You Know Winter Is Near...

Looking at the database of high temperatures for the U.S. yesterday, I could not find a location that exceeded 90 degrees.

The highest temperature I found was 88 at the North Perry Airport ASOS in Florida. California's highest temperature among reporting stations was 80 and Arizona's highest was 81. Hawaii's highest reported temperature was 85.

Yesterday's  lowest temperatures were found in Alaska again at -43 in Eielson AFB. In fact, 6 of the 54 reporting stations had low temps of -40 or lower. Fort Yukon was dethroned as the coldest but still reported -42.

On a different note, I really like paying attention to the daily temperature spread between highs and lows. It seems Alliance NE is a common location with the highest spread. Yesterday was no different. Alliance reported a high temperature of 60 degrees after an overnight low of just 6. In fact, Alliance almost reported the highest and lowest temperatures of reporting stations in the state of Nebraska. Chadron reported a high of 62, though, after an overnight low of 9.

Look at the reporting stations here in Nebraska

High	Low	Spread	State	Reporting Station
55	14	41	NE	AINSWORTH/MUNI
60	6	54	NE	ALLIANCE/MUNI
51	13	38	NE	AURORA
48	19	29	NE	BEATRICE_MUNICIPAL
52	19	33	NE	BREWSTER_FIELD_ARPT
51	10	41	NE	BROKEN_BOW_MUNI
62	9	53	NE	CHADRON/MUNI
55	12	43	NE	COLUMBUS_MUNI(AWOS)
52	8	44	NE	EVELYN SHARP FIELD
50	19	31	NE	FALLS CITY/BRENNER
50	21	29	NE	FREMONT_MUNI_ARPT
52	16	36	NE	GRAND ISLAND/HALL CO
52	17	35	NE	HASTINGS/MUNI
56	16	40	NE	IMPERIAL/MUNI
52	14	38	NE	KEARNEY_MUNI_(AWOS)
52	10	42	NE	LEXINGTON
50	15	35	NE	LINCOLN/MUNI
53	10	43	NE	MCCOOK/MUNI
50	14	36	NE	NORFOLK/STEFAN FLD
53	10	43	NE	NORTH PLATTE/LEE BIRD
57	10	47	NE	OGALALLA
49	21	28	NE	OMAHA/EPPLEY
49	20	29	NE	OMAHA/OFFUTT AFB
50	14	36	NE	O'NEILL/BAKER_FIELD
61	14	47	NE	SCOTTSBLUFF/CO
60	18	42	NE	SIDNEY/MUNI
50	15	35	NE	TEKAMAH (ASOS)
58	6	52	NE	VALENTINE/MILLER FLD

Alliance NE hourly readings...

17	16:53	Fair	CLR	51	60	50
17	14:53	Fair and Breezy	CLR	59
17	13:53	Fair and Breezy	CLR	60
17	12:53	Fair	CLR	57
17	11:53	Fair	CLR	53
17	10:53	Fair	CLR	50	50	6
17	9:53	Fair	CLR	45
17	8:53	Fair	CLR	38
17	7:53	Fair	CLR	28
17	6:53	Fair	CLR	16
17	5:53	Fair	CLR	14
17	4:53	Fair	CLR	10	13	7
17	3:53	Fair	CLR	11
17	2:53	Fair	CLR	10
17	1:53	Fair	CLR	9
17	0:53	Fair	CLR	9
16	23:53	Fair	CLR	9

Temperatures actually began rising during the overnight hours on the heels of warming south to southwest winds, even becoming quite gusty during the afternoon hours yesterday.

Something to keep in mind is that Alliance's reporting station is not an official reporting station but is often used in hourly weather observations regardless.

We have similar reporting stations like that here in Kentucky, such as Owensboro, Fort Knox, London. Do you know the official reporting stations in Kentucky?

MS