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 FOR NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE IN SEPTEMBER... FOR NORTH PLATTE, THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER WAS 63.7 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.4 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 62.3 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER WAS 81.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.4 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 77.8 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE FOR SEPTEMBER WAS 46.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.6 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 46.8 DEGREES. ONE DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS TIED DURING THE MONTH OF SEPBEMBER. ON THE 23RD, THE HIGH IN NORTH PLATTE REACHED 95 DEGREES, TYING THE RECORD SET ALSO IN 1921. FOR VALENTINE, THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER WAS 64.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.0 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 62.3 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR SEPTEMBER WAS 81.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.0 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 77.3 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 47.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.2 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 47.4 DEGREES. THREE DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES WERE RECORDED FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER IN VALENTINE AND ARE SUMMARIZED BELOW. DATE TEMPERATURE RECORD TYPE PREVIOUS RECORD/YEAR 5 106* HIGH 103/1998 8 46# LOW MAXIMUM 46/1929 22 95# HIGH 95/1922 * TIED ALL TIME RECORD HIGH FOR SEPTEMBER. # TIED DAILY RECORD. AT LEE BIRD FIELD IN NORTH PLATTE, PRECIPITATION FOR SEPTEMBER TOTALED 0.59 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.82 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1.41 INCHES. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER FOR NORTH PLATTE. A TRACE OF SNOW FELL ON THE 9TH. THIS WAS A NEW DAILY SNOW FALL RECORD FOR THAT DATE AND WAS THE EARLIEST TRACE SNOWFALL EVENT ON RECORD FOR NORTH PLATTE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS ON THE 11TH IN THE YEAR 2014. AT MILLER FIELD IN VALENTINE, PRECIPITATION FOR SEPTEMBER TOTALED 0.63 INCHES WHICH WAS 1.01 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1.64 INCHES. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER FOR VALENTINE. ON THE 9TH, A TRACE OF SNOW FELL AT VALENTINE. THIS WAS A RECORD SNOW FALL FOR THAT DATE AND THE SECOND EARLIEST TRACE SNOW FALL ON RECORD FOR VALENTINE. THE EARLIEST WAS A TRACE OF SNOW ON SEPBEMBER 6TH 1929. ...NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS... PRECIPITATION DEPARTURE LBF VTN LBF VTN MONTH OCTOBER 2019 0.42 1.17 -1.13 -0.08 NOVEMBER 2019 0.73 1.39 +0.09 +0.74 DECEMBER 2019 0.94 0.88 +0.53 +0.51 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 TOTALS 15.46 19.48 -4.77 -0.44