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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NEBRASKA
912 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

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

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

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST            84   04/29
LOWEST             18   04/02
AVG. MAXIMUM     58.8              64.3    -5.5
AVG. MINIMUM     33.4              38.8    -5.4
MEAN             46.1              51.6    -5.5
DAYS MAX >= 90      0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0
DAYS MIN <= 32     16
DAYS MIN <= 0       0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         7.21   1978
 MINIMUM         0.02   1910
TOTALS           4.02              2.71    1.31
DAILY AVG.       0.13
DAYS >= .01         9
DAYS >= .10         7
DAYS >= .50         4
DAYS >= 1.00        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.52   04/21 TO 04/22

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           11.1   1997
TOTALS            0.6               1.4
SINCE 7/1        24.8
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.4    -0.4
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         T   04/01
 24 HR TOTAL      0.5   04/10 TO 04/10

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     564               417     147
 SINCE 7/1       6121              5893     228
COOLING TOTAL       4                13      -9
 SINCE 1/1          4                14     -10
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    35/360    DATE  04/17
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    43/320    DATE  04/18

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.40


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              6     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                6     RAIN                       6
LIGHT RAIN               11     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                6     SLEET                      0
FOG                      14     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      3

-  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

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...APRIL WAS WETTER AND MUCH COOLER THAN NORMAL IN LINCOLN...

THOUGH THERE WERE A FEW WARM AND DRY SPELLS...APRIL WAS DOMINATED BY
UNUSUALLY COOL AND WET WEATHER IN LINCOLN.  APRIL BEGAN WITH A
COUPLE OF COOL DAYS...WITH THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 18 DEGREES ON THE
2ND ALSO THE COLDEST READING OF THE MONTH.  A SPELL OF WARM WEATHER
FOLLOWED FROM THE 4TH THROUGH THE 9TH...WITH DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE
6TH.  A WET PERIOD FROM THE 7TH THROUGH THE 18TH BROUGHT AT LEAST A
TRACE OF RAIN ON 8 OF THE 12 DAYS...AND MEASURABLE RAIN ON 6 OF
THOSE DAYS.  A RAINFALL OF 0.90 INCHES ON THE 9TH WAS ACCOMPANIED BY
THUNDERSTORMS WITH MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION...AND STORMS WERE
REPORTED ON 3 OTHER DAYS DURING THIS WET PERIOD.  MEASURABLE SNOW
FELL ON THE 10TH...WITH 0.5 INCHES...WITH ANOTHER 0.1 INCHES ON THE
18TH...WHILE TRACES OF SNOW WERE REPORTED ON THE 9TH AND 11TH. THE
COOLEST HIGH TEMPERATURES OF THE MONTH ALSO OCCURRED DURING THIS
PERIOD...AT 36 DEGREES ON THE 10TH.

AFTER A RECORD COLD MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 20 ON THE 20TH...NEAR
NORMAL TEMPERATURES RETURNED FOR JUST ONE DAY...AS ANOTHER COLD
FRONT BROUGHT COOLER TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION.  1.52 INCHES OF
RAIN FELL ON THE 21ST THROUGH 22ND.  OF THAT TOTAL...1.19 INCHES OF
RAIN FELL ON THE 22ND...AND A TRACE OF SNOW ON THE 22ND SET THE
DAILY RECORD.  RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES WERE SET ON THE 24TH AND
25TH...AND A RECORD COLD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS SET ON THE
23RD...BEFORE NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRYING WEATHER RETURNED
TO THE AREA. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WERE THEN IN PLACE FROM THE
28TH THROUGH THE 30TH.  THE TEMPERATURE FINALLY BROKE 80 DEGREES ON
THE 28TH...AND THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH OCCURRED ON THE
29TH...AT 84 DEGREES.  THE LOW TEMPERATURE STAYED ABOVE 50 DEGREES
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN APRIL ON THE 29TH.  THE MONTH ENDED WITH A
LIGHT THUNDERSTORM LATE ON THE 30TH...ADDING 0.03 INCHES OF RAIN TO
THE MONTHLY TOTAL.  FOR THE MONTH...THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS AT
OR BELOW FREEZING ON 16 DAYS IN APRIL...WHICH TIES WITH 1909 FOR THE
RECORD HIGHEST TOTAL.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 46.1 DEGREES WAS 5.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
AND THE 9TH COLDEST ON RECORD IN LINCOLN.  THE TOTAL MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION OF 4.02 INCHES WAS 1.31 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE
19TH WETTEST ON RECORD.  THOUGH TRACES OF SNOW FELL ON MANY
DAYS...THE TOTAL MONTHLY SNOWFALL WAS ONLY 0.6 INCHES...WHICH IS 0.8
INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

DAILY RECORDS SET IN APRIL 2013:
DATE        RECORD         READING  PREVIOUS RECORD
APRIL 20    COLD MIN TEMP   20      22 (1953)
APRIL 22    SNOWFALL         T      0
APRIL 23    COLD MAX TEMP   39      39 (TIES WITH 1927)
APRIL 24    COLD MIN TEMP   22      27 (2005)
APRIL 25    COLD MIN TEMP   28      29 (2002)

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