Heavy Rainfall and Flooding Threats in the Midwest and Ohio Valley; Heat Continues in the Plains and Southeast

An active pattern will continue to bring heavy to excessive rainfall and flash flooding threats to the Midwest and Ohio Valley over the next couple of days. Dangerous heat continues across the central/southern Plains and Southeast U.S. into next week. There is potential for record-tying/breaking temperatures with many areas forecast to see their hottest temperatures so far this year. Read More >

Valentine Labor Day Climatology

The end of summer officially falls on the vernal equinox, however many consider Labor Day to be the end of summer. By Labor Day, kids have returned to school, football is in full swing, and summer vacations have ended. Labor Day originated in the late 1800s and has always been observed on the first Monday of September, which varies from the 1st of the month to the 7th. The weather can vary greatly during this transition from the ‘dog days of summer’ to the frosty fall conditions that change the color of the leaves. This study looks at past Labor Day weather conditions reported in Valentine since 1889.

LABOR DAY IN VALENTINE
PERIOD OF RECORD 128 YEARS: 1889-2016

TEMPERATURE DATA

Highest	102 degrees (September 3, 1990)
Lowest	34 degrees (September 5, 1988)
Lowest Maximum	59 degrees (September 2, 1974)
Highest Minimum	71 degrees (September 7, 1931)
Average High	81.6 degrees
Average Low	53.0 degrees
30 Year Normal High	84 to 81 degrees
30 Year Normal Low	54 to 52 degrees
Average Temperature Range	28.8 degrees
Largest Range between High and Low	49 degrees High 93, Low 44 (September 1, 1958)
Smallest Range between High and Low	7 degrees (2 times) High 68, Low 61 (Sept 7, 1925) High 62, Low 55 (Sept 3, 1951)

High Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	100s
1	19	32	41	30	5
0.8%	14.8%	25.0%	32.0%	23.4%	3.9%

Low Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

30s	40s	50s	60s	70s
7	39	50	30	2
5.5%	30.5%	39.1%	23.4%	1.6%

PRECIPITATION DATA

Maximum Precipitation	1.53 inches (September 7, 1914)
Maximum Snowfall	None
Number of Times Precipitation	44 Occurrences or 34.4%
Number of Times Measurable Precipitation (more than a Trace)	31 Occurrences or 24.2%
Number of Times Snowfall	No snowfall occurrences
Number of Times No Precipitation	84 Occurrences or 65.6%

DAILY WEATHER SUMMARIES PAST 5 LABOR DAYS

Date	High	Low	Precip	Snow	Remarks
Sept 3, 2012	99	64	0.00	0.0	Sunny
Sept 2, 2013	90	49	0.00	0.0	Sunny
Sept 1, 2014	79	50	0.09	0.0	Mostly sunny, evening thunderstorm
Sept 7, 2015	82	55	0.04	0.0	Cloudy, early morning and evening thundershowers
Sept 5, 2016	70	58	0.20	0.0	Cloudy, morning fog, late evening thunderstorm

YEAR BY YEAR WEATHER FOR PAST LABOR DAYS
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VALENTINE RECORDS FOR POTENTIAL LABOR DAYS
(RECORDS SET ON CELEBRATED LABOR DAYS HIGHLIGHTED)

Date	High	Low	Low Max	High Min	Precip	Snow
Sept 1	102/1983,64	35/1965	53/1974	71/1937	2.92/1909	None
Sept 2	103/1983	35/1974	58/1934	72/1960	0.66/1896	None
Sept 3	102/1990	30/1974	53/1918	73/1897	1.80/1999	None
Sept 4	104/1998	36/1968,62	56/1956	69/1900	1.30/1901	None
Sept 5	103/1998	32/1956	52/1965	71/1939	0.68/1993	None
Sept 6	101/1980	28/1956	49/1929	73/1939	0.98/1911	Trace/1929
Sept 7	100/1940	33/1986	46/1929	73/2002	1.53/1914	None

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