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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NEBRASKA
1029 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

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...THE LINCOLN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST           100   05/14
LOWEST             31   05/12
                        05/03
AVG. MAXIMUM     72.7              74.2    -1.5
AVG. MINIMUM     50.2              50.5    -0.3
MEAN             61.5              62.3    -0.8
DAYS MAX >= 90      1
DAYS MAX <= 32      0
DAYS MIN <= 32      3
DAYS MIN <= 0       0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        10.72   1903
 MINIMUM         0.49   1934
TOTALS           8.44              4.29    4.15
DAILY AVG.       0.27
DAYS >= .01        11
DAYS >= .10         6
DAYS >= .50         5
DAYS >= 1.00        3
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    3.32   05/27

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL            3.0   1967
TOTALS            2.7
SINCE 7/1        27.5
DAYS >= 1.0         1
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         1   05/02
 24 HR TOTAL      2.7R  05/01 TO 05/02

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     185               147      38
 SINCE 7/1       6306              6040     266
COOLING TOTAL      83                65      18
 SINCE 1/1         87                79       8
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/020    DATE  05/01
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    55/190    DATE  05/29

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.50


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              8     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                7     RAIN                       7
LIGHT RAIN               15     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                3     SLEET                      0
FOG                      17     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                      6

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
>  INDICATES GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO.
<  INDICATES LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO.

&&
...MAY WAS WETTER AND COOLER THAN NORMAL IN LINCOLN...

FROM RECORD BREAKING COLD TO RECORD BREAKING HEAT MAY HAS BEEN QUITE THE MONTH.
THE MONTH BEGAN COLD, TEMPERATURES WERE 10 TO 17 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE
FIRST WEEK. IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT WE ALSO HAD RECORD LATE SEASON SNOWFALL
ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA. THIS COLD SNAP DIDN`T LAST LONG. BY THE END OF THE
SECOND WEEK WE HIT 100 DEGREES, WHICH BROKE A NEAR 100 YEAR OLD RECORD. AFTER
THE HEAT WAS OVER THE RAINS BEGAN, WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF MUCH NEEDED RAIN
FALLING. THIS ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL MEANS WE`VE NOW HAD TWO STRAIGHT MONTHS OF
ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION IN LINCOLN.

THE TOTAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION OF 8.44 INCHES WAS 4.15 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL
AND THE 7TH WETTEST ON RECORD.  THE TOTAL MONTHLY SNOWFALL WAS 2.7 INCHES.

DAILY RECORDS SET IN MAY 2013:
DATE        RECORD         READING  PREVIOUS RECORD
MAY 1       SNOWFALL         2.5        T (1994)
MAY 2       SNOWFALL         0.2      0.0
MAY 4       SNOWFALL          T         T (1967)
MAY 4       LO HI TEMP       44        45 (1954/1956)
MAY 12      LO TEMP          31        32 (1946)
MAY 14      HI TEMP         100        96 (1915)
MAY 27      RAINFALL        3.32       2.73 (1914)


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