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The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL) reported that "climate change poses significant risks to Nebraska's economy, environment and citizens". [1] This view is expanded upon by the United States Environmental Protection Agency: "Nebraska's climate is changing. In the past century, most of the state has warmed by at least one degree (F).
Nebraska is one of only two states that divide electoral college votes by district, and is not winner-take-all. [18] Nebraska is composed of two major land regions: the Dissected Till Plains and the Great Plains. The Dissected Till Plains region consists of gently rolling hills and contains the state's largest cities, Omaha and Lincoln.
Paleoclimate proxy data and computer simulations reveal that the Nebraska Sandhills likely had active sand dunes as recently as the Medieval Warm Period, when temperatures in the North Atlantic region [5] [6] were about 1 °C (1.8 °F) warmer than the current climate.
North Platte is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. [4] It is located in the west-central part of the state, along Interstate 80, at the confluence of the North and South Platte Rivers forming the Platte River. The population was 23,390 at the 2020 census, making it the 11th most populous city in Nebraska. [5]
It is managed by the National Centers for Environmental Information, [1] and operated by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's School of Natural Resources. [2] The HPRCC provides climate products and services to the High Plains Region, comprising Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. [1]
The predominant vegetation of the Central Great Plains ecoregion is a rich mixture of prairie Central and Southern mixed grasslands of medium height. The ecoregion is encompassed by the tallgrass and shortgrass prairies — this region has a mix of both tallgrass and shortgrass.
Climate data for Omaha (Eppley Airfield), 1991–2020 normals [a], extremes 1871–present [b] Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Climate chart for Valentine. With a humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa), Valentine experiences extremes of heat and cold annually; it is part of USDA Hardiness zone 4b. [14] The normal monthly mean temperature ranges from 24.5 °F (−4.2 °C) in January to 75.7 °F (24.3 °C) in July. [15]