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FXUS63 KGID 202057  
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
357 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2026  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- RECORD-BREAKING HEAT CONTINUES, WITH SATURDAY FEATURING  
HISTORIC HEAT FOR MARCH ACROSS MUCH OF OUR FORECAST AREA (CWA)  
AND PARTICULARLY IN OUR NEBRASKA TRI CITIES! GRAND  
ISLAND/HASTINGS AIRPORTS ARE LIKELY TO SHATTER THEIR HIGH  
TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF MARCH AND EXCEED  
90 DEGREES AT THE EARLIEST POINT IN ANY YEAR ON RECORD BY 2+  
WEEKS! SEE SEPARATE CLIMATE SECTION BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS.  
 
- THE AFOREMENTIONED RECORD HEAT ON SATURDAY (PLUS VERY LOW  
RELATIVE HUMIDITY), IN TANDEM WITH BREEZY SOUTH-SOUTHWEST  
WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON-EVENING...THEN FOLLOWED BY STRONG  
NORTH WINDS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...SETS THE STAGE FOR  
A CONCERNING FIRE WEATHER SITUATION. AS A RESULT, A RED FLAG  
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY-4 AM SUNDAY FOR OUR  
ENTIRE FORECAST AREA.  
 
- FROM SUNDAY-FRIDAY, FIRE WEATHER REMAINS OUR PARAMOUNT  
CONCERN. ALTHOUGH NO WIDESPREAD/OUTRIGHT-CRITICAL CONDITIONS  
CURRENTLY APPEAR LIKELY ON MOST DAYS, AT LEAST "NEAR-CRITICAL"  
CONDITIONS ARE A CERTAINTY MOST DAYS. SEE SEPARATE FIRE  
WEATHER SECTION BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS.  
 
- UNFORTUNATELY, ASIDE FROM A FEW VERY SMALL (NO MORE THAN  
10-20%) CHANCES FOR SPOTTY RAIN, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE  
7-DAY FORECAST REMAINS BONE-DRY, AS WE SINK EVER-FARTHER INTO  
AN INCREASINGLY-CONCERNING DROUGHT SITUATION.  
 
- TEMPERATURE WISE BEYOND SATURDAY'S HISTORIC HEAT, NO  
ADDITIONAL DAYS LOOK NEARLY AS HOT. HOWEVER, IT WILL CERTAINLY  
REMAIN SEASONABLY-MILD, WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS SUNDAY-FRIDAY  
MAINLY 60S-70S, EXCEPT WARMER 80S WEDNESDAY, AND PERHAPS ONLY  
50S ON FRIDAY.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 356 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2026  
 
-- FORECAST CHANGES/POSSIBLE WEAKNESSES/BIG PICTURE COMMENTS:  
 
- WOW, ARE WE GETTING INTO RARE TERRITORY TEMPERATURE-WISE ON  
SATURDAY! SEPARATE CLIMATE SECTION BELOW HAS MORE DETAILS, BUT  
NOT ONLY ARE GRAND ISLAND/HASTINGS LIKELY TO EXCEED 90 DEGREES  
IN MARCH FOR THE FIRST TIME ON RECORD ON SATURDAY, BUT COULD  
ALSO REACH THE MID-90S THE EARLIEST IN ANY YEAR ON RECORD BY  
AT LEAST 2-3 WEEKS!  
 
- UNLESS/UNTIL WE SEE A LEGITIMATE PATTERN CHANGE WITH AT LEAST  
SEMI-MEANINGFUL RAIN CHANCES (MAYBE SOME HINTS OF THIS A FEW  
DAYS BEYOND THIS 7-DAY FORECAST A FEW DAYS EITHER SIDE OF  
APRIL 1ST?), FIRE WEATHER WILL SURELY REMAIN OUR PARAMOUNT  
FOCUS.  
 
