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Public Information Statement...CORRECTED
National Weather Service North Platte NE
1209 PM CST Mon Dec 2 2024 /1109 AM MST Mon Dec 2 2024/

...Temperatures and precipitation were above normal in November
for North Platte, with near normal temperatures and above normal
precipitation for Valentine in November...

For North Platte, the average daily mean temperature for the month
of November was 39.7 degrees which was 2.7 degrees above the normal
of 37.0 degrees. The average daily high temperature for the month of
November was 54.1 degrees which was 1.5 degrees above the normal of
52.6 degrees. The average daily low temperature for November was 25.3
degrees which was 3.9 degrees above the normal 21.4 degrees. One daily
temperature record was set during the month of November for North
Platte. On the 9th, the low temperature in North Platte was 41 degrees.
This broke the record high minimum temperature of 39 degrees set
previously in 2004 and 1878.

For Valentine, the average daily mean temperature for the month of
November was 36.5 degrees which was 0.3 degrees above the normal of
36.2 degrees. The average daily high temperature for November
was 49.3 degrees which was 1.3 degrees below the normal of 50.6 degrees.
The average daily low temperature for the month was 23.6 degrees
which was 1.8 degrees above the normal of 21.8 degrees. No daily
temperature records were set during the month of November for
Valentine.

At Lee Bird Field in North Platte, precipitation for November
totaled 1.39 inches which was 0.90 inches above the normal of 0.49
inches. November 2024 will go down as the 11th wettest November on
record for North Platte. One daily precipitation record was set
in November at North Platte. On the 8th, 0.89 inches of precipitation
fell, breaking the record of 0.82 inches set previously in 1970.
Snowfall for November totaled a trace which was 3.0 inches below the
normal of 3.0 inches. No daily snowfall records were set during the
month of November for North Platte.

At Miller field in Valentine, precipitation for November totaled
0.94 inches which was 0.37 inches above the normal of 0.57 inches.
One daily precipitation record was set during the month of November
for Valentine. On the 9th, 0.68 inches of precipitation fell,
breaking the record of 0.67 inches set previously in 1919.
Snowfall for the month totaled 0.6 inches which was 4.0 inches
below the normal of 4.6 inches. No daily snowfall records were set
during the month of November for Valentine.

...North Platte and Valentine precipitation totals for the past 12
months...

                        Precipitation             Departure
                        LBF       VTN           LBF       VTN
Month

December 2023           0.90      0.64         +0.45     +0.21

January 2024            0.28      0.48         -0.11     +0.16
February 2024           1.18      1.02         +0.61     +0.41
March 2024              1.70      1.02         +0.70     +0.01
April 2024              2.28      3.03         -0.01     +0.55
May 2024                5.06      2.55         +1.71     -0.97
June 2024               4.07      5.35         +0.53     +1.39
July 2024               3.01      0.51         -0.17     -2.31
August 2024             1.55      1.50         -1.01     -0.54
September 2024          0.23      0.09         -1.38     -1.63
October 2024            0.92      0.07         -0.73     -1.35
November 2024           1.39      0.94         +0.90     +0.37


TOTALS                 22.57     17.20         +1.49     -3.70

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