Grand Island (airport):  19th-wettest June on record out of 120 years

Hastings (airport):   6th-wettest June on record out of 120 years

Kearney (airport):   16th-wettest June on record out of 120 years
 

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June 2015 Total Rainfall Across The Local Area (AHPS analysis)

...June 2015 Summary For GRAND ISLAND AIRPORT...

...JUNE TEMPERATURES

NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET DURING JUNE 2015  
 
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE:   82.6 DEGREES (0.6 BELOW NORMAL)  
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE:   60.4 DEGREES (1.0 ABOVE NORMAL)  
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 71.5 DEGREES (0.2 ABOVE NORMAL)  
 
WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE:  96 DEGREES ON THE 9TH  
COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE:   65 DEGREES ON THE 12TH  
 
COOLEST LOW TEMPERATURE:   54 DEGREES ON THE 16TH, 23RD  
WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 66 DEGREES ON THE 20TH  
 
WARMEST 2-DAY STRETCH BASED  
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 95.5 DEGREES FROM THE 9TH-10TH  
 
COOLEST 2-DAY STRETCH BASED  
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 66.5 DEGREES FROM THE 11TH-12TH  
 
WARMEST WEEK BASED  
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 88.0 DEGREES FROM THE 24TH-30TH  
 
WARMEST WEEK BASED  
ON AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 74.4 DEGREES FROM THE 24TH-30TH  
                                                                                      AND ALSO 4TH-10TH  
COOLEST WEEK BASED  
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 75.3 DEGREES FROM THE 11TH-17TH  
 
COOLEST WEEK BASED  
ON AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 67.1 DEGREES FROM THE 11TH-17TH  
 
COOLEST WEEK BASED  
ON AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE:   58.6 DEGREES FROM THE 13TH-19TH  
 
 
...JUNE PRECIPITATION  
 
NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING JUNE 2015  
 
TOTAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION: 5.67 INCHES (1.37 ABOVE NORMAL)  
 
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 OR MORE): 9  
 
WETTEST CALENDAR DAY: 1.81 INCHES ON THE 4TH  
WETTEST 2-DAY STRETCH: 2.74 INCHES FROM THE 3RD-4TH  
 
 
PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND DEPARTURES  
FROM NORMAL FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS:  
 
MONTH        PRECIP.    DEPARTURE  
 
JUL 2014          2.19         -1.21  
AUG 2014         5.87        +2.75  
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  
 
12-MTH TOTAL  26.25        -0.41  
 

...OTHER JUNE WEATHER ELEMENTS  
 
HIGHEST WIND GUST: 47 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THE 10TH  
(OCCURRED AT 725 PM CDT DURING A THUNDERSTORM)  
 
HIGH SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE: (INCHES/MERCURY) 30.21 ON THE 16TH  
LOW SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (INCHES/MERCURY): 29.61 ON THE 22ND  
 

...JUNE 2015 NARRATIVE FOR CENTRAL NEBRASKA REGIONAL AIRPORT  
 
AT CENTRAL NEBRASKA REGIONAL AIRPORT...RAINFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL AND  
TEMPERATURES WERE VERY NEAR-NORMAL DURING JUNE 2015.  
 
RAINFALL: ALTHOUGH THE MONTHLY TOTAL OF 5.67 INCHES WAS 1.37" ABOVE  
THE 30-YEAR NORMAL...JUNE 2015 WAS ACTUALLY CONSIDERABLY DRIER THAN  
ONE YEAR AGO IN JUNE 2014 (9.65"). HOWEVER...THIS JUNE STILL RANKED  
AS THE 19TH-WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD OUT OF 120 DATING TO 1896. IT WAS  
TRULY A TALE OF TWO HALVES OF THE MONTH...AS THE MAJORITY OF JUNE  
RAIN (4.70") FELL DURING THE FIRST HALF...BEFORE A NOTABLY DRIER  
WEATHER PATTERN SETTLED IN FOR THE LATTER HALF. THE WETTEST TWO-DAY  
STRETCH OF THE MONTH CAME VERY EARLY ON...AS THE 3RD-4TH COMBINED TO  
FEATURE 2.74".  
 
