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Grand Island (airport): 20th-driest August on record out of 120 years
Hastings (airport): 43rd-driest August on record out of 121 years
Kearney (airport): 58th-driest August on record out of 121 years
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| Aug. 2015 Total Rainfall Across The Local Area (AHPS analysis) |
...Aug. 2015 AND Summer (Jun-Aug) Summary For GRAND ISLAND AIRPORT...
...AUG. TEMPERATURES
NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET DURING AUGUST 2015
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 84.2 DEGREES (1.2 BELOW NORMAL)
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE: 60.4 DEGREES (2.2 BELOW NORMAL)
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 72.3 DEGREES (1.7 BELOW NORMAL)
HOTTEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 96 DEGREES ON THE 2ND
COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 71 DEGREES ON THE 17TH
COOLEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 45 DEGREES ON THE 24TH
WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 69 DEGREES ON THE 9TH, 16TH
WARMEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 87.0 DEGREES FROM THE 9TH-15TH
WARMEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 75.6 DEGREES FROM THE 9TH-15TH
AND ALSO 10TH-16TH
COOLEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 79.4 DEGREES FROM THE 17TH-23RD
COOLEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 66.4 DEGREES FROM THE 18TH-24TH
COOLEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE: 51.7 DEGREES FROM THE 18TH-24TH
AND ALSO 19TH-25TH
...AUG. PRECIPITATION
NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING AUGUST 2015
TOTAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION: 1.24 INCHES (1.88 BELOW NORMAL)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 OR MORE): 9
WETTEST CALENDAR DAY: 0.41 INCHES ON THE 1ST
PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND DEPARTURES
FROM NORMAL FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS:
MONTH PRECIP. DEPARTURE
SEP 2014 3.03 +0.80
OCT 2014 1.28 -0.58
NOV 2014 0.29 -0.88
DEC 2014 0.76 +0.13
JAN 2015 0.47 -0.06
FEB 2015 0.70 +0.02
MAR 2015 0.16 -1.64
APR 2015 2.14 -0.39
MAY 2015 3.69 -0.72
JUN 2015 5.67 +1.37
JUL 2015 2.58 -0.82
AUG 2015 1.24 -1.88
12-MTH TOTAL 22.01 -4.65
...OTHER AUGUST WEATHER ELEMENTS
HIGHEST WIND GUST: 47 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 4TH
HIGH SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE: (INCHES/MERCURY) 30.26 ON THE 11TH
LOW SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (INCHES/MERCURY): 29.71 ON THE 22ND
...AUGUST 2015 NARRATIVE FOR
CENTRAL NEBRASKA REGIONAL AIRPORT...
AT CENTRAL NEBRASKA REGIONAL AIRPORT...RAINFALL WAS WELL-BELOW
NORMAL AND TEMPERATURES WERE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL DURING AUGUST
2015.
RAINFALL: THE MONTHLY TOTAL OF ONLY 1.24 INCHES WAS ONLY 40 PERCENT
OF THE 30-YEAR NORMAL OF 3.12". MOST OF THIS RAIN (1.02") FELL
DURING THE FIRST NINE DAYS OF THE MONTH...AS THE LATTER TWO-THIRDS
OF THE MONTH BECAME PARTICUARLY DRY.
TEMPERATURES: FOR THE MONTH AS A WHOLE...IT WAS SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN
NORMAL AS THE MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE (BASED ON THE AVERAGE OF
DAILY HIGHS AND LOWS) WAS 72.3 DEGREES...OR 1.7 DEGREES BELOW THE 30-
YEAR NORMAL. THE OVERALL-HOTTEST WEEK OF THE MONTH WAS CENTERED
BETWEEN THE 9TH-15TH...DURING WHICH FIVE OF SEVEN DAYS REACHED AT
LEAST 87 DEGREES. IN CONTRAST...THE OVERALL-COOLEST WEEK OF THE
MONTH ARRIVED FROM THE 18TH-24TH...DURING WHICH OVERNIGHT LOW
TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO BETWEEN 45-52 DEGREES ON FIVE OF THE SEVEN
NIGHTS. AS A TESTAMENT TO THE SOMEWHAT "COOL" MONTH...ONLY THREE
DAYS TOPPED 90 DEGREES...LED BY A HIGH OF 96 ON THE 2ND.
