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CLIMATE REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
318 AM CST FRI MAR 8 2013

UPDATED TO INCLUDE MONTHLY/SEASONAL NARRATIVE AT BOTTOM

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...THE HASTINGS NE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              80   02/28/2006
                        02/25/1995
 LOW              -21   02/02/1917
HIGHEST            62   02/17        70      -8       60  02/01
LOWEST              2   02/22        -7       9       -8  02/11
AVG. MAXIMUM     40.1              40.2    -0.1     40.7
AVG. MINIMUM     19.7              19.7     0.0     20.0
MEAN             29.9              29.9     0.0     30.3
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      5               8.1    -3.1        8
DAYS MIN <= 32     27              25.1     1.9       27
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               1.4    -1.4        3

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         2.80   1971
 MINIMUM         0.00   1921
                        1896
TOTALS           0.90              0.49    0.41     1.67
DAILY AVG.       0.03              0.02    0.01     0.06
DAYS >= .01         6                MM      MM        7
DAYS >= .10         1                MM      MM        2
DAYS >= .50         1                MM      MM        2
DAYS >= 1.00        0                MM      MM        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.72   02/21 TO 02/21

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           25.5   1903
TOTALS           10.5               6.5     4.0     11.4
SINCE 7/1        23.8              22.4     1.4     22.5
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      2                MM      MM        3
DAYS >= 1.0         2                MM      MM        2
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        10   02/22                         11  02/04

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     977               981      -4      998
 SINCE 7/1       4627              4630      -3     4360
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    41/310    DATE  02/10
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    52/310    DATE  02/10

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.40
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           17
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              6
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          5

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     72

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                2     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW                8     SLEET                      0
FOG                      14     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      6
HAZE                      5

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

...FEBRUARY 2013 SUMMARY FOR HASTINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...

...TEMPERATURES

NO DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET IN FEB. 2013

AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE:    40.1 DEGREES (0.1 BELOW NORMAL)
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE:     19.7 DEGREES (MATCHES NORMAL)
AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE:    29.9 DEGREES (MATCHES NORMAL)

WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE:      62 DEGREES ON THE 17TH
COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE:      19 DEGREES ON THE 21ST

COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE:        2 DEGREES ON THE 22ND
WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE:       33 DEGREES ON THE 6TH

WARMEST 2-DAY STRETCH BASED
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE:   57.0 DEGREES FROM THE 16TH-17TH

WARMEST 7-DAY STRETCH BASED
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE:   48.3 DEGREES FROM THE 12TH-18TH

COLDEST 2-DAY STRETCH BASED
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE:   20.5 DEGREES FROM THE 21ST-22ND

COLDEST 7-DAY STRETCH BASED
ON AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE:   27.6 DEGREES FROM THE 20TH-26TH

WARMEST 7-DAY STRETCH BASED
ON AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE:   36.9 DEGREES FROM THE 4TH-10TH

COLDEST 7-DAY STRETCH BASED
ON AVERAGE MEAN TEMPERATURE:   19.3 DEGREES FROM THE 20TH-26TH


...PRECIPITATION/SNOWFALL

1 DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD TIED IN FEB. 2013
FEB. 21: RECORD SNOWFALL OF 8.0 INCHES (TIES 8.0 IN 1897)

TOTAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION: 0.90 INCHES (0.41 ABOVE NORMAL)
TOTAL MONTHLY SNOWFALL:      10.5 INCHES  (4.0 ABOVE NORMAL)

- THIS WAS THE 25TH-SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD OUT OF 119 YEARS
DATING TO 1895

NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 OR MORE): 6

HIGHEST CALENDAR DAY PRECIPITATION: 0.72 INCHES ON THE 21ST
HIGHEST 2-DAY PRECIPITATION:        0.79 INCHES ON THE 20TH-21ST

HIGHEST CALENDAR DAY SNOWFALL:       8.0 INCHES ON THE 21ST
HIGHEST 2-DAY SNOWFALL:              9.5 INCHES ON THE 20TH-21ST

PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS:

MONTH          PRECIP.  DEPARTURE

MARCH 2012      0.86      -0.93
APRIL 2012      2.95      +0.39
MAY 2012        4.07      -0.50
JUNE 2012       2.35      -1.45
JULY 2012       1.64      -2.10
AUG. 2012       2.39      -0.91
SEP. 2012       0.59      -1.97
OCT. 2012       1.46      -0.53
NOV. 2012       0.66      -0.63
DEC. 2012       1.69      +1.08
JAN. 2013       0.32      -0.09
FEB. 2013       0.90      +0.41

12-MONTH TOTAL  19.88     -7.23


...OTHER WEATHER ELEMENTS

HIGHEST WIND GUST: 52 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON THE 10TH
(BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT)

HIGHEST SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE: 30.43 ON THE 15TH
LOWEST SURFACE SEA LEVEL PRESSURE:  29.20 ON THE 10TH


...FEBRUARY 2013 NARRATIVE FOR HASTINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...

FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE MONTHS...HASTINGS RECORDED ABOVE
NORMAL PRECIPITATION...AT LEAST PUTTING A SMALL DENT IN THE ONGOING
EXTREME DROUGHT SITUATION PER THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR.
TEMPERATURE-WISE...THE MONTH STARTED QUITE WARM AND ENDED RATHER
CHILLY...BUT THE MONTHLY AVERAGE ENDED UP EXACTLY MATCHING THE
30-YEAR MONTHLY NORMAL.

FOCUSING FIRST ON PRECIPITATION...THE MONTHLY TOTAL OF 0.90 INCHES
AT HASTINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WAS 0.41 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL
AMOUNT OF 0.49 INCHES. HOWEVER...THIS WAS NOT AS WET AS LAST
YEAR IN FEBRUARY 2012...WHICH FEATURED 1.67 INCHES. THE MAJORITY OF
PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH...0.79 INCHES...FELL IN ASSOCIATION WITH A
MAJOR WINTER STORM FROM THE 20TH-21ST. THIS SAME WINTER STORM ALSO
DROPPED 9.5 INCHES OF SNOW...WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE
MONTHLY TOTAL OF 10.5 INCHES...WHICH WAS 4.0 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND
RANKED AS THE 25TH-SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD OUT OF 119 YEARS.

TURNING TO TEMPERATURES...THE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE RESULTING
FROM AVERAGING BOTH THE HIGHS AND LOWS WAS 29.9 DEGREES...WHICH JUST
HAPPENED TO EXACTLY MATCH THE MONTHLY NORMAL. HOWEVER...THIS VERY
UNREMARKABLE MONTHLY AVERAGE DID NOT REVEAL THE TRUE PICTURE OF A
MONTH THAT STARTED RATHER WARM...AND ENDED ON A COLD NOTE. IN
FACT...12 OF THE FIRST 14 DAYS OF THE MONTH FEATURED AN ABOVE NORMAL
MEAN TEMPERATURE...WHILE EACH OF THE FINAL 10 DAYS OF THE MONTH
CHECKED IN BELOW NORMAL. DURING THE FIRST 17 DAYS OF THE
MONTH...HIGH TEMPERATURES EXCEEDED 50 DEGREES EIGHT TIMES...LED BY
62 DEGREES ON THE 17TH. THEREAFTER...A NOTABLE DOWNTURN
ENSUED...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ON EACH OF THE FINAL 10 DAYS ONLY
RANGING FROM 19 TO 36 DEGREES. THE OVERALL-COLDEST BRIEF STRETCH OF
THE MONTH WAS THE 20TH-22ND...FEATURING HIGHS OF ONLY 23...19 AND 22
DEGREES. THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 2 DEGREES ON
THE 22ND.

NO THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED HASTINGS DURING THE MONTH.
HOWEVER...THERE WERE SEVERAL RATHER WINDY DAYS MAINLY BEHIND PASSING
COLD FRONTS...WITH THE HIGHEST GUST OF 52 MPH OUT OF THE NORTHWEST
ON THE 10TH.


...WINTER 2012-2013 SEASONAL RECAP COVERING DECEMBER-FEBRUARY...

FOR THE METEOROLOGICAL WINTER SEASON OF DECEMBER...JANUARY AND
FEBRUARY AS A WHOLE...THE AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE AT HASTINGS
WAS 27.5 DEGREES...OR ONLY 0.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...RESULTING IN A
REMARKABLY NORMAL SEASONAL AVERAGE. THE WARMEST HIGH TEMPERATURE OF
THE SEASON WAS 68 DEGREES ON DEC. 2ND...AND THE COLDEST HIGH
TEMPERATURE WAS 14 DEGREES ON DEC. 25TH...CHRISTMAS DAY. THE COLDEST
LOW TEMPERATURE OF THE SEASON WAS -4 DEGREES ON DEC. 26TH...AND THE
MILDEST LOW WAS 35 DEGREES ON DEC. 1ST.

TURNING TO PRECIPITATION...THE SEASONAL TOTAL OF 2.91 INCHES WAS
1.40 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL...AND RESULTED IN THE 27TH-WETTEST WINTER
ON RECORD OUT 119 YEARS. THE WETTEST CALENDAR DAY OF THE SEASON WAS
1.03 INCHES ON DEC. 19TH...WHICH ALONE ACCOUNTED FOR 35 PERCENT OF
THE SEASONAL TOTAL. SNOWFALL DURING THE DECEMBER-FEBRUARY WINTER
SEASON TOTALED 23.5 INCHES...WHICH WAS 4.9 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND
RESULTED IN THE 23RD-SNOWIEST WINTER ON RECORD OUT OF 119 YEARS. THE
MAJORITY OF THIS SNOW FELL DURING TWO MAJOR WINTER STORMS...ONE THAT
DROPPED 8.1 INCHES FROM DEC. 19TH-20TH AND ANOTHER THAT LEFT BEHIND
9.5 INCHES FROM FEB. 20TH-21ST. ACCOUNTING FOR THE ENTIRE SNOW
SEASON-TO-DATE...HASTINGS CURRENTLY SITS AT 23.8 INCHES...WHICH IS
ONLY 1.4 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL DUE TO A LACK OF SNOW DURING THE
OCTOBER-NOVEMBER TIME FRAME.

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