Power Pacific system will continue to bring significant impacts for Pacific Northwest into northern California the remainder of the week. Dangerous coastal affects, heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow continues. Meanwhile, a storm across the east is set to bring the first accumulating snow to many higher elevations of the Catskills into the central Appalachians. Read More >
Overview/Narrative:
(BE SURE TO CLICK THE VARIOUS TABS BELOW FOR A VARIETY OF NOVEMBER 2017 CLIMATE INFORMATION!)
Recap of November 2017 Weather for the 30-county NWS Hastings Coverage Area:
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Grand Island & Hastings Details (Including 12-Month History):
Detailed November 2017 info for Grand Island/Hastings (Click to enlarge) |
Grand Island Precipitation Summary: The green line indicates cumulative observed precipitation for November 2017.The brown line indicates "normal" November precipitation based on 30-year data from 1981-2010. (click to enlarge) | Hastings Precipitation Summary: The green line indicates cumulative observed precipitation for November 2017. The brown line indicates "normal" November precipitation based on 30-year data from 1981-2010. (click to enlarge) |
Grand Island (Regional Airport ASOS) - Dec. 2016 - Nov. 2017 | ||||||||||||
Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | |
Average High (F) | 37.3 | 34.6 | 50.8 | 54.4 | 63.1 | 72.7 | 87.5 | 88.9 | 81.3 | 80.5 | 65.2 | 53.4 |
Average Low (F) | 14.5 | 17.9 | 24.8 | 30.0 | 39.2 | 49.6 | 61.2 | 66.6 | 58.9 | 55.0 | 40.2 | 28.7 |
Average Temperature (F) | 25.9 | 26.3 | 37.8 | 42.2 | 51.1 | 60.3 | 74.4 | 77.8 | 70.1 | 67.8 | 52.7 | 41.1 |
Departure From Normal | -0.8 | +1.2 | +8.7 | +2.8 | +0.5 | -0.9 | +3.1 | +1.6 | -3.9 | +2.7 | +0.5 | +3.0 |
Precipitation (in) | 0.81 | 1.07 | 0.25 | 0.81 | 2.64 | 5.28 | 2.10 | 3.05 | 6.19 | 2.68 | 5.36 | 0.51 |
Departure From Normal | +0.18 | +0.54 | -0.43 | -0.99 | +0.11 | +0.87 | -2.20 | -0.35 | +3.07 | +0.45 | +3.50 | -0.66 |
Snowfall (in) | 1.4 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 1.2 | T | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
Departure From Normal | -3.7 | -4.1 | -2.8 | -4.2 | -1.5 | +0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -2.9 |
Hastings (Municipal Airport ASOS) - December 2016 - November 2017 | ||||||||||||
Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | |
Average High (F) | 37.7 | 35.7 | 51.4 | 55.4 | 63.4 | 72.8 | 86.3 | 88.9 | 81.7 | 81.2 | 64.9 | 53.1 |
Average Low (F) | 15.6 | 19.4 | 25.8 | 31.3 | 40.7 | 49.5 | 62.1 | 67.6 | 59.8 | 55.9 | 40.8 | 28.6 |
Average Temperature (F) | 26.6 | 27.6 | 38.6 | 43.4 | 52.1 | 61.1 | 74.2 | 78.2 | 70.7 | 68.6 | 52.9 | 40.9 |
Departure From Normal (F) | -1.0 | +1.6 | +8.7 | +3.5 | +1.4 | -0.2 | +2.4 | +1.1 | -3.6 | +3.0 | +0.3 | +2.2 |
Precipitation (in) | 0.61 | 0.83 | 0.27 | 1.08 | 3.24 | 6.42 | 1.79 | 4.71 | 5.10 | 2.18 | 4.69 | 0.08 |
Departure From Normal (in) | 0.00 | +0.42 | -0.22 | -0.71 | +0.68 | +1.85 | -2.01 | +0.97 | +1.80 | -0.38 | +2.70 | -1.21 |
