DECEMBER 2009
LINCOLN, NE

Last month's Data: (November 2009)

 

 

See Our December 2009 Photo Gallery AND, Photos of the Month Galleries (1998-2009)   

  

December 24-27, 2009 Snowfall Map for Eastern Nebraska

 

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NEW WEBSITE:  One Day and Two-Day Snowfall Records For Lincoln, NE

 

  

Climate News:

November 2009  Global Temperatures 4th Warmest since Records began in 1880 November 2009  Statewide Temperature Rankings
November 2009 was warmer than October 2009 in Lincoln, NE   Winter 2009-10 Forecast Update
Climate Change/Variation in the Lincoln, NE, Climate Data October 2009:  Very Cold U.S. , But, Very Warm Globe
Record Highs Outpace Record Lows Statisticians Reject Global Cooling
Climate Change as Evidenced in the Lincoln, NE, Climate Data October 1-14, 2009 Coldest Ever Recorded
El Nino and Lincoln's Winter Climate Lincoln's Growing Season 1887-2009
Lincoln's First Autumn Freeze, 1887-2009 Lincoln's First Autumn Freeze, 1887-2009
El Nino Returns, Expected to Last Through Winter Midwest to be Hit the Hardest From Climate Change
Global Temperature Anomalies, 2005-2009 Animation Lincoln's Monthly Avg Temperatures Compared to Normal
Monthly Global Temperature Anomalies, Year 2009 November 2009 was warmer than October 2009 in Omaha, NE

 

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Lincoln, Nebraska
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Year 2009 Precipitation (in inches) Compared to Normal (RED is above normal and BLUE is 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 1.25 4.24 0.10 2.42 23.08
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

 

 Nebraska Winter Weather Forecast Page

 

New daily precipitation record:  December 8, 2009:  0.72 inches.  Old record: 0.37 inches set in 1919.

New daily precipitation record:  December 25, 2009:  0.62 inches.  Old record: 0.42 inches set in 1892.

New December snowfall record of 24.3 inches.  Old record was 22.3 inches set in 1945 (monthly records start in 1899)

The December 2009 total of 24.3 inches is within 2 inches of the most snowfall for any month since records began in 1899.

 

The December 25, 2009 snowfall of 9.5 inches was the
6th greatest one-day snowfall ever recorded for Lincoln. 
The 11.2 inches that fell December 24-25 is the 8th greatest 2-day snowfall total for Lincoln.
 One Day and Two-Day Snowfall Records For Lincoln, NE

Lincoln, Nebraska:  Top Ten Wettest and Driest Months
Data record 1887 to Present

Precipitation measurement units are "inches"

DECEMBER
WETTEST 
YEAR 
 AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
 AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1913
4.03 
1
1890
0.00
1
1984
3.42
2
1889
0.00
1
2006
3.05
3
2002
0.01
3
1909
2.59
4
1943
0.02
4
2009
2.42
5
1929
0.02
4
1931
2.26
6
1912
0.02
4
1911
2.24
7
1928
0.03
7
1973
2.15
8
1976
0.04
8
1897
2.10
9
1895
0.05
9
2007
2.09
10
1905
0.06
10

DECEMBER Average Temperatures
HOTTEST COLDEST
YEAR  TEMP. RANK . YEAR  TEMP. RANK
1889 38.6 1 1983 8.1 1
1931 37.0 2 1909 15.2 2
1896 37.0 2 2000 15.7 3
1957 36.9 4 1914 18.1 4
1965 36.2 5 1924 18.5 5
1939 36.0 6 1917 18.6 6
1959 35.8 7 1989 19.0 7
1923 35.1 8 2009 19.7 8
1956 34.5 9 1919 20.4 9
1891 34.5 9 1927 20.6 10
 

All temperatures  0oF or lower are noted in BLUE

December
2009
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PREC
REC
PREC
REC
MAX
REC
MIN
HDD
CDD
AVG
MAX
AVG
MIN
AVG
MEAN
SNOW
Tuesday
December 1 59 33 46 +15 0.00
1.12
70
-6
 19
0
41
21
31
 
Wednesday
December 2 38 21 30 -1 0.00
0.67
65
-4
 35
0
41
21
31
  
Thursday
December 3 26 14 20 -10 T
0.86
67
-9
 45
0
41
20
30
 T
Friday
December 4 30 11 21 -9 0.00
0.90
66
-11
 44
0
40
20
30
  