SEVERE WEATHER/FLOODING/HIGH WINDS: OVERALL...IT WAS A RATHER
"QUIET" MONTH IN THE SEVERE WEATHER DEPARTMENT IN THE IMMEDIATE
GRAND ISLAND AREA...AND IN FACT NWS HASTINGS RECEIVED NO REPORTS
WHATSOEVER OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR TORNADOES WITHIN HALL
COUNTY DURING AUGUST 2015.
...METEOROLOGICAL-SUMMER 2015
SEASONAL RECAP COVERING JUNE-AUGUST...
- AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 73.1 DEGREES (0.7 BELOW NORMAL)
- SPRING PRECIPITATION: 9.49 INCHES (1.33 BELOW NORMAL)
FOR THE METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER SEASON OF JUNE...JULY AND AUGUST AS A
WHOLE...IT WAS SLIGHTLY DRIER AND VERY SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN 30-YEAR
NORMALS IN GRAND ISLAND.
RAINFALL: THE SEASONAL TOTAL OF 9.49 INCHES WAS 88 PERCENT OF THE
NORMAL OF 10.82". THE MAJORITY OF SUMMER RAIN FELL RIGHT AWAY DURING
JUNE (5.67")...AS JULY AND AUGUST BOTH FEATURED BELOW NORMAL
AMOUNTS. THE WETTEST CALENDAR DAY DURING THE SEASON WAS JUNE 4TH
WITH 1.81".
TEMPERATURE: THE SEASONAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 73.1 DEGREES WAS
ONLY 0.7 DEGREES BELOW THE 30-YEAR NORMAL. THE MAJORITY OF "WEIGHT"
TOWARD THIS SLIGHTLY COOLER-THAN-NORMAL SEASON WAS DUE TO
AUGUST...WHICH AVERAGED 1.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. FOLLOWING IN LINE
WITH THE SLIGHTLY COOLER SUMMER...ONLY 18 DAYS FEATURED HIGH
TEMPERATURES OF 90+ DEGREES...12 FEWER DAYS THAN THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE
OF 30 DAYS. THE HOTTEST DAY OF METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER 2015 WAS JULY
12TH WITH A HIGH OF 98 DEGREES...AND THE COOLEST MORNING LOW WAS 45
DEGREES ON AUGUST 24TH.
...Aug. 2015 AND Summer (Jun-Aug) Summary For HASTINGS AIRPORT...
(NOTE: TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT HASTINGS ARE BASED ON NWS COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER REPORTS (HASTINGS 4N) BETWEEN 1907 AND JUNE 1996...WITH
RECORDS SINCE JULY 1996 FROM THE AUTOMATED SENSOR AT HASTINGS
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. PRECIPITATION RECORDS AT HASTINGS ARE BASED ON
NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTS (HASTINGS 4N) BETWEEN 1895 AND
MARCH 1998...WITH RECORDS SINCE APRIL 1998 FROM THE AUTOMATED
AIRPORT SENSOR.)
