A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >
...TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE NORMAL AND PRECIPITATION BELOW NORMAL IN AUGUST FOR NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE... FOR NORTH PLATTE, THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST WAS 76.7 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.7 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 73.0 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST WAS 92.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 5.7 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 87.2 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST WAS 60.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.7 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 58.8 DEGREES. ONE DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURE WAS SET DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST. ON THE 5TH, THE LOW IN NORTH PLATTE WAS 74 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 73 DEGREES SET IN 1960 AND 1934. FOR VALENTINE, THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST WAS 75.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 73.6 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST WAS 90.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 88.4 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 60.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 58.7 DEGREES. ONE DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS SET DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST IN VALENTINE. ON THE 2ND, THE HIGH WAS 109 DEGREES AT VALENTINE. THIS BROKE THE RECORD OF 108 DEGREES SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1938. THE 109 DEGREE READING WAS ALSO THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN AUGUST FOR VALENTINE. AT LEE BIRD FIELD IN NORTH PLATTE, PRECIPITATION FOR AUGUST TOTALED 0.96 INCHES WHICH WAS 1.60 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 2.56 INCHES. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST FOR NORTH PLATTE. AT MILLER FIELD IN VALENTINE, PRECIPITATION FOR AUGUST TOTALED 1.78 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.26 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 2.04 INCHES. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST FOR VALENTINE. ...NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS... PRECIPITATION DEPARTURE LBF VTN LBF VTN MONTH SEPTEMBER 2021 2.22 4.01 +0.61 +2.29 OCTOBER 2021 0.83 0.99 -0.82 -0.43 NOVEMBER 2021 0.25 0.10 -0.24 -0.47 DECEMBER 2021 0.41 0.71 -0.04 +0.28 JANUARY 2022 0.39 0.11 0.00 -0.21 FEBRUARY 2022 0.03 0.14 -0.54 -0.47 MARCH 2022 0.85 0.25 -0.15 -0.76 APRIL 2022 1.43 1.99 -0.86 -0.49 MAY 2022 2.98 2.54 -0.37 -0.98 JUNE 2022 0.43 1.53 -3.11 -2.43 JULY 2022 4.03 1.32 +0.85 -1.50 AUGUST 2022 0.96 1.78 -1.60 -0.26 TOTALS 14.81 15.47 -6.27 -5.43