NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA FORECAST
Ainsworth Airport high:
Tuesday (9/7) 74
Ainsworth low this morning: 53
State high yesterday: 86 at Scottsbluff
State low this morning: 40 at Wayne
Forecast:
Wednesday: Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms and a southeast wind at 20-30 mph. High 77. Low 61.
Thursday: Partly cloudy and breezy with a 50 percent chance of storms. South wind at 20-30 mph. High 79. Low 62.
Friday: Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain and a southwest wind at 10-15 mph. High 78. Low 52.
Saturday: Mostly sunny. High 80. Low 54.
Past week's high temperature and moisture
Monday (9/6) 64 (Rain Reports: KBRB .03, Tom Collins south of Long Pine .08)
Sunday (9/5) 93
Saturday (9/4)
Friday (9/3)
Thursday (9/2) 68
Wednesday (9/1) 84 (Rain Reports: KBRB .16, Weather Observer Gerry Osborne in Ainsworth .10, Jim Baker in Ainsworth .08, Nellie Johnson north of Ainsworth .28, Turbine Mart in Springview .90, Kevin Connell north of Newport .95)
Tuesday (8/31) 73
Monday (8/30) 86 (Rain Reports: KBRB 1.41, Jim Baker in Ainsworth 1.60, Nellie Johnson north of Ainsworth .93, Al Hodge south of Ainsworth .20, Larry Rau east of Ainsworth 1.30, Brian Williams west of Ainsworth .65, Tom Collins south of Long Pine .70, Woody at Northern Plains west of Bassett .90, Edith Cross in Bassett 1.60, Turbine Mart at Springview .95, Rod Stolcpart south of Newport .65, Kevin Connell north of Newport 1.80)
Monthly summaries:
January 2005 precipitation: .47 (.42 normal)
Coldest reading of the year occurred January 6: 12 below
January 2006: precip .31
Warmest: 69 on Jan. 14
Low: 18 on Jan. 22
January 2007: precip .47 (.05 above norm) 6-inches of snow
Warmest: 56 on Jan. 10
Low: 7 below on Jan. 15
January 2008: precip .23 (5 inches of snow)
Warmest: 56 on Jan. 28
Low: 10 below on Jan. 22
January 2009: precip .48 (.06 above norm) 6.5 inches of snow
Warmest: 61 on Jan. 21
Lowest: 8 below on Jan. 15 and 27
January 2010: precipitation .86 (.44 above normal) - .70 of rain on Jan. 23
Warmest: 57 on Jan. 16 (a 72-degree jump in an eight-day span)
Lowest: 15 below on Jan. 8
February 2005: .40 (.58 normal)
February 2006: precip .26 (4.5 inches snow) year-to-date: .57
Warmest: 74 on Feb. 28
Low: -19 on Feb. 18
February 2007: precip 1.72 inches. (16-inches snow, 7 inches normal) Year-to-date precip 2.19
Warmest: 53 on Feb. 18
Low: 18 below on Feb. 15
February 2008: precip .61 (8-inches snow) Year-to-date precip: .84
February 2009: precip. .58 of an inch (year-to-date 1.06)
Warmest: missing
Coldest: 11 below of Feb. 28 (coldest reading of 2009)
February 2010: precip. .43 (4-1/2 inches of snow) Year-to-date: 1.29 (normal is 1.0)
Warmest: 46 on Feb. 17
Low: 5 below on Feb. 8
March 2005: 1.37 (1.42 is normal) Year-to-date: 2.24 (norm: 2.42)
Warmest: 72 on March 28
Low: 13 on March 1 & 19
March 2006: 2.23 (.81 above normal) Year-to-date: 2.80 (.62 above norm)
24.5 inches of snow during March
Warmest: 69 on March 7
Low: 6 on March 23
March 2007: 2.72 (1.30 above normal) Year-to-date: 4.91 (above norm)
Warmest: 76 on March 12
Low: 11 on March 3
March 2008: Precip .77 (.65 below norm) Year-to-date: 1.61 (below norm)
Warmest: 70 March 1
Low: 4 below March 7
March 2009: Precip 1.20 (.22 below norm) YTD: 2.26 (below 2.42 norm)
Warmest: 76 on March 4 (all-time high for this date)
Low: 8 below on March 1
March 2010: Precip. 1.45 (.03 above norm) YTD: 2.74 (.32 above norm)
Warmest: 81 on March 30
Low: 15 on March 20
April 2005: 4.69 (2.28 normal) Year-to-date: 6.93 (2.23 above norm)
Warmest: 80 on April 4 and 17
Low: 26 on April 1
April 2006: Precip 2.56 (normal 2.28) Year-to-date: 5.36 (.66 above 4.70 normal)
