Lincoln, NE, October 2009 Weather and Climate Data    
 

October 10, 2009:    LINK:  Third Earliest Snowfall for Lincoln, NE
   Also See Our October 2009 Photo Gallery AND, Photos of the Month Galleries (1998-2009)   

LAST MONTH:  September 2009 Lincoln Data   

Climate News:
NEW Web Site: Climate Change as Evidenced in the Lincoln, NE, Climate Data
El Nino and Lincoln's Winter Climate
Lincoln's Growing Season 1887-2009
Lincoln's First Autumn Freeze, 1887-2009
Lincoln's Last 90 F or Higher Temperature, 1887-2009
Lincoln's Temperature Graph (Oct. 2008-Sept. 2009)
Lincoln's Temperature Graph (Jan. 1-Sept. 30, 2009)
Lincoln's Temperature Graph Summer 2009
Lincoln's Temperature Graph (September 2009)
El Nino Returns, Expected to Last Through Winter
August 2009, Globe was 2nd Warmest since records began in 1880
Summer 2009 (June-August), Entire Globe 3rd Warmest, Oceans Warmest Ever
Global Temperature Anomalies, August 2005-August 2009 Animation
Monthly Global Temperature Anomalies, Year 2009
Lincoln's Monthly Avg Temperatures Compared to Normal
Nebraska's Tornado Climatology, 1950-2008
Lincoln's Heat Wave Climatology
Lincoln's Climatology of Days with Temperatures 90 F or Higher
Lincoln's Climatology of Days with Temperatures 100 F or Higher
Midwestern States to be Hit the Hardest From Climate Change

    
Year 2009 Precipitation (in inches) Compared to Normal (RED is above normal and BLUE is below normal)
  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC TOTAL
2009 0.38 0.64 0.18 1.52 1.17 6.18 1.84 3.20 1.25 0.67 . . 17.03
NORMAL 0.67 0.66 2.21 2.9 4.23 3.51 3.54 3.35 2.92 1.94 1.58 0.86 28.37


Record Low Temperature of 29 F on October 4, 2009 (tied previous record of 29 F set in 1999)
Record Cold High Temperature of 38 F on October 10 (old record was 41 F set in 1987).
Record Cold High Temperature of 40 F on October 11 (old record was 47 F set in 1946).
October 2009 MAX MIN MEAN DEP PCPN REC REC REC HDD CDD AVG  AVG AVG Snow
PREC MAX MIN MAX MIN Mean
Thursday  Oct. 1 67 50 59 -1 0.02 1.65 94 27 6 0 74 47 60  
Friday  Oct. 2 55 46 51 -9 T 1.28 94 28 14 0 73 46 60  
Saturday  Oct. 3 59 32 46 -13 0.00 2.10 96 27 19 0 73 46 59  
Sunday  Oct. 4 62 29 46 -13 0.00 1.20 93 29 19 0 72 46 59  
Monday  Oct. 5 66 46 56 -3 0.42 0.89 98 28 9 0 72 45 59  
Tuesday  Oct. 6 56 34 45 -13 0.06 1.01 93 24 20 0 72 45 58  
Wednesday  Oct. 7 73 33 53 -5 0.00 1.18 90 20 12 0 71 44 58  
Thursday  Oct. 8 53 41 47 -10 0.08 1.79 90 17 18 0 71 44 57  
Friday  Oct. 9 55 33 44 -13 T 1.73 90 18 21 0 70 43 57  
Saturday  Oct. 10 38 27 33 -23 0.09 2.26 91 24 32 0 70 43 56 1.2
Sunday  Oct. 11 40 32 36 -20 T 2.74 89 21 29 0 69 43 56  
Monday  Oct. 12           2.59 93 21     69 42 56  
Tuesday  Oct. 13           1.13 92 22     68 42 55  
Wednesday  Oct. 14           0.86 91 24     68 41 55  
Thursday  Oct. 15           1.12 91 22     67 41 54  
Friday  Oct. 16           1.74 88 21     67 40 54  
Saturday  Oct. 17           1.18 85
 15     66 40 53  
Sunday  Oct. 18           1.27 87 21     66 40 53  
Monday  Oct. 19           1.02 88 12     65 39 52  
Tuesday  Oct. 20           0.46 90 18     65 39 52  
Wednesday  Oct. 21           0.75 89 20     64 38 51  
Thursday  Oct. 22           2.01 89 19     64 38 51  
Friday  Oct. 23           1.18 84 20     63 37 50  
Saturday  Oct. 24           0.85 89 17     62 37 50  
Sunday  Oct. 25           2.19 89 15     62 36 49  
Monday  Oct. 26           1.57 86 19     61 36 49  
Tuesday  Oct. 27           0.97 89 8     61 36 48  
Wednesday  Oct. 28           1.56 84 10     60 35 48  
Thursday  Oct. 29           1.98 87 9     59 35 47  
Friday  Oct. 30           4.07 83 3     59 34 47  
Saturday  Oct. 31           2.07 83 11     58 34 46  
TOTAL           0.67                 1.2
Average                              
Normal   66.5 40.4 53.5   1.94       377  12       0.7
Departure                              
October 2009  MAX MIN MEAN DEP PCPN REC REC REC HDD CDD AVG  AVG AVG Snow
PREC MAX MIN MAX MIN Mean

 
September 26, 2009:   Perfect weather for the 300th Celebration and football game at Memorial Stadium   
Image © Ken Dewey, Applied Climate Sciences Group, School of Natural Resources, UNL.
Click Here for additional photos from this event
 
AVERAGE AND TOTAL are OCTOBER 2009. 
NORMAL (Norm) is the 1971-2000 Standard normal. 
MAX = Observed Maximum and MIN = Observed Minimum temperatures. 
MEAN = Observed Mean Daily temperature. 
DEP = DEPARTURE is OCTOBER 2009 Average measured against 1971-2000 normals. 
PCPN = Observed daily precipitation (midnight to midnight, CST). 
REC PREC = Record daily precipitation amount for the day 
REC MAX = Record maximum temperature. 
REC MIN = Record Minimum temperature. 
HDD = heating degree day units (base of 65 degrees). 
CDD = cooling degree day units (base of 65 degrees). 
AVG MAX = Daily Normal High Temperature (1971-2000 normals). 
AVG MIN = Daily Normal Low Temperature (1971-2000 normals). 
AVG MEAN = Daily Normal Mean Temperature (1971-2000 normals). 

 
 
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln 
Applied Climate Sciences Group 
School of Natural Resources