MAY 2009 - LINCOLN, NE


May 23, 2009:  Looking west at the city of Lincoln from east campus of UNL, home of this website.

   Spring Colors 2009   May 2009 Photo Gallery   April 2009 Photo Gallery   

Lincoln's Last Freeze after winter was April 28, 2009 (compared to normal)
Lincoln's last measureable snowfall this year was Feb. 28 (listing compared to normal)
Lincoln's last measureable snowfall this year was Feb. 28 (graph compared to normal)
Winter 2008-09 Snowfall compared to past 110 Winters
 Graph showing first 90 F or higher each year since 1887.
Monthly Global Temperature Anomalies, Year 2009
April 2009 Lincoln Temperatures Compared to Normal
May 1, 2008 - April30, 2009 Lincoln Temperatures Compared to Normal

 

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 . .
.
.
.
.
.
3.89
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 - May 31 = 10.67 inches).

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

Precipitation measurement units are "inches" 

WETTEST 
YEAR 
AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1903
10.72
1
1934
0.49
1
2001
10.16
2
1894
0.74
2
1896
10.11
3
1989
0.91
3
1996
10.09
4
1940
0.94
4
1892
9.55
5
1912
0.96
5
1959
8.91
6
1895
1.09
6
2007
8.13
7
2009
1.17
7
1984
7.97
8
1955
1.23
8
1951
6.71
9
1925
1.25
9
1995
6.60
10
1897
1.48
10

Lincoln, Nebraska:  Top Ten Driest January 1 - May 31 Time Periods
Data record 1887 to Present

Precipitation measurement units are "inches" 

Rank  Value  Beginning - Ending Date
  1    2.67  01/01/1934 - 5/31/1934
  2    3.36  01/01/1989 - 5/31/1989
  3    3.89  01/01/2009-  5/31/2009
  4    4.42  01/01/1994 - 5/31/1994
  5    4.68  01/01/1910 - 5/31/1910
  6    4.85  01/01/1966 - 5/31/1966
  7    5.01  01/01/1895 - 5/31/1895
  8    5.05  01/01/1893 - 5/31/1893
  9    5.15  01/01/1899 - 5/31/1899
 10    5.37  01/01/1928 - 5/31/1928
Last Month: April 2009 Climate Data

All High Temperatures of 90 F or higher are in RED
All
Day
May 2009
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PREC
REC
PREC
REC
MAX
REC
MIN
HDD
CDD
AVG
MAX
AVG
MIN
AVG
Mean
Friday
05/01/09
61
45
53
 -4 T
2.10
93
24
 12 0
69
45
57
Saturday
05/02/09
68
43
56
 -1 0.00
1.50
91
26
 9 0
69
45
57
Sunday
05/03/09
70
53
62
 +5 T
1.90
91
25
 3 0
69
45
57
Monday
05/04/09
71
51
61
 +3 T
2.47
91
30
 4 0
70
46
58
Tuesday
05/05/09
74
44
59
 +1 T
3.35
97
31
 6 0
70
46
58
Wednesday
05/06/09
82
51
67
 +9 T
1.46
95
27
 0 2
70
46
58
Thursday
05/07/09
87
53
70
 +11 0.00
1.71
96
29
 0 5
71
47
59
Friday
05/08/09
78
49
64
 +5 0.10
1.96
95
29
 1 0
71
47
59
Saturday
05/09/09
70
46
58
 -1 0.00
2.56
97
30
 7 0
71
48
59
Sunday
05/10/09
62
44
53
 -7 T
1.05
93
30
 12 0
71
48
60
Monday
05/11/09
71
40
56
 -4 0.00
1.33
94
29
 9 0
72
48
60
Tuesday
05/12/09
64
49
57
 -3 0.18
1.55
97
32
 8 0
72
49
60
Wednesday
05/13/09
76
51
64
 +3 0.27
2.76
96
27
 1 0
73
49
61
Thursday
05/14/09
70
39
55
 -6 0.00
2.63
96
32
 10 0
73
49
61
Friday
05/15/09
75
54
65
 +3 0.01
2.35
93
31
 0 0
73
50
62
Saturday
05/16/09
67
43
55
 -7 0.00
2.01
92
31
 10 0
74
50
62
Sunday
05/17/09
75
40
58
 -4 0.00
2.01
93
33
 7 0
74
50
62
Monday
05/18/09
88
54
71
 +8 0.00
2.41
94
34
 0 6
74
51
63
Tuesday
05/19/09
90
58
74
 +11 0.00
1.62
95
35
 0 9
75
51
63
Wednesday
05/20/09
88
64
76
 +13 0.00
2.64
95
33
 0 11
75
52
63
Thursday
05/21/09
83
55
69
 +5 0.00
1.56
95
36
 0 4
75
52
64
Friday
05/22/09
86
51
69
 +5 0.00
2.43
96
36
 0 4
76
52
64
Saturday
05/23/09
86
59
73
 +8 0.03
1.45
94
39
 0 8
76
53
65
Sunday
05/24/09
85
60
73
 +8 0.26
1.43
100
34
 0 8
77
53
65
Monday
05/25/09
84
62
73
 +8 0.00
1.78
98
35
 0 8
77
53
65
Tuesday
05/26/09
69
56
63
 -3 T
2.43
98
38
 2 0
77
54
66
Wednesday
05/27/09
62
52
57
 -9 0.32
2.73
95
36
 8 0
78
54
66
Thursday
05/28/09
83
53
68
 +2 0.00
1.97
98
34
 0 3
78
54
66
Friday
05/29/09
86
52
69
 +2 T
2.64
102
32
 0 4
79
55
67
Saturday
05/30/09
88
54
71
 +4 0.00
2.59
104
40
 0 6
79
55
67
Sunday
05/31/09
92
47
70
 +2 0.00
2.05
103
41
 0 5
80
56
68
 
TOTAL
 
 
 
 
 1.17  
 
 
109
83
 
 
 
 
AVERAGE
 77.1 50.7 63.9
 
 
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
NORMAL
73.8
50.1
62.0
 
4.23
  
 
 
154
56
 
 
  
 
DEPARTURE
 +3.3 +0.6 +1.9   -3.06       -45 +27      
From the record books:
Warmest recorded MAY temperature, 104 F, May 30, 1934.
Coldest recorded MAY temperature, 24 F,  May 1, 1994.
Most MAY Snowfall: 3.0 inches, May 3-4, 1967.

Monthly Snowfall 2008-2009
Month
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
TOTAL
Observed
0.0
T
5.5
5.6
8.1
T
T
19.2
Normal
0.7
3.1
5.4
6.1
5.4
5.1
1.7
27.5

 

 


Tornado near Hoxie, KS on May 22, 2008 LAST year).
 Photo by Dr. Walker Ashley, founding member of our Nebraska Vortex Intercept Team

 

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are MAY 2009.
NORMAL (Norm) is the 1971-2000 Standard Normals in deg. F.
DEPARTURE is MAY 2009 Average measured against 1971-2000 normals, in deg. F.
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.
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) in deg. F.
CDD = cooling degree day units (base of 65 degrees).
Norm MAX = Daily Normal High Temperature (1971-2000 normals) in deg. F.
Norm MIN = Daily Normal Low Temperature (1971-2000 normals) in deg. F.
Norm Mean = Daily Normal Mean Temperature (1971-2000 normals) in deg. F.