North Platte and Valentine
Monthly Climate Summary
April 2009
APRIL 2009 WAS WET AND COOL FOR VALENTINE AND NORTH PLATTE
APRIL SAW AN ACTIVE PATTERN AND PLENTY OF SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH AS NUMEROUS STORM SYSTEMS MOVED ACROSS THE AREA. A COUPLE OF THE SYSTEMS HAD ENOUGH COLD AIR THAT THE PRECIPITATION FELL AS SNOW. AS IS TYPICALLY FOR APRIL...A LARGE RANGE OF TEMPERATURES WAS EXPERIENCED DURING THE MONTH. THE WARMEST READINGS OCCURRED ON APRIL 23 WHEN THE THERMOMETER REACHED 87 DEGREES AT NORTH PLATTE AND 89 DEGREES AT VALENTINE. EARLIER IN THE MONTH...ON THE SEVENTH...THE MERCURY DROPPED TO 13 DEGREES AND 6 DEGREES AT NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE RESPECTIVELY. FOR NORTH PLATTE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 46.7 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 1.4 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 48.1 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 59.6 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 3.1 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 62.7 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 33.7 DEGREES...OR 0.3 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 33.4 DEGREES. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH. FOR VALENTINE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL AT MILLER FIELD WAS 44.3 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 1.8 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 46.1 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 56.0 DEGREES...OR 3.8 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 59.8 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 32.6 DEGREES...OR 0.2 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 32.4 DEGREES. ONE TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS SET DURING THE MONTH. ON APRIL 7 THE MERCURY DROPPED TO 6 DEGREES...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 10 DEGREES SET IN 1997 AND 1961. FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2009...2.84 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL AT LEE BIRD FIELD. THIS WAS 0.87 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 1.97 INCHES. FOR THE MONTH...7.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL WHICH WAS 4.7 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 2.8 INCHES. NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET...HOWEVER ONE SNOWFALL RECORD WAS SET. ON APRIL 9 A TOTAL OF 3.4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 3.2 SET IN 1919 AND 1913. THE MONTHLY TOTAL OF 7.5 INCHES OF SNOW RANKS AS THE ELEVENTH SNOWIEST APRIL ON RECORD FOR NORTH PLATTE. PRECIPITATION DURING THE MONTH FOR VALENTINE TOTALED 2.84 INCHES AT MILLER FIELD. THIS TOTAL WAS 0.87 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 1.97 INCHES. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH TOTALED 7.5 INCHES WHICH WAS 3.1 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 4.4 INCHES. ONE SNOWFALL RECORD WAS SET DURING THE MONTH. ON THE FOURTH...7.0 INCHES OF SNOW WAS RECORDED...SHATTERING THE OLD RECORD OF 2.0 INCHES SET IN 1964. THERE WERE NO PRECIPITATION RECORDS. NORTH PLATTE SUMMARY VALENTINE SUMMARY | APR 09 | NORM | DIFF | | APR 09 | NORM | DIFF | AVG TEMP | 46.7 | 48.1 | -1.4 | | 44.3 | 46.1 | -1.8 | AVG HIGH | 59.6 | 62.7 | -3.1 | | 56.0 | 59.8 | -3.8 | AVG LOW | 33.7 | 33.4 | 0.3 | | 32.6 | 32.4 | 0.2 | PRECIP | 2.84 | 1.97 | 0.87 | | 2.84 | 1.97 | 0.87 | SNOWFALL | 7.5 | 2.8 | 4.7 | | 7.5 | 4.4 | 3.1 | FOR THE 2008-2009 WINTER SEASON...SNOWFALL RECORDED AT NORTH PLATTE...LEE BIRD FIELD...TOTALED 32.0 INCHES...WHICH IS 4.2 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL 27.8 INCHES. AT MILLER FIELD IN VALENTINE...A TOTAL OF 31.4 INCHES OF SNOW HAS BEEN RECORDED...WHICH IS 5.5 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 36.9 INCHES. THE SNOWFALL SEASON GOES FROM JULY 1 TO JUNE 30...SO THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TO BE RECORDED THIS SEASON...HOWEVER...SNOWFALL AFTER MAY 1 IS RARE. THE LATEST TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK FOR MAY...ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER IS FOR A HIGH CHANCE OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. FOR PRECIPITATION...WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 EQUAL CHANCES EXIST FOR BELOW...ABOVE OR NEAR NORMAL. EAST OF THIS ROUTE...ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST FOR MAY. DURING A TYPICAL MAY...3.34 INCHES AND 3.20 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION OCCURS AT NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE RESPECTIVELY. ...NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE PRECIPITATION FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS... PRECIPITATION DEPARTURE LBF VTN LBF VTN MONTH MAY 2008 7.45 3.53 4.11 0.33 JUNE 2008 2.79 4.48 -0.38 1.47 JULY 2008 2.23 3.66 -0.94 0.29 AUGUST 2008 2.75 1.07 0.60 -1.13 SEPTEMBER 2008 1.34 2.31 0.02 0.70 OCTOBER 2008 4.78 1.98 3.54 0.76 NOVEMBER 2008 0.34 0.34 -0.42 -0.38 DECEMBER 2008 0.24 0.24 -0.16 -0.09 JANUARY 2009 0.33 0.42 -0.06 0.12 FEBRUARY 2009 0.96 0.89 0.45 0.41 MARCH 2009 0.32 1.02 -0.92 -0.09 APRIL 2009 2.84 2.84 0.87 0.87 TOTALS 26.37 22.78 6.71 3.26
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