January 2010
Lincoln, Nebraska Daily Climate Data

 

 
January 9, 2010.  A Winter Wonderland in Lincoln, NE.   ©Ken Dewey, UNL, SNR.

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Monthly Snowfall 2009-2010

Month
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
TOTAL
Observed
1.2
0.0
24.3
7.1
.
 . .
32.6
Normal
0.7
3.1
5.4
6.1
5.4
5.1
1.7
27.5

     

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NOTE:  All data on this page are from the National Weather Service and HPRCC data archives. 

    

Note: all low temperatures of 0o F or lower are in BLUE.
January
2010
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PCPN
REC
PREC
REC
MAX
REC
MIN
HDD
CDD
AVG 
MAX
AVG 
MIN
AVG 
Mean
SNOW
Friday
January 1
 13 -5 4 -19 T
0.39
63
-26
 61
0
33
12
23
 T
Saturday
January 2 4 -9 -2 -25 0.14
0.34
72
-22
 67
0
33
12
23
2.4
Sunday
January 3
 7 3 5 -17 0.08
1.40
63
-17
 60
0
33
12
22
 1.1
Monday
January 4
 11 -15 -2 -24 0.02
0.32
59
-19
 67
0
33
12
22
 0.3
Tuesday
January 5
 13 -13 0 -22 0.00
0.69
61
-20
 65
0
33
11
22
  
Wednesday
January 6
 18 6 12 -10 0.25
0.40
60
-25
 53
0
33
11
22
 3.1
Thursday
January 7
 6 -4 1 -21 T
0.60
65
-20
 64
0
33
11
22
 T
Friday
January 8
 3 -9 -3 -25 T
0.34
70
-20
 68
0
33
11
22
 T
Saturday
January 9 7 -13 -3 -25 0.00
0.37
62
-21
 68
0
33
11
22
  
Sunday
January 10
 26 -3 12 -10 0.00
0.76
73
-18
 53
0
32
11
22
  
Monday
January 11
 28 5 17 -5 T
0.31
65
-29
 48
0
32
11
22
 T
Tuesday
January 12
 27 2 15 -7 0.00
0.74
64
-33
 50
0
32
11
22
  
Wednesday
January 13
 39 19 29 +7 0.00
0.30
70
-21
 36
0
33
11
22
  
Thursday
January 14
 38 15 27 +5 0.00
0.91
60
-18
 38
0
33
11
22
  
Friday
January 15
 28 17 23 +1 T
0.83
69
-27
 42
0
33
11
22
  
Saturday
January 16 36 12 24 +2 0.00
0.58
66
-19
 41
0
33
11
22
  
Sunday
January 17
 32 29 31 +9 0.00
0.60
64
-16
 34
0
33
11
22
  
Monday
January 18
 29 26 28 +6 0.00
0.45
66
-21
 37
0
33
11
22
  
Tuesday
January 19
 34 27 31 +9 0.17
0.78
65
-29
 34
0
33
11
22
 T
Wednesday
January 20
 34 32 33 +11 0.11
0.47
68
-18
 32
0
33
11
22
  
Thursday
January 21
 34 32 33 +11 0.00
0.55
64
-17
 32
0
33
11
22
  
Friday
January 22
 40 30 35 +12 T
0.64
60
-14
 30
0
33
11
22
  
Saturday
January 23 43 34 39 +17 0.03
0.45
68
-20
 26
0
33
11
22
  
Sunday
January 24
 36 27 32 +9 0.02
0.46
72
-19
 33
0
33
12
23
 0.2
Monday
January 25
 27 19 23 0 T
0.48
69
-21
 42
0
34
12
23
  
Tuesday
January 26
 26 18 22 -1 T
0.81
68
-17
 43
0
34
12
23
  
Wednesday
January 27
 31 19 25 +2 0.00
0.80
68
-23
 40
0
34
12
23
  
Thursday
January 28
 20 7 14 -9 0.00
0.90
63
-22
 51
0
34
12
23
  
Friday
January 29 24 9 17 -6 0.00 0.52 66 -18 48 0 34 13 23  
Saturday
January 30
 33 8 21 -3 0.00
0.34
60
-16
 44
0
35
13
24
  
Sunday
January 31
 28 14 21 -3 0.00
0.56
72
-20
 44
0
35
13
24
  
 
JAN 2010
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PCPN
REC
PREC
REC
MAX
REC
MIN
HDD
CDD
AVG 
MAX
AVG 
MIN
AVG 
Mean
SNOW
 
TOTAL
         0.82       1451  
 
 
 
  7.1
 
AVERAGE
25.0
10.9
18.0
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
NORMAL
33.2
11.5
22.4
 
0.67
  
 
 
1328
0
 
 
 
 5.1
 
DEPARTURE
 -8.2 -0.6 -4.4   +0.15       +123         +2.0

From the record books:
Warmest recorded JANUARY  temperature, 73 F, January 10, 1990.
Coldest recorded JANUARY  temperature, -33 F,  January 12, 1974
Most JANUARY Snowfall: 23.0 inches, 1915.
Least January Snowfall: Trace (flurries and not measurable), 3 of the last 112 years (1900, 1986, 2006).

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are JANUARY 2010.
NORMAL is the 1971-2000 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is JANUARY 2010.  Average measured against 1971-2000 normals.
MAX = Observed Maximum and MIN = Observed Minimum temperatures  in deg. F..
MEAN = Observed Mean Daily temperature  in deg. F..
DEP = Departure from normal ( __ = below normal, + above normal)  in deg. F..
PCPN = Observed daily precipitation (midnight to midnight, CST), in inches.
REC PREC = Record daily precipitation amount 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).
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.
     
All data in this table are from the National Weather Service and HPRCC data archives. 

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