Warmest: 85 on April 13 (a record high for that date)
Low: 24 on April 8
April 2007: Precip 2.37 (above norm) Year-to-date: 7.28 (above norm)
Warmest: 88 on April 29 (a record high for that date)
Low: 10 on April 8
April 2008: Precip 2.40 (.12 above norm) Year-to-date: 4.01 (below normal and much below last year at this time)
Warmest: 79 on April 15
Low: 20 on April 7 and 13
April 2009: Precip 2.20 (below norm, see above) 6 inches of snow with some reports of 12 inches or more in Brown County
Warmest: 87 on April 23
Low: 14 on April 7
April 2010: Precip. 3.51 (1.23 above normal) no snow for first time since 1998 YTD precip. 6.25 (1.55 inches above norm of 4.7) April 24 had the largest one-day rainfall total of 1.36 inches
Warmest: 81 on April 12
Low: 30 on April 3, April 7 and April 17
May 2005: 4.87 (second wettest May in 100 years of local records. May record is 9.24 inches in 1920) Year-to-date: 11.80 (3.71 above norm)
Warmest: 85 on May 23
Low: 24 on May 1
May 2006: Precip. total .10 which is 3.29 below normal (driest May in 101 years of local records). Year-to-date: 5.46 (2.63 below norm)
Warmest: 96 on June 27 and 28
Low: 33 on June 12
May 2007: Precip total 7.68. Year-to-date: 14.96
Warmest: 88 on May 13 & 13
Low: 40 on May 17
May 2008: Precip total 5.03, Year-to-date: 9.04
Warmest: 80 on May 29
Low: 28 on May 3 and 11
May 2009: Precip total 2.88, below 3.39 norm. YTD 7.34
Warmest: 93 on May 19
Low: 33 on May 16
May 2010: Precip. total 3.24, below 3.39 norm. YTD 9.49, which is 1.40 above normal
Warmest: 90 on May 22
Low: 28 on May 9
June 2005: 5.48 (3.29 normal) Year-to-date: 17.28 (5.90 above norm)
Warmest: 94 on June 23
Low: 49 on June 12
June 2007: 2.58 (.71 below norm) Year-to-date: 17.54 (6.16 above norm)
Warmest: 89 on June 25
Low: 41 on June 8
June 2008: Precip 5.29 (2 inches above normal) YTD: 14.33
Warmest: 86 on June 16
Low: 46 on June 12
June 2009: Precip 5.81 (2.5 inches above normal, 19 days of rain) YTD 13.15
Warmest: 89 on June 22
Low: 44 on June 6
June 2010: Precip. 7.41 (4.12 above normal) YTD: 16.9, 5.5 above ave.
Warmest: 95 on June 25
Low: 49 on June 2
July 2005: 1.26 (3.57 normal) Year to date: 18.54 (14.75 normal)
Warmest: 103 on July 23 103 was hottest reading for the year
Low: 48 on July 27
July 2006: 1.08 (3.57 normal) Year to date: 11.70 (14.95 normal)
Warmest: 107 on July 17 (5 dates in July...15,16,17 & 28...broke previous high records)
Low: 57 on July 5
July 2007: 1.85 (well below 3.57 normal) Year-to-date: 19.39 (4.44 above normal)
Warmest: 99 on July 17
Low: 51 on July 11
July 2008: 2.86 (still below norm) Year-to-date: 17.19 (2.24 above norm)
Hottest: 96 on July 28
Coolest: 51 on July 3
July 2009: 2.41 inches (1.6 below norm) Year to date: 15.56 (about .60 above norm) 13 days of rain in July
Warmest: 88 on July 23 (one of coolest Julys on record)
Coolest: 48 on July 30
July 2010: 2.36 inches (1.65 below norm) Year to date: 19.26 (4.32 above norm) 13 days of rain in July
Warmest: 98 on July 27 (13 days topped 90 degrees)
Low: 56 on July 7 and July 15
August 2005: 3.75 (2.50 normal) Year to date: 22.29 (4.73 above norm:17.56)
Warmest: 101 on Aug 2
Low: 50 on Aug 14
August 2006 (missing)
August 2007: Precip 3.28 (.67 above 2.61 normal) YTD: 22.67 (5.11 above norm 17.56)
Warmest: 97 on Aug 9
Low: 50 on Aug 25
August 2008: Precip 2.85 (above 2.61 norm) YTD: 20.04 (about 2 1/2 inches above norm)
Warmest: 98 on Aug 2
Low: 49
August 2009: Precip 4.26 (above normal) YTD: 19.82 (norm is 17.56)
Warmest: 94 on Aug. 2 and Aug. 13 (warmest readings of 2009)
Low: 47 on Aug. 30
August 2010: Precip. 2.41 (.20 below normal) YTD: 21.76 (4.11 above ave.)
