Lincoln, NE, August 2009 Weather and Climate Data


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Year 2009 Precipitation (in inches)
compared to normal: red above normal, blue below normal

 
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
TOTAL
2009
0.38
0.64
0.18
 1.52 1.17 6.18 1.84
3.20
.
.
.
.
15.11
NORMAL
0.67
0.66
2.21
2.90
4.23
3.51
3.54
3.35
2.92
1.94
1.58
0.86
28.37
Normal January 1 - July 31 = 17.72 inches.  Normal January 1 - August 31 Precipitation = 21.07 inches
    

Previous Month (July 2009 Lincoln Climate Data)

 
Coldest August Average temperatures:  August 2009, 24th coldest since 1887

Year

Aug

Rank

Year

Aug

Rank

1915

67.9

1

1917

71.6

14

1927

69.8

2

1889

71.6

15

1992

70.2

3

1994

71.7

16

1950

70.2

4

1897

71.7

17

1974

70.7

5

1920

71.9

18

1986

71.0

6

1964

72.0

19

1890

71.2

7

1888

72.1

20

1893

71.3

8

1904

72.1

21

1985

71.3

9

1977

72.2

22

1891

71.4

10

1981

72.3

23

1903

71.5

11

2009

72.3

24

1887

71.5

12

1996

72.3

25

2004

71.5

13


Coldest Summer Average Temperatures: Summer 2009, 15th coldest since 1887
Year June July August Avg. Rank

1915

67.3

71.7

67.9

69.0

1

1891

68.3

71.1

71.4

70.3

2

1992

69.5

72.8

70.2

70.8

3

1904

67.8

72.7

72.1

70.9

4

1950

71.2

71.6

70.2

71.0

5

1903

66.5

75.5

71.5

71.2

6

1902

66.9

74.4

72.4

71.2

7

2004

68.9

73.5

71.5

71.3

8

1889

68.9

73.4

71.6

71.3

9

1951

65.9

74.0

74.8

71.6

10

1927

69.6

76.4

69.8

71.9

11

1908

69.4

73.9

72.9

72.1

12

1985

69.0

76.0

71.3

72.1

13

1945

64.7

75.6

76.0

72.1

14

2009

72.3

72.6

72.3

72.4

 15

1967

70.1

74.9

72.8

72.6

16

1994

73.6

72.6

71.7

72.6

17

    

ALL August 2009 high temperatures of  90 F or higher are in RED.

Record low of 42 F on August 31.  Old record was 48 F set in 1992, 1967, 1940

August 2009
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PCPN
REC
PREC
REC
MAX
REC
MIN
HDD
CDD
AVG 
MAX
AVG 
MIN
AVG 
MEAN
Sat. Aug. 1 78 58 68 -10 0.00
2.39
105
48
0
 3
89
66
78
Sun. Aug. 2 94 54 74 -4 0.00
2.04
107
52
0
 9
89
66
78
Mon. Aug. 3 94 65 80 +2 0.00
2.05
108
51
0
 15
89
66
78
Tue. Aug. 4 88 66 77 -1 0.07
1.68
109
45
0
 12
89
66
78
Wed. Aug. 5 85 63 74 -3
0.04
1.60
109
48
0
 9
89
66
77
Thurs. Aug. 6 84 59 72 -5 0.00
1.68
104
49
0
 7
89
66
77
Fri. Aug. 7 97 73 85 +8 0.04
2.02
104
44
0
 20
89
66
77
Sat. Aug. 8 102 76 89 +12 0.00
1.71
110
50
0
 24
89
66
77
Sun. Aug. 9 83 66 75 -2 0.11
1.69
106
48
0
 10
89
65
77
Mon. Aug. 10 88 59 74 -3 0.00
1.33
104
48
0
 9
88
65
77
Tue. Aug. 11 89 57 73 -4 0.00
1.94
105
48
0
 8
88
65
77
Wed. Aug. 12 96 66 81 +5 0.00
2.94
107
47
0
 16
88
65
76
Thurs. Aug. 13 93 65 79 +3 0.00
1.83
108
49
0
 14
88
65
76
Fri. Aug. 14 93 62 78 +2 0.00
3.32
103
45
0
 13
88
65
76
Sat. Aug. 15 84 67 76 0 0.95
1.72
106
48
0
 11
88
64
76
Sun. Aug. 16 81 63 72 -4 0.60
4.27
107
49
0
 7
87
64
76
Mon. Aug. 17 83 57 70 -6 0.00
2.54
107
46
0
 5
87
64
76
Tue. Aug. 18 84 58 71 -4 0.00
2.36
110
47
0
 6
87
64
75
Wed. Aug. 19 83 66 75 0 0.33
1.24
100
45
0
 10
87
63
75
Thurs. Aug. 20 77 59 68 -7 T
2.73
102
39
0
 3
87
63
75
Fri. Aug. 21 74 53 64 -11 0.00
2.41
104
47
1
 0
86
63
75
Sat. Aug. 22 79 48 64 -10 0.00
2.94
103
46
1
 0
86
63
74
Sun. Aug. 23 83 55 69 -5 0.00
1.28
103
43
0
 4
86
62
74
Mon. Aug. 24 91 63 77 +3 0.00
1.90
107
43
0
 12
86
62
74
Tue. Aug. 25 86 70 78 +5 0.00
3.09
105
45
0
 13
85
62
73
Wed. Aug. 26 77 66 72 -1 1.06
1.72
105
48
0
 7
85
61
73
Thurs. Aug. 27 78 58 68 -5 0.00
1.34
104
47
0
 3
85
61
73
Fri. Aug. 28 78 52 65 -8 0.00
2.93
103
41
0
 0
85
61
73
Sat. Aug. 29 72 51 62 -10 0.00
5.45
101
41
3
 0
84
60
72
Sun. Aug. 30 71 48 60 -12 0.00
2.23
103
42
5
 0
84
60
72
Mon. Aug. 31 73 42 58 -14 0.00
1.96
103
42
 7 0
84
60
72
Aug 2009
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
TOTAL  
 2618
 1865
 
 
 3.20  
 
 
 17 250
 
 
 
AVERAGE   84.5 60.2 72.3
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NORMAL  
87.1
63.7
75.4
 
3.35
  
 
 
5
315
 
 
 
DEPARTURE   -2.6 -3.2 -3.1   -0.15       +12 -65      
 
From the record books:
Hottest recorded August temperature, 110 F, August 8, 1934 & August 18, 1936.
Coldest recorded August temperature, 39 F,  August 20, 1950.
AVERAGE AND TOTAL are AUGUST 2009.
NORMAL  (Norm) is the 1971-2000 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is AUGUST 2009 Average measured against 1971-2000 normals.
MAX = Observed Maximum and MIN = Observed Minimum temperatures.
MEAN = Observed Mean Daily temperature.
DEP = Departure from normal ( _ = below normal, + above normal).
PREC = Observed daily precipitation (midnight to midnight, CST) in inches.
REC PREC = Record daily amount of precipitation in inches.
REC MAX = Record maximum temperature in deg. F.
REC MIN = Record Minimum temperature in deg. F.
HDD = heating degree day units (base of 65 degrees).
CDD = cooling degree day units (base of 65 degrees).
Norm MAX = Daily Normal High Temperature (1971-2000 normals).
Norm MIN = Daily Normal Low Temperature (1971-2000 normals).
Norm MEAN = Daily Normal Mean Temperature (1971-2000 normals).
 
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