February 2010
LINCOLN, NE

 Photo © K. Dewey, Applied Climate Science, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. 
A night time view of the Lincoln, NE city Center from Hardin Hall, home of this Web Site
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Also see our January 2010 Photo Gallery  and our February 2010 photo gallery

 


LINK:  February 5, 2010: Snowy mid-winter day near Lincoln, NE 

 

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NEW: Satellite Image Showing Snow Cover in our Area

NEW: It has only hit 40 F or higher once since December 1----How Rare is this?

NEW:   January 2010:  Global  Temperatures 4th Warmest  on record

NEW:  January 2010 Statewide Temperature Rankings 

NEW: Its Called "Global warming", not "Nebraska Warming" Year 2009 Review

NEW: It has only hit 50 F or higher once since December 1----How Rare is this?

NEW:  January 2010 Temperature Graph

NEW:  Year 2009 Global Temperatures 5th Warmest on Record 

NEW: January 9, 2010:  All Lower 48 states have subfreezing temperatures  

NEW: Satellite Images Showing Snow Cover on January 9, 2010

 

Last month's Data: (January 2010)

 

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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Lincoln, Nebraska


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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
7.4
 . .
40.0
Normal
0.7
3.1
5.4
6.1
5.4
5.1
1.7
27.5

     

Lincoln's Greatest Daily Snow Depths

Lincoln Cold Waves 1887-2010

 Nebraska Winter Weather Forecast Page

 

Lincoln, Nebraska Number of Days with High Temperatures 50o F or Higher,

Winter Seasons 1887-88 through 2009-2010

 

Note:  Winter is defined as December 1-February 28 (29)

 

Season

Dec

Jan

Feb

Total

1978-79

0

0

0

0

2009-10

1

0

0

1

1992-93

1

0

0

1

1909-10

0

0

2

2

1914-15

1

0

1

2

1948-49

3

0

0

3

2000-01

1

2

0

3

1902-03

1

3

0

4

1977-78

4

0

0

4

1935-36

3

0

2

5

1968-69

5

0

0

5

1974-75

5

0

0

5

1928-29

5

0

1

6

1911-12

5

0

1

6

Season

Dec

Jan

Feb

Total

1999-00

11

8

14   

33

2001-02

13

9

10   

32

1933-34

11

11

10   

32

1975-76

6

7

18   

31

1953-54

7

5

18   

30

1930-31

4

11

14   

29

1932-33

5

14

10   

29

2005-06

3

16

10   

29

1960-61

8

8

12   

28

1991-92

5

11

12   

28

1998-99

11

2

14   

27

1946-47

12

12

  2   

26

1980-81

6

7

13   

26

1989-90

6

11

  9   

26

1943-44

7

12

  7   

26
Winters with least number of
days 50o F or Higher		 Winters with most number of
days 50o F or Higher

    

More information at this link:  http://www.lincolnweather.org/lincoln-winter-50s.html

 

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

 

NOTE:  February 2010 was the 29th coldest out of 124 years of data (1887 - 2010)

February, Lincoln, NE
Rank  Value  Ending Date
  1     8.2    2/28/1936
  2    13.0    2/28/1979
  3    13.1    2/28/1978
  4    14.1    2/28/1899
  5    16.1    2/28/1905
  6    16.3    2/28/1989
  7    18.9    2/28/1887
  8    19.1    2/28/1900
  9    19.2    2/28/1929
 10    20.1    2/28/1975
 11    20.5    2/28/1891
 12    20.6    2/28/1960,  2/28/1949,  2/28/1993
 15    21.2    2/28/1903,  2/28/2001,  2/28/1904
 18    21.7    2/28/1894
 19    21.8    2/28/1994
 20    22.0    2/28/1893
 21    22.1    2/28/1980
 22    22.2    2/28/1895
 23    22.4    2/28/1914,  2/28/1939
 25    22.5    2/28/1985,  2/28/1902,  2/28/1889,  2/28/1965
 29    22.6    2/28/2010,  2/28/1955

    

Note: all low temperatures of 0o F or lower are in BLUE.
February
2010
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PCPN
REC
PREC
REC
MAX
REC
MIN
HDD
CDD
AVG 
MAX
AVG 
MIN
AVG 
Mean
SNOW
Monday
Feb. 1 30 19 25 +1 0.02
0.45
64
-24
 40
0
35
13
24
 0.2
Tuesday
Feb. 2 29 12 21 -3 0.00
1.12
68
-22
 44
0
35
13
24
  
