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North Platte New Year's Day Climatology

As we enter a new year, the National Weather Service in North Platte will move into another year of collecting and providing weather information to the public and media. Records have been kept at North Platte since August of 1874. A wide range of weather has been experienced for the first day of the new year. Below is a summary of New Year's Days of the past. (snow depth information not available prior to 1886)

NEW YEAR'S DAY IN NORTH PLATTE
PERIOD OF RECORD 142 YEARS: 1875-2016

TEMPERATURE DATA

Highest	64 degrees (2 times) (1943 & 1997)
Lowest	-20 degrees (2 times) (1885 & 1924)
Lowest Maximum	-1 degrees (1942)
Highest Minimum	29 degrees (2 times) (1918 & 1926)
Average High	34.5 degrees
Average Low	9.8 degrees
30 year Normal High	38 degrees
30 year Normal Low	11 degrees
Average Temperature Range	24.7 degrees
Largest Range between High and Low	51 degrees High 59, Low 8 (2004)
Smallest Range between High and Low	6 degrees High -1, Low -7 (1942)

High Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

-0s	0s	10s	20s	30s	40s	50s	60s
1	6	20	24	42	26	17	6
0.7%	4.2%	14.1%	16.9%	29.6%	18.3%	12.0%	4.2%

Low Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

-20s	-10s	-0s	0s	10s	20s
2	9	18	35	46	32
1.4%	6.3%	12.7%	24.6%	32.4%	22.5%

PRECIPITATION DATA

Maximum Precipitation	0.59 inches (1976)
Maximum Snowfall	11.9 inches (1976)
Number of Times Precipitation	56 Occurrences or 39.4%
Number of Times Measurable Precipitation (more than a Trace)	22 Occurrences or 15.5%
Number of Times Snowfall	55 Occurrences or 38.7%
Number of Times Measurable Snowfall (more than a Trace)	22 Occurrences or 15.5%
Number of Times No Precipitation	86 Occurrences or 60.6%
Most Snow on Ground at Observation Time	9 inches (2 times) (1974 & 2007)

WHITE NEW YEAR'S DAY IN NORTH PLATTE
PERIOD OF RECORD 131 YEARS: 1886-2016
White New Year's Day = 1 inch or more of snow on ground
at observation time on January 1
(snow depth rounded to nearest whole inch or trace if 0.4 inches or less)

Number of Years with a White New Year's Day (131 years)	45 Years (34.4%)
Number of Years with a White New Year's Day (last 25 years)	9 Years (36.0%)
Number of Years with a White New Year's Day (last 10 years)	6 Years (60.0%) 2007 - 9 inches 2008 - 2 inches 2010 - 1 inch 2011 - 6 inches 2013 - 1 inch 2015 - 4 inches
Number of Years with trace or more snow on Ground (131 years)	73 Years (55.7%)
Number of Years with trace or more snow on Ground (last 25 years)	10 Years (40.0%)
Number of Years with trace or more snow on Ground (last 10 years)	6 Years (60.0%)
Consecutive Years with a White New Year's Day	4 Years (1982 - 1985)
Consecutive Years without a White New Year's Day	8 Years (2 times) (1929 - 1936) & (1950-1957)
Current Streak Consecutive Years without a White New Year's Day	1 Year

White New Year's Day Occurences by Decade
* incomplete decade

1880s	1890s	1900s	1910s	1920s	1930s	1940s
3*	1	4	4	3	1	4
1950s	1960s	1970s	1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s
1	5	5	5	3	2	4*

DAILY WEATHER SUMMARIES PAST 5 NEW YEAR'S DAYS

Date	High	Low	Precip	Snow	Snow Depth	Remarks
2012	41	13	0.00	0.0	0	Sunny
2013	26	3	T	T	1	Cloudy with light morning snow, mostly sunny afternoon
2014	25	15	0.04	0.5	0	Cloudy, late morning snow
2015	26	-5	0.00	0.0	4	Mostly sunny
2016	38	6	0.00	0.0	0	Sunny

YEAR BY YEAR WEATHER FOR PAST NEW YEAR'S DAYS
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Matthew Masek
Update includes 2016

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