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...November temperatures were near normal for North Platte and Valentine, while precipitation in November was above normal for Valentine and North Platte... For North Platte, the average daily mean temperature for the month of November was 35.6 degrees which was right at the normal of 35.6 degrees. The average daily high temperature for the month was 50.9 degrees which was 0.7 degrees above the normal of 50.2 degrees. The average daily low temperature was 20.3 degrees which was 0.7 degrees below the normal of 21.0 degrees. No daily temperature records were set during the month of November in North Platte. For Valentine, the average daily mean temperature for the month of November was 34.6 degrees which was 0.2 degrees above the normal of 34.4 degrees. The average daily high temperature for November was 48.4 degrees which was 0.7 degrees above the normal of 47.7 degrees. The average daily low temperature for the month was 20.7 degrees which was 0.5 degrees below the normal of 21.2 degrees. No daily record temperatures were set during the month of November in Valentine. At Lee Bird Field in North Platte, precipitation for November totaled 0.73 inches which was 0.09 inches above the normal of 0.64 inches. No daily precipitation records were set during the month of November for North Platte. At Miller Field in Valentine, precipitation for November totaled 1.39 inches which was 0.74 inches above the normal of 0.65 inches. On the 29th, 0.43 inches of precipitation fell at Miller Field in Valentine breaking the record of 0.40 inches set previously in 1991. Snowfall for the month of November totaled 8.3 inches for North Platte. This was 4.4 inches above the normal of 3.9 inches. No daily snow records were set during the month of November for North Platte. For Valentine, November snowfall totaled 10.3 inches and was 4.9 inches above the normal of 5.4 inches. No daily snowfall records were set during the month of November in Valentine. ...North Platte and Valentine precipitation totals for the previous 12 months... Precipitation Departure LBF VTN LBF VTN Month December 2018 1.20 0.89 +0.79 +0.52 January 2019 0.13 0.22 -0.21 -0.04 February 2019 0.63 1.00 +0.13 +0.52 March 2019 2.68 1.84 +1.63 +0.77 April 2019 1.43 2.03 -0.84 -0.19 May 2019 6.19 7.35 +2.91 +4.22 June 2019 3.59 2.93 +0.17 -0.63 July 2019 5.83 4.26 +2.76 +1.05 August 2019 5.38 4.58 +3.09 +2.40 September 2019 0.96 2.69 -0.45 +1.05 October 2019 0.42 1.17 -1.13 -0.08 November 2019 0.73 1.39 +0.09 +0.74 TOTALS 29.17 30.35 +8.94 +10.33