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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
342 PM CDT WED APR 1 2026 /242 PM MDT WED APR 1 2026/
...MARCH 2026 SAW WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND WELL BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION FOR BOTH NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE...
FOR NORTH PLATTE, THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE IN MARCH WAS
47.8 DEGREES WHICH WAS 8.2 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 39.6 DEGREES.
MARCH 2026 WILL GO DOWN AS THE 3RD WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD FOR
NORTH PLATTE. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH
WAS 68.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 12.8 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 55.2
DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH WAS 27.6
DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.6 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL 23.9 DEGREES. A TOTAL
5 DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED DURING MARCH AND ARE
HIGHLIGHTED BELOW.
DATE TEMPERATURE RECORD TYPE PREVIOUS RECORD/YEAR
20 87 HIGH 83/1997
21# 94 HIGH 86/1910
25 90 HIGH 84/1907
29 87 HIGH 86/1943
30* 87 HIGH 87/1943
# DENOTES ALL TIME RECORD HIGH FOR MARCH. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 91 DEGREES
MARCH 16, 2015.
* DENOTES TIED RECORD.
FOR VALENTINE, THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE IN MARCH WAS
44.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 7.0 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 37.6
DEGREES. MARCH 2026 WILL GO DOWN AS THE 3RD WARMEST MARCH ON
RECORD FOR VALENTINE. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH
WAS 62.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS 10.5 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF
51.6 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS
27.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.6 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 23.5 DEGREES.
FIVE DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH AND
ARE HIGHLIGHTED BELOW.
DATE TEMPERATURE RECORD TYPE PREVIOUS RECORD/YEAR
19* 85 HIGH 85/2004
20 86 HIGH 83/1997
21# 87 HIGH 84/1910
25 86 HIGH 85/1993
30# 87 HIGH 85/1987
* DENOTES TIED RECORD.
# DENOTES ALL TIME RECORD HIGH FOR MARCH. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 87
DEGREES SET PREVIOUSLY ON MARCH 22, 1910, MARCH 26, 2012,
MARCH 29, 1943 AND MARCH 31, 1946.
AT LEE BIRD FIELD IN NORTH PLATTE, PRECIPITATION FOR MARCH
TOTALED 0.22 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.78 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1.00
INCHES. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF
MARCH IN NORTH PLATTE. SNOWFALL FOR MARCH TOTALED 2.0 INCHES
WHICH WAS 2.2 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 4.2 INCHES. NO DAILY
SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH FOR NORTH PLATTE.
AT MILLER FIELD IN VALENTINE, PRECIPITATION FOR MARCH TOTALED
0.24 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.77 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1.01 INCHES.
NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH
FOR VALENTINE. SNOWFALL FOR MARCH TOTALED 3.5 INCHES WHICH WAS
2.5 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 6.0 INCHES. NO DAILY SNOWFALL
RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH FOR VALENTINE.
...NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR THE PAST
12 MONTHS...
PRECIPITATION DEPARTURE
MONTH LBF VTN LBF VTN
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
MARCH 2026 0.22 0.24 -0.78 -0.77
TOTALS 22.70 21.65 +1.62 +0.75
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