PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1107 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2008
...JUNE 2008 BROUGHT COOLER TEMPERATURES TO BOTH NORTH PLATTE AND
VALENTINE...
...MUCH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR VALENTINE IN JUNE BUT
SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION RECORDED IN NORTH PLATTE...
AT NORTH PLATTE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
OF JUNE WAS 65.9 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 2.5 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF
68.4 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 80.5
DEGREES...OR 2.1 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 82.6 DEGREES. THE
AVERAGE DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 51.3 DEGREES DURING JUNE
2008...OR 2.9 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 54.2 DEGREES. A DAILY
RECORD RAINFALL RECORD OF 0.87 INCHES WAS SET IN NORTH PLATTE ON
JUNE 27TH BREAKING THE OLD DAILY RECORD PRECIPITATION AMOUNT OF 0.78
INCHES SET ON JUNE 27TH 1983. A NEW DAILY RECORD MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE OF 37 DEGREES WAS ESTABLISHED ON JUNE 13TH...BREAKING
THE OLD RECORD LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE OF 40 DEGREES WHICH
WAS SET ON JUNE 13TH 1969. ANOTHER COOL NIGHT WAS NOTED ON JUNE 12TH
WHEN THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE DIPPED TO 40 DEGREES...TYING THE RECORD
LOWEST MINIMIM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE WITH JUNE 12TH IN 1985.
AT VALENTINE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE WAS 65.2
DEGREES...OR 2.4 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 67.6 DEGREES. THE
AVERAGE DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 79.6 DEGREES...OR 2.3 DEGREES
BELOW THE NORMAL OF 81.9 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE WAS 50.8 DEGREES...OR 2.4 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF
67.6 DEGREES. THE RECORD MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 39 DEGREES WAS TIED
IN VALENTINE ON JUNE 12TH...WHICH TIED THE RECORD WITH JUNE 12TH
1985. ON JUNE 5TH A NEW RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL WAS
ESTABLISHED AT MILLER FIELD IN VALENTINE WHEN ONE AND A THIRD INCHES
WAS REPORTED...ECLIPSING THE OLD DAILY RECORD MAXIMUM RAINFALL OF
1.24 INCHES WHICH HAD BEEN SET ON JUNE 5TH IN 1965.
JUNE 2008 PRECIPITATION AT LEE BIRD FIELD IN NORTH PLATTE TOTALED
2.79 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.38 OF AN INCH BELOW THE JUNE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION OF 3.17 INCHES. A TRACE OR MORE PRECIPITATION OCCURRED
ON 15 DAYS DURING JUNE IN NORTH PLATTE. 0.87 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
WAS RECORDED ON THE 26TH OF JUNE... AS THE GREATEST 24 HOUR
PRECIPITATION AMOUNT DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE 2008. THE MOST
PRECIPITATION RECORDED IN JUNE IN NORTH PLATTE...WAS THE WHOPPING
10.47 INCHES WHICH FELL IN 1951...FOLLOWED BY 7.63 INCHES AS THE 2ND
HIGHEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNT DURING JUNE 1905. BACK IN 1883 7.49
INCHES WAS THE MONTHLY TOTAL PRECIPITATION DURING JUNE. THE LOWEST
PRECIPITATION DURING JUNE WAS THE MEAGER ONE THIRD OF AN INCH WHICH
WAS RECORDED IN JUNE OF 1952. A TRACE OF SNOW...IN THE FORM OF
HAIL...WAS REPORTED IN NORTH PLATTE ON THE 26TH OF JUNE 2008.
FOR VALENTINE...PRECIPITATION DURING JUNE OF 2008 TOTALED 4.48
INCHES...WHICH WAS 1.47 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL JUNE PRECIPITATION
OF 3.01 INCHES. THE RECORD HIGHEST PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR VALENTINE
DURING JUNE WAS THE 8.18 INCHES WHICH FELL DURING JUNE 1905.. .WHILE
THE LEAST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION EVER RECORDED DURING JUNE WAS ONLY
THIRTY TWO HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH IN JUNE OF 1918. THE GREATEST 24
HOUR PRECIPITATION AMOUNT DURING JUNE WAS 1.47 INCHES...DURING A 24
HOUR PERIOD FROM THE 4TH INTO THE 5TH OF JUNE 2008.
SNOWFALL FOR THE 2007-2008 SEASON ENDED ABOVE NORMAL FOR NORTH
PLATTE...AND JUST BELOW NORMAL FOR VALENTINE. THE TOTAL SNOWFALL
RECORDED AT LEE BIRD FIELD IN NORTH PLATTE WAS 32.0 INCHES...WHICH
WAS 4.2 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 27.8 INCHES. OVER HALF OF THE
SEASONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT IN NORTH PLATTE...FELL AFTER MARCH 1ST.
THE TOTAL SNOWFALL AFTER MARCH 1ST IN NORTH PLATTE WAS 18.5
INCHES...WHICH WAS 10.9 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 7.6 INCHES DURING
THAT PERIOD. AT MILLER FIELD IN VALENTINE SEASONAL SNOWFALL ENDED
UP AT 35.8 INCHES...OR 1.1 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 36.9
INCHES. THE TOTAL AFTER MARCH 1ST IN VALENTINE WAS 19.4 INCHES OR AN
AMOUNT OF 6.8 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 12.6 INCHES.
THE LATEST 30 DAY OUTLOOK FOR JULY 2008 IS CALLING FOR EQUAL CHANCES
OF ABOVE...NORMAL...OR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION FOR
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE PRECIPITATION FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS
PRECIPITATION DEPARTURE
LBF VTN LBF VTN
MONTH
JULY 2007 2.71 5.17 -0.65 -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
MAY 2008 7.45 3.53 4.11 0.33
JUNE 2008 2.79 4.48 -0.38 1.47
TOTALS 22.38 24.34 2.53 0.21
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