AUGUST 2000
LINCOLN, NE
August 2000 Temperature Graph
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January 1, 2000 - July 31, 2000 Temperature Graph
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NWS Lincoln July 2000 Summary
Lincoln's Historical Heat Waves (1887-2000)
July 20, 2 AM Hailstorm
Top Ten Driest (& wettest) Augusts 1887 to 2000
Hay Fever
"Wacky Weather Normal for State"
Killer Rays
Twisters Left Mark on Past 50 Years
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July 25, SW Minnesota Tornado
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 August 8, 2000 U.S. High Temperatures
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NEW: Climate Atlases
July 2000 Temperature Graph
August 16, 2000, Temperature Map (104 F in Lincoln)
August 19 Regional Precipitation Map
Lincoln's August 19 Automated Weather Data Network
August 21 Regional Precipitation Map
Lincoln's August 21 Automated Weather Data Network
August 25-26 Regional Precipitation Map
August 30 U.S. High Temperatures
August 31, 102 F in Falls City, 51 F in Scottsbluff

August 31, 2 PM CDST

click here: SUMMER 2000 CLIMATE SUMMARY

AUG 2000
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PCPN
RMAX
RMIN
HDD
CDD
AVG MAX
AVG MIN
AVG Mean
08/01/00
91
64
78
0
T
105
48
0
13
90
66
78
08/02/00
 86
67
 77
-1
 0.01
107
52
0
12
90
66
78
08/03/00
 87
65
76
-2
0.06
108
51
0
 11
89
66
78
08/04/00
 86
70
78
0
0.00
109
45
0
13
89
66
78
08/05/00
95
71
83
+6
0.00
109
48
 0
18
89
66
77
08/06/00
 91
68
80
+3
T 
104
49
 0
15
89
66
77
08/07/00
97
62
80
+3
0.00
104
44
0
15
89
65
77
08/08/00
 99
69
84
+7
0.00
110
50
0
19
89
65
77
08/09/00
 94
72
 83
+6
 0.00
106
48
 0
18
89
65
77
08/10/00
 93
68
 81
+4
 0.00
104
48
0
 16
88
65
77
08/11/00
 99
72
86
+10
0.00
105
48
0
21
88
65
76
08/12/00
102
72
87
+11
0.00
107
47
 0
22
88
65
76
08/13/00
95
74
85
+9
0.00
108
50
0
20
88
64
76
08/14/00
 99
72
86
+10
T
103
50
 0
21
87
64
76
08/15/00
 93
67
80
+4
0.00
106
48
0
15
87
64
76
08/16/00
 104
69
87
+12
0.00
107
49
0
22
87
64
75
08/17/00
 86
58
72
-3
T
107
46
 0
7
87
63
75
08/18/00
 77
57
67
-8
0.00
110
47
0
 2
87
63
75
08/19/00
 70
62
 66
-9
 1.24
100
45
 0
1
86
63
75
08/20/00
 84
63
 74
0
 T
102
39
 0
 9
86
63
74
08/21/00
 85
69
77
+3
 1.15
104
47
 0
 12
86
62
74
08/22/00
 81
68
75
+1
 0.01
103
46
 0
10
85
62
74
08/23/00
 89
 69
79
+6
 0.05
103
43
 0
14
85
62
73
08/24/00
 86
64
 75
+2
 0.00
107
43
0
10
85
61
73
08/25/00
 92
63
78
+5
 0.04
105
45
 0
13
85
61
73
08/26/00
 90
66
78
+6
 0.00
106
48
0
 13
84
61
72
08/27/00
 91
69
80
+8
0.00
104
46
 0
15
84
61
72
08/28/00
 100
 74
87
+15
T
103
41
0
22
84
60
72
08/29/00
 86
64
75
+3
0.00
101
41
 0
10
83
60
72
08/30/00
 101
66
84
+13
0.00
103
42
0
19
83
59
71
08/31/00
 90
 65
 78
+7
 0.00
103
44
 0
13
82
59
71
AUG 2000
                        
TOTAL
        
 2.56
    
 0
 441
      
AVERAGE
 90.9
 67.1
 79.0
                  
NORMAL
86.7
63.3
75.0
  
3.41
    
0
319
      
DEPARTURE
  + 4.2  + 3.8
 + 4.0
    - 0.85        + 122      
NEW Record Daily Precipitation:  August 19, 1.24 inches, old record 1.00 inches in 1989.
Number of days, year 2000, high temperature > 90 F =
May (6) + June (8) + July (11) + Aug (19) = 44 days
Annual NORMAL total = 42 days

90 F and 100 F Climatology located at
Lincoln's Historical Heat Waves (1887-2000)

From the record books:
Hottest recorded August  temperature, 110 F, August 8, 1934 & August 18, 1936.
Coldest recorded August  temperature, 39 F,  August 20, 1950.
Year 2000 total precipitation:
(Jan. 0.06 + Feb. 1.59 + Mar. 0.88 + Apr. 1.51 + May 2.16 + June 5.30 +
July 4.26 + Aug 2.56 = 18.32 in.).
Normal January 1 through July  31 = 17.10 inches; Annual deficit as of July 31 = 1.34 in. 
Normal January 1 through August 31 = 20.51 inches

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are AUGUST 2000.
NORMAL is the 1961-90 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is AUGUST 2000 Average measured against 1961-90 normals.
MAX = Observed Maximum and MIN = Observed Minimum temperatures.
MEAN = Observed Mean Daily temperature.
DEP = Departure from normal ( __ = below normal, + above normal).
PCPN = Observed daily precipitation (midnight to midnight, CST).
RMAX = Record maximum temperature.
RMIN = 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 (1961-90 normals).
AVG MIN = Daily Normal Low Temperature (1961-90 normals).
AVG MEAN = Daily Normal Mean Temperature (1961-90 normals).

 
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