September 2020 Climate Report for North Platte and Valentine

North Platte
Valentine
Text Summary
...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