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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NEBRASKA
1152 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012

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...THE LINCOLN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2012

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST           103   08/08
LOWEST             44   08/17
AVG. MAXIMUM     89.7              86.8     2.9
AVG. MINIMUM     59.2              63.8    -4.6
MEAN             74.5              75.3    -0.8
DAYS MAX >= 90     15
DAYS MAX <= 32      0
DAYS MIN <= 32      0
DAYS MIN <= 0       0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        13.98   1910
 MINIMUM         0.07   1976
TOTALS           0.30              3.49   -3.19
DAILY AVG.       0.01
DAYS >= .01         4
DAYS >= .10         2
DAYS >= .50         0
DAYS >= 1.00        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.15   08/24 TO 08/25

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL       7                 5       2
 SINCE 7/1          7                 6       1
COOLING TOTAL     309               324     -15
 SINCE 1/1       1392              1035     357
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/340    DATE  08/04
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    43/340    DATE  08/04

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.20


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

AUGUST WAS MUCH DRIER THAN NORMAL IN LINCOLN...WITH SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

TEMPERATURES WERE NOT QUITE AS UNIVERSALLY HOT AS IN JULY...WITH A
FEW COOL SPELLS MIXED IN WITH HOT TEMPERATURES.  LINCOLN DID MISS
MOST PRECIPITATION EVENTS IN THE MONTH THOUGH.  OVERALL...THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 74.5 WAS 0.8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...AND THE
TOTAL PRECIPITATION OF 0.30 FOR THE MONTH WAS 3.19 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL AND THE 2ND DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD.

AUGUST BEGAN AS JULY ENDED...HOT AND DRY.  TEMPERATURES REACHED 100
DEGREES OR MORE ON THE 1ST...7TH... AND 8TH...WITH THE HOTTEST
READING OF THE MONTH AT 103 DEGREES ON THE 8TH.  THE HOT
TEMPERATURES WERE INTERRUPTED BY A COUPLE OF COOLER DAYS ON THE 4TH
AND 5TH THOUGH.  THUNDERSTORMS BROUGHT 0.11 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE
2ND...BUT ALTHOUGH THUNDER WAS REPORTED ON THE 7TH AND 8TH...NO
MEASURABLE RAIN ACTUALLY FELL AT LINCOLN AIRPORT.

FOLLOWING A COLD FRONT...TEMPERATURES DIPPED TO NEAR OR BELOW NORMAL
READINGS FROM THE 9TH THROUGH THE 21ST.  A BRUSH BY A THUNDERSTORM
BROUGHT JUST 0.01 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE 11TH.  A PARTICULARLY COOL
STRETCH FROM THE 16TH TO THE 20TH BROUGHT HIGHS IN THE 70S...AND
LOWS IN THE 40S TO 50S.  THE COLDEST READING OF THE MONTH...44
DEGREES ON THE 17TH...ALSO SET A DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD.
COLD MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE SET ON EACH MORNING FROM THE
16TH TO THE 18TH.  TEMPERATURES FLUCTUATED BETWEEN ABOVE AND BELOW
NORMAL READINGS FROM THE 22ND TO THE 26TH...AND 0.18 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL ON THE 24TH TO 25TH ALONG WITH THE COOLER TEMPERATURES ON THOSE
DAYS.

TEMPERATURES RETURNED TO ABOVE NORMAL READINGS FROM THE 27TH...WITH
TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 90S AND EVEN REACHING 100 AGAIN ON THE
30TH.  THE WEATHER REMAINED DRY THROUGH THE END OF THE
MONTH...LEAVING AUGUST AS THE 2ND DRIEST ON RECORD AT 0.30 INCHES.

FOR THE SUMMER SEASON OF JUNE THROUGH AUGUST...2012 WAS VERY WARM
AND VERY DRY.  THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 77.6 DEGREES WAS THE 16TH
WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD...WHILE THE PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 4.20
INCHES WAS THE 4TH DRIEST ON RECORD.  THE TWO-MONTH /JULY-AUGUST/
RAINFALL TOTAL OF 0.63 INCHES WAS THE DRIEST ON RECORD.

THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF MARCH THROUGH AUGUST HAVE BEEN THE WARMEST ON
RECORD IN LINCOLN...WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPRATURE OF 68.5 DEGREES...AND
THE 10TH DRIEST ON RECORD...WITH 11.58 INCHES OF RAIN.

THE YEAR 2012 TO DATE IS NOW THE 2ND WARMEST ON RECORD IN
LINCOLN...WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 59.1 DEGREES.  THE
PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 13.84 INCHES IS THE 10TH DRIEST ON RECORD.

THE PAST 12 MONTHS /SEPTEMBER 2011 THROUGH AUGUST 2012/ ARE THE 4TH
WARMEST ON RECORD IN LINCOLN...WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 54.9
DEGREES.  THE PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 19.34 INCHES IS THE 13TH DRIEST
ON RECORD.


DAILY RECORDS SET IN AUGUST 2012: DATE       RECORD         READING
PREVIOUS RECORD AUGUST 16  COLD MIN TEMP    49     49 (TIES WITH
1897) AUGUST 17  COLD MIN TEMP    44     46 (1943) AUGUST 18  COLD
MIN TEMP    45     47 (1943)

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