AUGUST 2006 - LINCOLN, NE

August 18, 2006:  Cars navigate the flooded Holdrege Street near the east campus of UNL.
Image © Ken Dewey, HPRCC
LINK: A brief thunderstorm produces urban flooding in Lincoln, Nebraska
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Dr. Heidi Cullen, Climate Expert at The Weather Channel  interviews Christy Carlson,
climate resource specialist at the High Plains Climate Center.
The HPRCC and the National Drought Mitigation Center of UNL assisted the Weather Channel as they crossed the state of Nebraska documenting our drought for a Weather Channel production. An HBO TV documentary film crew also joined us for two days.
August 1, 2006: A rainbow (with a faint second rainbow to the right) near York, Nebraska.
Image © Ken Dewey, HPRCC
Also see the Photos of the Month Page
 Click here, or on the photo of Weather Channel Climate Expert Heidi Cullen, to go to the photo gallery

NEWS: August 16, 2006 Soaking rainfall in Southeastern Nebraska


Precipitation: red above normal, blue below normal
Year 2006 Precipitation: Jan. 0.91  in. + Feb.  0.07 in. + Mar. 3.03  in. + Apr.  3.83 in. + May 2.09  in. + June 0.65 + July 2.08 = 12.66 inches
Normal Precipitation: Jan. 0.67 in. + Feb. 0.66 in. + Mar. 2.21 in. + Apr. 2.90 in. + May 4.23 in. + June 3.51 + July 3.54 = 17.72 inches
Normal January 1 - July 31 Precipitation = 17.72 inches

Lincoln, Monthly Temperature and Precipitation Departures since 1998

TOP TEN COLDEST/WARMEST Months of August

The most total number of days with the temperature 90 degrees F or higher for Lincoln, NE.
For June, July, August, and September.

JUNE
 # 90 Deg. 
Days
 JULY  # 90 Deg. 
Days
 AUGUST
# 90 Deg. 
Days
 SEPTEMBER
# 90 Deg. 
Days
1933
22
  
1935
30
  
1947
27
1897
17
2002
19
 
1936
29
 
1913
26
 
1990
16
1952
19
 
1974
29
 
1983
26
  
1895
15
1988
19
 
1916
28
 
1937
25
  
1927
15
1911
18
 
1934
28
 
1918
23
  
1939
14
1953
18
 
1901
27
 
1936
23
  
1931
13
1934
17
 
1940
25
 
1959
22
  
1947
13
1936
17
 
1980
25
 
1909
21
  
1933
12
1956
17
 
1919
24
 
1922
21
  
1908
11
1940
15
 
1954
24
 
1955
21
  
1922
11
1954
15
 
1955
24
 
1988
21
  
1936
11
1981
15
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
1952
11
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
1983
11
2006
5
2006
11
2006
21
2006
10
The least number of days 90 degrees or higher:
JUNE:  0 days in 1915, 1928, 1951
JULY:  2 days in 1891 and 1950
AUGUST:  0 days in 1915

The total number of days with the temperature
90 degrees F or higher for Lincoln, NE
2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and (1936 and 1934, the worst years ever) and Normals.

2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
1936
1934
NORMALS*
APRIL
0 days
0 days
1 day
1 day
1 day
0 days
0 days
0 days
MAY 
5 days
1 day
2 days
1 day
2 days
2 days
13 days
2 days
JUNE
11 days
12 days
3 days
2 days
19 days
17 days
17 days
8 days
JULY
21 days
20 days
7 days
19 days
22 days
29 days
28 days
16 days
AUGUST
12 days
 9 days
7 days
17 days
13 days
23 days
19 days
12 days
SEPTEMBER
0 days
 10 days
10 days
3 days
 7 days
11 days
1 day
 4 days
OCTOBER
  
3 days
0 days
1 day
1 day
0 days
1 day
0 days
TOTAL
49 days
55 days
30 days
43 days
65 days
82 days
79 days
42 days
NORMALS* (standard 1971-2000, 30-year normals)


NEW LINKS:
August 2006 Lincoln Temperature Graph
January 1, 2006 - August 31, 2006 Lincoln Temperature Graph
September 1, 2005 - August 31, 2006 Lincoln Temperature Graph
August 16, 2006 Soaking rainfall in Southeastern Nebraska
August 1, 2006, The Heat Wave Lingers in Eastern Nebraska
July 31, 2006 Nebraska Sizzles,  But The End of the Heat Wave is Near
July 30, 2006 Baked, Boiled and Fried
July 29, 2006 Oppressive Heat
July 28, 2006 The Heat Goes On


Lincoln's 90 F and 100 F Climatology (heat waves), 1887 through 2006

AUGUST 2006 Record Events:
Tied the record High of 105 F on August 1, 2006
Daily Precipitation record of 1.71 inches on August 8, 2006.  Old record was 0.76 inches, set in 1923.