Warmest: 98 on Aug. 21 (17 days reached above 90 degrees)
Low: 51 on Aug. 24
September 2005: .77 (2.50 normal) Year to date: 23.06 (3 inches above normal)
Warmest: 92 on Sept 20 and 21
Low: 36 on Sept 29
September 2006: Precip 3.95 (1.45 above norm) Year-to-date: 18.24 (1.82 below norm)
Warmest: 85 on Sept. 7 and 14
Low: 32 on Sept. 19 (2-weeks earlier than norm)
September 2007: Precip 1.64 (below 2.50 normal) Year-to-date: 24.31 (4.25 above normal)
Warmest: 92 on Sept. 3 and 4
Low: 34 on Sept. 14
September 2008: Precip 2.33 (2.50 normal) YTD: 22.37 (2.33 above norm)
Warmest: 89 on Sept. 26
Low: 41 on Sept. 29
September 2009: Precip. 1.62 (2.5 normal) YTD: 21.44 (above 20.06 ave.)
Warmest: 85 on Sept. 8
Low: 37 on Sept. 29
October 2005: .63 (1.52 normal) Year to date: 23.69 (2.11 inches above normal)
Warmest: 85 on October 2
Low: 22 on October 24
Date of first freeze: October 7, 27 degrees (Oct. 7 is average first killing frost in Ainsworth area)
October 2006: .68 (1.52 normal-includes 3 inches snow) Year to date: 18.92
Warmest: 91 on October 1
Low: 11 on October 31
October 2007: Precip 3.14 (double normal) Year-to-date: 27.45
Warmest: 89 on October 6
Low: 28 on October 27
October 2008: Precip 3.96 including 1 inch of snow (5th wettest October in history of Ainsworth records) YTD: 26.33 (4.75 above norm)
Warmest: 77 on Oct. 2
Low: 21 on Oct. 27 (First killing frost 32 on Oct. 14...1 week later than normal)
October 2009: Precip. 3.06 (more than double the 1.52 ave. 17 days of moisture and seven days with snowfall) YTD 24.50 (2.92 above ave.)
Warmest: 79 on Oct. 5
Low: 20 on Oct. 10
November 2005: 1.56 (1.01 normal) Year to date: 25.25 (2.66 inches above norm)
Warmest: 81 on November 2 and 11 (three dates had record highs)
Low: 9 on November 30
Recorded 15 inches of snow for the month of November
November 2006: .21 precip (well below 1.01 normal) YTD: 19.13 (3.5 below norm)
Warmest: 81 on November 9 (this and 3 other days set all time highs)
Low: 2 on November 30
November 2007: NO measurable precip. Year-to-date: 27.45
Warmest: 72 on November 4
Low: 6 on November 30
November 2008: .27 precip with 2-inches of snow (1.01 is norm). Year-to-date: 26.60
Warmest: 78 on November 2
Low: 13 on November 21
November 2009: No measurable precip. Year to date 24.5 inches (above the norm of 22.59 through November)
Warmest: 81 on Nov. 6
Low: 17 on Nov. 26
December 2005: 0.23 (.17 below norm) Year total: 25.48 (2.49 above norm)
Warmest: 58 on December 26
Lowest: -10 on December 6
Recorded 2 inches of snow during December
Total 2005 snowfall: 37.5 inches (1.5 below norm)
December 2006: Precip 1.81 (.40 is norm) Year total: 20.94 (2.05 below norm) Approx. 10-inches of snow
Warmest: 67 on December 9
Lowest: -9 on December 7
December 2007: Precip 1.33 (.40 is norm), 12.5 inches of snow. 2007 year total precip: 28.78 (22.99 is norm) with 36 inches of snow.
Warmest: 60 on December 4
Lowest: 4 on December 29
December 2008: Precip. 0.63 of an inch (.40 is the norm), 6.5 inches of snow. 2008 total precipitation: 27.43 inches (22.99 is normal).
Warmest: 59 on Dec. 2
Coldest: 15 below on Dec. 15
December 2009: Precip: .76 with 9-1/2 inches of snow. Year-end total of 25.26 inches is 2.27 inches above normal.
Warmest: 47 on Dec. 1
Coldest: 9 below on Dec. 15
2004 Precipitation total in Ainsworth: 20.62 inches.