REGION 12 FORECAST

HIGH PLAINS

SUMMARY: Winter will be milder than normal, with the coldest periods in mid-November, early to mid- and late December, late January, and late February. Precipitation will be above normal in the north and slightly below normal in the south. Snowfall will be above normal in most places, with the snowiest periods in mid-November, early and late December, mid- and late January, mid- to late February, and early March. April and May will see temperatures above normal in the north and below normal in the south, and overall the months will be slightly rainier than normal. Summer will be warmer than normal, with the hottest periods in early and late June, early and mid-July, and early to mid-August. Rainfall will be near to below normal. September and October will have below-normal temperatures, with precipitation below normal in the north and above normal in the south. 

NOV. 2020: Temp. 35° (1° below avg.); precip. 1.5" (0.5" above avg.). 1–8 Snow showers, then sunny, mild. 9–15 Snow showers, then sunny, cold. 16–23 Snow, then flurries, very cold. 24–30 Sunny, mild.

DEC. 2020: Temp. 29° (1° below avg.); precip. 1" (1.5" above avg. north, 0.5" below south). 1–2 Sunny, mild. 3–9 Snowy periods, very cold. 10–17 Sunny, mild. 18–23 Rain and snow showers, mild. 24–31 Snowy periods, cold.

JAN. 2021: Temp. 32.5° (5° above avg.); precip. 0.5" (avg.). 1–5 Sunny, mild. 6–12 Snow showers, mild. 13–16 Sunny, warm. 17–25 Snow, then sunny, warm. 26–31 Snowy periods, cold.

FEB. 2021: Temp. 33° (5° above avg.); precip. 0.5" (avg.). 1–11 Rain and snow showers, mild. 12–19 Snow, then sunny, turning mild. 20–28 Snowy periods, turning very cold.

MAR. 2021: Temp. 42° (3° above avg.); precip. 0.5" (0.5" below avg.). 1–8 Snowy periods, cold. 9–12 Sunny, warm. 13–18 Showers, mild. 19–23 Snow, then sunny, cold. 24–31 Snow north, showers south; then sunny, mild.

APR. 2021: Temp. 47° (1° below avg.); precip. 3" (1" above avg.). 1–5 Sunny, warm. 6–21 Rainy periods, cool. 22–26 Sunny, mild. 27– 30 Rainy periods, cool.

MAY 2021: Temp. 58.5° (3° above avg. north, 2° below south); precip. 2" (0.5" below avg.). 1–6 Showers, turning warm. 7–12 Scattered t-storms; warm north, cool south. 13–19 Scattered t-storms, cool. 20–31 Isolated tstorms; hot north, cool south.

JUNE 2021: Temp. 66° (1° below avg.); precip. 2.5" (avg.). 1–3 Sunny, hot. 4–12 Rainy periods north, sunny south; cool. 13–19 A few tstorms, cool. 20–30 Sunny, turning hot.

JULY 2021: Temp. 72.5° (0.5° above avg.); precip. 2" (avg.) 1–4 Sunny, hot. 5–9 A few t-storms, turning cool. 10–17 Scattered tstorms, turning hot. 18–26 A few t-storms, turning cool. 27–31 Sunny, warm.

AUG. 2021: Temp. 73° (2° above avg.); precip. 1" (avg. north, 2" below south). 1–8 Scattered t-storms, warm. 9–19 A few t-storms, hot. 20–31 Scattered t-storms, warm.

SEPT. 2021: Temp. 60.5° (1° above avg. north, 2° below south); precip. 2.5" (avg. north, 2" above south). 1–3 Sunny, cool. 4–11 A few t-storms, turning hot. 12–16 Sunny; warm north, cool south. 17–24 T-storms, then sunny; cool, then warm. 25–30 Rainy periods, turning cool.

OCT. 2021: Temp. 47° (2° below avg.); precip. 0.5" (0.5" below avg.). 1–7 Sunny, cool. 8–20 Periods of rain and snow, cold. 21–31 Sunny, mild.