NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WAS PERSISTENT ACROSS THE CENTRAL 
PLAINS DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. THIS LED TO DRIER THAN 
NORMAL CONDITIONS AND TEMPERATURES WHICH WERE SLIGHTLY ABOVE 
NORMAL. AS WE HEAD INTO THE WINTER MONTHS...AVERAGE MONTHLY 
PRECIPITATION DECREASES TO UNDER A HALF AN INCH DURING THE 
MONTHS OF DECEMBER...JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. SIGNIFICANT 
PRECIPITATION IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON MAJOR WEATHER SYSTEMS 
LIFTING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. 
WITH THE CURRENT PATTERN FAVORING NORTHWESTERLY FLOW 
ALOFT...AND WITH A STRONG LA NINA IN PLACE...DRIER THAN 
NORMAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE 
WINTER MONTHS.  
 
FOR NORTH PLATTE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR 
NOVEMBER WAS 34.8 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 0.2 DEGREES ABOVE THE 
NORMAL OF 34.6 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE 
WAS 49.6 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 1.1 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 
48.5 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 20.0 
DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.7 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 20.7 
DEGREES. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH OF 
NOVEMBER AT NORTH PLATTE.  
 
FOR VALENTINE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR 
NOVEMBER WAS 34.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.0 DEGREES ABOVE THE 
NORMAL OF 33.0 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE 
WAS 48.4 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.5 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 
45.9 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 19.6 
DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.5 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 20.1 
DEGREES. TWO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE 
MONTH AT VALENTINE. ON THE SIXTH...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE 
REACHED 82 DEGREES BREAKING THE RECORD OF 81 DEGREES SET 
PREVIOUSLY IN 2009. ON THE TWENTY FIFTH...THE LOW 
TEMPERATURE HIT 8 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THIS MARK BROKE THE 
RECORD OF 7 BELOW ZERO SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1975.  
 
PRECIPITATION FOR NOVEMBER TOTALED 0.62 INCHES AT LEE BIRD 
FIELD. THIS TOTAL WAS 0.14 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 0.76 
INCHES. FOR THE MONTH...0.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL WHICH WAS 
4.4 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 4.9 INCHES. NO DAILY 
PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH 
OF NOVEMBER AT NORTH PLATTE.  
 
AT VALENTINE...PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH TOTALED 0.15 
INCHES WHICH WAS 0.57 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 0.72 
INCHES. SNOWFALL TOTALED 0.6 INCHES...WHICH WAS 5.7 INCHES 
BELOW THE NORMAL OF 6.3 INCHES. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION OR 
SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH AT VALENTINE. 
 
             NORTH PLATTE SUMMARY           VALENTINE SUMMARY
          | NOV 10 | NORM | DIFF  |    | NOV 10 | NORM | DIFF  | 
 AVG TEMP |  34.8  | 34.6 |  0.2  |    |  34.0  | 33.0 |  1.0  |
 AVG HIGH |  49.6  | 48.5 |  1.1  |    |  48.4  | 45.9 |  2.5  |
 AVG LOW  |  20.0  | 20.7 | -0.7  |    |  19.6  | 20.1 | -0.5  |
 PRECIP   |  0.62  | 0.76 | -0.14 |    |  0.15  | 0.76 | -0.57 |  
 SNOW     |   0.5  |  4.9 | -4.4  |    |   0.6  |  6.3 | -5.7  |  
 
THE 30 DAY OUTLOOK FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER FOR 
DECEMBER CALLS EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE...BELOW OR NEAR NORMAL 
PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES. FOR NORTH PLATTE...THE MONTH 
OF DECEMBER TYPICALLY EXPERIENCES 0.40 INCHES OF 
PRECIPITATION...WHILE THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS 25.7 DEGREES. 
FOR VALENTINE...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS 23.6 DEGREES AND 
AVERAGE PRECIPITATION IS 0.33 INCHES. 
 
...NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE PRECIPITATION FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS...
 
                        PRECIPITATION             DEPARTURE
                        LBF       VTN           LBF        VTN 
MONTH  
DECEMBER 2009           0.67      0.37          0.27      0.04  
 
JANUARY 2010            0.15      0.27         -0.24     -0.03 
FEBRUARY 2010           0.84      0.35          0.33     -0.13 
MARCH 2010              2.26      1.20          1.02      0.09 
APRIL 2010              2.97      3.11          1.00      1.14 
MAY 2010                2.28      1.98         -1.06     -1.22 
JUNE 2010               4.99      3.91          1.82      0.90 
JULY 2010               3.98      2.25          0.81     -1.12 
AUGUST 2010             2.35      2.01          0.20     -0.19 
SEPTEMBER 2010          1.29      0.89         -0.03     -0.72 
OCTOBER 2010            1.05      0.70         -0.19     -0.52  
NOVEMBER 2010           0.62      0.15         -0.14     -0.57 
 
TOTALS                 22.91     17.09          3.79     -2.33