Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Omaha/Valley, NE
Issued by NWS Omaha/Valley, NE
102 CXUS53 KOAX 011528 CLMLNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1028 AM CDT MON APR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE LINCOLN NE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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 77 03/11 LOWEST 15 03/27 AVG. MAXIMUM 57.7 53.6 4.1 AVG. MINIMUM 29.8 28.7 1.1 MEAN 43.7 41.2 2.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 20 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.65 1973 MINIMUM 0.06 1994 TOTALS 1.09 1.55 -0.46 DAYS >= .01 5 DAYS >= .10 3 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.58 03/13 TO 03/14 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 21.3 1912 TOTALS T 3.4 -3.4 SINCE 7/1 16.4 DAYS >= 1.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM 24 HR TOTAL T 03/08 TO 03/08 03/23 TO 03/23 03/26 TO 03/26 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 653 741 -88 SINCE 7/1 4599 5299 -700 COOLING TOTAL 0 2 -2 SINCE 1/1 0 2 -2 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/020 DATE 03/14 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/020 DATE 03/14 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.34 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0 FOG 5 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 8 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && LINCOLN WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR MARCH 2024. THE MONTH ENDED UP 2.5 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL AND FALLING NEARLY HALF AN INCH BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH`S PRECIPITATION. ONLY THREE TIMES IN LINCOLN`S 138 YEARS OF CLIMATE RECORD HAS MARCH RECORDED LESS SNOW THAN THIS YEAR`S TRACE. $$ NICOLAISEN