MAY 2010 - LINCOLN, NE

Weather and Climate Data

 

All data on this page are from the National Weather Service and HPRCC data archives. 



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Year 2010 Precipitation (in inches) compared to normal: red above normal, blue below normal

 
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
TOTAL
2010
0.82
0.99
1.77
 2.53 . . .
.
.
.
.
.
6.11
NORMAL
0.67
0.66
2.21
2.90
4.23
3.51
3.54
3.35
2.92
1.94
1.58
0.86
28.37
(normal January 1 - May 31 = 10.67 inches).
 

Monthly Snowfall 2009-2010

Month
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
TOTAL
Observed
1.2
0.0
24.3
7.1
7.4
1.6
0.0
41.6
Normal
0.7
3.1
5.4
6.1
5.4
5.1
1.7
27.5

     

 

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Last Month: April 2010 Climate Data

All High Temperatures of 90 F or higher are in RED
All
Day
May 2010
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PREC
REC
PREC
REC
MAX
REC
MIN
HDD
CDD
AVG
MAX
AVG
MIN
AVG
Mean
Saturday
May 1
72
45
59
 +2 0.00
2.10
93
24
 6 0
69
45
57
Sunday
May 2
75
40
58
 +1 T
1.50
91
26
7
0
69
45
57
Monday
May 3
70
37
54
 -3 T
1.90
91
25
11
0
69
45
57
Tuesday
May 4
          
2.47
91
30
    
70
46
58
Wednesday
May 5
          
3.35
97
31
    
70
46
58
Thursday
May 6
          
1.46
95
27
    
70
46
58
Friday
May 7
          
1.71
96
29
    
71
47
59
Saturday
May 8
          
1.96
95
29
    
71
47
59
Sunday
May 9
          
2.56
97
30
    
71
48
59
Monday
May 10
          
1.05
93
30
    
71
48
60
Tuesday
May 11
          
1.33
94
29
    
72
48
60
Wednesday
May 12
          
1.55
97
32
    
72
49
60
Thursday
May 13
          
2.76
96
27
    
73
49
61
Friday
May 14
          
2.63
96
32
    
73
49
61
Saturday
May 15
          
2.35
93
31
    
73
50
62
Sunday
May 16
          
2.01
92
31
    
74
50
62
Monday
May 17
          
2.01
93
33
    
74
50
62
Tuesday
May 18
          
2.41
94
34
    
74
51
63
Wednesday
May 19
          
1.62
95
35
    
75
51
63
Thursday
May 20
          
2.64
95
33
    
75
52
63
Friday
May 21
          
1.56
95
36
    
75
52
64
Saturday
May 22
          
2.43
96
36
    
76
52
64
Sunday
May 23
          
1.45
94
39
    
76
53
65
Monday
May 24
          
1.43
100
34
    
77
53
65
Tuesday
May 25
          
1.78
98
35
    
77
53
65
Wednesday
May 26
          
2.43
98
38
    
77
54
66
Thursday
May 27
          
2.73
95
36
    
78
54
66
Friday
May 28
          
1.97
98
34
    
78
54
66
Saturday
May 29
          
2.64
102
32
    
79
55
67
Sunday
May 30
          
2.59
104
40
    
79
55
67
Monday
May 31
          
2.05
103
41
    
80
56
68
 
TOTAL
 
 
 
 
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AVERAGE
 77.1 50.7 63.9
 
 
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
NORMAL
73.8
50.1
62.0
 
4.23
  
 
 
154
56
 
 
  
 
DEPARTURE
                          
From the record books:
Warmest recorded MAY temperature, 104 F, May 30, 1934.
Coldest recorded MAY temperature, 24 F,  May 1, 1994.
Most MAY Snowfall: 3.0 inches, May 3-4, 1967.

 

 


Tornado near Hoxie, KS on May 22, 2008
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AVERAGE AND TOTAL are MAY 2010.
NORMAL (Norm) is the 1971-2000 Standard Normals in deg. F.
DEPARTURE is MAY 2010 Average measured against 1971-2000 normals, in deg. F.
MAX = Observed Maximum and MIN = Observed Minimum temperatures in deg. F.
MEAN = Observed Mean Daily temperature in deg. F.
DEP = Departure from normal ( __ = below normal, + above normal), in deg. F.
PREC = Observed daily precipitation (midnight to midnight, CST) in inches.
REC PREC = Record daily amount of precipitation in inches.
REC MAX = Record maximum temperature in deg. F.
REC MIN = Record Minimum temperature in deg. F.
HDD = heating degree day units (base of 65 degrees) in deg. F.
CDD = cooling degree day units (base of 65 degrees).
Norm MAX = Daily Normal High Temperature (1971-2000 normals) in deg. F.
Norm MIN = Daily Normal Low Temperature (1971-2000 normals) in deg. F.
Norm Mean = Daily Normal Mean Temperature (1971-2000 normals) in deg. F.

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