Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Omaha/Valley, NE
Issued by NWS Omaha/Valley, NE
600 CXUS53 KOAX 011236 CLMLNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 636 AM CST FRI MAR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE LINCOLN NE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 81R 02/26 LOWEST 9 02/28 AVG. MAXIMUM 55.8 40.6 15.2 AVG. MINIMUM 24.9 18.4 6.5 MEAN 40.4 29.5 10.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 25 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.47 1951 MINIMUM 0.00 1897 TOTALS 0.51 0.89 -0.38 DAYS >= .01 3 DAYS >= .10 1 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.50 02/03 TO 02/04 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 26.1 1965 TOTALS T 7.1 -7.1 SINCE 7/1 16.4 DAYS >= 1.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM 24 HR TOTAL T 02/16 TO 02/16 02/27 TO 02/27 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 706 994 -288 SINCE 7/1 3946 4619 -673 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/350 DATE 02/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/350 DATE 02/14 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.24 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 4 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && FEBRUARY IN LINCOLN WAS MUCH WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL. THE MONTH ENDED UP 10.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND 0.38 INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION. SNOWFALL WAS 7.1 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. IT WAS THE 3RD WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD AND TIED FOR THE LEAST SNOWIEST. NEW DAILY RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY DATE RECORD VALUE PREVIOUS RECORD FEB 2 WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 39 39 IN 1934 FEB 7 WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 43 37 IN 1918 FEB 20 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 68 67 IN 1930 FEB 26 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 80 78 IN 1896 $$ DEWALD