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NEBRASKA · LINCOLN COUNTY

Sutherland

1,230 people, 2,960 ft above sea level in Lincoln County.

2,960 ftElevation, city center
1,230People, 2024 estimate
1 sq miLand area
Sunny 43°
Sunny now Dew point 30° · SSE 12 mph · high 45°
City of Sutherland River Interstate 2 miles
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The Sutherland plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Sutherland

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 2:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW North Platte Regional Airport (KLBF) · 2:53 PM
Sunny
43° Sunny Feels like 37° · high of 45° near 3 PM
WindSSE 12 mphgusts 24
Humidity60%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure30.01 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 30° · Dry40° by Tuesday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Showers
Friday60% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 20.07 in · 12 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Lincoln County
NWS North Platte and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 3:16 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:31 AM5:26 PM ↓
9 h 55 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 25% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
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Air quality index ·
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 29 to 40° More humid: 40° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 53° / 22°
SAT Nov. 14 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
45° 26°
0% rain — SSE 17, gusts 32 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
52° 29°
0% rain — S 13, gusts 28 B
MON Nov. 16 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
55° 31°
0% rain — S 13, gusts 28 C
TUE Nov. 17 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
56° 36°
0% rain — S 14, gusts 31 C
WED Nov. 18 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
62° 27°
10% rain — NW 9 C
THU Nov. 19 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
56° 35°
20% rain — SE 9 C
FRI Nov. 20 Showers likely Showers likely
62° 33°
60% rain up to 0.9″ WSW 14, gusts 30 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Sutherland about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Pacific Northwest three days ago, and over the southern Rockies a day ago, about 950 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. It came down from about 11,700 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from the southern Plains; at 10,000 feet, from the southern Rockies. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

THIS WEEK IN 1999 Nov. 13, 1999

The hottest this week has been

81° on Nov. 13, 1999, the hottest reading for this week of the year since 1941. Next is 81° in 2025.

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Source: NOAA RCC-ACIS, the Hershey 5 SSE record since 1941.
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THE GROUND

What Sutherland stands on

Sutherland’s center stands about 2,960 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 2,920 ft to 3,110 ft, a difference of 190 ft: gently rolling country.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Ogallala Group or Formation (siltstone-mudstone, conglomerate-sandstone), from the Miocene, 5.3 to 23 million years old.

Sutherland, cut in half from northwest to southeast

A section northwest to southeast, 24 miles through the town center
3,000 ft3,100 ft3,200 ft3,300 ft SUTHERLAND2,960 ftHigh point of the line3,330 ftNorth Platte Riverabout 2,940 ftSouth Platte Riverabout 2,940 ft ← NWSE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 50×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Ogallala Group or Formation

Siltstone-mudstone, conglomerate-sandstone. Age: Miocene, 5.3 to 23 million years old. About 24 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Sutherland’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Sutherland reaches the Gulf of America by way of the South Platte, the Platte, the Missouri and the Mississippi: about 2,100 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Sutherland≈ 2,100 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF SUTHERLAND ≈ 2,100 mi to the Gulf of America South Platte → Platte → Missouri → Mississippi

1,170 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Sutherland; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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THE ALMANAC

Sutherland’s year

1991–2020 normals · records since 1941 · Hershey 5 SSE, 8 mi east-southeast

Sutherland has a dry-winter hot-summer continental climate. Summer afternoons average 88° in July; winter nights fall to about 14° in January. A normal year brings about 27 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 20 inches of water.

39°14°42°17°53°24°62°33°71°44°82°55°88°60°86°58°79°49°65°36°51°24°40°16° JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 123 TODAY SUTHERLAND 19.6 in rain and snowmelt
Normal high to low, by month Record high to low, by day Rain by month Freezing
July, average88° / 60°high / low, the warmest month
January, average39° / 14°high / low, the coldest month
Rain and melted snow19.6 inwettest months: June and May
Snow a year26.9 insnowiest: February
Hottest on record110°FJuly 3, 1990
Coldest on record−31°FDecember 22, 1983
Wettest day on record6.03 inJune 17, 1956
Snowiest day on record14.0 inMarch 31, 1949
90° days a year39about 4 of them 100° or more
Nights at or below 32°167and 37 days that stay below freezing
Climate typeDry-winter hot-summer continentalKöppen Dwa

AROUND THE RING

1Freeze seasonfrom the first fall freeze, about Oct. 7, to the last in spring, about May 6 (median dates)
2Lows below freezingOct. 23 to April 14; normal lows fall below 32°
3Wettest stretchMay through July: 9.8 of the year’s 19.6 inches
NOVEMBER 14 IN THE RECORD

On November 14 Sutherland normally reaches 52° and falls to 24°. The record high is 76°, in 2025; the record low −3°, in 2014. The most rain on this date, 0.14 in, fell in 1993.

