JANUARY 2004
LINCOLN, NE

January 27, 2004:  ©K. Dewey, High Plains Regional Climate Center.
Scenes around Lincoln, after the storm
 NEW: January 25-26, 2004 Snow Storm (includes more photos)

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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

NEW LINKS:

Jan. 28, 2004 High Temps  Low Temps  (-60 F) in Canada!

  January 28 "A Tale of Two Climates in One State"

Year 2003 Weather and Climate in Review

Lincoln Cold Waves 1887-2004
January 3-4, 2004 Storm Report
January 6, 2004: -29 F in Nebraska
Jan. 6, 2004 Satellite Image showing new snow cover across the midwest
 

More links are found after the Lincoln data table
The Lincoln daily data table follows the temperature maps just below here.

2003-04 Snowfall:  OCT 0.0  in.; NOV  0.3 in.; DEC 6.8 in.; JAN  15.3 in.  =  total of  22.4 inches.

JANUARY 
2004
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PCPN
RMAX
RMIN
HDD
CDD
AVG 
MAX
AVG
MIN
AVG 
Mean
SNOW
01/01/04
 56
 29
 39
+16
 0.00
63
-26
 26
0
33
12
23
  
01/02/04
 63
 26
45
 +22
 0.00
72
-22
 20
0
33
12
23
  
01/03/04
 31
 19
25
+3
 0.01
63
-17
 40
0
33
12
22
0.2
01/04/04
 19
10
15
-7
 0.28
59
-19
 50
0
33
12
22
 4.8
01/05/04
 10
-6
2
 -20
T
61
-20
63
0
33
11
22
 T
01/06/04
 13
 -9
  2  -20
  0.00
60
-25
 63
0
33
11
22
  
01/07/04
 29
 -5
 12
-10
 0.00
60
-20
 53
0
33
11
22
  
01/08/04
 31
15
23
 +1
 0.00
62
-20
 42
0
33
11
22
  
01/09/04
 27
 13
 20
-2
 0.00
62
-21
 45
0
33
11
22
  
01/10/04
 40
 9
 25 +3
 0.00
73
-18
 40
0
32
11
22
  
01/11/04
 52
 22
 37  +15
 0.00
65
-29
  28
0
32
11
22
  
01/12/04
 47
 18
33
+11
 0.00
64
-33
 32
0
32
11
22
  
01/13/04
 44
 19
32
 +10
 0.00
70
-21
 33
0
33
11
22
  
01/14/04
 47
 19
 33  +11
 0.00
60
-18
32
0
33
11
22
  
01/15/04
 51
 18
35
 +13
 0.00
62
-27
 30
0
33
11
22
  
01/16/04
 47
 31
 39
+17
 0.04
66
-19
 26
0
33
11
22
  
01/17/04
 42
 24
33
  +11
 T
64
-16
 32
0
33
11
22
  
01/18/04
 28
 7
 18 -4
 0.00
66
-21
 47
0
33
11
22
  
01/19/04
 23
 3
13
 -9
 0.00
65
-29
 52
0
33
11
22
  
01/20/04
 33
 22
28
+6
 0.00
68
-18
 37
0
33
11
22
  
01/21/04
 52
 19
 36 +14
 0.00
64
-17
 29
0
33
11
22
  
01/22/04
 26
 14
 20
-2
 0.00
59
-14
 45
0
33
11
22
  
01/23/04
 62
 26
 44 +22
 0.00
68
-20
 21
0
33
11
22
  
01/24/04
 34
 23
 29 +6
 0.00
72
-19
 36
0
33
12
23
  
01/25/04
 26
 21
 24
+1
 0.28
69
-21
 41
0
34
12
23
4.5
01/26/04
 21
2
 12 -11
 0.19
68
-17
 53
0
34
12
23
 5.6
01/27/04
 7
 -8
 0 -23
 0.00
68
-23
 65
0
34
12
23
  
01/28/04
 3
  -8
  -2
-25
 0.00
63
-22
 67
0
34
12
23
  
01/29/04
  3
  -8
  -2  -25
 0.00
66
-18
 67
0
34
13
23
  
01/30/04
  6
   -7
 0
  -24
  0.00
60
-16
 65
0
35
13
24
  
01/31/04
 19
 4
12
  -12
 0.01
72
-20
 52
0
35
13
24
 0.2
TOTAL
         0.81      1333        
 15.3
AVERAGE
 32.0
11.4
 21.7
                    
NORMAL
33.2
11.5
22.4
  
 0.67
      1328
0
      
5.1
DEPARTURE
  -1.2
-0.1
-0.7
    +0.14    
 +5
        
 +10.2


Annual temperature Graph for Lincoln, Nebraska, Year 2003.
Click on the above graph for a larger version.

Drought monitor map
Lincoln, NE, Climate Facts List
Lincoln, NE, Cold Waves
Lincoln, NE, Snowfall Climatology
Lincoln, NE, Top Ten Coldest/Warmest Months & Years
Lincoln, NE, Top ten hottest/coldest months & years
Lincoln, NE, Climate Record Books
Lincoln, NE, Temp. and Precipitation Departures Since 1998
Wind Chill Index Redefined


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 2004.
NORMAL is the 1971-2000 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is JANUARY 2004.  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).

January 1, 2004:  © K. Dewey, High Plains Regional Climate Center
 
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