Areas of Excessive Rainfall, Severe Thunderstorms, and Wildfire Smoke Today

Scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms are expected to expand further east each day from the southern High Plains to the Tennessee and Lower Ohio Valleys today through Saturday. Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring flooding to parts of the Four Corners/Desert Southwest, coastal Carolinas, and Midwest regions today. Wildfire smoke will continue unhealthy air quality in the Midwest today. 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