Wednesday
Feb. 3 42 11 27 +2 0.00
0.73
68
-22
 38
0
36
14
25
  
Thursday
Feb. 4 36 30 33 +8 0.42
0.47
67
-21
 32
0
36
14
25
 1.0
Friday
Feb. 5 31 29 30 +5 0.19
0.38
67
-20
 35
0
36
14
25
 2.0
Saturday
Feb. 6 35 26 31 +5 0.05
0.87
65
-17
 34
0
36
15
26
 0.5
Sunday
Feb. 7 34 29 32 +6 0.10
0.28
71
-18
 33
0
37
15
26
 1.5
Monday
Feb. 8 33 5 19 -7 T
0.91
71
-19
 46
0
37
15
26
 T
Tuesday
Feb. 9 23 1 12 -14 0.01
0.80
68
-24
 53
0
37
15
26
 0.2
Wednesday
Feb. 10 23 -2 11 -16 0.00
0.65
75
-16
 54
0
38
16
27
  
Thursday
Feb. 11 33 19 26 -1 0.00
1.55
75
-26
 39
0
38
16
27
  
Friday
Feb. 12 31 17 24 -3 0.00
2.20
73
-24
 41
0
38
16
27
  
Saturday
Feb. 13 33 22 28 0 0.00
1.36
69
-26
 37
0
39
17
28
  
Sunday
Feb. 14 22 13 18 -10 0.04
0.79
75
-15
 47
0
39
17
28
 0.8
Monday
Feb. 15 22 14 18 -10 T
0.45
74
-11
 47
0
39
17
28
 T
Tuesday
Feb. 16 28 16 22 -7 T
0.73
69
-18
 43
0
40
18
29
 T
Wednesday
Feb. 17 36 6 21 -8 0.00
0.50
72
-19
 44
0
40
18
29
  
Thursday
Feb. 18 38 13 26 -3 0.00
0.84
70
-17
 39
0
40
18
29
  
Friday
Feb. 19 27 23 25 -5 0.09
0.50
71
-15
 40
0
41
18
30
 0.5
Saturday
Feb. 20 29 23 26 -4 0.02
1.36
71
-10
 39
0
41
19
30
 0.1
Sunday
Feb. 21 29 20 25 -5 0.05
1.31
74
-9
 40
0
41
19
30
 0.6
Monday
Feb. 22 26 9 18 -13 0.00
1.57
74
-10
 47
0
42
20
31
  
Tuesday
Feb. 23 25 8 17 -14 0.00
0.65
75
-16
 48
0
42
20
31
  
Wednesday
Feb. 24 22 -1 11 -20 0.00
0.82
72
-9
 54
0
43
20
31
  
Thursday
Feb. 25 28 7 18 -14 0.00
1.12
77
-8
 47
0
43
21
32
  
Friday
Feb. 26 36 13 25 -7 0.00
0.68
79
-9
 40
0
43
21
32
  
Saturday
Feb. 27 34 18 26 -7 0.00
1.92
74
-10
 39
0
44
21
33
  
Sunday
Feb. 28 33 15 24 -9 0.00
1.71
78
-12
 41
0
44
22
33
  
 
February
2010
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PCPN
REC
PREC
REC
MAX
REC
MIN
HDD
CDD
AVG 
MAX
AVG 
MIN
AVG 
Mean
SNOW
 
TOTAL
         0.99       1181  
 
 
 
  7.4
 
AVERAGE
30.3
14.8
22.6
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
NORMAL
39.3
17.2
28.3
 
0.66
  
 
 
1043
  
 
 
 
5.7
 
DEPARTURE
 -9.0 -2.4 -5.7   +0.33       -138         +1.7

From the record books:

Warmest recorded FEBRUARY temperature,
Leap Years:  83 F, February 29, 1972.
Non-Leap Years:  79 F, Feb. 26, 1896 and Feb. 28, 1972.

Coldest recorded FEBRUARY  temperature, -26 F,  Feb. 11, 1899 & Feb. 13, 1905.
Most FEBRUARY Snowfall: 26.1 inches, 1965.
Least February Snowfall: none measurable, 5 of the last 110 years 
(1922, 1946, 1977, 1991 & 1996).

 

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are FEBRUARY 2010.
NORMAL (Norm) is the 1971-2000 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is FEBRUARY 2010 Average measured against 1971-2000 normals.
MAX = Observed Maximum and MIN = Observed Minimum temperatures.
MEAN = Observed Mean Daily temperature.
DEP = Departure from normal ( __ = below normal, + above normal).
PREC = Observed daily precipitation (midnight to midnight, CST).
REC PREC = Record daily precipitation amount in inches. 
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).
Norm MAX = Daily Normal High Temperature (1971-2000 normals).
Norm MIN = Daily Normal Low Temperature (1971-2000 normals).
Norm MEAN = Daily Normal Mean Temperature (1971-2000 normals).
SNOW = Snowfall in inches


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

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