FEBRUARY 2005
LINCOLN, NE
Announcement:
Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium (CPSWS 2005)
will be held in Lincoln, NE, on Saturday, March 19, 2005.

A preliminary list of presentations and special events is NOW available at the symposium web site.

It is free and of interest to all ages.


HPRCC - February 16, 2005 Sunrise in Lincoln.   Also see the Photos of the Month Gallery

Lincoln Winter 2004-2005 Temperatures Compared to Normal
February 2005 Lincoln Temperature Graph
Lincoln Cold Waves 1887-2005
February 14, 2005 Warm Temperatures
February 6-7, 2005 Snowfall Totals
February 8, 2005 Snowfall Totals
February 11, 2005 High Plains Snow Cover Satellite Images
 February 9, 2005 High Plains Snow Cover Satellite Image
January 2005 Lincoln Temperature Graph
January 24, 2005 Spring-Like Warmth Across Nebraska
Lincoln's Cold Wave of early 2005 -Information and a Graph
Lincoln Sun Rise/Sun Set Table for Year 2005



NEW: Watch our weather live from Lincoln's Web Cams

The "Nebraska Winter Weather" Web Site has Storm warnings, forecasts,
driving conditions, etc. Click Here for this new web site

Announcement: Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium (CPSWS 2005),
will be held in Lincoln, NE, on Saturday, March 19, 2005.


Winter 2004-2005 Lincoln Monthly Snowfall: red above normal, blue below normal

Month
Oct. 
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
TOTAL
 
Observed
0
1.2
0.0
10.5
4.6
   
16.3
Observed
Normal
0.9
3.0
4.9
6.1
5.4
5.1
1.7
 
Normal

New Daily precipitation record of 0.87 inches, February 6, 2005.  Old record for Feb. 6 was 0.34 inches set in 1928

FEB. 2005
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PCPN
RMAX
RMIN
HDD
CDD
Norm MAX
Norm MIN
Norm Mean
SNOW
02/01/05
 41
 32
 37
+13
 0.00
64
-24
 28
0
35
13
24
 
02/02/05
 47
 23
 35
 +11
 0.00
68
-22
 30
0
35
13
24
 
02/03/05
 61
 23
 42
 +17
 0.00
68
-22
 23
0
36
14
25
 
02/04/05
 63
  23
 43
 +18
 0.00
67
-21
 22
0
36
14
25
 
02/05/05
  62
 38
 50
 +25
 0.00
67
-20
 15
0
36
14
25
 
02/06/05
 49
 23
 36
 +10
 0.87
61
-17
 29
0
36
15
26
 2.2
02/07/05
 23
 10
 17
 -9
 0.04
71
-18
 48
0
37
15
26
 1.0
02/08/05
 15
 9
 12
  -14
 0.18
71
-23
 53
0
37
15
26
 1.4
02/09/05
 22
 -5
 9
 -17
 0.00
68
-24
 56
0
37
15
26
 
02/10/05
 35
5
 20
 -7
 0.00
75
-16
 45
0
38
16
27
 
02/11/05
 46
 12
 29
 +2
 0.00
75
-26
 36
0
38
16
27
 
02/12/05
 42
 23
 33
 +6
 0.64
73
-24
 32
0
38
16
27
 
02/13/05
 45
 39
 42
 +14
 0.43
70
-26
 23
0
39
17
28
 
02/14/05
 66
 27
  47
 +19
 0.00
77
-15
 18
0
39
17
28
 
02/15/05
 40
 25
 33
 +5
 0.00
74
-11
 32
0
39
17
28
 
02/16/05
 45
 17
 31
 +2
 0.00
69
-18
 34
0
40
18
29
 
02/17/05
 49
 18
 34
 +5
 0.00
72
-19
 31
0
40
18
29
 
02/18/05
 45
 16
 31
 +2
 0.00
70
-17
 34
0
40
18
29
 
02/19/05
 43
 35
 39
 +9
 0.01
71
-15
 26
0
41
18
30
 
02/20/05
  47
 32
 40
 +10
 0.03
71
-10
 25
0
41
19
30
 
02/21/05
 42
 29
 36
 +6
T
74
-9
 29
0
41
19
30
 
02/22/05
 50
 28
 39
 +8
 0.00
74
-10
 26
0
42
20
31
 
02/23/05
 42
 25
 34
 +3
 0.00
75
-16
 31
0
42
20
31
 
02/24/05
 43
 25
 34
 +3
 0.00
72
-10
 31
0
43
20
31
 
02/25/05
 60
 25
 43
 +11
 0.00
77
-8
 22
0
43
21
32
 
02/26/05
 60
 21
 42
 +10
 0.00
79
-9
 23
0
43
21
32
 
02/27/05
 50
 24
 37
 +4
 0.02
74
-10
 28
0
44
21
33
 
02/28/05
 29
 17
 23
  -10
 T
79
-18
 42
0
44
22
33
 T
TOTAL
       
2.22
   
 875
       
4.6
AVERAGE
 45.1
 22.0
 33.6
                   
NORMAL
 39.3
17.2
28.3
 
 0.66
   
1043
       
5.7
DEPARTURE
 +5.8
 +4.8
+5.3
 
+1.56
     -168        
 -1.1

 
From the record books:
Warmest recorded FEBRUARY temperature,
Leap Years:  84 F, February 29, 1972.
Non-Leap Years:  79 F, Feb. 26, 1896 and Feb. 28, 1972.

Coldest recorded FEBRUARY  temperature, -26 F,  Feb. 11, 1899 & Feb. 13, 1905.
Most FEBRUARY Snowfall: 26.1 inches, 1965.
Least February Snowfall: none measurable, 5 of the last 100 years 
(1922, 1946, 1977, 1991 & 1996).

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are FEBRUARY 2005.
NORMAL (Norm) is the 1971-2000 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is FEBRUARY 2005 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).
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).
Norm MAX = Daily Normal High Temperature (1971-2000 normals).
Norm MIN = Daily Normal Low Temperature (1971-2000 normals).
Norm MEAN = Daily Normal Mean Temperature (1971-2000 normals).



 
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