FEBRUARY 2006
LINCOLN, NE
Announcement:
Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium (CPSWS 2006), 
will be held in Lincoln, NE, on Saturday, April 1, 2006.

This year's theme: 
"Surviving the Storms: 
We can't prevent severe weather, but we can be better prepared" 

It is free and of interest to all ages.

The Symposium Web site is available Here
NOTE:> The Preliminary Schedule of events is now available

February 23, 2006,  East Campus, UNL.  Bright blue skies and lack of precipitation have been the hallmark
of this winter in eastern Nebraska. Also see the Photos of the Month Gallery
 

Lincoln, Nebraska
Top Ten Wettest and Driest Months
Data record January 1887 to Present

FEBRUARY

WETTEST 
YEAR 
 AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
 AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1951 3.47 1 1897 0.00 1
1927 3.13 2 1917 0.02 2
1958 3.07 3 1996 0.06 3
1965 3.05 4 1890 0.06 3
1919 2.92 5 2006 0.07 5
1915 2.53 6 1923 0.07 5
1960 2.38 7 1904 0.07 6
1971 2.33 8 1977 0.08 7
1948 2.28 9 1974 0.08 9
1908 2.13 10 1968 0.10 10

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 web site

February 28, 2006 Record Heat Spreads over Nebraska
February 27, 2006 Record Heat Spreads over Nebraska
36 Below Zero in Nebraska (Feb. 18, 2006)
Feb. 17, 2006:  Temperatures were 50 degrees below normal!
North American Snow Cover January 1-31, 2006
The December 21, 2005 - February 3, 2006 Heat Wave Across the U.S.
January 2006 broke many all time temperature records across the U.S.

Winter 2005-06 Lincoln Snowfall in inches

Month
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
TOTAL
Observed
0.0
2.9
6.0
T
0.7
    
 9.6
Normal
0.7
3.1
5.4
6.1
5.4
5.1
1.7
27.5
FEB. 2006
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PREC
REC
PREC
REC
MAX
REC
MIN
HDD
CDD
Norm MAX
Norm MIN
Norm Mean
SNOW
02/01/06
53
28
41
+17
0.00
0.45
64
-24
24
0
35
13
24
 
02/02/06
59
26
43
+19
0.00
1.12
68
-22
22
0
35
13
24
 
02/03/06
40
20
30
+5
0.00
0.73
68
-22
35
0
36
14
25
 
02/04/06
36
14
25
0
0.00
0.60
67
-21
40
0
36
14
25
 
02/05/06
36
13
25
0
0.00
0.22
67
-20
40
0
36
14
25
 
02/06/06
44
12
28
+2
0.00
0.87
61
-17
37
0
36
15
26
 
02/07/06
46
21
34
+8
0.00
0.28
71
-18
31
0
37
15
26
 
02/08/06
34
13
24
-2
T
0.90
71
-23
41
0
37
15
26
T
02/09/06
41
14
28
+2
0.00
0.82
68
-24
37
0
37
15
26
 
02/10/06
39
24
32
+5
T
0.65
75
-16
33
0
38
16
27
T
02/11/06
27
15
21
-6
T
1.74
75
-26
44
0
38
16
27
0.1
02/12/06
30
11
21
-6
T
2.20
73
-24
44
0
38
16
27
T
02/13/06
61
11
36
+8
0.00
1.36
70
-26
29
0
39
17
28
 
02/14/06
68
20
44
+16
0.00
0.79
77
-15
21
0
39
17
28
 
02/15/06
41
26
34
+6
0.00
0.45
74
-11
31
0
39
17
28
0.6
02/16/06
26
10
18
-11
0.07
0.73
69
-18
47
0
40
18
29
 
02/17/06
11
0
6
-23
T
0.50
72
-19
59
0
40
18
29
 
02/18/06
14
-4
5
-24
0.00
0.84
70
-17
60
0
40
18
29
 
02/19/06
28
1
15
-15
0.00
0.50
71
-15
50
0
41
18
30
 
02/20/06
47
9
28
-2
0.00
1.36
71
-10
37
0
41
19
30
 
02/21/06
51
12
32
+2
0.00
1.31
74
-9
33
0
41
19
30
 
02/22/06
53
13
33
+2
0.00
1.57
74
-10
32
0
42
20
31
 
02/23/06
48
21
35
+4
0.00
0.65
75
-16
30
0
42
20
31
 
02/24/06
65
18
42
+11
0.00
0.75
72
-10
23
0
43
20
31
 
02/25/06
36
18
27
-5
0.00
1.12
77
-8
38
0
43
21
32
 
02/26/06
53
9
31
-1
0.00
0.72
79
-9
34
0
43
21
32
 
02/27/06
71
27
49
+16
0.00
1.88
74
-10
16
0
44
21
33
 
02/28/06
73
26
50
+17
0.00
1.71
79
-18
15
0
44
22
33
 
TOTAL
 
 
 
 
0.07
  
 
 
983
 
 
 
 
0.7
AVERAGE
44.0
15.3
29.7
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NORMAL
39.3
17.2
28.3
 
0.66
  
 
 
1043
 
 
 
 
5.7
DEPARTURE
+4.7
-1.9
+1.4
 
-0.59
  
 
  
-60
 
 
 
 
-5.0
...

February 16, 2006: Light snow, and, blowing snow cover the streets of Lincoln.
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 106 years 
(1922, 1946, 1977, 1991 & 1996).

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are FEBRUARY 2006.
NORMAL (Norm) is the 1971-2000 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is FEBRUARY 2006 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).
PREC = Observed daily precipitation (midnight to midnight, CST).
REC PREC = Record daily precipitaton 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).
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).

 
UNL
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
High Plains Regional Climate Center

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