AUGUST 2006 Lincoln Data
ALL August 2006 high temperatures of  90 F or higher are in RED

AUG 2006
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PCPN
REC
PREC
REC
MAX
REC
MIN
HDD
CDD
AVG 
MAX
AVG 
MIN
AVG 
MEAN
 08/01/06
105
79
92
+14
T
2.39
105
48
0
27
89
66
78
 08/02/06
85
65
75
-3
T
2.04
107
52
0
10
89
66
78
 08/03/06
90
58
74
-4
0.00
2.05
108
51
0
9
89
66
78
 08/04/06
91
54
73
-5
0.00
1.68
109
45
0
8
89
66
78
 08/05/06
102
70
86
+9
0.10
1.65
109
48
0
21
89
66
77
 08/06/06
91
72
82
+5
0.40
1.68
104
49
0
17
89
66
77
 08/07/06
82
67
75
-2
0.09
2.02
104
44
0
10
89
66
77
 08/08/06
86
66
76
-1
1.71
1.76
110
50
0
11
89
66
77
 08/09/06
100
74
87
+10
0.00
1.69
106
48
0
22
89
65
77
 08/10/06
90
74
82
+5
0.04
1.57
104
48
0
17
88
65
77
 08/11/06
91
69
80
+3
T
1.94
105
48
0
15
88
65
77
 08/12/06
90
70
80
+4
0.00
2.94
107
47
0
15
88
65
76
 08/13/06
82
71
77
+1
0.11
1.74
108
49
0
12
88
65
76
 08/14/06
83
58
71
-5
0.00
3.32
103
45
0
6
88
65
76
 08/15/06
85
53
69
-7
0.00
1.72
106
48
0
4
88
64
76
 08/16/06
87
64
76
0
0.49
4.27
107
49
0
11
87
64
76
 08/17/06
90
70
80
+4
0.14
2.54
107
46
0
15
87
64
76
 08/18/06
88
69
79
+4
0.60
1.70
110
47
0
14
87
64
75
 08/19/06
78
61
70
-5
0.09
1.24
100
45
0
5
87
63
75
 08/20/06
81
57
69
-6
0.00
2.73
102
39
0
4
87
63
75
 08/21/06
89
60
75
0
0.00
2.41
104
47
0
10
86
63
75
 08/22/06
87
63
75
+1
0.00
2.94
103
46
0
10
86
63
74
 08/23/06
91
63
77
+3
0.00
1.16
103
43
0
12
86
62
74
 08/24/06
95
68
82
+8
0.00
3.65
107
43
0
17
86
62
74
 08/25/06
83
68
76
+3
0.02
3.09
105
45
0
11
85
62
73
 08/26/06
80
63
72
-1
0.00
1.72
106
48
0
7
85
61
73
 08/27/06
76
62
69
-4
0.26
1.28
104
46
0
4
85
61
73
 08/28/06
67
63
65
-8
T
2.93
103
41
0
0
85
61
73
 08/29/06
80
59
70
-2
T
5.45
101
41
0
5
84
60
72
 08/30/06
82
52
67
-5
0.00
2.23
103
42
0
2
84
60
72
 08/31/06
83
60
72
0
0.00
1.96
103
44
0
7
84
60
72
AUG 2006
 
 
 
 
4.05
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 0
338
 
 
 
AVERAGE
86.8
64.6
75.7
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NORMAL
87.1
63.7
75.4
 
3.35
  
 
 
5
315
 
 
 
DEPARTURE
-0.3
+0.9
+0.3
  
+0.70
        
+23
      

 
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 2006.
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).
REC PREC = Record daily amount of precipitation in inches.
REC MAX = Record maximum temperature.
REC MIN = 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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