TEMPERATURES: FOR THE MONTH AS A WHOLE...IT WAS A VERY "NORMAL" JUNE  
AS THE MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE (BASED ON THE AVERAGE OF DAILY HIGHS  
AND LOWS) WAS 71.5 DEGREES...ONLY 0.2 DEGREES ABOVE THE 30-YEAR  
NORMAL. THE HOTTEST BRIEF STRETCH OF THE MONTH OCCURRED FROM THE 9TH-  
10TH WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 96 AND 95 DEGREES...WHICH WAS THEN  
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE COOLEST TWO-DAY STRETCH OF THE MONTH  
WITH HIGHS OF ONLY 68 AND 65 DEGREES ON THE 11TH-12TH. OF THE 30  
DAYS DURING JUNE...16 FEATURED AN ABOVE NORMAL DAILY MEAN  
TEMPERATURE (INCLUDING THE FIRST 10 DAYS IN ROW)...11 DAYS HAD A  
BELOW NORMAL DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE...AND THREE DAYS MATCHED THE  
NORMAL DAILY MEAN.  
 
SEVERE WEATHER/FLOODING/HIGH WINDS: OVERALL...THE MOST ACTIVE SEVERE  
WEATHER EVENT OF THE MONTH IN THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND WAS ON THE  
EVENING OF JUNE 4TH...FEATURING A FEW REPORTS OF HAIL UP TO QUARTER  
SIZE ALONG WITH SUBSTANTIAL STREET FLOODING. SEVERAL DAYS LATER ON  
THE 10TH...A WEAKENING SEVERE STORM MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST  
PRODUCED ESTIMATED 50-60 MPH GUSTS MAINLY IN AND NEAR THE SOUTH SIDE  
OF TOWN. AT THE AIRPORT...THE EVENING OF THE 10TH ALSO FEATURED THE  
HIGHEST OFFICIAL WIND GUST OF THE MONTH...47 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST.  
THERE WERE NO CONFIRMED TORNADOES WITHIN HALL COUNTY DURING JUNE  
2015. 
 

...June 2015 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.)

...JUNE TEMPERATURES

NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET DURING JUNE 2015  
 
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 82.3 DEGREES (0.5 BELOW NORMAL)  
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE: 61.7 DEGREES (0.9 ABOVE NORMAL)  
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 72.0 DEGREES (0.2 ABOVE NORMAL)  
 
HOTTEST HIGH TEMPERATURE:  95 DEGREES ON THE 9TH, 30TH  
COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 65 DEGREES ON THE 12TH  
 
COOLEST LOW TEMPERATURE:   55 DEGREES ON THE 16TH  
WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 68 DEGREES ON THE 20TH  
 
WARMEST 2-DAY STRETCH BASED  
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 94.5 DEGREES FROM THE 9TH-10TH  
 
COOLEST 2-DAY STRETCH BASED  
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 70.5 DEGREES FROM THE 11TH-12TH  
 
WARMEST WEEK BASED  
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 87.0 DEGREES FROM THE 24TH-30TH  
 
WARMEST WEEK BASED  
ON AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 74.6 DEGREES FROM THE 4TH-10TH  
 
COOLEST WEEK BASED  
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 76.0 DEGREES FROM THE 12TH-18TH  
 
COOLEST WEEK BASED  
ON AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 68.0 DEGREES FROM THE 12TH-18TH  
 
COOLEST WEEK BASED  
ON AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE: 59.9 DEGREES FROM THE 11TH-17TH  
 
 
...JUNE PRECIPITATION  
 
1 DAILY AND "DAILY-MONTHLY" RAINFALL RECORD WAS SET:  
- JUNE 4: 4.74 INCHES...THIS NOT ONLY SHATTERED THE PREVIOUS JUNE  
4TH RECORD OF 3.45" SET IN 1915...BUT IT ALSO WAS THE HIGHEST DAILY  
TOTAL ON RECORD FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE (PREVIOUS RECORD 4.20"  
ON 6-24-1968). THIS ALSO MARKED THE 3RD-HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL ON  
RECORD AT HASTINGS FOR ANY DAY OF THE YEAR...TRAILING ONLY TWO  
AUGUST TOTALS BACK IN 1969 AND 1990.  
 
TOTAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION: 8.05 INCHES (4.25 ABOVE NORMAL)  
- THIS WAS THE 6TH-WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD OUT OF 120 YEARS  
 
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 OR MORE): 10  
 
WETTEST CALENDAR DAY: 4.74 INCHES ON THE 4TH  
WETTEST 2-DAY STRETCH: 5.09 INCHES FROM THE 4TH-5TH  
 
 
PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND DEPARTURES  
FROM NORMAL FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS:  
 
MONTH      PRECIP.    DEPARTURE  
 
JUL 2014         1.48         -2.26  
AUG 2014         7.79        +4.49  
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  
 
12-MTH TOTAL   30.35        +3.24  
 

...OTHER JUNE WEATHER ELEMENTS  
 
HIGHEST WIND GUST: 47 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THE 4TH  
(OCCURRED AT 330 AM CDT DURING A THUNDERSTORM)  
 
HIGH SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE: (INCHES/MERCURY) 30.18 ON THE 16TH
LOW SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (INCHES/MERCURY): 29.58 ON THE 10TH  


...JUNE 2015 NARRATIVE FOR HASTINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT  

 
AT HASTINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...RAINFALL WAS WELL-ABOVE NORMAL AND  
TEMPERATURES WERE VERY NEAR-NORMAL DURING JUNE 2015.  
 
RAINFALL: ALTHOUGH THE MONTHLY TOTAL OF 8.05 INCHES WAS A NOTABLE  
4.25" ABOVE THE 30-YEAR NORMAL...JUNE 2015 WAS ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY  
DRIER THAN ONE YEAR AGO IN JUNE 2014 (8.69"). HOWEVER...THIS JUNE  
STILL RANKED AS THE 6TH-WETTEST ON RECORD OUT OF 120 DATING TO 1896.  
IT TRULY WAS A TALE OF TWO HALVES OF THE MONTH...AS THE VAST  
MAJORITY OF JUNE RAIN (7.28") FELL DURING THE FIRST HALF...BEFORE A  
NOTABLY DRIER WEATHER PATTERN SETTLED IN FOR THE LATTER HALF. THE  
WETTEST TWO-DAY STRETCH OF THE MONTH CAME VERY EARLY ON...AS THE 4TH-  
5TH COMBINED TO FEATURE A SIGNIFICANT 5.09". BY FAR THE WETTEST  
INDIVIDUAL CALENDAR DAY OF THE MONTH WAS THE 4TH WITH 4.74" (1.90"  
OF THIS FELL DURING THE EARLY MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2.84" LATER  
THAT EVENING). NOT ONLY DID THIS SIGNIFICANT DAILY TOTAL ON THE 4TH  
SHATTER THE PREVIOUS JUNE 4TH RECORD OF 3.45" SET IN 1915...BUT IT  
ALSO WAS THE HIGHEST DAILY TOTAL ON RECORD FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF  
JUNE (PREVIOUS RECORD 4.20" ON 6-24-1968). THIS ALSO MARKED THE 3RD-  
HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALL ON RECORD FOR ANY DAY OF THE YEAR...TRAILING  
ONLY TWO AUGUST TOTALS BACK IN 1969 AND 1990.  
 
TEMPERATURES: FOR THE MONTH AS A WHOLE...IT WAS A VERY "NORMAL" JUNE  
AS THE MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE (BASED ON THE AVERAGE OF DAILY HIGHS  
AND LOWS) WAS 72.0 DEGREES...ONLY 0.2 DEGREES ABOVE THE 30-YEAR  
NORMAL. THE HOTTEST BRIEF STRETCH OF THE MONTH OCCURRED FROM THE 9TH-  
10TH WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 95 AND 94 DEGREES...WHICH WAS THEN  
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE COOLEST TWO-DAY STRETCH OF THE MONTH  
WITH HIGHS OF ONLY 76 AND 65 DEGREES ON THE 11TH-12TH. OF THE 30  
DAYS DURING JUNE...16 FEATURED AN ABOVE NORMAL DAILY MEAN  
TEMPERATURE (INCLUDING NINE OF THE FIRST 10 DAYS)...13 DAYS HAD A  
BELOW NORMAL DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE...AND ONE DAY EQUALED ITS  
NORMAL DAILY MEAN.  
 
SEVERE WEATHER/FLOODING/HIGH WINDS: HEAVY RAIN AND ASSOCIATED  
FLOODING DOMINATED THE HEADLINES EARLY IN THE MONTH...AS FAIRLY  
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF RURAL AREAS AND ALSO SEVERAL ROADWAYS  
OCCURRED IN AND NEAR THE IMMEDIATE HASTINGS AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE  
RECORD-SETTING RAINFALL ON THE 4TH. FORTUNATELY...HASTINGS WAS  
LARGELY SPARED SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING  
WINDS DURING THE MONTH...WITH ONLY A SMATTERING OF PENNY TO QUARTER  
SIZE HAIL REPORTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING OF THE 4TH. ON THE  
EVENING OF THE 10TH...THE CITY NARROWLY MISSED BEING AFFECTED BY A  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DAMAGING WINDS THAT PASSED THROUGH  
NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY. AT HASTINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...THE  
HIGHEST OFFICIAL WIND GUST OF THE MONTH WAS ONLY 47 MPH...ON THE  
EARLY MORNING OF THE 4TH. THERE WERE NO CONFIRMED TORNADOES WITHIN  
ADAMS COUNTY DURING JUNE 2015.  
 

