Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Omaha/Valley, NE
Issued by NWS Omaha/Valley, NE
598 CXUS53 KOAX 011236 CLMOFK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 636 AM CST FRI MAR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE NORFOLK NE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 76R 02/26 LOWEST 5 02/28 AVG. MAXIMUM 50.6 37.0 13.6 AVG. MINIMUM 26.0 15.6 10.4 MEAN 38.3 26.3 12.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 23 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.18 1971 MINIMUM 0.04 1949 TOTALS 0.21 0.80 -0.59 DAYS >= .01 3 DAYS >= .10 1 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.12 02/03 TO 02/03 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 23.0 1936 TOTALS 1.5 6.1 -4.6 SINCE 7/1 29.4 DAYS >= 1.0 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 1 02/01 02/16 24 HR TOTAL 1.0 02/16 TO 02/16 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 770 1083 -313 SINCE 7/1 4277 5126 -849 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/330 DATE 02/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/170 DATE 02/07 53/320 02/27 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.37 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 6 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && FEBRUARY IN NORFOLK WAS MUCH WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL. THE MONTH ENDED UP 12.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND 0.59 INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION. SNOWFALL WAS 4.6 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. IT WAS THE 2ND WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD AND THE 17TH LEAST SNOWIEST. NEW DAILY RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY DATE RECORD VALUE PREVIOUS RECORD FEB 2 WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 36 33 IN 2019 FEB 3 WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 36 34 IN 1927 FEB 6 WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 32 31 IN 2023,2013,1938 FEB 7 WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 45 32 IN 2016 FEB 20 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 71 66 IN 1930 FEB 26 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 76 72 IN 1896 $$ DEWALD