AUGUST 2002 - LINCOLN, NE
Image © Ken Dewey, HPRCC.
August 28, 2002, 7:20 PM CDST.
A severe thunderstorm moves over 
Lincoln, viewed from southeast Lincoln.

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Year 2002 Lincoln Precipitation: monthly

Month
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
 Aug.
TOTAL
Jan. 1-August 31
  
observed
0.64
0.36
1.35
2.42
5.20
0.17
1.57
8.29
20.00
observed
normal
0.67
0.66
2.21
2.90
4.23
3.51
3.54
3.35
21.07
normal

August 2 was 1 degree away from a record low!
August 21, record precipitation for the date of 2.41 inches (old record was 1.95 inches in 1989).
WETTEST AUGUSTS:
1910 with 13.98 inches; 1900 with 9.07 inches; 1982 with 8.57 inches; 2002 with 8.29 inches

Related links are located below the data tables and photos!

AUG 2002
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PCPN
RMAX
RMIN
HDD
CDD
AVG
MAX
AVG 
MIN
AVG 
Mean
 08/01/02
 88
63
 76
 -2
 0.00
105
48
0
 11
89
66
78
 08/02/02
 85
 53
 69
  -9
 0.00
107
52
0
 4
89
66
78
 08/03/02
 102
 70
 86
 +8
0.00
108
51
0
 21
89
66
78
 08/04/02
 102
 72
 87
 +9
 0.22
109
45
0
 22
89
66
78
 08/05/02
 100
 74
 87
 +10
 0.14
109
48
 0
22
89
66
77
 08/06/02
 97
 77
 87
 +10
 0.00
104
49
 0
 22
89
66
77
 08/07/02
 93
 74
 84
 +7
 0.00
104
44
0
 19
89
66
77
 08/08/02
 92
 64
 78
 +1
 0.00
110
50
0
 13
89
66
77
 08/09/02
 86
 64
 75
  -2
 0.00
106
48
 0
 10
89
65
77
 08/10/02
 92
 66
 79
 +2
 0.01
104
48
0
 14
88
65
77
 08/11/02
 99
 66
 83
 +6
 0.00
105
48
0
 18
88
65
77
 08/12/02
 87
 58
 73
 -3
 0.34
107
47
 0
 8
88
65
76
 08/13/02
 82
 58
 70
 -6
T
108
50
0
 5
88
65
76
 08/14/02
 91
 55
 73
 -3
 0.00
103
50
 0
 8
88
65
76
 08/15/02
 89
 59
 74
  -2
 0.00
106
48
0
 9
88
64
76
 08/16/02
 96
 57
 77
 +1
 0.09
107
49
0
 12
87
64
76
 08/17/02
 81
 60
 71
  -5
 0.55
107
46
 0
 6
87
64
76
 08/18/02
 69
 60
  65
  -10
 T
110
47
0
 0
87
64
75
 08/19/02
 79
 59
  69
 -6
 0.21
100
45
 0
 4
87
63
75
 08/20/02
 91
 63
 77
 +2
 0.83
102
39
 0
 12
87
63
75
 08/21/02
 92
 68
 80
 +5
 2.41
104
47
 0
 15
86
63
75
 08/22/02
  90
 66
 78
 +4
 1.41
103
46
 0
 13
86
63
74
 08/23/02
 85
 68
  77
 +3
 0.42
103
43
 0
 12
86
62
74
 08/24/02
 78
 65
 72
 -2
 0.00
107
43
0
 7
86
62
74
 08/25/02
 86
 64
 75
 +2
 0.00
105
45
 0
 10
85
62
73
 08/26/02
 82
 63
 73
 0
 T
106
48
0
 8
85
61
73
 08/27/02
 87
 62
 75
 +2
 T
104
46
 0
 10
85
61
73
 08/28/02
 85
 65
 75
 +2
 1.66
103
41
0
 10
85
61
73
 08/29/02
 86
 63
 75
 +3
 0.00
101
41
 0
 10
84
60
72
 08/30/02
 85
 67
 76
 +4
 0.00
103
42
0
  11
84
60
72
 08/31/02
 87
  64
 76
 +4
 0.00
103
44
 0
 11
84
60
72
AUG 2002
                        
TOTAL
  2744
1987
    
 8.29
    
 0
 357
      
AVERAGE
 88.5
 64.1
76.3
                  
NORMAL
87.1
63.7
75.4
  
3.35
    
5
315
      
DEPARTURE
  +1.4
+0.4
 +0.9
    +4.94    
  -5
  +42      
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.
AVERAGE AND TOTAL are AUGUST 2003.
NORMAL is the 1971-2000 Standard 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 (1971-2000 normals).
AVG MIN = Daily Normal Low Temperature (1971-2000 normals).
AVG MEAN = Daily Normal Mean Temperature (1971-2000 normals).

 

Photo © 2002, K. Dewey, HPRCC
Despite the drought, the morning sunrise finds fog 
hovering near the ground in rural southeast Lincoln in early August.

Lincoln's Drought of 2002, Statistics and Rankings (as of August 7)


Photo © 2002 HPRCC
The Platte River near Grand Island has completely run out of water,
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