Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
Issued by NWS North Platte, NE
463 NOUS43 KLBF 011137 PNSLBF NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-022345- Public Information Statement National Weather Service North Platte NE 637 AM CDT Mon Apr 1 2024 /537 AM MDT Mon Apr 1 2024/ ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... ...Temperatures were below normal for North Platte and Valentine in March, while precipitation was near normal for Valentine and above normal for North Platte... For North Platte, the average daily mean temperature for the month of March was 39.0 degrees which was 0.6 degrees below the normal of 39.6 degrees. The average daily high temperature for the month of March was 54.0 degrees which was 1.2 degrees below the normal of 55.2 degrees. The average daily low temperature for March was 23.9 degrees which was right at the normal of 23.9 degrees. No daily record temperatures were set during the month of March for North Platte. For Valentine, the average daily mean temperature for the month of March was 37.4 degrees which was 0.2 degrees below the normal of 37.6 degrees. The average daily high temperature for March was 51.2 degrees which was 0.4 degrees below the normal of 51.6 degrees. The average daily low temperature for the month was 23.7 degrees which was 0.2 degrees above the normal of 23.5 degrees. No daily record temperatures were set during the month of March for Valentine. At Lee Bird Field in North Platte, precipitation for March totaled 1.70 inches which was 0.70 inches above the normal of 1.00 inches. One daily precipitation record was set during the month of March for North Platte. On the 7th, 0.89 inches of precipitation was reported at North Platte. This broke the record of 0.71 inches set previously in 2000. Snowfall for March totaled 21.5 inches which was 17.3 inches above the normal of 4.2 inches. March 2024 will go down as the 7th snowiest March on record. Two daily snowfall records were set during the month of March for North Platte. On the 7th, 15.3 inches of snow fell, breaking the record of 6.0 inches set previously in 1998. This mark was also the snowiest March day on record, breaking the previous record of 12.6 inches set on March 21st 1894. This was also the heaviest all time daily snowfall record for North Platte. The previous all time daily record snowfall for North Platte was 13.9 inches set on January 18th 2023. A second daily snowfall record was set on March 8th when 2.1 inches of snow fell. This broke the daily record of 1.2 inches set on this date in 2002. At Miller field in Valentine, precipitation for March totaled 1.02 inches which was 0.01 inches above the normal of 1.01 inches. No daily precipitation records were set during the month of March for Valentine. Snowfall for March totaled 3.9 inches which was 2.1 inches below the normal of 6.0 inches. No daily snowfall records were set during the month of March for Valentine. ...North Platte and Valentine precipitation totals for the past 12 months... Precipitation Departure LBF VTN LBF VTN Month April 2023 0.04 0.80 -2.25 -1.68 May 2023 7.55 3.67 +4.20 +0.15 June 2023 2.59 5.81 -0.95 +1.85 July 2023 3.27 5.71 +0.09 +2.89 August 2023 2.72 3.21 +0.16 +1.17 September 2023 1.67 4.08 +0.06 +2.36 October 2023 0.71 3.29 -0.94 +1.87 November 2023 0.56 0.27 +0.07 -0.30 December 2023 0.90 0.64 +0.45 +0.21 January 2024 0.28 0.48 -0.11 +0.16 February 2024 1.18 1.02 +0.61 +0.41 March 2024 1.70 1.02 +0.70 +0.01 TOTALS 23.17 30.00 +2.09 +9.10 $$