Sidney bucked region temperature trend in 2015

Even though most of the region had a warmer 2015 than normal, Sidney’s average temperature was just below average in 2015.

Sidney had an average temperature of 49.7 degrees Farenheit last year, which was four-tenths of a degree cooler than normal, according to meteorologist Richard Emanuel of the National Weather Service in Cheyenne, Wyo.

Emanuel said the difference was more pronounced in the more western areas of the NWS Cheyenne office’s coverage area than in the east. While temperatures were warmer than normal in the west, he said the Panhandle was about a degree and a half warmer than norm...