Lincoln, NE, October 2009 Weather and Climate Data    
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LAST MONTH:  September 2009 Lincoln Data   

 

Climate News:
Analysis of the September 28-October 18, 2009 Cold Wave Third Earliest Snowfall for Lincoln, NE
September 2009 Statewide Temperature Rankings September Global Temperatures, 2nd Highest on Record
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
Lincoln's Last 90 F or Higher Temperature, 1887-2009 Lincoln's Temperature Graph (Oct. 2008-Sept. 2009)
Lincoln's Temperature Graph (Jan. 1-Sept. 30, 2009) Lincoln's Temperature Graph Summer 2009
Lincoln's Temperature Graph (September 2009) El Nino Returns, Expected to Last Through Winter
August 2009, Globe was 2nd Warmest since records began in 1880 Midwest to be Hit the Hardest From Climate Change
Summer 2009 Globe 3rd Warmest, Oceans Warmest Ever Global Temperature Anomalies, 2005-2009 Animation
Monthly Global Temperature Anomalies, Year 2009 Lincoln's Monthly Avg Temperatures Compared to Normal
Nebraska's Tornado Climatology, 1950-2008 Lincoln's Heat Wave Climatology
Lincoln's Climatology of Days with Temperatures 90 F or Higher Lincoln's Climatology of Days with Temperatures 100 F +

    
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 . . 20.60
NORMAL 0.67 0.66 2.21 2.9 4.23 3.51 3.54 3.35 2.92 1.94 1.58 0.86 28.37


Record Low Temperature of 29 F on October 4, 2009 (tied previous record of 29 F set in 1999)
Record Cold High Temperature of 38 F on October 10 (old record was 41 F set in 1987).
Record Cold High Temperature of 40 F on October 11 (old record was 47 F set in 1946).
  
October 1-31, 2009 is the 2nd coldest
on record (123 years of data)
 Lowest Average Temperature degrees F;
Days: 10/1 - 10/31, Years: 1887-2009

Rank  Value  Ending Date
  1    42.8   10/31/1925
  2    46.2   10/31/2009
  3    46.5   10/31/1917
  4    46.7   10/31/2002
  5    47.2   10/31/1976
  6    48.4   10/31/1987
  7    49.0   10/31/1972
  8    49.7   10/31/1898
  9    50.0   10/31/1887
 10    50.1   10/31/1919

 October 2009 precipitation, 12th wettest on
record (123 years of data)
Highest Total Precipitation inches
Days: 10/1 - 10/31, Years: 1887-2009

Rank  Value  Ending Date
  1    5.40   10/31/1986
  2    5.29   10/31/1979
  3    4.92   10/31/1973
  4    4.90   10/31/2002
  5    4.82   10/31/1891
  6    4.80   10/31/1918
  7    4.79   10/31/2008
  8    4.57   10/31/1929
  9    4.50   10/31/2007
 10    4.36   10/31/1957
 11    4.29   10/31/1971
 12    4.24   10/31/2009