- AS FAR AS FORECAST CHANGES GO VERSUS OUR PREVIOUS OVERNIGHT-  
ISSUANCE, PROBABLY THE MOST NOTICEABLE/MEANINGFUL  
MODIFICATIONS WERE:  
 
1) NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LATE SAT NIGHT-EARLY  
SUNDAY AM WERE CRANKED UP A GOOD 10+ MPH (AND PROBABLY NOT  
ENOUGH). WE ARE NOW CALLING FOR AT LEAST BRIEF PEAK GUSTS AT  
LEAST 40-50 MPH, AND RAW/HIGHER-RES MODEL DATA SUGGESTS AT LEAST  
NEAR-SEVERE GUSTS OF 55+ MPH COULD BE ON THE TABLE. OBVIOUSLY WE  
NOT WANT ANY ACTIVE FIRES IGNITING PRIOR TO THIS FRONTAL SURGE!  
 
2) IN TANDEM, WIND SPEEDS FOR SUNDAY DAYTIME WERE LIKELY RAISED  
AT LEAST 5 MPH FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST, WITH MUCH OF THE DAY NOW  
EXPECTED TO FEATURE SUSTAINED SPEEDS AT LEAST 20-30 MPH/GUSTS  
30-40 MPH.  
 
3) HIGH TEMPS WERE NUDGED SLIGHTLY UPWARD (NO MORE THAN A FEW  
DEGREES) FOR NEARLY ALL DAYS EXCEPT MONDAY, WHICH ACTUALLY  
TRENDED VERY SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN PREVIOUS.  
 
-- 7-DAY FORECAST CHRONOLOGICAL DETAILS (THROUGH FRI. MARCH  
27):  
- CURRENT/RECENT WEATHER SCENE AS OF 33O PM:  
TODAY IS TURNING OUT VERY MUCH AS EXPECTED, ALBEIT IF ANYTHING  
PROBABLY VERY SLIGHTLY WARMER. UNDER ONLY VARYING DEGREES OF  
PASSING HIGH CIRRUS (MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES), HIGH TEMPS ARE ON  
TRACK TO TOP OUT 86-92 DEGREES ACROSS MOST OF OUR CWA, WITH  
GRAND ISLAND/HASTINGS ALREADY BREAKING DATE-SPECIFIC RECORDS FOR  
MARCH 20TH (AND AT LEAST MAKING A RUN TOWARD THE MARCH MONTHLY  
RECORD OF 90).  
 
ALOFT IN THE MID-UPPER LEVELS, WATER VAPOR SATELLITE AND SHORT  
TERM MODEL DATA CLEARLY REVEAL AN ANOMALOUS/EXPANSIVE RIDGE OF  
HIGH PRESSURE (500 MILLIBAR HEIGHT AROUND 595 DECAMETERS)  
SPIRALING OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST, AND IT'S INFLUENCE  
OBVIOUSLY EXTENDING HERE WELL INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. AS WE RESIDE  
UNDER NORTHWESTERLY FLOW BETWEEN IT AND A BROAD EASTERN U.S.  
TROUGH. AT THE SURFACE, ALTHOUGH WE ARE SEEING OCCASIONAL  
"SNEAKY" GUSTS OF 20+ MPH, FORTUNATELY FOR THE MOST PART  
SUSTAINED, MAINLY NORTHERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE  
NEAR/BELOW 10 MPH AND GUSTS MAINLY UNDER 15 MPH...HOLDING  
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS AT BAY.  
 
- TONIGHT:  
AS A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AXIS TRANSLATES THROUGH, VERY LIGHT  
BREEZES THIS EVENING WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED FROM MORE OF A  
SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION POST-MIDNIGHT. IN THIS VERY DRY  
AIRMASS, OVERNIGHT LOWS TEMPS HAVE BEEN DROPPING A LITTLE BIT  
FARTHER THAN ANTICIPATED, SO NUDGED DOWN LOWS VERY SLIGHTLY, BUT  
STILL VERY MILD FOR LATE-MARCH WITH MOST AREAS MID-UPPER 40S  
EXCEPT SOME LOWER 40S MAINLY FAR NORTH/WEST.  
 
