutes of daylight for the year. Western and North Central Nebraska usually can experience very warm temperatures to start the first day of summer, however on occasion a cool and wet day will occur. Normal highs for the first day summer for the region are in the lower to mid 80s, and normal lows are in the mid 50s. Below are the records for the first day of Summer (which varies from June 20th to June 21st) for North Platte and Valentine.

North Platte Records
Record	June 20	June 21
High	102/1988	106/1988
Low	41/2001	37/2001
Lowest Max	62/1992, 1902	63/1948
Highest Min	73/1989	69/2002, 1966, 1940
Precip	1.30/1881	1.31/1951

Valentine Records
Record	June 20	June 21
High	107/1974	105/1988
Low	35/1972	32/1902
Lowest Max	58/1948	60/1916
Highest Min	73/1989	70/1966
Precip	1.17/1904	1.87/2007

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First Day of Summer (Monday) Climatology for North Platte and Valentine