AUGUST 2003 - LINCOLN, NE
Image © K. Dewey, High Plains Regional Climate Center.
August 2, 2003.  Perfect mid-summer weather for golfing
at Hi Mark Golf Course in Lincoln, NE.

NEW LINKS:
Drought photos of the Platte River in eastern Nebraska
The 2003 Drought update for Nebraska and the Southwest
The 2003 Drought impacts in the Southwestern U.S.  (Lake Mead/Las Vegas area)
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Year 2003 Precipitation: monthly (inches)
Month
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
 Aug
TOTAL
  
observed
0.41
1.62
0.84
2.42
3.60
 6.79
0.52
1.11
Jan. 1 - Aug. 31: 18.18
observed
normal
0.67
0.66
2.21
2.90
4.23
3.51
3.54
3.35
 Jan. 1 - Aug. 31: 21.07
normal
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Related links are located below the data tables.
AUG 2003
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PCPN
RMAX
RMIN
HDD
CDD
AVG
MAX
AVG 
MIN
AVG 
Mean
 08/01/03
 89
63
 76
 -2
 0.03
105
48
0
 11
89
66
78
 08/02/03
 87
 64
 76
 -2
 0.00
107
52
0
 11
89
66
78
 08/03/03
  90
 60
 75
 -3
 0.00
108
51
0
  10
89
66
78
 08/04/03
 85
 68
 77
  -1
 T
109
45
0
 12
89
66
78
 08/05/03
 90
 67
 79
 2
 0.18
109
48
 0
 14
89
66
77
 08/06/03
 84
 64
 74
 -3
 0.00
104
49
 0
 9
89
66
77
 08/07/03
 87
  60
 74
  -3
 0.00
104
44
0
 9
89
66
77
 08/08/03
  89
 64
 77
 0
0.00
110
50
0
 12
89
66
77
 08/09/03
 91
 63
 77
 0
 T
106
48
 0
 12
89
65
77
 08/10/03
 91
 65
 78
 1
 T
104
48
0
 13
88
65
77
 08/11/03
 85
 64
 75
 -2
 0.00
105
48
0
 10
88
65
77
 08/12/03
 86
 58
 72
  -4
 0.00
107
47
 0
 7
88
65
76
 08/13/03
 86
 56
 71
 -5
 0.00
108
50
0
 6
88
65
76
 08/14/03
 90
 64
 77
 1
 0.00
103
50
 0
 12
88
65
76
 08/15/03
 94
 65
 80
 4
 0.00
106
48
0
 15
88
64
76
 08/16/03
 100
 68
84
 8
 0.00
107
49
0
 19
87
64
76
 08/17/03
 103
 67
 85
 9
  0.00
107
46
 0
 20
87
64
76
 08/18/03
 103
 70
  87
 12
 0.38
110
47
0
 22
87
64
75
 08/19/03
 96
 69
 83
 8
 0.22
100
45
 0
 18
87
63
75
 08/20/03
 97
 71
 84
 9
 0.15
102
39
 0
 19
87
63
75
 08/21/03
 88
 67
78
 3
 0.00
104
47
 0
 13
86
63
75
 08/22/03
  88
 62
 75
 1
 0.00
103
46
 0
 10
86
63
74
 08/23/03
 97
 68
 83
 9
 0.00
103
43
 0
 18
86
62
74
 08/24/03
 100
 67
 84
 10
 0.00
107
43
0
 19
86
62
74
 08/25/03
 102
 72
 87
 14
 0.00
105
45
 0
 22
85
62
73
 08/26/03
  97
 68
 83
 10
 0.00
106
48
0
 18
85
61
73
 08/27/03
 95
 65
 80
 7
 0.00
104
46
 0
 15
85
61
73
 08/28/03
 91
 68
 80
 7
T
103
41
0
 15
85
61
73
 08/29/03
 89
 62
76
 4
 0.00
101
41
 0
 11
84
60
72
 08/30/03
 72
 59
 66
-6
 0.00
103
42
0
 1
84
60
72
 08/31/03
 68
 60
64
 -8
 0.15
103
44
 1
 0
84
60
72
AUG 2003
                        
TOTAL
        
 1.11
    
 1
 403
      
AVERAGE
 90.6
 64.8
 77.7
                  
NORMAL
87.1
63.7
75.4
  
3.35
    
5
315
      
DEPARTURE
 +3.5
  +1.1
 +2.3
  
 -2.24
    
 -4
 +88
      
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).

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1910 with 13.98 inches; 1900 with 9.07 inches; 1982 with 8.57 inches; 2002 with 8.29 inches
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