- SATURDAY DAYTIME-EVENING:  
IT'S STILL HARD FOR THIS FORECAST TO BELIEVE, BUT WE ARE  
OFFICIALLY FORECASTING HIGH TEMPS TO REACH 92-96 DEGREES ACROSS  
THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR CWA, AND IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE WE MIGHT  
NOT BE AIMING QUITE WARM ENOUGH. AGAIN, UNPRECEDENTED TERRITORY  
FOR MARCH SINCE OUR MODERN-DAY RECORDS BEGAN! UNFORTUNATELY,  
FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL BE INCREASED COMPARED TO TODAY,  
THANKS TO AFTERNOON-EVENING WINDS SUSTAINED 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS  
AS HIGH AS 25-30 MPH OUT OF THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST. RED FLAG  
WARNING IN EFFECT CWA-WIDE.  
 
- SATURDAY LATE NIGHT-EARLY SUNDAY AM:  
A POWERFUL COLD FRONT COMES CRASHING SOUTHWARD THROUGH OUR CWA,  
DRIVEN BY AN UPPER DISTURBANCE PASSING BY TO OUR NORTH, THE  
FRONTAL PASSAGE MARKED BY NORTHERLY GUSTS AT LEAST 40-50 MPH  
(AND POSSIBLY 55+ MPH ON AT LEAST A BRIEF/LOCALIZED BASIS). THIS  
FRONT WILL ENTER OUR FAR NORTHERN CWA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT,  
AND CLEAR OUR FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES AROUND SUNRISE. WITH  
INCREASING CONFIDENCE IN THESE STRONGER WINDS, HIT THEM A LITTLE  
HARDER IN OUR HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK (HWOGID). THE "END TIME"  
OF THE RED FLAG WARNING (4 AM SUNDAY) IS ADMITTEDLY A BIT OF A  
COMPROMISE BETWEEN STEADILY-RISING OVERNIGHT RH AND THIS FRONTAL  
PASSAGE, AS THE FRONT WILL ONLY BE ROUGHLY HALFWAY THROUGH OUR  
CWA BY THE CURRENT EXPIRATION TIME. LOW TEMPS AIMED FROM LOW-MID  
40S NORTHWEST TO UPPER 40-LOW 50S SOUTHEAST.  
 
- SUNDAY-SUNDAY NIGHT:  
ALTHOUGH MUCH COOLER THAN SATURDAY, WE ARE STILL AIMING FOR  
ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPS RANGING FROM NEAR-60 FAR NORTH TO MID  
60S FAR SOUTH. OF GREATER CONCERN ARE THE MODERATELY-STRONG  
DAYTIME WINDS, WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS 20-30 MPH/GUSTS 30-40 MPH  
MUCH OF THE DAY BUT GRADUALLY EASING UP MID-LATE AFTERNOON AS  
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE NOSES IN FROM THE NORTH. ALTHOUGH WE  
"TECHNICALLY" AREN'T FORECASTING RH TO MEET OUR 20% OR LOWER  
CRITICAL THRESHOLD, MANY PLACES COULD DROP TO AROUND 25% AND AT  
LEAST SOME CONSIDERATION MIGHT NEED GIVEN TO WARNING ISSUANCE TO  
ACCOUNT FOR THE WINDS.  
 
SUNDAY NIGHT, LIGHT WINDS GRADUALLY FLIP AROUND TO SOUTHERLY.  
THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE CHILLIEST NIGHT OF THE NEXT WEEK, AND  
LOWS WERE NUDGED DOWN TO 30-36 DEGREES MOST PLACES.  
 
