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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service North Platte NE
224 PM CDT Wed Oct 1 2025 /124 PM MDT Wed Oct 1 2025/

...September 2025 saw above normal temperatures and above normal
precipitation for North Platte and Valentine...

For North Platte, the average daily mean temperature in September was
65.4 degrees which was 1.2 degrees above the normal of 64.2 degrees. The
average daily high temperature for the month was 79.9 degrees which
was 0.1 degrees below the normal of 80.0 degrees. The average daily
low temperature for September was 50.9 degrees which was 2.6 degrees
above the normal 48.3 degrees. No daily temperature records were set
during the month of September at North Platte.

For Valentine, the average daily mean temperature in September was
66.7 degrees which was 2.5 degrees above the normal of 64.2 degrees. The
average daily high temperature for month was 80.5 degrees which was
0.7 degrees above the normal of 79.8 degrees. The average daily low
temperature for the month was 52.8 degrees which was 4.2 degrees
above the normal of 48.6 degrees. One daily temperature record was
tied during the month of September at Valentine. On the 30th, the low
temperature was 60 degrees, tying the record high minimum temperature
of 60 degrees set previously in 2017.

At Lee Bird Field in North Platte, precipitation for September
totaled 2.68 inches which was 1.07 inches above the normal of 1.61
inches. One daily precipitation record was set during the month of
September in North Platte. On the 16th, 1.02 inches of rain fell,
breaking the record of 0.64 inches set in 2022.

At Miller Field in Valentine, precipitation for September totaled
4.68 inches which was 2.96 inches above the normal of 1.72 inches.
September 2025 will go down as the 3rd wettest September on record for
Valentine. One daily precipitation record was set during the month of
September at Valentine. On the 14th, 0.84 inches of rain fell at
Miller Field breaking the record of 0.78 inches set previously in 1906.

...North Platte and Valentine precipitation totals for the past 12
months...

                        Precipitation             Departure
Month                   LBF       VTN           LBF       VTN

October 2024            0.92      0.07         -0.73     -1.35
November 2024           1.39      0.94         +0.90     +0.37
December 2024           0.01      0.16         -0.44     -0.27

January 2025            0.28      0.23         -0.11     -0.09
February 2025           0.67      0.42         +0.10     -0.19
March 2025              0.30      1.62         -0.70     +0.61
April 2025              1.13      0.85         -1.16     -1.63
May 2025                3.70      4.46         +0.35     +0.94
June 2025               6.85      4.51         +3.31     +0.55
July 2025               3.27      3.88         +0.09     +1.06
August 2025             2.90      1.62         +0.34     -0.42
September 2025          2.68      4.68         +1.07     +2.96

TOTALS                 24.10     23.44         +3.02     +2.54

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