All data on this page are from the National Weather Service, Lincoln, NE, Municipal Airport location
October 2009 MAX MIN MEAN DEP PCPN REC REC REC HDD CDD AVG  AVG AVG Snow
PREC MAX MIN MAX MIN Mean
Thursday  Oct. 1 67 50 59 -1 0.02 1.65 94 27 6 0 74 47 60  
Friday  Oct. 2 55 46 51 -9 T 1.28 94 28 14 0 73 46 60  
Saturday  Oct. 3 59 32 46 -13 0.00 2.10 96 27 19 0 73 46 59  
Sunday  Oct. 4 62 29 46 -13 0.00 1.20 93 29 19 0 72 46 59  
Monday  Oct. 5 66 46 56 -3 0.42 0.89 98 28 9 0 72 45 59  
Tuesday  Oct. 6 56 34 45 -13 0.06 1.01 93 24 20 0 72 45 58  
Wednesday  Oct. 7 73 33 53 -5 0.00 1.18 90 20 12 0 71 44 58  
Thursday  Oct. 8 53 41 47 -10 0.08 1.79 90 17 18 0 71 44 57  
Friday  Oct. 9 55 33 44 -13 T 1.73 90 18 21 0 70 43 57  
Saturday  Oct. 10 38 27 33 -23 0.09 2.26 91 24 32 0 70 43 56 1.2
Sunday  Oct. 11 40 32 36 -20 T 2.74 89 21 29 0 69 43 56  
Monday  Oct. 12 44 32 38 -18 0.03 2.59 93 21 27 0 69 42 56 T
Tuesday  Oct. 13 45 35 40 -15 0.16 1.13 92 22 25 0 68 42 55  
Wednesday  Oct. 14 42 38 40 -15 0.05 0.86 91 24 25 0 68 41 55  
Thursday  Oct. 15 50 39 45 -9 0.00 1.12 91 22 20 0 67 41 54  
Friday  Oct. 16 51 38 45 -9 T 1.74 88 21 20 0 67 40 54  
Saturday  Oct. 17 50 33 42 -11 0.00 1.18 85 15 23 0 66 40 53  
Sunday  Oct. 18 68 34 51 -2 0.00 1.27 87 21 14 0 66 40 53  
Monday  Oct. 19 72 45 59 +7 0.00 1.02 88 12 6 0 65 39 52  
Tuesday  Oct. 20 65 50 58 +6 T 0.46 90 18 7 0 65 39 52  
Wednesday  Oct. 21 63 44 54 +3 0.54 0.75 89 20 11 0 64 38 51  
Thursday  Oct. 22 44 35 40 -11 1.38 2.01 89 19 25 0 64 38 51 T
Friday  Oct. 23 51 32 42 -8 0.01 1.18 84 20 23 0 63 37 50  
Saturday  Oct. 24 58 29 44 -6 T 0.85 89 17 21 0 62 37 50  
Sunday  Oct. 25 56 36 46 -3 T 2.19 89 15 19 0 62 36 49  
Monday  Oct. 26 56 26 41 -8 T 1.57 86 19 24 0 61 36 49  
Tuesday  Oct. 27 60 28 44 -4 0.00 0.97 89 8 21 0 61 36 48
Wednesday  Oct. 28 60 45 53 +5 0.00 1.56 84 10 12 0 60 35 48  
Thursday  Oct. 29 58 47 53 +6 1.38 1.98 87 9 21 0 59 35 47  
Friday  Oct. 30 49 38 44 -3 0.02 4.07 83 3 21 0 59 34 47  
Saturday  Oct. 31 62 30 46 0 0.00 2.07 83 11 19 0 58 34 46  
TOTAL           4.24       574  0       1.2
Average   55.7 36.7 46.2                      
Normal   66.5 40.4 53.5   1.94       377  12       0.7
Departure   -10.8 -3.7 -7.3   +2.30       -197 -12        
October 2009  MAX MIN MEAN DEP PCPN REC REC REC HDD CDD AVG  AVG AVG Snow
PREC MAX MIN MAX MIN Mean


October 10, 2009:    LINK:  Third Earliest Snowfall for Lincoln, NE
 


September 26, 2009:   Perfect weather for the 300th Celebration and football game at Memorial Stadium   
Image © Ken Dewey, Applied Climate Sciences Group, School of Natural Resources, UNL.
Click Here for additional photos from this event
 
AVERAGE AND TOTAL are OCTOBER 2009. 
NORMAL (Norm) is the 1971-2000 Standard normal. 
MAX = Observed Maximum and MIN = Observed Minimum temperatures. 
MEAN = Observed Mean Daily temperature. 
DEP = DEPARTURE is OCTOBER 2009 Average measured against 1971-2000 normals. 
PCPN = Observed daily precipitation (midnight to midnight, CST). 
REC PREC = Record daily precipitation amount for the day 
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). 

 
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln 
Applied Climate Science 
School of Natural Resources