Climate Summary for April 2008
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1013 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
...APRIL TEMPERATURES WERE MUCH BELOW NORMAL FOR NORTH PLATTE AND
VALENTINE...WHILE PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR NORTH PLATTE
AND BELOW NORMAL FOR VALENTINE...
AT NORTH PLATTE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
OF APRIL WAS 45.0 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 3.1 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL
OF 48.1 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 59.3 DEGREES
WHICH WAS 3.4 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 62.7 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE
DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE AT LEE BIRD FIELD WAS 30.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS
2.8 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 33.4 DEGREES. ONE RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURE WAS SET DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL AT NORTH PLATTE. ON
THE TWENTY SEVENTH...THE LOW WAS 24 DEGREES. THIS MARK BROKE THE
RECORD OF 25 DEGREES SET PREVIOUSLY IN 2005...1995 AND 1971.
AT VALENTINE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL WAS 44.1
DEGREES...WHICH WAS 2.0 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 46.1 DEGREES.
THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 58.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.2
DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 59.8 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH
TEMPERATURE WAS 29.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.8 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL
OF 32.4 DEGREES. ON THE TWENTY EIGHTH...THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 20
DEGREES...TYING THE RECORD WHICH WAS ALSO SET IN 1961.
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH TOTALED 3.67 INCHES AT LEE BIRD
FIELD...WHICH WAS 1.70 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 1.97 INCHES. THE
TOTAL OF 3.67 INCHES MADE APRIL 2008 THE EIGHTEENTH WETTEST ON
RECORD. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH TOTALED 9.6 INCHES WHICH WAS 6.8
INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 2.8 INCHES. APRIL 2008 WAS THE EIGHTH
SNOWIEST ON RECORD FOR NORTH PLATTE. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS
WERE SET FOR THE MONTH...HOWEVER ONE DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD WAS SET
FOR THE MONTH. ON THE TENTH...6.6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL...BREAKING THE
RECORD OF 3.3 INCHES SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1995.
FOR VALENTINE...APRIL PRECIPITATION TOTALED 1.39 INCHES...WHICH WAS
0.58 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1.97 INCHES. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH
TOTALED 10.1 INCHES...AND WAS 6.7 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 4.4
INCHES. APRIL 2008 WAS THE ELEVENTH SNOWIEST ON RECORD FOR
VALENTINE. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE
MONTH OF MARCH IN VALENTINE.
...PRECIPITATION FOR NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE FOR THE PAST 12
MONTHS...
PRECIPITATION DEPARTURE
LBF VTN LBF VTN
MONTH
MAY 2007 6.49 5.56 3.15 2.36
JUNE 2007 2.52 5.17 -0.65 2.16
JULY 2007 2.71 0.56 -0.46 -2.81
AUGUST 2007 0.76 3.39 -1.39 1.19
SEPTEMBER 2007 1.94 0.90 0.62 -0.71
OCTOBER 2007 1.17 2.79 -0.07 1.57
NOVEMBER 2007 0.02 0.02 -0.74 -0.70
DECEMBER 2007 0.84 0.91 0.44 0.58
JANUARY 2008 0.03 0.24 -0.36 -0.06
FEBRUARY 2008 0.10 0.48 -0.41 0.00
MARCH 2008 0.90 1.04 -0.34 -0.07
APRIL 2008 3.67 1.39 1.70 -0.58
TOTALS 21.15 22.45 1.49 2.93
 Page composition by Chris Buttler 
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