Date of the Last Measureable Snowfall in Lincoln, Each Year 1948 to 2010

Listed from earliest last snowfall (February 6 to latest last snowfall May 3).
Median (Average) last snowfall = March 31.
Year 2009 Last snowfall = February 28 (5th earliest out of the past 62 years)
All years in red are leap years with the calendar day adjusted

 

Year Month Day Calendar Day *

2004

Feb

6

37

2005

Feb

8

39

2000

Feb

18

49

1968

Feb

25

56

2009

Feb

28

59

1989

Mar

1

60

2007

Mar

3

62

1981

Mar

4

63

2008

Mar

6

66

1953

Mar

8

67

2001

Mar

11

70

1963

Mar

12

71

1958

Mar

16

75

1978

Mar

16

75

1988

Mar

17

77

2010 Mar 19 78

1993

Mar

19

78

2006

Mar

21

80

1998

Mar

23

82

1999

Mar

23

82

1969

Mar

24

83

2002

Mar

25

84

1955

Mar

25

84

1964

Mar

25

85

1965

Mar

25

84

1959

Mar

26

85

1948

Mar

27

87

1966

Mar

27

86

1991

Mar

27

86

1954

Mar

29

88

1987

Mar

29

88

1976

Mar

30

90

1985

Mar

31

90

1962

Apr

1

91

1970

Apr

1

91

1971

Apr

1

92

1979

Apr

2

92

1975

Apr

2

92

1960

Apr

2

93

1977

Apr

3

93

1974

Apr

3

93

1972

Apr

3

94

1956

Apr

6

97

2003

Apr

7

97

1961

Apr

9

99

1952

Apr

9

100

1980

Apr

11

102

1957

Apr

11

101

1997

Apr

12

102

1995

Apr

12

102

1990

Apr

12

102

1950

Apr

12

102

1951

Apr

12

102

1983

Apr

13

103

1986

Apr

14

104

1949

Apr

14

104

1996

Apr

14

105

1973

Apr

16

106

1992

Apr

21

112

1982

Apr

28

118

1984

Apr

29

120

1994

Apr

30

120

1967 May 3 123

Calendar Day * = the calendar day converted to the day of the year, ranging from January 1 to December 31 = 365 (366 during Leap Years).  During Leap Years, all the calendar days following February 28 are bumped up one day.  Prior to February 29 there is no change during a Leap Year.

 

UNL 
University of Nebraska-Lincoln 
Applied Climate Sciences Group 
School of Natural Resources