Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Plains; Hazardous Heat in the South and Southeast

Severe thunderstorms will be possible across the northern/central Plains through Tuesday afternoon and from the central Plains to the Mid-Mississippi Valley Tuesday evening through Wednesday morning. Storms may produce large hail and damaging wind gusts, and heavy rainfall may lead to scattered instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile, hazardous heat persists across the South and Southeast. Read More >

North Platte Memorial Day Climatology

Memorial Day occurs on May 30 every year, however since 1971, following the National Holiday Act passed by congress, the holiday has been observed on the last Monday of May. The date Memorial Day is observed can vary from as early as May 25 to as late as May 31. Before 1971 the holiday was always observed on May 30, and was called Decoration Day. Weather observations have been taken on this holiday at North Platte dating back to 1875. This study compares the weather reported on the observed day of Memorial (Decoration) Day.

MEMORIAL DAY IN NORTH PLATTE
PERIOD OF RECORD 142 YEARS: 1875-2016

TEMPERATURE DATA

Highest	97 degrees (May 30, 1934)
Lowest	35 degrees (May 30, 1883)
Lowest Maximum	49 degrees (May 27, 1996)
Highest Minimum	70 degrees (May 30, 1934)
Average High	75.2 degrees
Average Low	51.1 degrees
30 Year Normal High	74 to 76 degrees
30 Year Normal Low	47 to 49 degrees
Average Temperature Range	24.1 degrees
Largest Range between High and Low	45 degrees High 84, Low 39 (May 30, 1953)
Smallest Range between High and Low	5 degrees High 54, Low 49 (May 30, 2005)

High Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

40s	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s
1	9	29	49	47	7
0.7%	6.3%	20.4%	34.5%	33.1%	4.9%

Low Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

30s	40s	50s	60s	70s
5	53	70	13	1
3.5%	37.3%	49.3%	9.2%	0.7%

PRECIPITATION DATA

Maximum Precipitation	1.83 inches (May 30, 1977)
Maximum Snowfall	Trace (hail) (Hail reports as T of snowfall) (May 30, 1951) (May 27, 2002) (May 26, 2008) (May 27, 2013)
Number of Times Precipitation	70 Occurrences or 49.3%
Number of Times Measurable Precipitation (more than a Trace)	51 Occurrences or 35.9%
Number of Times Snowfall	No snowfall occurrences 4 Occurrences of hail or 2.8%
Number of Times No Precipitation	72 Occurrences or 50.7%

DAILY WEATHER SUMMARIES PAST 5 MEMORIAL DAYS

Date	High	Low	Precip	Snow	Remarks
May 28, 2012	81	43	0.00	0.0	Sunny, windy (peak gust 36 mph)
May 27, 2013	75	54	0.25	T	Morning showers, evening thunderstorms with hail/49 mph gust
May 26, 2014	84	50	0.00	0.0	Partly cloudy
May 25, 2015	70	50	0.02	0.0	Mostly cloudy, early morning shower
May 30, 2016	81	51	0.17	0.0	Mostly sunny, evening thunderstorm with 43 mph wind gust

YEAR BY YEAR WEATHER FOR PAST MEMORIAL DAYS
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NORTH PLATTE RECORDS FOR POTENTIAL MEMORIAL DAYS
(RECORDS SET ON CELEBRATED MEMORIAL DAYS HIGHLIGHTED)

Date	High	Low	Low Max	High Min	Precip	Snow
May 25	96/1967	30/2002	48/1893	63/1926	1.86/1917	None
May 26	97/2012	30/1992	48/1950	64/1931	1.48/1973	None
May 27	99/2006	29/1907	46/1992	67/2006	2.20/1995	None
May 28	98/2006	33/1992,47	43/1947	65/2010,1937	2.00/1962	0.5/1947
May 29	98/1934	28/1947	54/1889	66/1943	2.95/2007	None
May 30	97/1934	35/1883	54/2005,1924	70/1934	1.83/1977	None
May 31	94/2002	31/1964	48/1967	68/1991	2.26/1935	None

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