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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1149 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026 /1049 AM MDT FRI MAY 1 2026/
...APRIL 2026 SAW ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR NORTH PLATTE AND
NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR VALENTINE. PRECIPITATION WAS BELOW
NORMAL AT BOTH LOCATIONS...
FOR NORTH PLATTE, THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE IN APRIL WAS
50.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 48.2 DEGREES.
THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL
WAS 67.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.0 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 63.2
DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL WAS 33.0
DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.2 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL 33.2 DEGREES. ONE
DAILY RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE WAS SET DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL FOR
NORTH PLATTE. ON THE 18TH, THE LOW IN NORTH PLATTE WAS 16 DEGREES
BREAKING THE RECORD LOW OF 17 DEGREES SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1953.
FOR VALENTINE, THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE IN APRIL WAS
47.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.4 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 47.2
DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL WAS 61.6
DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.4 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 61.2 DEGREES.
THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 33.6 DEGREES
WHICH WAS 0.5 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 33.1 DEGREES. NO DAILY
RECORD TEMPERATURES WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL FOR
VALENTINE.
AT LEE BIRD FIELD IN NORTH PLATTE, PRECIPITATION FOR APRIL
TOTALED 1.12 INCHES WHICH WAS 1.17 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 2.29
INCHES. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF
APRIL IN NORTH PLATTE. SNOWFALL FOR APRIL TOTALED 0.1 INCHES
WHICH WAS 3.5 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 3.6 INCHES. NO DAILY
SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL FOR NORTH PLATTE.
AT MILLER FIELD IN VALENTINE, PRECIPITATION FOR APRIL TOTALED
1.78 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.70 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 2.48 INCHES.
NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL
FOR VALENTINE. SNOWFALL FOR APRIL TOTALED 1.1 INCHES WHICH WAS
4.5 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 5.6 INCHES. NO DAILY SNOWFALL
RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL FOR VALENTINE.
WITH THE END OF APRIL, THE 2025-26 WINTER SEASON HAS COME TO A
CLOSE. FOR THE WINTER SEASON, NORTH PLATTE REPORTED 8.9 INCHES OF
SNOW. THIS WAS 20.7 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 29.6 INCHES. THIS
PAST WINTER SEASON WILL GO DOWN AS THE 3RD LEAST SNOWIEST WINTER
SEASON ON RECORD FOR NORTH PLATTE. FOR VALENTINE 13.4 INCHES OF
SNOW FELL THIS PAST WINTER SEASON. THIS WAS 20.8 INCHES BELOW
THE SEASONAL NORMAL OF 34.2 INCHES. THIS PAST WINTER SEASON WILL
GO DOWN AS THE 4TH LEAST SNOWIEST ON RECORD FOR VALENTINE.
...NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR THE PAST
12 MONTHS...
PRECIPITATION DEPARTURE
MONTH LBF VTN LBF VTN
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
MARCH 2026 0.22 0.24 -0.78 -0.77
APRIL 2026 1.12 1.78 -1.17 -0.70
TOTALS 22.69 22.58 +1.61 +1.68
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