Snowfall (in) | 1.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Departure From Normal (in) | -5.1 | -2.3 | -2.2 | -4.0 | -1.0 | +0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -1.0 | -2.6 |
Kearney - 12 Month Climate History:
All data here is from the official NWS observer at Kearney airport, with 24-hour observations taken around 7 a.m. ** PLEASE NOTE: This official Kearney data often differs at least slightly from the unofficial data recorded by the automated airport system (KEAR) **
Kearney Airport (Coop Observer) - December 2016 - November 2017 | ||||||||||||
Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | |
Average High (F) | 37.8 | 36.9 | 50.0 | 54.6 | 62.5 | 70.2 | 86.6 | 88.1 | 81.2 | 80.7 | 65.9 | 52.3 |
Average Low (F) | 14.8 | 19.5 | 24.1 | 28.6 | 38.8 | 45.9 | 59.7 | 64.8 | 56.9 | 52.6 | 40.0 | 26.8 |
Average Temperature (F) | 26.3 | 28.2 | 37.1 | 41.6 | 50.7 | 58.1 | 73.2 | 76.5 | 69.1 | 66.6 | 53.0 | 39.6 |
Departure From Normal (F) | +0.4 | +3.6 | +9.0 | +3.9 | +2.0 | -1.4 | +3.4 | +1.8 | -3.5 | +3.1 | +2.1 | +2.6 |
Precipitation (in) | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.30 | 1.63 | 1.87 | 6.03 | 1.93 | 3.66 | 3.65 | 2.19 | 2.83 | 0.34 |
Departure From Normal (in) | +0.33 | +0.41 | -0.25 | -0.16 | -0.36 | +1.85 | -2.00 | +0.38 | +0.57 | +0.12 | +0.79 | -0.68 |
Snowfall (in) | 1.0 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 0.7 | T | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Departure From Normal (in) | -2.5 | +0.1 | +0.1 | -3.9 | -1.8 | +1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.7 | -2.7 |
Ord - 12 Month Climate History:
Winter precipitation totals often include NWS Cooperative Observer data due to the automated airport equipment under-measuring snowfall liquid equivalent.
Ord (Evelyn Sharp Field ASOS) - December 2016 - November 2017 | ||||||||||||
Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | |
Average High (F) | 37.6 | 34.1 | 48.4 | 53.7 | 61.7 | 69.7 | 86.3 | 90.3 | 81.4 | 78.0 | 63.7 | 53.4 |
Average Low (F) | 9.3 | 14.2 | 19.8 | 28.7 | 37.9 | 44.1 | 56.9 | 64.1 | 56.3 | 51.2 | 36.1 | 24.3 |
Average Temperature (F) | 23.5 | 24.1 | 34.1 | 41.2 | 49.8 | 56.9 | 71.6 | 77.2 | 68.8 | 64.6 | 49.9 | 38.9 |
Departure From Normal (F) | -1.4 | -0.5 | +6.3 | +3.5 | +1.0 | -2.4 | +2.4 | +2.8 | -4.2 | +1.0 | +0.3 | +2.6 |
Precipitation (in) | 0.41 | 1.15 | 0.79 | 1.83 | 4.25 | 3.10 | 0.59 | 2.53 | 5.93 | 2.89 | 5.37 | 0.21 |
Departure From Normal (in) | -0.18 | +0.78 | +0.35 | +0.38 | +1.66 | -0.71 | -3.53 | -0.44 | +2.77 | +0.45 | +3.44 | -0.86 |
Snowfall (in) | 2.7 | 11.9 | 10.4 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
Departure From Normal (in) | -4.7 | +5.1 | +4.4 | -4.0 | -1.5 | +6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -1.1 | -3.3 |
Smith Center, KS - 12 Month Climate History:
All data is from the official NWS observer, with 24-hour observations taken around 7 a.m. As a result, data may vary slightly from true "Calendar Day" totals.
