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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1003 AM CST MON MAR 2 2026 /903 AM MST MON MAR 2 2026/
..PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
...FEBRUARY 2026 SAW WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION FOR BOTH NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE...
FOR NORTH PLATTE, THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE IN FEBRUARY WAS
37.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 8.4 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 29.4 DEGREES.
FEBRUARY 2026 WILL GO DOWN AS THE 4TH WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD FOR
NORTH PLATTE. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY
WAS 57.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 13.6 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 43.9
DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY WAS 18.0
DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.2 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL 14.8 DEGREES. A TOTAL
4 DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED DURING FEBRUARY AND ARE
HIGHLIGHTED BELOW.
DATE TEMPERATURE RECORD TYPE PREVIOUS RECORD/YEAR
5 70 HIGH 69/1904
7 74 HIGH 73/1987
15* 67 HIGH 67/2001,1946
17 76 HIGH 74/1981
* DENOTES TIED RECORD
FOR VALENTINE, THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE IN FEBRUARY WAS
37.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS 9.5 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 27.6
DEGREES. FEBRUARY 2026 WILL GO DOWN AS THE 3RD WARMEST FEBRUARY ON
RECORD FOR VALENTINE. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY
WAS 52.9 DEGREES WHICH WAS 12.0 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF
40.9 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS
21.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 7.0 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 14.2 DEGREES.
TWO DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY
IN VALENTINE. ON THE 5TH THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 36 DEGREES, BREAKING
THE RECORD HIGH MINIMUM OF 34 DEGREES SET PREVIOUSLY IN 2013. ON THE
15TH THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 70 DEGREES IN VALENTINE, BREAKING THE
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 66 DEGREES SET PREVIOUSLY IN 2011.
AT LEE BIRD FIELD IN NORTH PLATTE, PRECIPITATION FOR FEBRUARY
TOTALED 0.32 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.25 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 0.57
INCHES. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF
FEBRUARY IN NORTH PLATTE. SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY TOTALED 4.9 INCHES
WHICH WAS 2.0 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 6.9 INCHES. ONE DAILY
SNOWFALL RECORD WAS SET DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY FOR NORTH
PLATTE. ON THE 19TH, 4.8 INCHES OF SNOW FELL, BREAKING THE RECORD
OF 4.4 INCHES SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1953.
AT MILLER FIELD IN VALENTINE, PRECIPITATION FOR FEBRUARY TOTALED
0.13 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.48 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 0.61 INCHES.
NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY
FOR VALENTINE. SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY TOTALED 1.2 INCHES WHICH WAS
5.3 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 6.5 INCHES. NO DAILY SNOWFALL
RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY FOR VALENTINE.
THE END OF FEBRUARY SAW THE END OF CLIMATOLOGICAL WINTER FOR
NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE. FOR NORTH PLATTE, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
FOR DECEMBER, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WAS 33.7 DEGREES. THIS WAS 6.6
DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 27.1 DEGREES. THE WINTER OF 2025-2026
WILL GO DOWN AS THE 3RD WARMEST WINTER ON RECORD FOR NORTH PLATTE.
FOR VALENTINE THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER, JANUARY AND
FEBRUARY WAS 32.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 7.1 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL
OF 25.1 DEGREES. THE WINTER OF 2025-2026 WILL GO DOWN AS THE WARMEST
WINTER ON RECORD FOR VALENTINE.
...NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR THE PAST
12 MONTHS...
PRECIPITATION DEPARTURE
MONTH LBF VTN LBF VTN
MARCH 2025 0.30 1.62 -0.70 +0.61
APRIL 2025 1.13 0.85 -1.16 -1.63
MAY 2025 3.70 4.46 +0.35 +0.94
JUNE 2025 6.85 4.51 +3.31 +0.55
JULY 2025 3.27 3.88 +0.09 +1.06
AUGUST 2025 2.90 1.62 +0.34 -0.42
SEPTEMBER 2025 2.68 4.68 +1.07 +2.96
OCTOBER 2025 1.18 0.33 -0.47 -1.09
NOVEMBER 2025 0.23 0.22 -0.26 -0.35
DECEMBER 2025 TRACE 0.19 -0.45 -0.23
JANUARY 2026 0.22 0.54 -0.17 +0.22
FEBRUARY 2026 0.32 0.13 -0.25 -0.48
TOTALS 22.78 23.03 +1.70 +2.13
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