Powerful Pacific System Impacting the West; First Significant Snow for Portions of the East

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 >

North Platte Easter Sunday Climatology

Easter Sunday is a Christian holiday that shifts every year based on the vernal equinox and the phase of the moon. The date of Easter can vary from as early as March 22 to as late as April 25. Weather observations have been recorded every Easter Sunday at North Platte dating back to 1875. This study looks at Easter Sunday weather of the past. The date of Easter was calculated using information provided on the U.S. Naval Observatory website.

EASTER SUNDAY IN NORTH PLATTE
PERIOD OF RECORD 142 YEARS: 1875-2016

TEMPERATURE DATA

Highest	90 degrees (April 10, 1977)
Lowest	7 degrees (March 25, 1894)
Lowest Maximum	23 degrees (March 25, 1894)
Highest Minimum	53 degrees (2 times) (April 17, 1881) (April 21, 1946)
Average High	61.6 degrees
Average Low	32.6 degrees
Average Temperature Range	29.0 degrees
Largest Range between High and Low	61 degrees High 84, Low 23 (April 11, 1982)
Smallest Range between High and Low	4 degrees High 34, Low 30 (March 29, 1891)

High Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

20s	30s	40s	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s
2	10	10	34	43	34	8	1
1.4%	7.0%	7.0%	23.9%	30.3%	23.9%	5.6%	0.7%

Low Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

0s	10s	20s	30s	40s	50s
2	10	39	56	30	5
1.4%	7.0%	27.5%	39.4%	21.1%	3.5%

PRECIPITATION DATA

Maximum Precipitation	1.16 inches (March 29, 1891)
Maximum Snowfall	12.0 inches (March 29, 1891)
Number of Times Precipitation	53 Occurrences or 37.3%
Number of Times Measurable Precipitation (more than a Trace)	29 Occurrences or 20.4%
Number of Times Snowfall	14 Occurrences or 9.9%
Number of Times Measurable Snowfall (more than a Trace)	6 Occurrences or 4.2%
Number of Times No Precipitation	89 Occurrences or 62.7%
Most Snow on Ground at Observation Time	2 inches (March 25, 1894) (missing snow depth from 1891)

SNOW DEPTH INFORMATION IN NORTH PLATTE
PERIOD OF RECORD 141 YEARS: 1875-2016
(missing snow depth information from 1891 (March 29) which recorded 12 inches for the day)

Number of Years - 1 inch or more snow on Ground (141 years)	2 Years (1.4%) (1894 & 1959) (3 Yrs ? 1891)
Number of Years - 1 inch or more snow on Ground (last 25 years)	0 Years (0%)
Number of Years with trace or more snow on Ground (141 years)	11 Years (7.8%) (12 Yrs ? 1891)
Number of Years with trace or more snow on Ground (last 25 years)	1 Year (4.0%)
Number of Years with trace or more snow on Ground (last 10 years)	0 Years (0%)
Consecutive Years with 1 inch or more snow on Ground	1 Year (1894 & 1959) (? 1891)
Consecutive Years without 1 inch or more snow on Ground	64 Years (1895 - 1958)

Snow Depth Occurences by Time of Year (7 day increments)

	Mar 22 thru Mar 28	Mar 29 thru Apr 4	Apr 5 thru Apr 11	Apr 12 thru Apr 18	Apr 19 thru Apr 25
Total dates	18	32	33	34	24
1 inch or more on ground	1 (5.6%)	1 (3.1%)	0	0	0
Trace on ground	3 (16.7%)	2 (6.3%)	2 (6.1%)	1 (2.9%)	1 (4.2%)
Trace or more on ground	4 (22.2%)	3 (9.4%)	2 (6.1%)	1 (2.9%)	1 (4.2%)
No snow on ground	14 (77.8%)	29 (90.6%)	31 (93.8%)	33 (97.1%)	23 (95.8%)

DAILY WEATHER SUMMARIES PAST 5 EASTER SUNDAYS

Date	High	Low	Precip	Snow	Snow Depth	Remarks
Apr 8, 2012	71	29	0.00	0.0	0	Sunny
Mar 31, 2013	71	28	0.00	0.0	0	Partly cloudy, windy (peak gust 38 mph)
Apr 20, 2014	76	35	0.04	0.0	0	Partly cloudy, afternoon shower, late thunderstorm
Apr 5, 2015	76	31	0.00	0.0	0	Mostly sunny
Mar 27, 2016	60	10	0.00	0.0	0	Sunny