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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NEBRASKA
1256 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

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...THE OMAHA EPPLEY, NEBRASKA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2012

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST           102   06/27
LOWEST             45   06/01
AVG. MAXIMUM     87.1              83.2     3.9
AVG. MINIMUM     65.0              61.0     4.0
MEAN             76.1              72.1     4.0
DAYS MAX >= 90     14
DAYS MAX <= 32      0
DAYS MIN <= 32      0
DAYS MIN <= 0       0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        12.70   1883
 MINIMUM         0.24   2007
TOTALS           3.57              4.18   -0.61
DAILY AVG.       0.12
DAYS >= .01         8
DAYS >= .10         6
DAYS >= .50         3
DAYS >= 1.00        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.53   06/14 TO 06/15

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL              T   2008(HAIL)
                        2005(HAIL)
                        2001(HAIL)
TOTALS            0.0               0.0
SINCE 7/1        20.4
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0
DAYS >= 1.0         0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL       9                17      -8
 SINCE 7/1       4796              6167   -1371
COOLING TOTAL     348               230     118
 SINCE 1/1        576               312     264
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    35/180    DATE  06/19
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    43/160    DATE  06/23

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.40


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                4     RAIN                       4
LIGHT RAIN               10     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      10     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      2

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
>= INDICATES GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO.
<= INDICATES LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO.


&&

 JUNE WAS MUCH WARMER AND SLIGHTLY DRIER THAN NORMAL IN OMAHA.

THE WARM YEAR OF 2012 BARRELED RIGHT THROUGH JUNE...WITH AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 76.1 DEGREES THAT WAS THE 14TH WARMEST ON RECORD AND
4.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, AND ALSO WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE NORMAL
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR JULY (76.7 DEGREES).  THE YEAR OF 2012
REMAINS THE WARMEST THROUGH JUNE AT 53.6 DEGREES, BEATING THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 51.9 DEGREES SET IN 1921.  ALSO, THE PAST 12
MONTHS (JULY 2011 TO JUNE 2012) ARE THE WARMEST ON RECORD FOR THAT
PERIOD AT 55.9 DEGREES, BEATING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 54.9 DEGREES
SET IN 1931.  IN FACT, THE LAST 12 MONTHS ARE THE SECOND WARMEST OF
*ANY* 12-MONTH PERIOD ON RECORD, JUST 0.1 DEGREES SHY OF THE RECORD
56.0 DEGREES SET IN JANUARY-DECEMBER 1931.

THE HEAT SUPERLATIVES CAN CONTINUE.  JUNE SAW 14 DAYS AT OR ABOVE 90
DEGREES IN OMAHA, WELL ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 6 DAYS.  THAT BRINGS THE
YEAR-TO-DATE TOTAL TO 24, WHICH TIES FOR SECOND (WITH 1933) BEHIND
THE RECORD OF 28 SET IN 1934.  THERE WERE 27 DAYS IN JUNE THAT WERE
AT OR ABOVE 80 DEGREES, WELL ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 20 DAYS.  ONLY 1
DAY SAW TEMPERATURES BELOW 70 DEGREES...ON THE 1ST.  MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES ALSO TRENDED TOWARD THE WARM SIDE.  THERE WERE 7 DAYS
IN JUNE WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE AT OR ABOVE 70 DEGREES, BEATING THE
NORMAL OF 4 DAYS, AND 25 DAYS WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE AT OR ABOVE 60
DEGREES, BEATING THE NORMAL OF 19 DAYS.  THE ONLY RECORD SET IN THE
MONTH OF JUNE WAS A RECORD WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON THE 18TH
AT 78 DEGREES, BEATING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 77 DEGREES SET IN 1953.

RAINFALL IN JUNE WAS A LITTLE LESS FREQUENT THAN NORMAL, WITH 8 DAYS
RECORDING MEASURABLE RAINFALL AND ONLY 7 THUNDERSTORM DAYS.  UNLIKE
A TYPICAL JUNE, THE STRONGEST WINDS OF THE MONTH DID NOT OCCUR WITH
THUNDERSTORMS.  INSTEAD, THEY OCCURED AS STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ON
BOTH THE 19TH AND THE 23RD AHEAD OF LATER STORMS. MUCH OF THE
MONTHLY RAINFALL OF 3.57 INCHES FELL IN A COUPLE OF LARGE EVENTS.
THUNDERSTORMS ON THE 10TH BROUGHT 0.78 INCHES OF RAIN.  A FEW DAYS
LATER, 1.53 INCHES FELL ON THE 14TH TO 15TH WITH STORMS...AND WITH
AN ADDITIONAL 0.12 INCHES ON THE 16TH.  STORMS BROUGHT 0.91 INCHES
OF RAIN ON THE 20TH, AS WELL.  THOSE THREE EVENTS TOTALED 3.34
INCHES, NEARLY ALL OF THE JUNE TOTAL.  AS A RESULT, AND WITH HEAT
EXACERBATING THE DRYNESS, THE AREA IN AND AROUND THE OMAHA METRO IS
DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO FEELING LOW-GRADE DROUGHT EFFECTS, EVEN THOUGH
THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION IS ONLY A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL.


DAILY RECORDS SET IN JUNE 2012:
DATE       RECORD         READING  PREVIOUS RECORD
JUNE 18    WARM MIN TEMP    78     77 (1953)

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