Lincoln, Nebraska  - Snowfall Statistics

 

CONTENTS:

1. Number of Years With/Without Snowfall (for each Month)
2. Greatest Monthly Snowfall Totals
3. Greatest Seasonal Snowfall Totals
4. Greatest Seasonal Snowfall Totals
5. Average Number of Days with Snowfall > 1.0 inch
6. Earliest and Latest First Snowfall

 

All data in the following table are from the National Weather Service and HPRCC data archives.

 

1.  Number of years WITH and WITHOUT measurable snowfall
for each month, 1899- to present (Through April 2010).

 

Month With Snowfall Without Snowfall # Years
September   1 110 111
October 18 93 111
November 82 28 110
December 107   3 110
January 108   3 111
February 106   5 111
March 97 14 111
April 52 59 111
May   3  108 1110

 

2.  Greatest Monthly Snowfall Totals (1899-2010)

Month Snowfall Year # Years
September 0.8 inches 1985 111
October 13.2 inches 1997 111
November 12.6 inches 1957 111
December 24.1 inches 2009 111
January 23.0 inches 1915 110
February 26.1
inches		 1965 110
March 21.3 inches 1912 110
April 11.1 inches 1997 110
May 3.0 inches 1967 110


3.  Greatest Seasonal Snowfall Totals (1899-1900 to 2009-2010)

Season Snowfall
1914-1915 59.4 inches
1947-1948 54.7 inches
1959-1960 54.3 inches
1948-1949 50.6 inches
1970-1971 49.0 inches
1983-1984 47.5 inches
1911-1912 46.5 inches
1944-1945 45.0 inches
1997-1998 44.6 inches
1940-1941 43.1 inches
1974-1975 42.1 inches
1964-1965 42.1 inches
2009-2010 41.6 inches

 

4.  Least Seasonal Snowfall Totals (1899-1900 to 2009-2010)

Season Snowfall
1967-1968 7.2 inches
1965-1966 9.0 inches
1953-1954 9.8 inches
1921-1922 11.3 inches
1999-2000 11.9 inches
1987-1988 13.0 inches
1963-1964 13.0 inches
1980-1981 13.0 inches
1903-1904 13.1 inches
1960-1961 13.1 inches

All of the data on this page are from the official NWS data archives for Lincoln, NE

Additional data for Lincoln, NE can be found at the HPRCC web site.

 

 

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