Valentine, NE

Nebraska · Records since 1889–2026

🌙 50°F Feels like 45°
Currently in Valentine
As of 6:15 PM CST

Records for November 12

🔥 Record High

80°F

November 12, 1999

+28° from 52° normal

❄ Record Low

-12°F

November 12, 1986

-35° from 23° normal
🌞 Normal high: 52°F 🌑 Normal low: 23°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Valentine

🔥
114°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 2, 1990
❄
-39°F
Coldest Day Ever
Dec 22, 1989
🌧
4.00"
Wettest Day Ever
May 25, 1920
☃
18.4"
Most Snow in One Day
Sep 28, 1985

First & Last Dates — Valentine

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
191 days
Longest growing season
1938
82 days
Shortest growing season
1902
139 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — November 12

# Temp Date
🏆 80°F November 12, 1999
2 76°F November 12, 1989
3 75°F November 12, 1990
4 73°F November 12, 1892
5 72°F November 12, 1973
6 69°F November 12, 2016
7 69°F November 12, 1991
8 69°F November 12, 1981
9 69°F November 12, 1971
10 69°F November 12, 1954

Top 5 Record Lows — November 12

# Temp Date
🥶 -12°F November 12, 1986
2 -8°F November 12, 1940
3 -8°F November 12, 1919
4 -7°F November 12, 2022
5 -7°F November 12, 1911
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1889–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Valentine

threshold: 97°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.1
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
104°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
5
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
1
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1889–2026
51
2026 so far
38
Avg/year 1970–2025
50
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
74
Most in a year (2012)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Valentine

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 11, 1934 – Jul 24, 1934 14 110°F (Jul 15) 104°F 70°F
2 Jul 11, 2012 – Jul 24, 2012 14 110°F (Jul 21) 104°F 69°F
3 Jul 3, 1936 – Jul 11, 1936 9 108°F (Jul 5) 103°F 74°F
4 Jul 2, 1989 – Jul 10, 1989 9 108°F (Jul 8) 101°F 66°F
5 Aug 7, 1928 – Aug 15, 1928 9 100°F (Aug 9) 98°F 65°F
6 Jul 17, 1940 – Jul 24, 1940 8 108°F (Jul 24) 102°F 73°F
7 Jun 18, 1988 – Jun 24, 1988 7 110°F (Jun 24) 103°F 66°F
8 Jul 25, 1987 – Jul 31, 1987 7 106°F (Jul 31) 102°F 68°F
9 Jul 26, 1988 – Aug 1, 1988 7 104°F (Jul 31) 100°F 66°F
10 Jul 24, 2024 – Jul 30, 2024 7 104°F (Jul 25) 101°F 64°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

61
2026 total
above-normal nights
43.1
Avg / summer
1970–2020
70
Most in a summer
1936

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1889–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1889, annual totals have trended +0.18" per decade, about +2.5" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Valentine is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

185 of 314 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

21.59"
2026 YTD
Normal: 20.12"
+1.47"
0.45"
November so far
November normal: 0.57"
-0.12"
5
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Valentine is 1.47" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Nov 4 – Nov 11, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 8 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
47.5°F
Average temperature
9th-warmest of 138
+9.1°
vs. average
Normal: 38.4°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Nov 4 – Nov 11

1889–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.11° per decade (warming since 1889)

Precipitation by Year — Nov 4 – Nov 11

1889–2025 · 2026 highlighted

Warmest Nov 4 – Nov 11 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1999 51.7°F
2 2016 50.9°F
3 1949 49.3°F
4 1917 49.1°F
5 2021 48.8°F
6 1969 48.1°F
7 2020 47.9°F
8 1954 47.8°F
9 1912 47.5°F
10 2026 47.5°F

Coolest Nov 4 – Nov 11 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1896 21.7°F
2 1936 23.5°F
3 1919 23.8°F
4 1986 24.8°F
5 2000 25.7°F
6 1966 25.9°F
7 1991 26.6°F
8 1947 26.9°F
9 1979 28.9°F
10 1959 29.0°F
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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