...AUG. TEMPERATURES
NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET DURING AUGUST 2015
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 83.6 DEGREES (1.6 BELOW NORMAL)
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE: 61.3 DEGREES (2.1 BELOW NORMAL)
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 72.4 DEGREES (1.9 BELOW NORMAL)
HOTTEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 94 DEGREES ON THE 2ND
COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 70 DEGREES ON THE 17TH
COOLEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 45 DEGREES ON THE 24TH
WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 70 DEGREES ON THE 9TH
WARMEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 85.9 DEGREES FROM THE 1ST-7TH
WARMEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 75.8 DEGREES FROM THE 1ST-7TH
COOLEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 77.9 DEGREES FROM THE 17TH-23RD
COOLEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 66.1 DEGREES FROM THE 18TH-24TH
COOLEST WEEK BASED
ON AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE: 52.6 DEGREES FROM THE 19TH-25TH
...AUG. PRECIPITATION
NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING AUGUST 2015
TOTAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION: 2.15 INCHES (1.15 BELOW NORMAL)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 OR MORE): 8
WETTEST CALENDAR DAY: 0.76 INCHES ON THE 7TH
WETTEST 2-DAY STRETCH: 1.40 INCHES ON THE 7TH-8TH
PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND DEPARTURES
FROM NORMAL FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS:
MONTH PRECIP. DEPARTURE
SEP 2014 1.78 -0.78
OCT 2014 1.76 -0.23
NOV 2014 0.23 -1.06
DEC 2014 0.54 -0.07
JAN 2015 0.77 +0.36
FEB 2015 0.34 -0.15
MAR 2015 0.20 -1.59
APR 2015 3.55 +0.99
MAY 2015 3.86 -0.71
JUN 2015 8.05 +4.25
JUL 2015 4.13 +0.39
AUG 2015 2.15 -1.15
12-MTH TOTAL 27.36 +0.25
...OTHER AUG. WEATHER ELEMENTS
HIGHEST WIND GUST: 39 MPH FROM THE WEST-SOUTHWEST ON THE 7TH
HIGH SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE: (INCHES/MERCURY) 30.24 ON THE 11TH
LOW SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (INCHES/MERCURY): 29.70 ON THE 22ND
...AUGUST 2015 NARRATIVE
FOR HASTINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...
AT HASTINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...BOTH RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURES WERE
MODESTLY BELOW NORMAL DURING AUGUST 2015.
RAINFALL: THE MONTHLY TOTAL OF 2.15 INCHES WAS ONLY 65 PERCENT OF
THE 30-YEAR NORMAL OF 3.30". THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS RAIN (2.05")
FELL DURING THE FIRST EIGHT DAYS OF THE MONTH...AS THE LATTER TWO-
THIRDS OF THE MONTH BECAME NOTICEABLY DRY. OVER HALF OF THE TOTAL
AUGUST RAINFALL (1.40") FELL JUST ON THE 7TH-8TH.
TEMPERATURES: FOR THE MONTH AS A WHOLE...IT WAS A BIT COOLER THAN
NORMAL AS THE MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE (BASED ON THE AVERAGE OF
DAILY HIGHS AND LOWS) WAS 72.4 DEGREES...OR 1.9 DEGREES BELOW THE 30-
YEAR NORMAL. THE OVERALL-HOTTEST WEEK OF THE MONTH WAS CENTERED
RIGHT AWAY BETWEEN THE 1ST-7TH...DURING WHICH FIVE OF SEVEN DAYS
REACHED AT LEAST 84 DEGREES INCLUDING THE MONTHLY HIGH OF 94 DEGREES
ON THE 2ND. IN CONTRAST...THE OVERALL-COOLEST WEEK OF THE MONTH
ARRIVED FROM THE 18TH-24TH...DURING WHICH OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES
DROPPED TO BETWEEN 45-53 DEGREES ON FIVE OF THE SEVEN NIGHTS. AS A
TESTAMENT TO THE SOMEWHAT "COOL" MONTH...ONLY FOUR DAYS REACHED 90+
DEGREES.
SEVERE WEATHER/FLOODING/HIGH WINDS: OVERALL...IT WAS A RATHER
"QUIET" MONTH IN THE SEVERE WEATHER DEPARTMENT IN THE IMMEDIATE
HASTINGS AREA...AND IN FACT NWS HASTINGS RECEIVED NO REPORTS OF
LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS WITHIN AT LEAST A FIVE-MILE RADIUS OF
THE CITY. NO CONFIRMED TORNADOES OCCURRED WITHIN ADAMS COUNTY
DURING AUGUST 2015.