MONTH BY MONTH
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal high39°42°53°62°71°82°88°86°79°65°51°40°
Normal low14°17°24°33°44°55°60°58°49°36°24°16°
Rain and melt, in0.230.430.851.993.333.822.682.211.581.790.380.29
Snow, inches3.76.34.04.00.10.00.00.00.11.62.24.9
Record high74° (2015)80° (2020)93° (2026)95° (1989)100° (2006)110° (1990)110° (1990)109° (2002)104° (2013)94° (2015)86° (1980)75° (2025)
Record low−23° (1979)−27° (2021)−15° (2019)5° (2018)23° (1989)28° (1998)42° (1968)41° (2015)22° (1984)2° (2020)−7° (1976)−31° (1983)

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1941 at Hershey 5 SSE, 8 miles east-southeast. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
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ON THE NETWORK

Around Sutherland on the Forecast Network

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North Platte NE · 20 MI 20 miles east Grand Island NE · 145 MI 145 miles east Cheyenne WY · 191 MI 191 miles west
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NEBRASKA · LINCOLN

Sutherland

1,230 people, 2,960 ft above sea level in Lincoln County.

2,960 ftElevation
1,230People
1 sq miLand
Sunny 43°
SunnyDew point 30°
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Today in Sutherland

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now partly cloudy day 45° 1%
6p mostly cloudy night 41° 3%
9p mostly cloudy night 37° 4%
12a mostly cloudy night 35° 4%
3a mostly cloudy night 32° 1%
6a partly cloudy night 31° 1%
Showers
NEXT RAINFriday · 60%
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
THIS WEEK IN 1999 · NOV. 13, 1999

81°, the hottest this week of the year has been since 1941.

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What Sutherland stands on

Sutherland’s center stands about 2,960 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 2,920 ft to 3,110 ft, a difference of 190 ft: gently rolling country.

Sutherland, northwest to southeast Sutherland2,960 ftNorth Platte Riverabout 2,940 ft ← NWSE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 95×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center2,960 ft
Within 3 miles2,920 to 3,110 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (190 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfaceOgallala Group or Formation
Its ageMiocene, 5.3 to 23 million years old
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Sutherland’s year

Sutherland has a dry-winter hot-summer continental climate. Summer afternoons average 88° in July; winter nights fall to about 14° in January. A normal year brings about 27 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 20 inches of water.

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 123 19.6 in
July, average88° / 60° · high / low, the warmest month
January, average39° / 14° · high / low, the coldest month
Rain and melted snow19.6 in · wettest months: June and May
Snow a year26.9 in · snowiest: February
Hottest on record110°F · July 3, 1990
Coldest on record−31°F · December 22, 1983
Wettest day on record6.03 in · June 17, 1956
Snowiest day on record14.0 in · March 31, 1949
90° days a year39 · about 4 of them 100° or more
Nights at or below 32°167 · and 37 days that stay below freezing
Climate typeDry-winter hot-summer continental · Köppen Dwa
1Freeze season · from the first fall freeze, about Oct. 7, to the last in spring, about May 6 (median dates)
2Lows below freezing · Oct. 23 to April 14; normal lows fall below 32°
3Wettest stretch · May through July: 9.8 of the year’s 19.6 inches
NOVEMBER 14 IN THE RECORD

On November 14 Sutherland normally reaches 52° and falls to 24°. The record high is 76°, in 2025; the record low −3°, in 2014. The most rain on this date, 0.14 in, fell in 1993.

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1941 at Hershey 5 SSE, 8 miles east-southeast. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
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Where the rain goes

≈ 2,100 mito the Gulf of AmericaSouth Platte → Platte → Missouri → Mississippi

A raindrop that lands in Sutherland reaches the Gulf of America by way of the South Platte, the Platte, the Missouri and the Mississippi: about 2,100 river miles.

1,170 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.