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May 14, 2013 Daily High Temperatures
Author: Joseph Brum-High Plains Regional Climate Center
Published: 2013-05-15 15:35:55
Updated: 2013-06-05 23:02:25
Here are some of daily high temperature records from May 14, 2013. Most locations had temperatures 20-30 degrees above their normal high temperature for the day. Furthermore, the locations of Omaha, Lincoln, and Grand Island all reached the 100 degree mark the earliest in their respecitve periods of record. The average time those cities hit the century mark is around the first week of July. These record high temperatures come just two days after some locations set daily low temperature records. During the morning hours of May 12, 2013 Omaha, Lincoln, and Norfolk had low temperature records of 32, 31, and 29, respectively. That is roughly a 70 degree temperature swing in approximately 60 hours(12th at 4am - 14th at 4pm).
May 14, 2013 Daily High Temperature Records| City | New Record | Old Record | Old Record Year | Normal High Temp | Period of Record |
| Norfolk, NE | 103 | 96 | 1915 | 72 | 1893-2013 |
| Grand Islnad, NE | 102 | 99 | 1941 | 72 | 1885-2013 |
| Omaha, NE | 101 | 96 | 1915 | 73 | 1871-2013 |
| Lincoln, NE | 100 | 96 | 1915 | 74 | 1887-2013 |
| McCook, NE | 100 | 98 | 1929 | 73 | 1896-2013 |
| Hill City, KS | 100 | 96 | 1948 | 75 | 1907-2013 |
| North Platte, NE | 97 | 95 | 1948 | 71 | 1874-2013 |
| Russell, KS | 97 | 92 | 1988 | 75 | 1949-2013 |
| Garden City, KS | 96* | 96 | 1963 | 76 | 1947-2013 |
| Topeka, KS | 95* | 95 | 1941 | 75 | 1887-2013 |
| Scottsbulff, NE | 95 | 93 | 1931 | 71 | 1893-2013 |
| Denver, CO | 87* | 87 | 1996 | 71 | 1872-2013 |
| Cheyenne, WY | 84 | 83 | 1976 | 64 | 1872-2013 |
| Rawlins, WY | 81 | 80 | 1976 | 63 | 1951-2013 |
| * Tied Record | |||||
| Normal High Temperature based on 1981-2010 Normals. | |||||