...METEOROLOGICAL-SUMMER 2015
SEASONAL RECAP COVERING JUNE-AUGUST...
- AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 73.4 DEGREES (1.0 BELOW NORMAL)
- SUMMER PRECIPITATION: 14.33 INCHES (3.49 ABOVE NORMAL)
FOR THE METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER SEASON OF JUNE...JULY AND AUGUST AS A
WHOLE...IT WAS MODESTLY WETTER THAN NORMAL AND VERY SLIGHTLY COOLER
THAN NORMAL IN HASTINGS.
RAINFALL: THE SEASONAL TOTAL OF 14.33 INCHES WAS 132 PERCENT OF THE
NORMAL OF 10.84". THE MAJORITY OF SUMMER RAIN FELL RIGHT AWAY DURING
JUNE (8.05")...AS JUNE WAS THE 6TH-WETTEST ON RECORD OUT OF 120
YEARS. MEANWHILE...JULY RAINFALL WAS ONLY VERY SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL
AND AUGUST FELL MODESTLY SHORT OF NORMAL. THE SINGLE-WETTEST
CALENDAR DAY DURING THE SEASON WAS JUNE 4TH WITH AN IMPRESSIVE
4.74"...MARKING THE 3RD-WETTEST DAY ON RECORD AT HASTINGS FOR ANY
MONTH OF THE YEAR.
TEMPERATURE: THE SEASONAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 73.4 DEGREES WAS
ONLY 1.0 DEGREES BELOW THE 30-YEAR NORMAL. THE MAJORITY OF "WEIGHT"
TOWARD THIS SLIGHTLY COOLER-THAN-NORMAL SEASON WAS DUE TO
AUGUST...WHICH AVERAGED 1.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. FOLLOWING IN LINE
WITH THE SLIGHTLY COOLER SUMMER...ONLY 19 DAYS FEATURED HIGH
TEMPERATURES OF 90+ DEGREES...11 FEWER DAYS THAN THE AVERAGE OF 30
DAYS. THE HOTTEST DAY OF METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER 2015 WAS JULY 5TH
WITH A HIGH OF 97 DEGREES...AND THE COOLEST MORNING LOW WAS 45
DEGREES ON AUGUST 24TH.
...Aug. 2015 AND Summer (Jun-Aug) Summary For KEARNEY AIRPORT...
(NOTE: ALL DATA PRESENTED HERE IS FROM THE OFFICIAL NWS
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER LOCATED AT KEARNEY REGIONAL AIRPORT. AS A
RESULT...IT MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE UNOFFICIAL AUTOMATED
AIRPORT OBSERVATIONS (AWOS) PRESENTED IN ROUTINE DAILY AND MONTHLY
CLIMATE PRODUCTS. ALL TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION DATA REPORTED BY
THE OFFICIAL COOPERATIVE OBSERVER IS BASED ON A 24-HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT
7 AM...AND THUS DOES NOT CORRESPOND TO A MIDNIGHT-TO-MIDNIGHT
CALENDAR DAY PERIOD.)