...June 2015 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.)

...JUNE TEMPERATURES  
 
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE:  80.6 DEGREES (1.4 BELOW NORMAL)  
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE:  59.1 DEGREES (1.5 ABOVE NORMAL)  
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 69.9 DEGREES (0.1 ABOVE NORMAL)  
 
HOTTEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 95 DEGREES REPORTED ON JULY 1ST  
(ACTUALLY OCCURRED ON JUNE 30TH)  
 
COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 65 DEGREES REPORTED ON THE 13TH  
(ACTUALLY OCCURRED ON THE 12TH)  
 
COOLEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 53 DEGREES REPORTED ON THE 16TH  
 
WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 66 DEGREES REPORTED ON THE  
10TH, 11TH, AND 22ND  
 
...JUNE PRECIPITATION  
 
TOTAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION: 7.08 INCHES (3.15 ABOVE NORMAL)  
- 16TH-WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD OUT OF 120 YEARS  
 
NUMBER OF 24-HOUR PERIODS  
WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 OR MORE): 9  
 
HIGHEST 24-HOUR  
RAINFALL ENDING AROUND 7 AM: 2.40 INCHES REPORTED ON THE 17TH  
 
HIGHEST 48-HOUR  
RAINFALL ENDING AROUND 7 AM: 2.63 INCHES FROM THE 17TH-18TH  
 
 
PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND DEPARTURES  
FROM NORMAL FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS:  
 
MONTH       PRECIP.    DEPARTURE  
 
JUL 2014         0.17         -3.11  
AUG 2014        7.60        +4.52  
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  
 
12-MTH TOTAL   25.59       +0.36  
 

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS/HIGH WINDS  
 
ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 3RD (VERY EARLY MORNING OF THE 4TH)...HAIL UP  
TO QUARTER SIZE WAS REPORTED IN THE IMMEDIATE KEARNEY AREA. THERE  
WERE NO CONFIRMED TORNADOES WITHIN BUFFALO COUNTY DURING JUNE 2015.  
 
ALTHOUGH NOT NECESSARILY THE TRUE PEAK GUST OF THE MONTH...THE  
HIGHEST KNOWN WIND GUST AT THE AIRPORT WAS ONLY 40 MPH FROM THE  
NORTH ON THE 18TH.  
 
(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).  

 

...June 2015 Summary For ORD AIRPORT...

...JUNE TEMPERATURES  
 
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE: 81.9 DEGREES (0.7 ABOVE NORMAL)  
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE: 57.9 DEGREES (0.8 ABOVE NORMAL)  
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE: 69.9 DEGREES (0.7 ABOVE NORMAL)  
 
HOTTEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 96 DEGREES ON THE 9TH  
COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURE: 65 DEGREES ON THE 11TH  
 
COOLEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 50 DEGREES ON THE 16TH  
WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE: 66 DEGREES ON THE 6TH, 20TH  
 
...JUNE PRECIPITATION  
 
TOTAL MONTHLY RAINFALL: 3.27 INCHES (0.85 BELOW NORMAL)  
 
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 OR MORE): 14  
 
HIGHEST DAILY PRECIPITATION (CALENDAR DAY): 1.38 INCHES ON THE 10TH  
HIGHEST 2-DAY PRECIPITATION TOTAL: 1.68 INCHES 10TH-11TH  
 
 
PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND DEPARTURES  
FROM NORMAL FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS:  
 
MONTH      PRECIP.    DEPARTURE  
 
JUL 2014        2.07         -0.90  
AUG 2014       5.27          +2.11  
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  
 
12-MTH TOTAL   21.53        -3.41  
 

...OTHER JUNE WEATHER ELEMENTS  
 
HIGHEST WIND GUST: 53 MPH FROM THE WEST-NORTHWEST ON THE 10TH  
(OCCURRED AT 559 PM CDT DURING A THUNDERSTORM)  
 
HIGHEST SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE: 30.20 ON THE 15TH  
LOWEST SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE: 29.54 ON THE 22ND 
 

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