- MONDAY-TUESDAY:  
ANOTHER WARM-UP GETS UNDERWAY, WITH HIGHS ON MONDAY SIMILAR TO  
SUNDAY (MAINLY LOW-MID 60S), BUT THEN MAINLY LOW-MID 70S TUESDAY  
AS UPPER RIDGING AGAIN STRENGTHENS. PRECIPITATION-WISE, OUR  
OFFICIAL FORECAST IS STILL DRY, BUT THERE ARE SUBTLE HINTS THAT  
MAINLY MONDAY COULD FEATURE SOME SPOTTY RAIN SHOWERS (PERHAPS A  
WEAK THUNDERSTORM?). SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON BUT  
MEANINGFUL/WIDESPREAD RAIN UNLIKELY. AS SOUTHERLY WINDS TURN  
BREEZY, WE'LL HAVE TO WATCH FOR AT LEAST SPOTTY CRITICAL FIRE  
WEATHER CONDITIONS (MAINLY IN OUR EXTREME WEST FOR MONDAY).  
 
- WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY:  
BROAD RIDGING REMAINS THE DOMINANT INFLUENCE ALOFT. OUR FORECAST  
STILL REMAINS DRY, BUT ESPECIALLY ECMWF HINTS AT SOME LOW  
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS/WEAK CONVECTION AT LEAST NEAR THE FRINGES OF  
OUR CWA, SO SOMETHING TO WATCH. WEDNESDAY CURRENTLY LOOKS TO BE  
THE "PEAK" OF NEXT WEEK'S WARM UP (HIGHS MAINLY LOW-MID 80S BUT  
POSSIBLY NEAR-90 FAR WEST-SOUTHWEST), WITH THURSDAY THEN A BIT  
COOLER WITH HIGHS 60S-70S (WILL ALL DEPEND ON THE SPEED/STRENGTH  
OF COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE). ALTHOUGH FAR TOO EARLY TO BE  
CONFIDENT IN DETAILS, WE ARE TECHNICALLY FORECASTING SOME  
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY THURSDAY. OUR  
OFFICIAL FORECAST CARRIES SOME VERY-LOW-CONFIDENCE PRECIP  
CHANCES FOR THURSDAY NIGHT.  
 
- FRIDAY:  
A FULL WEEK OUT SO SUBJECT TO PLENTY OF INHERENT UNCERTAINY, BUT  
AT LEAST FOR NOW THIS LOOKS LIKE OUR OVERALL-COOLEST DAY OF THE  
NEXT WEEK WITH HIGHS "ONLY" INTO THE MID 50S MOST AREAS.  
HOWEVER, BASED ON LATEST "RAW" AND ENSEMBLE DATA, WOULD NOT BE  
SURPRISED TO SEE THESE VALUES TREND UP IN LATER FORECASTS  
(PERHAPS MORE INTO THE 60S THAN 50S).  
 

 
   
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 100 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2026  
 
FOR KGRI/KEAR AIRPORTS:  
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY-HIGH CONFIDENCE (AND INCREDIBLY "QUIET")  
PERIOD REGARDING VFR CEILING/VISIBILITY (ONLY LIMITED PASSING  
HIGH CIRRUS) AND SEASONABLY-LIGHT WINDS...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS  
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TIME UNDER 10KT AND EVEN OCCASIONAL  
"HIGHER" GUSTS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON...LARGELY UNDER 15KT.  
WIND DIRECTION WILL PREVAIL GENERALLY NORTHERLY THIS  
AFTERNOON...THEN VARIABLE (WITH VERY LIGHT SPEEDS) THIS EVENING  
INTO TONIGHT WITHIN A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AXIS...THEN FINALLY  
BECOME MORE CONSISTENT OUT OF THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SATURDAY  
MORNING INTO VERY EARLY AFTERNOON.  
 
A TOUCH OF WEAK LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR (LLWS) COULD MATERIALIZE  
MAINLY 07-11Z, BUT WITH SHEAR MAGNITUDE WITHIN THE LOWEST 1-2K  
FT. AGL NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO EXCEED 25KT, THIS DOES NOT  
MEET TAF-INCLUSION-CRITERIA AT THIS TIME.  
 

