AUGUST 1999
LINCOLN, NE
JULY 1999 Climate Summary    & HEAT WAVE 1999
August 6-7 Record Flash Flood in Omaha
  AUG 1999 Severe Storms Symposium
  AUG 1999 Climate Summary
AUGUST MAX MIN MEAN DEP PCPN RMAX RMIN HDD CDD AVG MAX AVG MIN AVG Mean
08/01/99 77 64 71 -7 0.00 105 48 0 6 90 66 78
08/02/99
69
64
67
-11
0.09
 107 52
0
2
 90 66 78
08/03/99
78
64
71
-7
T
 108 51
0
6
 89 66 78
08/04/99
85
62
74
-4
0.00
 109 45
0
9
 89 66 78
08/05/99
84
55
70
-7
0.00
 109 48
0
5
 89 66 77
08/06/99
76
66
71
-6
0.96
 104 49
0
6
 89 66 77
08/07/99
87
66
77
0
0.00
 104 44
0
12
 89 65 77
08/08/99
84
66
75
-2
0.00
 110 50
0
10
89
 65 77
08/09/99
92
63
78
+1
0.00
 106 48
0
13
 89 65 77
08/10/99
94
65
80
+3
0.00
 104 48
0
15
 88 65 77
08/11/99
86
65
76
0
0.70
 105 48
0
11
 88 65 76
08/12/99
90
66
78
+2
0.00
 107 47
0
13
 88 65 76
08/13/99
76
61
69
-7
0.00
 108 50
0
4
 88 64 76
08/14/99
82
52
67
-9
0.00
 103 50
0
2
 87 64 76
08/15/99
92
62
77
+1
0.00
 106 48
0
12
 87 64 76
08/16/99
90
69
80
+5
0.00
 107 49
0
15
 87 64 75
08/17/99
93
60
77
+2
1.24
 107 46
0
12
 87 63 75
08/18/99
86
65
76
+1
0.35
 110 47
0
11
 87 63 75
08/19/99
80
59
70
-5
0.00
 100 45
0
5
 86 63 75
08/20/99
84
57
71
-3
0.00
 102 39
0
6
 86 63 74
08/21/99
86
62
74
0
0.00
 104 47
0
9
 86 62 74
08/22/99
82
65
74
0
T
 103 46
0
9
 85 62 74
08/23/99
84
58
71
-2
0.00
 103 43
0
6
 85 62 73
08/24/99
82
56
69
-4
0.00
 107 43
0
4
 85 61 73
08/25/99
85
57
71
-2
0.00
 105 45
0
6
 85 61 73
08/26/99
90
68
79
+7
0.00
 106 48
0
14
 84 61 72
08/27/99
92
60
76
+4
0.00
 104 46
0
11
 84 61 72
08/28/99
92
61
77
+5
0.00
 103 41
0
12
 84 60 72
08/29/99
84
65
75
+3
T
 101 41
0
10
 83 60 72
08/30/99
89
71
80
+9
0.07
 103 42
0
15
 83 59 71
08/31/99
88
69
79
+8
T
 103 44
0
14
 82 59 71
TOTAL
3.41
285
AVERAGE
85.1
62.7
73.9
NORMAL
86.7
63.3
75.0
3.41
9
319
DEPARTURE
-1.6
-0.6
-1.1
0
-9
-34
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.
90 F and 100 F Climatology located at
Lincoln's Historical Heat Waves (1887-1999)
1999 TOTAL PRECIPITATION:
  JAN   +   FEB   + MAR   + APR    + MAY  + JUN  +  JUL + AUG
   0.35  +   1.28  +   1.52   +  4.54   +  5.63  +  5.68 +  2.11 + 3.41  =  24.52 inches.
Normal Jan. 1 through July  31 = 17.10 inches. 1999 Surplus as of July 31 = 4.01 in. 

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are AUGUST 1999.
NORMAL is the 1961-90 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is AUGUST 1999 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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