EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUED ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND  
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.  
  
FOR NORTH PLATTE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR NOVEMBER  
WAS 38.6 DEGREES AND WAS 3.0 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 35.6  
DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 57.2 DEGREES...WHICH  
WAS 7.0 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 50.2 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY  
LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 19.9 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 1.1 DEGREES BELOW THE  
NORMAL OF 21.0 DEGREES. NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET DURING  
THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IN NORTH PLATTE.  
  
FOR VALENTINE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR NOVEMBER WAS  
37.1 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.7 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 34.4 DEGREES.  
THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 51.7 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.0  
DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 47.7 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY LOW  
TEMPERATURE WAS 22.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.3 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL  
OF 21.2 DEGREES. ONE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS SET DURING THE  
MONTH OF NOVEMBER IN VALENTINE. ON THE TWENTY FIRST...THE HIGH IN  
VALENTINE WAS 76 DEGREES...BREAKING THE RECORD OF 75 DEGREES SET  
PREVIOUSLY IN 1966.  
  
PRECIPITATION AT LEE BIRD FIELD TOTALED 0.05 INCHES FOR THE  
MONTH...AND WAS 0.59 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 0.64 INCHES. TOTAL  
SNOWFALL WAS 0.5 INCHES...AND WAS 3.4 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 3.9  
INCHES. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF  
NOVEMBER IN NORTH PLATTE.  
  
VALENTINE PRECIPITATION IN NOVEMBER TOTALED 0.47 INCHES WHICH WAS  
0.18 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 0.65 INCHES. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH  
TOTALED 7.7 INCHES...AND WAS 2.3 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 5.4  
INCHES. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET DURING THE MONTH OF  
NOVEMBER FOR VALENTINE.  
  
           NORTH PLATTE SUMMARY           VALENTINE SUMMARY  
 
         | NOV 12 | NORM | DIFF  |    | NOV 12 | NORM | DIFF  |  
AVG TEMP |  38.6  | 35.6 |  3.0  |    |  37.1  | 34.4 |  2.7  |  
AVG HIGH |  57.2  | 50.2 |  7.0  |    |  51.7  | 47.7 |  4.0  |  
AVG LOW  |  19.9  | 21.0 | -1.1  |    |  22.5  | 21.2 |  1.3  |  
PRECIP   |  0.05  | 0.64 | -0.59 |    |  0.47  | 0.65 | -0.18 |  
    
FALL SEASON PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND DEPARTURES ARE GIVEN BELOW FOR  
SEPTEMBER...OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2012.
  
STATION            3 MONTH TOTAL PRECIPITATION          DEPARTURE  
  
NORTH PLATTE *                0.43                        -3.17  
VALENTINE #                   1.15                        -2.39  
  
* DRIEST FALL ON RECORD FOR NORTH PLATTE.  
# 7TH DRIEST FALL ON RECORD FOR VALENTINE.  
  
AS OF DECEMBER 1...9.67 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN AT LEE  
BIRD FIELD IN 2012. THE LOWEST ANNUAL TOTAL EVER RECORDED IN NORTH  
PLATTE WAS 10.01 INCHES IN 1931.  
  
AS OF DECEMBER 1...10.39 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN AT  
MILLER FIELD IN 2012. THE LOWEST ANNUAL TOTAL EVER RECORDED IN  
VALENTINE WAS 10.14 INCHES IN 1894.  
  
THE LATEST 30 DAY OUTLOOK FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER FOR  
DECEMBER...CALLS FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE. THE  
PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK IS FOR EQUAL CHANCES FOR ABOVE...BELOW AND  
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION.  
  
...NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR THE PAST 12  
MONTHS...  
  
                        PRECIPITATION             DEPARTURE  
MONTH                   LBF       VTN           LBF       VTN  
  
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  
AUGUST 2012             1.09      0.99         -1.20     -1.19  
SEPTEMBER 2012          0.10      0.22         -1.31     -1.42  
OCTOBER 2012            0.28      0.46         -1.27     -0.79  
NOVEMBER 2012           0.05      0.47         -0.59     -0.18  
  
TOTALS                  9.99     10.59         -10.24    -9.43