Heat Continues for the East and South-Central U.S.; Strong to Severe Storms Across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

The extremely dangerous heat wave continues across the East Coast and much of the South-Central U.S. today. Record high temperatures are expected for some areas especially across the Mid-Atlantic where extreme heat risk conditions reside. There is a Slight Risk (level 2 of 5) of severe thunderstorms today for the northern Mid-Atlantic into portions of southern New England. Read More >

2016 North Central Kansas Precipitation Summary (Rooks/Phillips/Smith/Osborne/Jewell/Mitchell counties): This year will clearly be remembered for being wetter-than-normal, as nearly this entire 6-county area ended up measuring between 110-150% of normal annual precipitation More specifically, most of the area received anywhere from 25-35". As for extremes, the driest of 18 primary NWS Cooperative Observer stations within the area was Phillipsburg with 25.93" (0.51" above normal) and the wettest site was Natoma with 36.41" (a notable 10.12" above normal). Many of these official stations recorded one of their Top-10 wettest years on record.

2016 ANNUAL PRECIPITATION MAP
(ENTIRE NWS HASTINGS COVERAGE AREA)

Image generated from: https://water.weather.gov/precip/ (CLICK TO ENLARGE)

2016 NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVER PRECIPITATION
(for 6 counties in the NWS Hastings coverage area)

(see bottom tables for winter 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 seasonal snowfall)

* The highest reported amount under each month indicated in BLUE, the lowest amount in RED.

According to 30-year data from NCEI 1981-2010, normal annual precipitation across this six-county area generally ranges from 23-28", with the lowest amounts favoring the western counties of Rooks/Phillips and the highest amounts favoring the eastern counties of Jewell/Mitchell.

Station	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	July	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	2016 Total
Alton 2SW	0.63	0.58	0.32	5.93	5.04	2.39	5.91	6.40	3.82	0.18	0.96	1.21	33.37
Beloit	0.81	0.38	0.60	4.36	8.68	1.37	7.54	6.63	2.65	0.44	1.09	0.80	35.35
Burr Oak 1N	0.79	1.00	0.11	4.89	5.06	0.77	5.27	6.08	4.73	0.16	0.98	0.56	30.43
Cawker City	0.88	0.89	0.43	4.48	7.80	0.48	4.14	5.97	4.36	0.13	1.02	0.76	31.34
Covert Rural	0.85	0.84	0.48	4.42	5.82	2.35	5.67	9.45	4.67	0.23	1.01	0.61	36.40
Glen Elder Lake	0.92	0.41	0.12	4.38	7.00	1.13	3.13	5.57	3.17	0.72	0.33	0.58	27.46
Ionia	1.14	0.72	0.15	4.95	4.10	0.35	4.65	10.49	3.81	0.20	0.93	0.77	32.26
Jewell	1.10	0.75	0.26	7.62	6.81	0.56	4.61	6.76	2.33	0.30	0.85	0.78	32.73
Kirwin Dam	0.45	0.76	0.29	6.47	4.45	2.20	2.89	6.80	4.70	0.15	1.02	0.74	30.92
Lebanon	0.78	1.07	0.06	5.10	3.72	1.56	5.04	7.59	6.43	0.03	0.99	0.70	33.07
Logan	0.87	0.82	0.32	7.58	2.99	1.42	2.49	4.67	7.29	0.21	0.60	0.28	29.54
Lovewell Dam	0.78	0.91	0.25	5.72	9.20	0.75	3.03	6.88	2.39	0.31	0.81	0.97	32.00
Mankato	MSG	MSG	MSG	5.84	6.32	0.91	5.93	6.53	3.15	0.52	MSG	MSG	MSG
Natoma	0.95	0.81	0.43	5.73	6.91	2.33	4.89	5.67	7.13	0.21	0.82	0.53	36.41
Phillipsburg	0.50	1.50	0.21	7.06	3.35	1.84	3.22	3.84	2.58	0.23	1.17	0.43	25.93
Plainville 4WNW	0.71	0.65	0.10	7.39	8.47	1.14	3.29	5.10	7.71	Trace	1.03	0.61	36.20
Smith Center	0.61	0.98	0.22	5.40	4.38	3.11	6.07	5.13	5.07	0.09	0.99	0.56	32.61
Webster Dam	0.86	1.16	0.23	6.11	7.69	1.19	2.17	3.16	6.76	0.11	0.76	0.32	30.52

WINTER 2015-2016 NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SNOWFALL
* The highest reported amount under each month indicated in BLUE, the lowest amount in RED.

Station	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Season
Alton 2SW	0.0	0.0	T	1.0	4.5	5.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	11.4
Beloit	0.0	0.0	T	T	6.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.5
Burr Oak 1N	0.0	0.0	0.4	2.9	5.9	9.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	19.2
Cawker City	0.0	0.0	T	0.5	4.0	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	7.8
Covert Rural	0.0	0.0	T	5.0	4.0	8.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	18.5
Glen Elder Lake	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	MSG	2.0	MSG	0.0	0.0	MSG
Ionia	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.7	6.9	5.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	14.2
Jewell	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.0	6.7	5.5	T	0.0	0.0	14.5
Kirwin Dam	0.0	0.0	T	MSG	MSG	7.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	MSG
Lebanon	0.0	0.0	T	3.8	4.6	10.2	T	0.0	0.0	18.6
Logan	0.0	0.0	T	2.0	5.0	10.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	17.5
Lovewell Dam	0.0	0.0	0.3	MSG	MSG	6.0	MSG	0.0	0.0	MSG
Natoma	0.0	0.0	T	3.0	4.8	8.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	16.8
Phillipsburg	0.0	0.0	0.3	5.0	2.4	12.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	19.9
Plainville 4WNW	0.0	0.0	0.7	4.6	5.1	8.4	1.0	0.0	0.0	19.8
Smith Center	0.0	0.0	0.8	3.3	5.5	8.6	0.5	0.0	0.0	18.7
Webster Dam	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	3.2	10.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.5

WINTER 2016-2017 NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SNOWFALL
* The highest reported amount under each month indicated in BLUE, the lowest amount in RED.

Station	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Season
Alton 2SW	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.5	3.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	T	12.5
Beloit	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	T	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
Burr Oak 1N	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	T	1.7	0.5	T	0.2	5.2
Cawker City	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	1.0	T	0.5	0.0	0.0	3.2
Covert Rural	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	0.3	1.5	0.0	0.0	8.8
Ionia	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	0.9	0.5	0.7	0.0	0.0	6.5
Jewell	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.9	1.0	0.2	1.0	0.0	0.0	6.1
Kirwin Dam	0.0	0.0	0.0	MSG	MSG	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	MSG
Lebanon	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	0.2	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	5.3
Logan	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	T	1.0	0.0	3.0	8.0
Lovewell Dam	0.0	0.0	0.0	MSG	T	T	T	0.0	0.0	MSG
Natoma	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	2.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	6.5
Phillipsburg	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.3
Plainville 4WNW	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	2.0	T	1.0	0.0	2.3	9.5
Smith Center	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	1.1	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	6.2
Webster Dam	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	3.8	T	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3

( )... Partial month total due to some missing data

MSG...Missing due to no data available for month, or data appears unrepresentative

(*Please Note: All climate data presented here are preliminary and have not undergone final quality control by the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Therefore, these data are subject to revision. Final and certified climate data can be accessed at: WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV)

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National Weather Service in Hastings, Nebraska.

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Heat Continues for the East and South-Central U.S.; Strong to Severe Storms Across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

2016 North Central Kansas Cooperative Observer Precipitation