Category: Climate Summary
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January 2022 Top 10 Monthly Ranking
Precipitation Precipitation/ Ranking Record/Year Period of Record Norfolk, NE 0.04 / DRIEST 0.05 / 1928+ 1893-2021 Grand Junction, CO 0.14 / 10th Driest (tied with 1900) Trace / 1961 1893-2021 Casper, WY 0.90 / 9th Wettest 1.42 / 1987 1939-2021 Snowfall Snowfall / Ranking Record / Year…
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2021 Annual Climate Summary
Sunset in Lincoln, NE. Photo courtesy Heleena Pettee, High Plains Regional Climate Center. A Year of Extremes 2021 was a year of extremes in the High Plains. January began the year with above normal temperatures across the region. Monthly temperature departures were as high as 15.0 degrees F (8.3 degrees C) above normal. This warmth…
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December 2021 Climate Summary
Sunset in Western Kansas, Photo Courtesy Gannon Rush Active End to the Year for the Region Warmer temperatures dominated most of the High Plains, while precipitation varied across the region. The southern portion of the region was dry, while drought-stricken parts of North Dakota and western Colorado received beneficial precipitation. The warm and dry conditions…
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2021 Annual Top 10 Rankings
Warmest Temperature/Ranking Record/Year Period of Record Sisseton, SD 48.0 / WARMEST 47.1 / 2016 1931-2021 Bismarck, ND 47.2 / WARMEST 46.5 / 2016 1886-2021 Aberdeen, SD 47.7 / 2nd Warmest 48.1 / 1987 1893-2021 Valentine, NE 51.9 / 2nd Warmest 52.0 / 2012 1889-2021 Alamosa, CO 44.2 / 3rd Warmest (tied with 1954) 44.7 /…
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December 2021 Top 10 Monthly Rankings
Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, Precipitation in inches Warmest Temperature / Ranking Record / Year Period of Record Grand Island, NE 35.5 / WARMEST 35.4 / 1896 1895-2021 Salina, KS 40.8 / WARMEST 40.6 / 1939 1948-2021 Norfolk, NE 32.6 / WARMEST 32.4 / 1957 1893-2021 Topeka, KS 43.1 / 2nd Warmest 45.3 / 1889 1887-2021…
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November 2021 Climate Summary
Colorado sunset, Photo courtesy Jennifer Balch Warm and Dry in the High Plains Warm and dry conditions were observed across the High Plains in November. Above-normal temperatures were recorded across the entire region with the highest departures 10 degrees F (5.6 degrees C) and higher. Precipitation across the majority of the region was below-normal outside…