DECEMBER 2007
LINCOLN, NE

Last Month's Data (November 2007)

Sat., Dec. 22, 2007, 1:08 AM EST (06:08 UT), marks the Winter Solstice—
the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Year 2007 Precipitation (in inches)
compared to normal: red above normal, blue below normal

JAN
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Total
2007
Annual
Normal
2007
0.64
1.31
2.79
3.44
8.13
2.28
1.22
5.80
3.10
4.50
0.05
2.09
35.35
XXX
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
XXX
28.37
January 1 - November 30,  2007: 33.26 inches;  Normal  = 27.51 inches: Surplus = 5.75 inches.

Monthly Snowfall 2007-08

Month
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
TOTAL
Observed
0.0
0.4
8.9
.
.
    
9.3
Normal
0.7
3.1
5.4
6.1
5.4
5.1
1.7
27.5

Lincoln, Nebraska
Top Ten Wettest and Driest Months
Data record 1887 to 2007
Precipitation measurement units are "inches"

DECEMBER

WETTEST 
YEAR 
 AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
 AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1913
4.03
1
1890
0.00
1
1984
3.42
2
1889
0.00
1
2006
3.05
3
2002
0.01
3
1909
2.59
4
1943
0.02
4
1931
2.26
5
1929
0.02
4
1911
2.24
6
1912
0.02
4
1973
2.15
7
1928
0.03
7
1897
2.10
8
1976
0.04
8
2007
2.09
9
1895
0.05
9
1901
2.01
10
1905
0.06
10
December 2007  = 2.09 inches = 9th wettest December on record.

LINK:  to Monthly listing of top ten wettest and driest months

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DEC 2007
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PREC
REC
PREC
REC
MAX
REC
MIN
HDD
CDD
AVG
MAX
AVG
MIN
AVG
MEAN
SNOW
Saturday 12/01/07
57
27
42
+11
0.87
1.12
70
-6
23
0
41
21
31
 
Sunday 12/02/07
35
16
26
-5
0.01
0.67
65
-4
39
0
41
21
31
0.2
Monday 12/03/07
49
14
32
+2
0.00
0.86
67
-9
33
0
41
20
30
 
Tuesday 12/04/07
54
23
39
+9
0.00
0.90
66
-11
26
0
40
20
30
 
Wednesday 12/05/07
46
17
32
+2
T
1.72
69
-4
33
0
40
19
30
T
Thursday 12/06/07
29
17
23
-6
0.33
0.95
75
-8
42
0
40
19
29
3.3
Friday 12/07/07
29
23
26
-3
T
0.74
65
-9
39
0
39
19
29
T
Saturday 12/08/07
26
13
20
-9
T
0.37
61
-12
45
0
39
18
29
T
Sunday 12/09/07
17
8
13
-15
0.02
0.73
66
-17
52
0
39
18
28
0.5
Monday 12/10/07
29
2
16
-12
0.34
0.66
71
-20
49
0
38
18
28
 
Tuesday 12/11/07
30
27
29
+1
0.16
0.44
66
-10
36
0
38
17
28
0.1
Wednesday 12/12/07
28
23
26
-1
0.00
0.87
67
-14
39
0
38
17
27
 
Thursday 12/13/07
39
16
28
+1
0.00
0.53
72
-16
37
0
37
17
27
 
Friday 12/14/07
26
13
20
-7
0.10
0.70
61
-13
 45
0
37
17
27
1.5
Saturday 12/15/07
24
3
14
-13
0.25
2.13
64
-15
51
0
37
16
27
3.1
Sunday 12/16/07
23
0
12
-14
0.00
0.53
68
-16
53
0
36
16
26
 
Monday 12/17/07
34
5
20
-6
0.00
0.45
71
-17
45
0
36
16
26
 
Tuesday 12/18/07
41
15
28
+2
0.00
1.65
68
-18
37
0
36
15
26
 
Wednesday 12/19/07
41
13
27
+2
0.00
0.44
61
-20
38
0
36
15
25
 
Thursday 12/20/07
38
14
26
+1
0.00
0.60
64
-16
39
0
35
15
25
 
Friday 12/21/07
42
14
28
+3
T
0.39
62
-19
37
0
35
15
25
T
Saturday 12/22/07
35
10
23
-2
0.00
1.34
70
-27
42
0
35
14
25
  
Sunday 12/23/07
30
14
22
-2
0.00
0.53
71
-23
43
0
35
14
24
 
Monday 12/24/07
35
16
26
+2
0.00
0.70
62
-18
39
0
35
14
24
 
Tuesday 12/25/07
43
28
36
+12
0.00
0.42
65
-16
29
0
34
14
24
 
Wednesday 12/26/07
33
12
23
-1
T
0.59
65
-16
42
0
34
13
24
 
Thursday 12/27/07
24
10
17
-7
T
1.50
62
-15
48
0
34
13
24
 
Friday 12/28/07
28
17
23
0
0.01
0.33
66
-14
42
0
34
13
23
0.2
Saturday 12/29/07
32
10
21
-2
0.00
0.67
62
-18
44
0
34
13
23
 
Sunday 12/30/07
26
8
17
-6
0.00
0.56
65
-15
48
0
34
13
23
  
Monday 12/31/07
32
22
27
+4
0.00
1.16
59
-20
38
0
33
12
23
  
TOTAL
 
 
 
 
2.09
  
 
 
1254
  
 
 
 
8.9
AVERAGE
34.0
14.5
24.2
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NORMAL
36.8
16.2
26.5
 
0.86
  
 
 
1188
0
 
 
 
 5.6
DEPARTURE
-2.8
-1.7
-2.3
  ,
+1.25
 , , , 
+66
 ,  ,  ,  , 
+3.3

Lincoln Climate Records Page
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November 2007 was the 11th driest November since 1887.
Top Driest Novembers (1887-2007)

 RANK Amount  Year
  1   0.00  November 1894
  2   0.01  November 1989
  3   0.01  November 1954
  4   0.02  November 1949 
  5   0.02  November 1921
  6   0.03  November 1976
  7   0.03  November 1900		   RANK Amount  Year
  8    0.04  November 1932
  9    0.04  November 1927
 10   0.04  November 1914
 11   0.05  November 2007
 11   0.05  November 1917
 11   0.05  November 1911
 14   0.06  November 1936


December 1, 2007:  The month begins with freezing rain in Lincoln, NE.
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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, 3 of the last 107 years (2004, 1991 & 1928)

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are DECEMBER 2007.
NORMAL is the 1971-2000 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is DECEMBER 2007  Average measured against 1971-2000 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 Precipitation amount 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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