...AUG. TEMPERATURES
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 82.9 DEGREES (1.7 BELOW NORMAL)
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE: 59.4 DEGREES (1.2 BELOW NORMAL)
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 71.1 DEGREES (1.5 BELOW NORMAL)
WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 94 DEGREES REPORTED ON THE 3RD
(ACTUALLY OCCURRED ON THE 2ND
COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 68 DEGREES REPORTED ON THE 18TH
(ACTUALLY OCCURRED ON THE 17TH)
COOLEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 47 DEGREES REPORTED ON THE 24TH
WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 69 DEGREES REPORTED ON THE 9TH
...AUG. PRECIPITATION
TOTAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION: 2.47 INCHES (0.61 BELOW NORMAL)
NUMBER OF 24-HOUR PERIODS
WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 OR MORE): 5
HIGHEST 24-HOUR
RAINFALL ENDING AROUND 7 AM: 1.35 INCHES REPORTED ON THE 8TH
PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND DEPARTURES
FROM NORMAL FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS:
MONTH PRECIP. DEPARTURE
SEP 2014 2.40 +0.33
OCT 2014 0.99 -1.05
NOV 2014 0.06 -0.96
DEC 2014 0.69 +0.12
JAN 2015 0.05 -0.44
FEB 2015 0.49 -0.06
MAR 2015 0.07 -1.72
APR 2015 3.14 +0.91
MAY 2015 2.85 -1.33
JUN 2015 7.08 +3.15
JUL 2015 2.36 -0.92
AUG 2015 2.47 -0.61
12-MTH TOTAL 22.65 2.58
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS/HIGH WINDS
OVERALL...IT WAS A RATHER "QUIET" MONTH IN THE SEVERE WEATHER
DEPARTMENT IN THE IMMEDIATE KEARNEY AREA...AND IN FACT NWS HASTINGS
RECEIVED NO REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS WITHIN AT LEAST
A FIVE-MILE RADIUS OF THE CITY. NO CONFIRMED TORNADOES OCCURRED
WITHIN BUFFALO COUNTY DURING AUGUST 2015.
ALTHOUGH NOT NECESSARILY THE TRUE PEAK GUST OF THE MONTH...THE
HIGHEST KNOWN WIND GUST AT THE AIRPORT WAS ONLY 33 MPH FROM THE
SOUTHEAST ON THE 27TH. (PLEASE NOTE THIS WAS NOT NECESSARILY THE
TRUE PEAK GUST OF THE MONTH...AS THIS AUTOMATED SYSTEM ONLY
TRANSMITS ROUTINE WIND OBSERVATIONS EVERY 20 MINUTES).
...METEOROLOGICAL-SUMMER 2015
SEASONAL STATS COVERING JUN-AUG...
- AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 71.8 DEGREES (0.6 BELOW NORMAL)
- SUMMER PRECIPITATION: 11.91 INCHES (1.62 ABOVE NORMAL)
...Aug. 2015 AND Summer (Jun-Aug) Summary For ORD AIRPORT...
...AUG. TEMPERATURES
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 83.8 DEGREES (1.8 BELOW NORMAL)
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE: 57.1 DEGREES (3.3 BELOW NORMAL)
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 70.5 DEGREES (2.5 BELOW NORMAL)
HOTTEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 96 DEGREES ON THE 2ND
COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 67 DEGREES ON THE 17TH
COOLEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 40 DEGREES ON THE 24TH
WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 67 DEGREES ON THE 15TH
...AUG. PRECIPITATION
TOTAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION: 2.13 INCHES (1.03 BELOW NORMAL)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 OR MORE): 10
HIGHEST DAILY PRECIPITATION (CALENDAR DAY): 0.70 INCHES ON THE 16TH
PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND DEPARTURES
FROM NORMAL FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS:
MONTH PRECIP. DEPARTURE
SEP 2014 1.68 -0.76
OCT 2014 1.14 -0.79
NOV 2014 0.06 -1.01
DEC 2014 1.58 +0.99
JAN 2015 0.17 -0.20
FEB 2015 0.57 +0.13
MAR 2015 0.03 -1.42
APR 2015 2.71 +0.12
MAY 2015 2.98 -0.83
JUN 2015 3.27 -0.85
JUL 2015 2.68 -0.29
AUG 2015 2.13 -1.03
12-MTH TOTAL 19.00 -6.07
...OTHER AUGUST WEATHER ELEMENTS
HIGHEST WIND GUST: 49 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 6TH
(POSSIBLY DUE TO WEAK "WAKE LOW" EVENT)
HIGHEST SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE: 30.24 ON THE 11TH
LOWEST SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE: 29.64 ON THE 22ND
...METEOROLOGICAL-SUMMER 2015
SEASONAL STATS COVERING JUN-AUG...
- AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 71.6 DEGREES (0.6 BELOW NORMAL)
- SUMMER PRECIPITATION: 8.08 INCHES (2.17 BELOW NORMAL)
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