January Snowfall Averages
SNOWFALL DURING DECEMBER 2006 WAS ABOVE NORMAL...WITH THAT TREND TO CONTINUE FOR JANUARY 2007. TO DATE...JANUARY SNOWFALL IS AT 3.4 INCHES AT NORTH PLATTE...WITH THE ADDITIONAL UP TO 3.4 INCHES EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY TO PUSH THE JANUARY TOTAL SNOWFALL ABOVE THE AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH...AND THE MONTHS SNOWFALL NORMAL OF 5.0 INCHES. THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...EXCEPT FOR THE FAR NORTHWEST. DURING JANUARY HISTORICALLY SNOWFALL AVERAGES RANGE FROM 7.6 INCHES AT HAY SPRINGS IN SHERIDAN COUNTY...TO 2.6 INCHES AT BIG SPRINGS IN DEUEL COUNTY. WHILE JANUARY 2007 IS EXPECTED TO END AT ABOVE SNOWFALL NORMALS...MUCH MORE SNOW WILL BE NEEDED TO BREAK THE RECORD 1948 JANUARY SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 21.2 INCHES AT NORTH PLATTE. A GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF AVERAGE SNOWFALL IS PROVIDED, ALONG WITH A TABULATED VIEW.
JANUARY COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS AVERAGE SNOWFALL SINCE 1948
| Ainsworth | 5.8 |
Madrid | 4.5 |
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| Anselmo 2SE |
5.5 |
Mason City |
5.4 |
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| Arnold | 4.6 |
McCook 17NNW |
4.3 |
|
| Arthur | 4.5 |
Merriman | 4.7 |
|
| Atkinson | 5.3 |
Medicine Creek Dam |
3.3 |
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| Bartlett 4W |
4.7 |
Moorefield | 4.9 |
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| Big Springs |
2.6 |
Mullen 21NW |
6.9 |
|
| Broken Bow 2W |
5.6 |
Newport | 5.6 |
|
| Burwell | 4.5 |
North Platte Exp Farm |
5.8 |
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| Butte | 5.4 |
Oconto | 4.3 |
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| Chambers | 4.4 |
O’Neill | 4.5 |
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| Curtis 3NNE |
4.7 |
Oshkosh | 4.3 |
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| Ellsworth | 5.6 |
Oshkosh 8SW |
4.9 |
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| Ellsworth 15NNE |
5.3 |
Ogallala | 5.2 |
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| Elsmere 9ENE |
7.2 |
Paxton |
4.2 | |
| Enders Lake |
4.6 |
Purdum | 4.9 |
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| Ericson 6WNW |
4.8 |
Rushville | 6.3 |
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| Eustis 2NW |
5.6 |
Spencer 5SSE |
4.7 |
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| Ewing | 4.6 |
Springview | 4.4 |
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| Gordon 6N | 5.1 | Stapleton 5W | 4.5 | |
| Hay Springs | 7.6 | Stockville | 4.7 | |
| Hay Springs 12S | 4.7 | Taylor | 5.8 | |
| Hayes Center | 4.9 | Valentine NWR | 5.5 | |
| Hershey 5SSE | 4.6 | Wallace 2W | 3.8 | |
| Imperial | 2.9 | Wauneta | 4.9 | |
| Kingsley Dam | 5.5 | Wellfleet | 3.7 | |
| Lamar 3SSE | 4.4 | Red Willow Dam | 4.0 | |
| Lisco | 4.8 | North Platte Wx | 5.3 | |
| Lynch | 5.6 |
