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...TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE
IN DECEMBER...WHILE PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR NORTH PLATTE
AND VALENTINE...
FOR NORTH PLATTE, THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
OF DECEMBER WAS 31.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 5.8 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF
25.4 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
OF DECEMBER WAS 47.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 8.4 DEGREES ABOVE
THE NORMAL OF 39.1 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE FOR
DECEMBER WAS 14.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.3 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF
11.6 DEGREES. ONE DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS TIED DURING THE
MONTH OF DECEMBER FOR NORTH PLATTE. ON THE 8TH, THE HIGH IN NORTH PLATTE
REACHED 68 DEGREES, TYING THE RECORD WHICH WAS ALSO SET IN 1970.
FOR VALENTINE, THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF
DECEMBER WAS 32.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 8.5 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF
23.8 DEGREES. DECEMBER 2020 WILL GO DOWN AS THE 5TH WARMEST DECEMBER
ON RECORD FOR VALENTINE. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR
DECEMBER WAS 46.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 9.9 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL
OF 36.6 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
WAS 18.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS 7.1 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF
11.0 DEGREES. ONE DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURE WAS SET DURING THE MONTH
OF DECEMBER IN VALENTINE. ON THE 9TH, THE HIGH IN VALENTINE WAS 71
DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE RECORD OF 69 DEGREES SET PREVIOUSLY IN 2006.
AT LEE BIRD FIELD IN NORTH PLATTE, PRECIPITATION FOR DECEMBER TOTALED
0.72 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.31 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 0.41 INCHES.
NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER
FOR NORTH PLATTE. A TOTAL OF 7.4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT LEE BIRD
FIELD IN DECEMBER. THIS WAS 2.8 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 4.6 INCHES.
NO DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER FOR
NORTH PLATTE.
AT MILLER FIELD IN VALENTINE, PRECIPITATION FOR DECEMBER TOTALED 0.43
INCHES WHICH WAS 0.06 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 0.37 INCHES. NO DAILY
PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER FOR VALENTINE.
A TOTAL OF 3.7 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT MILLER FIELD IN DECEMBER. THIS WAS
1.4 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 5.1 INCHES. NO DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS
WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER FOR VALENTINE.
...NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR 2020...
PRECIPITATION DEPARTURE
LBF VTN LBF VTN
MONTH
JANUARY 2020 0.20 0.46 -0.14 +0.20
FEBRUARY 2020 0.35 0.24 -0.15 -0.14
MARCH 2020 1.42 1.61 +0.37 +0.54
APRIL 2020 0.61 0.83 -1.66 -1.39
MAY 2020 3.76 2.85 +0.48 -0.28
JUNE 2020 1.69 4.76 -1.73 +1.20
JULY 2020 4.31 3.68 +1.24 +0.47
AUGUST 2020 0.44 0.98 -1.85 -1.20
SEPTEMBER 2020 0.59 0.63 -0.82 -1.01
OCTOBER 2020 0.38 0.79 -1.17 -0.46
NOVEMBER 2020 0.28 0.82 -0.36 +0.17
DECEMBER 2020 0.72 0.43 +0.31 +0.06
TOTALS 14.75 18.08 -5.48 -1.94
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