DECEMBER 2003
LINCOLN, NE

©K. Dewey, High Plains Regional Climate Center.
December 24, 2003: A frosty morning in Southeast Lincoln.

December 9, 2003 Snow Storm Report

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Announcement:  "Surviving the Storms - The Four Seasons of Severe Weather",
Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium, Lincoln, NE, Saturday, March 20, 2004

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Year 2003 (Jan. 1 - Nov. 30)  Drought Update - Nebraska & the SW

 November 22-23, 2003 First Snowfall in eastern Nebraska
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Year 2003 Precipitation: monthly (inches)
Month
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
 Dec.
TOTAL
  
observed
0.41
1.62
0.84
2.42
3.60
6.79
0.52
1.11
3.62
1.35
2.42
0.52
Jan. 1 - Dec. 31: 26.09
observed
normal
0.67
0.66
2.21
2.90
4.23
3.51
3.54
3.35
2.92
1.94
1.58
0.86
Jan. 1 - Dec. 31: 28.37
normal
Year 2003 Precipitation departure = 2.28 inches below normal

 
                      2003 STATISTICS  Lincoln, Nebraska
              TEMPERATURE                    PRECIPITATION
Month   Avg.   Depart. Max    Min.      Total     Depart.   Snow   
Jan.    24.3    1.9     70    -13        0.41     -0.26      8.8      
Feb.    24.6   -3.7     59     -6        1.62      0.96     13.0
Mar.    40.5    1.1     85      3        0.84     -1.37      1.7
Apr.    52.7    1.5     91     21        2.42     -0.48      4.6
May.    59.4   -2.6     91     35        3.60     -0.63       0
June    69.0   -3.7     93     47        6.79      3.28       0
July    79.1    1.3    105     52        1.39     -2.15       0
Aug.    77.7    2.3    103     56        1.11     -2.24       0
Sep.    62.3   -3.7     90     32        3.62      0.70       0
Oct.    55.3    1.8     88     28        1.35     -0.59       0
Nov.    37.8   -0.3     73     11        2.42      0.84      0.3
Dec.    30.5    4.0     56     -2        0.52     -0.34      6.8            
Year    51.1    0.0    105    -13       26.09     -2.28     35.2

 

DEC 2003
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PCPN
RMAX
RMIN
HDD
CDD
AVG
MAX
AVG
MIN
AVG
MEAN
SNOW
12/01/03
 43
 30
37
 +6
 0.00
70
-6
 28
0
41
21
31
  
12/02/03
43
25
 34
 +3
 0.09
65
-4
 31
0
41
21
31
  
12/03/03
 35
 31
33
 +3
 T
67
-9
 32
0
41
20
30
T
12/04/03
 37
 31
 34
 +4
 0.01
66
-11
 31
0
40
20
30
 T
12/05/03
 31
19
 25
-5
 0.00
69
-4
 40
0
40
19
30
  
12/06/03
 32
 18
 25
 -4
 0.00
75
-8
 40
0
40
19
29
  
12/07/03
47
 29
 38
 +9
 0.00
65
-9
 27
0
39
19
29
  
12/08/03
 46
 21
 34
 +5
 0.00
61
-12
 31
0
39
18
29
  
12/09/03
 33
 18
 26
 -2
 0.40
66
-17
39
0
39
18
28
6.5 
12/10/03
 23
6
 15
 -13
 0.00
71
-20
 50
0
38
18
28
  
12/11/03
 19
 5
 12
 -16
 T
66
-10
 53
0
38
17
28
T
12/12/03
 20
 -2
9
 -18
 0.00
67
-14
 56
0
38
17
27
  
12/13/03
 28
 13
 21
 -6
 T
72
-16
 44
0
37
17
27
 0.1
12/14/03
 32
 23
 28
 +1
 0.00
61
-13
 37
0
37
17
27
  
12/15/03
 35
 26
 31
 +4
 0.01
64
-15
 34
0
37
16
27
 0.2
12/16/03
 37
 17
 27
 +1
 0.00
68
-16
 38
0
36
16
26
  
12/17/03
 43
 15
 29
 +3
 0.01
71
-17
 36
0
36
16
26
  
12/18/03
 47
33
40
 +14
 0.00
68
-18
 25
0
36
15
26
  
12/19/03
 42
 24
33
 +8
 0.00
61
-20
 32
0
36
15
25
  
12/20/03
 46
 22
 34
 +9
 0.00
64
-16
 31
0
35
15
25
  
12/21/03
 53
 35
 44
 +19
 0.00
62
-19
 21
0
35
15
25
  
12/22/03
 50
 28
 39
 +14
 0.00
70
-27
 26
0
35
14
25
  
12/23/03
 37
15
 26
 +2
 0.00
71
-23
 39
0
35
14
24
  
12/24/03
 40
 12
 26
 +2
 0.00
62
-18
 39
0
35
14
24
  
12/25/03
 48
 23
 36
 +12
 0.00
65
-16
 29
0
34
14
24
  
12/26/03
 50
 34
 42
 +18
 0.00
65
-16
 23
0
34
13
24
  
12/27/03
 56
 33
 45
+21
 0.00
62
-15
 20
0
34
13
24
  
12/28/03
 43
 24
 34
 +11
 0.00
66
-14
 31
0
34
13
23
  
12/29/03
 42
 22
 32
 +9
T
62
-18
 33
0
34
13
23
  
12/30/03
 49
 19
 34
 +11
 0.00
65
-15
 31
0
34
13
23
  
12/31/03
 39
 15
 27
 +4
 0.00
59
-20
 38
0
33
12
23
  
TOTAL
        
 0.52
      1065
   0
      
6.8
AVERAGE
 39.5
 21.4
 30.5
                    
NORMAL
36.8
16.2
26.5
  
0.86
    
1188
        
 4.9
DEPARTURE
 +2.7
  +5.2
 +4.0
  
 -0.34
      -123        
+1.9

 
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©K. Dewey, High Plains Regional Climate Center.
December 14, 2003: Southeast Lincoln.  Early morning fog coated these trees with frost.

©K. Dewey, High Plains Regional Climate Center.
December 9, 2003: Evening "Rush hour" was anything but "rush" as traffic came
to a halt throughout the city.  December 9, 2003 Snow Storm Report
 

Lincoln Climate Records Page
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From the record books:
Warmest recorded December  temperature, 75 F, December 6, 1939. 
  Coldest recorded December  temperature, -27 F,  December 22, 1983.
 Most December Snowfall: 22.3 inches, 1945.
 Least December Snowfall: 0.0 inches, 2 of the last 101 years (1991 & 1928)

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are DECEMBER 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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