 
   
FIRE WEATHER
 
 
ISSUED AT 356 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2026  
 
- THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON-EARLY EVENING (FRIDAY):  
UNSEASONABLY-WARM CONDITIONS WILL KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH) WELL  
DOWN INTO THE 5-15 PERCENT RANGE THROUGH AROUND SUNSET. HOWEVER,  
FORTUNATELY, WINDS WILL REMAIN SEASONABLY LIGHT...HOLDING CRITICAL  
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT BAY. ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL/FLEETING GUSTS  
COULD REACH 20 MPH OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER, SUSTAINED SPEEDS THROUGH  
SUNSET SHOULD MAINLY AVERAGE AROUND 10 MPH OR LESS...WITH GUSTS  
MAINLY 17 MPH OR LESS...OUT OF A MAINLY NORTHERLY DIRECTION.  
 
- SATURDAY-SATURDAY NIGHT:  
A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR OUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA, FOR  
A COMBINATION OF VERY LOW AFTERNOON AND EVENING RH WITH MODERATELY-  
STRONG SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS, FOLLOWED BY INCREASING RH BUT EVEN  
STRONGER NORTH WINDS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT-EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEHIND  
A SURGING COLD FRONT. FOR THE AFTERNOON-EVENING HOURS, SUSTAINED  
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25-30  
MPH, WHILE RH AGAIN BOTTOMS OUT 5-15% IN THE PRESENCE OF RECORD-  
SHATTERING HIGH TEMPERATURES AT LEAST INTO THE LOW-MID 90S (LIKELY  
THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES ON RECORD DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH FOR MOST  
OF OUR AREA!). LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MORNING (MAINLY 12-7  
AM), A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SURGE SOUTHWARD THROUGH OUR AREA,  
MAKING ANY ONGOING FIRES PRONE TO AN ABRUPT SWITCH TO NORTHERLY  
WINDS WITH GUSTS EASILY 40-50 MPH FOR AT LEAST A FEW HOURS (PERHAPS  
HIGHER). FORTUNATELY, RH WILL RECOVER UPWARD DURING THIS TIME, WITH  
VALUES AT LEAST BACK UP TO 30-50% BY AROUND 4 AM SUNDAY AND  
INCREASING FURTHER THROUGH MID-MORNING BEFORE FALLING AGAIN.  
 
- SUNDAY:  
DESPITE MOST OF OUR AREA BEING 30-35 DEGREES COOLER THAN SATURDAY,  
AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPS WILL STILL BE ABOVE-NORMAL AND REACH THE LOW-MID  
60S MOST AREAS. AT LEAST FOR NOW, OUTRIGHT-CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER  
CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED DUE TO AFTERNOON RH BOTTOMING OUT  
"ONLY" 25-30 PERCENT ACROSS OUR AREA, BUT MODERATELY-STRONG NORTH  
WINDS WILL BE A CONCERN WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY  
20-30 MPH/GUSTS 30-40 MPH.  
 
- MONDAY:  
AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE AIMED FAIRLY SIMILAR TO SUNDAY (MOST  
PLACES LOW-MID 60S), BUT WINDS WILL FLIP AROUND TO OUT OF THE SOUTH-  
SOUTHEAST AND SHOULD NOT BE AS STRONG AS SUNDAY'S SPEEDS, WITH  
SUSTAINED SPEEDS MAINLY 10-20 MPH/GUSTS MAINLY 15-25 MPH. MINIMUM  
AFTERNOON RH IS CURRENTLY FORECAST TO HOLD UP 20-25% MOST AREAS, BUT  
A FEW OF OUR FAR WESTERN COUNTIES (MAINLY DAWSON/GOSPER/FURNAS) COULD  
DROP MORE SO 15-20% AND TECHNICALLY MEET CRITICAL THRESHOLDS DURING  
THE AFTERNOON.  
 
- TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY:  
OBVIOUSLY THE "FINER DETAILS" REGARDING FIRE WEATHER GET  
INCREASINGLY UNCERTAIN AS WE GET OUT THIS FAR IN TIME. HOWEVER,  
AT LEAST NEAR-CRITICAL CONDITIONS APPEAR LIKELY IN AT LEAST  
PORTIONS OF OUR AREA EACH AFTERNOON, WITH THURSDAY OF OVERALL-  
GREATEST CONCERN FOR PERHAPS SOME OUTRIGHT-CRITICAL CONDITIONS.  
 
