January 2006 Warmest on Record
...JANUARY 2006 THE WARMEST ON RECORD FOR NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE...WITH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES MORE TYPICAL OF MARCH...
JANUARY 2006 WILL GO DOWN AS THE WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD FOR BOTH NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE. THE AVERAGE MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY 2006 IN NORTH PLATTE WAS 37.0 DEGREES...A WHOPPING 13.8 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 23.3 DEGREES. THE MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 37.0 DEGREES BROKE THE RECORD OF 34.0 DEGREES SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1914. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH IN NORTH PLATTE WAS 54.5 DEGREES...WHICH IS 18.0 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 36.5 DEGREES. THIS ECLIPSED THE RECORD OF 47.8 DEGREES SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1906. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 19.5 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 9.6 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 9.9 DEGREES. THIS READING DID NOT SET A RECORD BUT IT WAS SIXTH WARMEST. TEN 60+ DEGREE DAYS OCCURRED DURING THE PAST MONTH...WHICH BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 6 DAYS SET DURING THREE JANUARY`S IN THE PAST 130 YEARS. FIVE TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH AND ARE OUTLINED BELOW.
FOR VALENTINE...THE UNPRECEDENTED WARMTH WAS FELT FOR JANUARY 2006 AS WELL. THE AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 36.5 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 15.7 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 20.8 DEGREES. THIS SHATTERED THE RECORD OF 31.7 DEGREES...SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1990...BY NEARLY 5 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 50.5 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 16.7 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 33.8 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 22.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 14.8 DEGREES ABOVE THE DAILY NORMAL LOW OF 7.8 DEGREES. ONE TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET FOR THE MONTH AND 6 DAYS SAW HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 60 DEGREES.
DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUED FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY FOR BOTH VALENTINE AND NORTH PLATTE. FOR NORTH PLATTE...0.21 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL AT LEE BIRD FIELD. THIS WAS 0.18 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 0.39 INCHES. ONLY A TRACE OF SNOW FELL AT LEE BIRD FIELD...WHICH TIED FOR THE LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD AND WAS 5.0 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 5.0 INCHES. FOR VALENTINE...0.19 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL AT MILLER FIELD...WHICH WAS 0.11 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 0.30 INCHES. ONLY 0.3 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT VALENTINE...WHICH IS 4.5 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 4.8 INCHES. SINCE 1948...ONLY THREE OTHER JANUARY`S HAD LESS THAN 0.3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL.
...DAILY RECORDS SET FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2006...
|
DATE |
TEMPERATURE |
PREVIOUS RECORD |
PREVIOUSLY SET |
|
1/6 |
64 |
64 |
1965 |
|
1/7 |
67 |
65 |
1965 |
|
1/11 |
68 |
64 |
1987 |
|
1/14 |
68 |
63 |
1990 |
|
1/26 |
36* |
31 |
1890/1914/42/47 |
|
DATE |
TEMPERATURE |
PREVIOUS RECORD |
PREVIOUSLY SET |
|
1/14 |
71 |
65 |
2000 |
* DENOTES A RECORD DAILY HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
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