FOR NORTH PLATTE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR JULY WAS
80.4 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 6.1 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 74.3  
DEGREES. THIS RANKS FIFTH ALL TIME FOR THE WARMEST JULY ON RECORD.  
THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 98.0 DEGREES AND WAS A  
WHOPPING 9.8 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 88.2 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE  
HIGH OF 98.0 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH...RANKS FIRST ALL TIME ECLIPSING  
THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 97.7 DEGREES SET IN 1934. THE AVERAGE DAILY  
LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 62.7 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 2.3 DEGREES ABOVE THE  
NORMAL OF 60.4 DEGREES. FOUR DAILY RECORD HIGHS WERE BROKEN OR TIED  
DURING THE MONTH OF JULY IN NORTH PLATTE AND ARE SUMMARIZED BELOW:  
  
DATE           NEW OR TIED RECORD       PREVIOUS RECORD (YEAR)  
  
 4                    106*                106 (1936)  
21                    106                 105 (1934)  
22                    108                 106 (1936)  
23                    104*                104 (2005)  
  
* DENOTES TIED RECORD  
  
FOR VALENTINE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR JULY WAS 82.6  
DEGREES...WHICH WAS 8.1 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 74.5 DEGREES.  
THIS RANKS AS THE SECOND WARMEST JULY ON RECORD FOR VALENTINE. THE  
AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 99.4 DEGREES WHICH  
WAS A STAGGERING 10.7 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 88.7 DEGREES. THE  
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 99.4 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH RANKS FIRST  
ALL TIME AS THE WARMEST ON RECORD...ECLIPSING THE RECORD OF 98.2  
DEGREES SET BACK IN 1936. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE  
MONTH WAS 65.7 DEGREES AND WAS 5.3 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 60.4.  
TWO RECORD HIGHS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH AT MILLER  
FIELD AND ARE SUMMARIZED BELOW:  
  
DATE           NEW OR TIED RECORD       PREVIOUS RECORD (YEAR)  
  
21                    110                 109 (1934)  
23                    109*                109 (1964)  
  
* DENOTES TIED RECORD  
  
PRECIPITATION FOR JULY AT LEE BIRD FIELD IN NORTH PLATTE TOTALED  
0.69 INCHES WHICH WAS 2.38 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 3.07  
INCHES...MAKING JULY 2012 THE FOURTEENTH DRIEST ON RECORD. NO DAILY
PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH OF JULY AT NORTH 
PLATTE. MAY...JUNE AND JULY ARE TYPICALLY THE THREE WETTEST MONTHS  
OF THE YEAR IN NORTH PLATTE...WITH AROUND HALF OF THE ANNUAL  
PRECIPITATION FALLING DURING THESE THREE MONTHS. IN 2012 A TOTAL OF  
2.30 INCHES WAS RECORDED IN THE THREE MONTH PERIOD...WHICH WAS 7.47  
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE DRIEST CONSECUTIVE MAY...JUNE  
AND JULY ON RECORD...AHEAD OF 1890...WHICH RECORDED 3.35 INCHES.  
  
VALENTINE PRECIPITATION TOTALED 0.08 INCHES FOR JULY WHICH WAS 3.13  
INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 3.21 INCHES. JULY 2012 WILL GO DOWN AS  
THE SECOND DRIEST ON RECORD FOR VALENTINE. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION  
RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH OF JULY IN VALENTINE. MAY...JUNE AND  
JULY ARE TYPICALLY THE THREE WETTEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR IN  
VALENTINE...WITH AROUND HALF OF THE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION FALLING
DURING THESE THREE MONTHS. IN 2012...A TOTAL OF 2.49 INCHES WAS  
RECORDED IN THE THREE MONTH PERIOD...WHICH WAS 7.41 INCHES BELOW  
NORMAL. THIS RANKS AS THE DRIEST CONSECUTIVE MAY...JUNE AND JULY ON  
RECORD...AHEAD OF 1911...WHICH RECORDED 3.04 INCHES.  
  
OTHER NOTABLE PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET  
ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA DURING THE MONTH OF JULY.  
  
AT BROKEN BOW...0.39 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED...WHICH  
WAS 2.56 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 2.95 INCHES. FOR BROKEN  
BOW...THE MAY...JUNE AND JULY TOTAL WAS ONLY 1.22 INCHES...EASILY  
BECOMING THE DRIEST MAY...JUNE AND JULY ON RECORD AT BROKEN  
BOW...BREAKING THE RECORD OF 2.61 INCHES SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1934.  
 
AT IMPERIAL...TWO DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE TIED FOR THE  
MONTH OF JULY. ON THE FOURTH...THE HIGH WAS 106 DEGREES WHICH TIED  
THE RECORD SET IN 1978...1937 AND 1936. ON THE TWENTY SECOND...THE  
HIGH IN IMPERIAL WAS 106 DEGREES...TYING THE RECORD SET IN 1937 AND  
1936. PRECIPITATION FOR JULY TOTALED 2.31 INCHES IN IMPERIAL...WHICH  
WAS 0.58 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 2.89 INCHES. FOR IMPERIAL...THE  
MAY...JUNE AND JULY TOTAL WAS 4.06 INCHES...WHICH WAS 4.97 INCHES  
BELOW THE NORMAL OF 9.03 INCHES. IN 2012...THE MAY...JUNE...AND JULY  
PERIOD WAS THE FOURTH DRIEST ON RECORD IN IMPERIAL.  
  
           NORTH PLATTE SUMMARY           VALENTINE SUMMARY  
         | JUN 12 | NORM | DIFF  |    | JUN 12 | NORM | DIFF  |  
AVG TEMP |  80.4  | 74.3 |  6.1  |    |  82.6  | 74.5 |  8.1  |  
AVG HIGH |  98.0  | 88.2 |  9.8  |    |  99.4  | 88.7 | 10.7  |  
AVG LOW  |  62.7  | 60.4 |  2.3  |    |  65.7  | 60.4 |  5.3  |  
PRECIP   |  0.69  | 3.07 | -2.38 |    |  0.08  | 3.21 | -3.13 |  
  
THE LATEST 30 DAY OUTLOOK FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER FOR  
AUGUST CALLS FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL  
PRECIPITATION FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  
  
...NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR THE PAST 12  
MONTHS...  
  
                        PRECIPITATION             DEPARTURE  
MONTH                   LBF       VTN           LBF       VTN  
  
AUGUST 2011             1.99      3.12         -0.30      0.94  
SEPTEMBER 2011          0.98      1.09         -0.43     -0.55  
OCTOBER 2011            2.17      1.71          0.62      0.46  
NOVEMBER 2011           0.13      0.44         -0.51     -0.21  
DECEMBER 2011           0.32      0.20         -0.09     -0.17  
  
JANUARY 2012            0.12      0.19         -0.22     -0.07
FEBRUARY 2012           1.23      2.27          0.73      1.79  
MARCH 2012              0.82      0.31         -0.23     -0.76  
APRIL 2012              3.68      2.99          1.41      0.77  
MAY 2012                0.74      0.69         -2.54     -2.44  
JUNE 2012               0.87      1.72         -2.55     -1.84  
JULY 2012               0.69      0.08         -2.38     -3.13  
  
TOTALS                 13.74     14.81         -6.49     -5.21