Smith Center KS (NWS Coop Observer) - Dec. 2016 - Nov. 2017 | ||||||||||||
Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | |
Average High (F) | 38.7 | 39.0 | 53.4 | 58.5 | 65.4 | 73.9 | 89.8 | 95.2 | 86.4 | 85.6 | 70.5 | 55.9 |
Average Low (F) | 14.2 | 18.5 | 24.2 | 30.2 | 40.0 | 46.8 | 60.9 | 66.7 | 59.9 | 56.0 | 40.1 | 28.5 |
Average Temperature (F) | 26.5 | 28.7 | 38.8 | 44.4 | 52.7 | 60.4 | 75.4 | 80.9 | 73.1 | 70.8 | 55.7 | 42.2 |
Departure From Normal (F) | -2.3 | +1.0 | +6.8 | +2.8 | +0.2 | -3.3 | +1.4 | +1.2 | -4.1 | +2.6 | +0.9 | +1.8 |
Precipitation (in) | 0.56 | 1.46 | 0.27 | 1.26 | 3.32 | 7.03 | 1.31 | 3.26 | 2.05 | 2.67 | 1.36 | 0.09 |
Departure From Normal (in) | -0.10 | +0.97 | -0.31 | -0.61 | +1.05 | +3.11 | -2.30 | -0.61 | -1.25 | +0.63 | -0.52 | -1.13 |
Snowfall (in) | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Departure From Normal (in) | -0.1 | -2.6 | -2.3 | -2.4 | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -1.6 |
Temperature & Precipitation Departure From Normal Maps:
These images depict November 2017 monthly temperature departure from normal & precipitation percent-of-normal for both Nebraska & Kansas. Images are courtesy of the High Plains Regional Climate Center (HPRCC). Please note: These maps occasionally contain "bullseyes" of errant data. For precipitation, you can also generate departure from normal/percent-of-normal maps using the NWS AHPS page
Departure from Normal Temperature - NE (left) & KS (right) | Percent of Normal Precipitation - NE (left) & KS (right) |
Drought:
The following drought images, current as of November 28, 2017, are courtesy of the U.S. Drought Monitor
Brief summary of changes during November for the NWS Hastings coverage area:
Despite November being an extremely dry month across the entire NWS Hastings coverage area, from a larger-scale drought perspective, a combination of factors resulted in little-to-no degradation in drought categories. Just to name a few of these factors: 1) Most of the area received solidly above-normal precipitation in October, so there was not a long-lasting deficit going into the month...2) The growing season had already ended, so the very dry conditions did not have an overly-detrimental impact on agricultural interests.
Getting into specifics, literally the entire Nebraska portion of the local area (24 counties) remained void of all drought categories whatsoever at month's end. Farther south in our 6 local north central Kansas counties, roughly three-fourths of the area also remained void of all drought categories. However, there was a modest expansion of Abnormally Dry (category D0) across nearly all of Osborne County, along with smaller portions of several neighboring counties.
Drought Monitor for Nebraska (left) & Kansas (right). Valid as of November 28, 2017 (click to enlarge) |
Monthly Extremes for the NWS Hastings Coverage Area:
...A FEW OF THE WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING NOVEMBER 2017...
(all data from NWS cooperative observers or automated airport sites, with the date in parentheses)
83 degrees...2SW Alton KS (24th) - 4WNW Plainville KS (24th)
82 degrees...Webster Dam KS (24th) - Beaver City (27th) - Beloit KS (24th)
81 degrees...Burr Oak KS (24th)
...A FEW OF THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURES DURING NOVEMBER 2017...
(all data from NWS cooperative observers or automated airport sites, and all occurred on the 22nd )
7 degrees...Greeley - 2W Genoa
9 degrees...Aurora airport
10 degrees...Superior - 3N York
...A FEW OF THE HIGHEST MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTALS DURING NOVEMBER 2017...
(all data from NWS cooperative observers or CoCoRaHS/NeRAIN observers unless indicated)
0.62"...Stromsburg
0.60"...2SE Marquette
0.59"...Riverdale
0.51"...Grand Island airport
0.43"...3W Gresham
...A FEW OF THE LOWEST MONTHLY PRECIPITATION TOTALS DURING NOVEMBER 2017...
(all data from NWS cooperative observers or CoCoRaHS/NeRAIN observers unless indicated)
0.05"...Phillipsburg KS
0.06"...2W Genoa
0.07"...Wilsonville - Harlan Lake
0.08"...Hastings airport - Belgrade - Red Cloud - Hebron - Hubbell - Naponee
...A FEW OF THE HIGHEST MONTHLY SNOWFALL TOTALS DURING NOVEMBER 2017...
(all data from NWS cooperative observers)
4.4"...2W Arcadia
3.0"...Loup City
2.7"...Cozad
2.5"...Ravenna
PLEASE NOTE: Although much of the area received snow during the day of Oct. 31, the vast majority of NWS cooperative observers report for a 24-hour period ending around 7 AM. As a result, this snowfall is officially included with NOVEMBER data.
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