ANOTHER VERY HOT DAY DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA. DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS BOTH THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND THE HIGH PLAINS ALLOWED FOR RECORD BREAKING HEAT FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW. THREE RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED THIS AFTERNOON AT CLIMATE OBSERVING SITES. NORTH PLATTE AIRPORT REACHED 106 DEGREES...BROKEN BOW 103 DEGREES...AND IMPERIAL 107 DEGREES. NORTH PLATTE AIRPORT WAS ONLY ONE DEGREE OFF FROM TYING THE ALL TIME MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. HERE ARE HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM 8 AIRPORT OBSERVING SITES ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA...AS WELL AS ONE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER STATION. LOCATION MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) IMPERIAL............................107 (RECORD) NORTH PLATTE........................106 (RECORD) THEDFORD............................104 OGALLALA............................104 BROKEN BOW..........................103 (RECORD) CALLAWAY (COOPERATIVE OBSERVER).....102 VALENTINE...........................96 AINSWORTH...........................94 ONEILL..............................94 ------------------------------------------------------------------ THESE DATA ARE PRELIMINARY AND HAVE NOT UNDERGONE FINAL QUALITY CONTROL BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER /NCDC/. THEREFORE... THESE DATA ARE SUBJECT TO REVISION. FINAL AND CERTIFIED CLIMATE DATA CAN BE ACCESSED AT WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV. $$ AHSENMACHER |