Saturday
December 5 44 13 29 -1 0.00
1.72
69
-4
 36
0
40
19
30
  
Sunday
December 6 27 17 22 -7 0.19
0.95
75
-8
 43
0
40
19
29
 2.9
Monday
December 7 18 2 10 -19 0.08
0.74
65
-9
 55
0
39
19
29
 1.1
Tuesday
December 8 23 14 19 -10 0.72
0.37
61
-12
 46
0
39
18
29
 6.9
Wednesday
December 9 14 -3 6 -22 0.02
0.73
66
-17
 59
0
39
18
28
 0.2
Thursday
December 10 19 -13 3 -25 0.00
0.66
71
-20
 62
0
38
18
28
  
Friday
December 11 24 -7 9 -19 0.00
0.44
66
-10
 56
0
38
17
28
  
Saturday
December 12 32 -1 16 -11 0.00
0.87
67
-14
 49
0
38
17
27
Sunday
December 13 27 9 18 -9 T
0.53
72
-16
 47
0
37
17
27
  
Monday
December 14 19 2 11 -16 0.02
0.70
61
-13
 54
0
37
17
27
 0.2
Tuesday
December 15 10 -7 2 -25 0.00
2.13
64
-15
 63
0
37
16
27
  
Wednesday
December 16 29 2 16 -10 0.00
0.53
68
-16
 49
0
36
16
26
  
Thursday
December 17 31 11 21 -5 0.00
0.45
71
-17
 44
0
36
16
26
  
Friday
December 18 37 22 30 +4 T
1.65
68
-18
 35
0
36
15
26
  
Saturday
December 19 29 23 26 +1 0.00
0.44
61
-20
 39
0
36
15
25
  
Sunday
December 20 38 24 31 +6 0.00
0.60
64
-16
 34
0
35
15
25
  
Monday
December 21 37 21 29 +4 0.00
0.39
62
-19
 36
0
35
15
25
  
Tuesday
December 22 31 20 26 +1 0.00
1.34
70
-27
 39
0
35
14
25
  
Wednesday
December 23 33 31 32 +8 0.45
0.53
71
-23
 33
0
35
14
24
 T
Thursday
December 24 32 11 22 -2 0.20
0.70
62
-18
 43
0
35
14
24
 1.7
Friday
December 25 21 7 14 -10 0.62
0.62
65
-16
 51
0
34
14
24
 9.5
Saturday
December 26 25 21 23 -1 0.10
0.59
65
-16
 42
0
34
13
24
 1.6
Sunday
December 27 31 20 26 +2 T
1.50
62
-15
 39
0
34
13
24
 T
Monday
December 28 30 5 18 -5 0.00
0.33
66
-14
 47
0
34
13
23
  
Tuesday
December 29 22 -1 11 -12 T
0.67
62
-18
 54
0
34
13
23
 T
Wednesday
December 30 34 10 22 -1 0.02
0.56
65
-15
 43
0
34
13
23
  0.2
Thursday 
December 31 17 1 9 -14 0.00
1.16
59
-20
 56
0
33
12
23
  
December
2009
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PREC
REC
PREC
REC
MAX
REC
MIN
HDD
CDD
AVG
MAX
AVG
MIN
AVG
MEAN
SNOW
 
TOTAL
 
 
 
 
 2.42       1397         24.3
 
AVERAGE
28.6
10.7
19.7
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NORMAL
36.8
16.2
26.5
 
0.86
  
 
 
1188
0
 
 
 
 5.4
 
DEPARTURE
 -8.2 -5.5 -6.8   +1.58       +209         +18.9

All of the data on this page are from the official NWS data archives for Lincoln, NE

Additional data for Lincoln, NE can be found at the HPRCC web site.




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December 9, 2009:  The morning after the blizzard.  Photos and details here.
   
From the record books:
Warmest recorded December  temperature, 75 F, December 6, 1939. 
  Coldest recorded December  temperature, -27 F,  December 22, 1983.
 Most December Snowfall: 22.3 inches, 1945.
 Least December Snowfall: 0.0 inches, 3 of the last 110 years (2004, 1991 & 1928)

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are DECEMBER 2009.
NORMAL is the 1971-2000 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is DECEMBER 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).
PCPN = Observed daily precipitation (midnight to midnight, CST).
REC PREC. = Record Daily Precipitation amount in inches
REC MAX = Record Maximum temperature.
REC MIN = Record Minimum temperature.
HDD = heating degree day units (base of 65 degrees).
CDD = cooling degree day units (base of 65 degrees).
AVG MAX = Daily Normal High Temperature (1971-2000 normals).
AVG MIN = Daily Normal Low Temperature (1971-2000 normals).
AVG MEAN = Daily Normal Mean Temperature (1971-2000 normals).
SNOW = Snowfall in inches.

   
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