Lincoln, Nebraska - Length of the Growing Seasons -
1887 through 2010 (124 Growing seasons)

Growing season is defined as continuous temperatures > 32F,
following the last freeze in Spring and prior to the first freeze in the Autumn.

Year 2010:  Last spring temperature < 32 F was April 19 and
Year 2010:  First Autumn temperature <32 F was October 3,
for a growing season of 166 days.

 


123-year, 1887-2008 average growing season length: 172 days.
Standard 30-years, 1971-2000, average growing season length: 162 days.
The last 30 years, 1980-2009, average growing season length: 161 days.
Year 2009 Growing Season Length = 158 days.

 

Top Ten Longest Growing Seasons

Rank
Year
Month
Date
Month
Date
Length
in days
1
1924
Apr
2
Nov
6
217
2
1968
Apr
5
Nov
3
211
3
1971
Apr
6
Oct
31
207
4
1900
Apr
13
Nov
7
207
5
1955
Apr
7
Oct
24
199
6
1938
Apr
9
Oct
23
196
7
1897
Apr
19
Nov
2
196
8
1914
Apr
12
Oct
26
196
9
1969
Mar
31
Oct
14
196
10
1925
Mar
27
Oct
9
195

Top Ten Shortest Growing Seasons

Rank
Year
Month
Date
Month
Date
Length
in days
1
1940
May
16
Sep
11
117
2
1983
May
15
Sep
23
130
3
1989
May
7
Sep
23
138
4
1995
May
2
Sep
22
142
5
1918
Apr
25
Sep
20
147
6
1980
May
8
Oct
3
147
7
1984
May
1
Sep
26
147
8
1965
Apr
28
Sep
24
148
9
1893
Apr
29
Sep
25
148
10
2005
May
3
Sep
29
148

All of the above data are the Official National Weather Service data for Lincoln, NE.

These data were acquired from the High Plains Regional Climate Center

 

 

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