-- NOTE:  
- NWS HASTINGS ROUTINELY DEFINES CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AS THE  
OVERLAP OF BOTH 20-PERCENT-OR-LOWER RH AND SUSTAINED WINDS/GUSTS  
OF 20+ MPH/25+ MPH (FOR 3+ HOUR DURATION).  
 
- NWS HASTINGS ROUTINELY DEFINES NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AS  
THE OVERLAP OF BOTH 25-PERCENT-OR-LOWER RH AND SUSTAINED  
WINDS/GUSTS 15+MPH/20+ MPH  
 

 
   
CLIMATE
 
 
ISSUED AT 330 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2026  
 
** RECORD-BREAKING/HISTORIC HEAT FOR THIS EARLY IN THE  
CALENDAR YEAR LIKELY, ESPECIALLY SATURDAY **  
 
AN INCREDIBLE (EVEN HISTORIC FOR MARCH) STRETCH OF HEAT  
CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY, WITH BOTH GRAND ISLAND/HASTINGS  
AIRPORTS (THE 2 NWS-MAINTAINED WEATHER STATIONS FOR WHICH WE  
ISSUE OFFICIAL RECORD EVENT REPORTS/RERS) LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE  
ON SATURDAY THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES ON RECORD FOR THE ENTIRE  
MONTH OF MARCH! IN ADDITION, WE MIGHT EVEN BREAK RECORDS FOR  
EARLIEST-ANNUAL OCCURRENCE OF 91+ DEGREES BY AT LEAST 2 WEEKS!  
VARIOUS DETAILS FOLLOW, ORGANIZED BY SITE:  
 
-- GRAND ISLAND, NE (GRI...TEMPERATURE RECORDS DATE TO 1896)  
- CURRENT DAILY RECORDS | LATEST FORECAST  
 
MARCH 20 (FRI): 84 IN 1921 | 89  
MARCH 21 (SAT): 83 IN 1988 | 95  
 
- CURRENT RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR ENTIRE MONTH OF MARCH:  
90 DEGREES...OCCURRED NINE TIMES, MOST RECENTLY MARCH 16, 2015  
 
- CURRENT EARLIEST ANNUAL OCCURRENCE OF VARIOUS TEMP THRESHOLDS:  
90 DEGREES......90 ON MARCH 16, 2015  
91 DEGREES......91 ON APRIL 4, 1929  
92 DEGREES......92 ON APRIL 12, 2022  
93-94 DEGREES...94 ON APRIL 15, 2002  
95-98 DEGREES...98 ON APRIL 20, 1902  
99 DEGREES......99 ON MAY 14, 1941 AND 102 ON MAY 14, 2013  
100 DEGREES.....102 ON MAY 14, 2013  
 
-- HASTINGS, NE (HSI...TEMPERATURE RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1907)  
- CURRENT DAILY RECORDS | LATEST FORECAST  
 
MARCH 20 (FRI): 82 IN 1939 | 89  
MARCH 21 (SAT): 87 IN 1910 | 94  
 
- CURRENT RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR ENTIRE MONTH OF MARCH:  
90 DEGREES...MARCH 23, 1910  
 
- CURRENT EARLIEST ANNUAL OCCURRENCE OF VARIOUS TEMP THRESHOLDS:  
90 DEGREES......90 ON MARCH 23, 1910  
91-92 DEGREES...92 ON APRIL 3, 1929  
93-95 DEGREES...95 ON APRIL 15, 2002  
96 DEGREES......96 ON APRIL 23, 1989  
97-98 DEGREES...98 ON MAY 6, 1916  
99-100 DEGREES..100 ON MAY 26, 2012  
 

 
   
GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NE...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR  
NEWS>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087. KS...RED FLAG  
WARNING FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR  
KSZ005>007-017>019.  
 

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...PFANNKUCH  
AVIATION...PFANNKUCH  
FIRE WEATHER...PFANNKUCH  
CLIMATE...NWS HASTINGS  
 
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