FOR NORTH PLATTE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER
WAS 46.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.5 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 49.1  
DEGREES. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 63.6  
DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.9 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 64.5 DEGREES. THE  
AVERAGE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 29.6 DEGREES WHICH  
WAS 4.0 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 33.6 DEGREES AND WAS THIRD ALL  
TIME COOLEST ON RECORD.  
  
TWO RECORD DAILY LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SET DURING THE MONTH  
OF OCTOBER IN NORTH PLATTE AND ARE SUMMARIZED BELOW...  
  
DATE    NEW LOWEST MAXIMUM      PREVIOUS RECORD (YEAR)  
5               40                  44 (1988)  
6               37                  38 (1925)  
  
FOR VALENTINE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER WAS  
47.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.5 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 48.5 DEGREES.  
THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 61.7 DEGREES  
WHICH WAS 1.3 DEGREES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 63.0 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE  
DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 32.3 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 1.6 DEGREES BELOW  
THE NORMAL OF 33.9 DEGREES. NO DAILY RECORD TEMPERATURES WERE SET IN  
OCTOBER FOR VALENTINE.  
  
PRECIPITATION AT LEE BIRD FIELD TOTALED 0.28 INCHES FOR OCTOBER  
WHICH WAS 1.27 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1.55 INCHES. SNOWFALL FOR  
OCTOBER TOTALED 2.2 INCHES AND WAS 0.1 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF  
2.1 INCHES. NO DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET FOR THE MONTH AT  
NORTH PLATTE...HOWEVER...ONE DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD WAS SET DURING  
THE MONTH. ON THE SIXTH...0.9 INCHES OF SNOW FELL AT LEE BIRD FIELD  
WHICH WAS THE FIRST EVER OCCURRENCE OF SNOWFALL ON THAT DATE IN NORTH  
PLATTE.  
  
VALENTINE PRECIPITATION IN OCTOBER TOTALED 0.46 INCHES AND WAS 0.79  
INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL OF 1.25 INCHES. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH AT  
VALENTINE WAS 3.0 INCHES AND WAS 1.5 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 1.5  
INCHES. ON OCTOBER 4TH...A TRACE OF SNOW FELL WHICH WAS THE FIRST  
EVER OCCURRENCE OF SNOW ON THAT DATE IN VALENTINE.  
 
           NORTH PLATTE SUMMARY           VALENTINE SUMMARY  
 
         | OCT 12 | NORM | DIFF  |    | OCT 12 | NORM | DIFF  |  
AVG TEMP |  46.6  | 49.1 | -2.5  |    |  47.0  | 48.5 | -1.5  |  
AVG HIGH |  63.6  | 64.5 | -0.9  |    |  61.7  | 63.0 | -1.3  |  
AVG LOW  |  29.6  | 33.6 | -4.0  |    |  32.3  | 33.9 | -1.6  |  
PRECIP   |  0.28  | 1.55 | -1.27 |    |  0.46  | 1.25 | -0.79 |  
  
THE LATEST 30 DAY OUTLOOK FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER FOR  
NOVEMBER...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  
  
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  
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  
   
TOTALS                 10.07     10.56         -10.16    -9.46