Scottsbluff Monthly Climatic Report



SCOTTSBLUFF MONTHLY CLIMATIC REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1030 AM MST MON MAR 1 1999

...THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY TIED FOR THE 4TH WARMEST ON RECORD AND WAS
MUCH DRIER THAN NORMAL...

TEMPERATURE (IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT)....................................
 AVERAGE MAX.... 53.4     NORMAL... 43.6       DEPARTURE PLUS  9.8
 AVERAGE MIN.... 22.1     NORMAL... 16.8       DEPARTURE PLUS  5.3
 AVERAGE TEMP... 37.8     NORMAL... 30.2       DEPARTURE PLUS  7.6

 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE........ 70 DEGREES ON THE 25TH
 LOWEST TEMPERATURE......... 13 DEGREES ON THE 12TH...16TH...24TH
 COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE... 31 DEGREES ON THE 11TH
 WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE.... 37 DEGREES ON" THE 24TH

TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED (IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT).............
 TYPE OF RECORD      DATE SET    NEW RECORD    OLD RECORD   YEAR SET
 4TH WARMEST FEB     FEB         37.8          N/A          1999

HEATING DEGREE DAYS....................................................
 MONTHLY TOTAL.... 757    NORMAL... 974         DEPARTURE MINUS 217
 SEASONAL TOTAL... 4490   NORMAL... 4942        DEPARTURE MINUS 452

COOLING DEGREE DAYS....................................................
 MONTHLY  TOTAL...    0   NORMAL...    0       DEPARTURE         0
 SEASONAL TOTAL...    0   NORMAL...    0       DEPARTURE         0

PRECIPITATION (IN INCHES)..............................................
 MONTHLY TOTAL...  0.22   NORMAL... 0.47       DEPARTURE MINUS 0.25
 YEARLY TOTAL....  0.29   NORMAL... 0.97       DEPARTURE MINUS 0.68

 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION........ 4
 MOST PRECIPITATION RECORDED IN 24 HOURS... 0.15 ON THE 10TH

PRECIPITATION RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED (WATER EQUIVALENT)................
 TYPE OF RECORD    DATE SET     NEW RECORD     OLD RECORD    YEAR SET
 NONE

SNOWFALL (IN INCHES)...................................................
 MONTHLY TOTAL....  1.6   NORMAL...  5.5       DEPARTURE MINUS 3.9
 SEASONAL TOTAL... 22.1   NORMAL... 27.4       DEPARTURE MINUS 5.3

WIND (IN MILES AN HOUR)................................................
 AVERAGE SPEED.... 13.3   NORMAL... 11.1       DEPARTURE MINUS 2.2
 PEAK WIND GUST... 59 MPH FROM THE "WEST ON THE 3RD

SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (IN INCHES OF MERCURY)..............................
 HIGHEST.......... 30.51 ON THE 20TH (ESTIMATED)
 LOWEST........... 29.62 ON THE 17TH (ESTIMATED)

MISCELLANEOUS WEATHER..................................................
 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDER...............  0
 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH FOG...................  4
 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH HAIL..................  0
 NUMBER OF DAYS WITH GLAZE OR RIME ICING...  0

LOOKING AHEAD TO MARCH................................................
 THE AVERAGE HIGH............. 50.3 DEGREES
 THE AVERAGE LOW.............. 22.1 DEGREES
 THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...... 36.2 DEGREES
 THE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION....  1.09 INCHES
 THE AVERAGE SNOWFALL.........  8.8 INCHES
 THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED....... 12.2 MPH

FROM THE OFFICE AND STAFF AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN CHEYENNE WYOMING.

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