LINCOLN, NE,  ANNUAL, 1998 
CLIMATE STATISTICS

    Average high temperature = 63.9 F = 1.4 deg. ABOVE normal
    Average low temperature = 42.5 F = 3.6 deg. ABOVE normal
    Average daily temperature = 53.2 F = 2.4 deg. ABOVE normal
    Growing season = 187 days = 16 Days ABOVE normal
    Total snowfall = 28.0 inches = 2.0 inches ABOVE normal
    Total precipitation (rainfall and melted snowfall) = 
               34.23 inches = 5.97 inches ABOVE normal

 
Rankings:
    14th warmest Year (112 years: 1887-1998) 
    22nd wettest year (112 years: 1887-1998)
    2nd latest "first measurable snowfall (100 years: 1899-1998)
    12 longest growing season (112 years: 1887-1998)

 
Temperature Records set in 1998:
(112 years in data archive: 1887-1998)

       March 12:           Minimum of -15, RECORD LOW
       September 25:  Maximum of 93,  RECORD HIGH
       November 27:   Maximum of 68,  RECORD HIGH 
       November 29:   Maximum of 71,  RECORD HIGH 
       December   1:   Maximum of 70, RECORD HIGH 
 
Two unusual temperature records set in 1998:
     March 12: Minimum of -15, Latest double digit below zero. 
     November 29:  Daily Mean of 61, Warmest for so late in the season. 

 
Precipitation Records set in 1998:
(no monthly records, only daily records were set)
    January 31:........ 0.56 inches (old record: 0.26 inches in 1908) 
    February 1:......... 0.45 inches (old record: 0.28 inches in 1983) 
    March 8:.............. 0.61 inches (old record: 0.33 inches in 1990) 
    March 27:........... 0.86 inches (old record: 0.75 inches in 1891) 
    May 29:............... 2.64 inches (old record: 1.94 inches in 1903) 
    September 19:...1.55 inches (old record: 1.09 inches in 1996) 

CHECK OUT >> 1998 Temperature Graph

CHECK OUT >> Late Arrival of Winter

CHECK OUT >>JAN - DEC 1998 Precipitation Table

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
High Plains Regional Climate Center

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