JANUARY 2002
LINCOLN, NE
 Year 2001, Lincoln Climate Summary Links Year 2001, Climate Review/Summary
Year 2001, Lincoln Graph of High & Low Temps Year 2001 Graph vs. hottest/coldest years
Record Winter Warmth, January 8, 2002 AMS Orlando 2002 
Year 2001, Omaha Graph of High & Low Temps
Central Plains 
Severe Weather Symposium 2002.

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January 8:  NEW Record High 62 F (old record 61 F in 1896)
January 26:  NEW Record High 68 F (old record 62 F in 1947)
JAN 2002
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PCPN
RMAX
RMIN
HDD
CDD
AVG MAX
AVG MIN
AVG Mean
SNOW
01/01/02
 20
2
11
-12
 T
63
-26
 54
0
33
12
23
 T
01/02/02
 20
 3
 12
-11
 T
72
-22
 53
0
33
12
23
 T
01/03/02
37
 3
 20
-2
 0.00
63
-17
 45
0
33
12
22
 
01/04/02
 43
 19
31
+9
 0.00
59
-19
 34
0
33
12
22
 
01/05/02
 49
 27
 38 +16
 0.00
61
-20
 27
0
33
11
22
 
01/06/02
 39
 11
25
 +3
 T
60
-25
40
0
33
11
22
 T
01/07/02
 42
 6
24
 +2
 0.00
60
-20
 41
0
33
11
22
 
01/08/02
 62
 24
43
 +21
 0.00
62
-20
 22
0
33
11
22
 
01/09/02
 56
 27
 42  +20
 0.00
62
-21
 23
0
33
11
22
 
01/10/02
 48
 22
 35
 +13
 0.00
73
-18
 30
0
32
11
22
 
01/11/02
 54
 19
 37  +15
  T
65
-29
 28
0
32
11
22
 
01/12/02
 49
 27
 38  +16
 0.00
64
-33
 27
0
32
11
22
 
01/13/02
 56
 36
 46  +24
 0.01
70
-21
 19
0
33
11
22
 
01/14/02
 41
 27
34
 +12
 0.01
60
-18
 31
0
33
11
22
 T
01/15/02
 30
17
 24  +2
 0.00
62
-27
 41
0
33
11
22
 
01/16/02
 35
 15
 25  +3
 0.00
66
-19
 40
0
33
11
22
 
01/17/02
 43
 11
 27  +5
 0.00
64
-16
 38
0
33
11
22
 
01/18/02
 28
 6
17  -5
 0.03
66
-21
48
0
33
11
22
0.5
01/19/02
 37
 14
26 +4
 0.04
65
-29
 39
0
33
11
22
 1.2
01/20/02
 41
 18
30
+8
 0.00
68
-18
 35
0
33
11
22
 
01/21/02
 56
 19
38
 +16
 0.00
64
-17
 27
0
33
11
22
 
01/22/02
 58
 26
42  +20
 0.00
59
-14
 23
0
33
11
22
 
01/23/02
37
 14
 26  +4
 0.00
68
-20
 39
0
33
11
22
 
01/24/02
 47
 11
 29  +6
 0.00
72
-19
36
0
33
12
23
 
01/25/02
 61
20
41  +18
 0.00
69
-21
24
0
34
12
23
 
01/26/02
68
 30
49 +26
 0.00
68
-17
 16
0
34
12
23
 
01/27/02
 59
 20
40
+17
 0.00
68
-23
 25
0
34
12
23
 
01/28/02
 27
 16
 22 -1
 T
63
-22
 43
0
34
12
23
 T
01/29/02
 22
 16
19 -4
 T
66
-18
 46
0
34
13
23
 T
01/30/02
 22
 16
19
 -5
 0.11
60
-16
 46
0
35
13
24
 1.8
01/31/02
 24
 18
21
-3
 0.44
72
-20
 44
0
35
13
24
 7.6
TOTAL
         0.64      1084
 0
     
 11.1
AVERAGE
 42.3
 17.4
 29.9
                   
NORMAL
33.2
11.5
22.4
 0.67
     1328
0
     
 5.1
DEPARTURE
 +9.1
 +5.9
 +7.5
   -0.03    
 -244
       
 +6.0

Winter 2001-02 Snowfall:  Nov. Trace  + Dec. 1.9 + Jan. 11.1 =  13.0 inches

Lincoln Climate Record Books Nov. - Dec. 2000, Lincoln, NE Cold Wave
Lincoln, NE Climate Facts List Lincoln Photos of the Month Archive
Nov. - Dec. 2000, Coldest in U.S. History Lincoln's Snowfall Statistics
From the record books:
Warmest recorded JANUARY  temperature, 73 F, January 10, 1990.
Coldest recorded JANUARY  temperature, -33 F,  January 12, 1974
Most JANUARY Snowfall: 23.0 inches, 1915.
Least January Snowfall: Trace (flurries and not measureable), 2 of the last 102 years (1900 & 1986).

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are JANUARY 2002.
NORMAL is the 1971-2000 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is JANUARY 2002 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).
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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