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 Independence Day Climatology

Independence Day occurs on the Fourth of July every year, often celebrated by many people gathering to watch firework displays. Weather plays a big part to the enjoyment of a firework display, in dry conditions the fireworks could start fires and in rainy conditions the fireworks will not work. The National Weather Service in North Platte, as for many years, will be monitoring the weather and advising Western and North Central Nebraska the potential dangers of firework displays. Fireworks have been around for centuries but the first Weather observations to be taken on the Fourth of July at North Platte was in 1875. This study compares the weather reported on July 4 over recorded history.

INDEPENDENCE DAY IN NORTH PLATTE
PERIOD OF RECORD 142 YEARS: 1875-2016

TEMPERATURE DATA

Highest	106 degrees (2012, 1936)
Lowest	39 degrees (1997)
Lowest Maximum	63 degrees (1967)
Highest Minimum	77 degrees (1936)
Average High	87.3 degrees
Average Low	60.8 degrees
30 Year Normal High	88 degrees
30 Year Normal Low	59 degrees
Average Temperature Range	26.5 degrees
Largest Range between High and Low	41 degrees High 92, Low 51 (1973)
Smallest Range between High and Low	12 degrees High 79, Low 67 (1979)

High Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

60s	70s	80s	90s	100s
2	21	61	51	7
1.4%	14.8%	43.0%	35.9%	4.9%

Low Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

30s	40s	50s	60s	70s
1	8	48	74	11
0.7%	5.6%	33.8%	52.1%	7.7%

PRECIPITATION DATA

Maximum Precipitation	1.71 inches (1944)
Number of Times Precipitation	59 Occurrences or 41.8%
Number of Times Measurable Precipitation (more than a Trace)	38 Occurrences or 27.0%
Number of Times No Precipitation	83 Occurrences or 58.5%

DAILY WEATHER SUMMARIES PAST 5 INDEPENDENCE DAYS

Date	High	Low	Precip	Remarks
2012	106	71	0.10	Mostly sunny, evening thunderstorms
2013	93	59	T	Mostly sunny, breezy (peak gusts 25 mph), evening sprinkle
2014	88	64	0.00	Mostly sunny, breezy (peak gusts 28 mph)
2015	91	61	0.00	Mostly sunny
2016	92	64	0.00	Mostly sunny, morning fog