JULY 2005 - LINCOLN, NE

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Year 2005 Precipitation: red above normal, blue below normal
Jan. 0.81 in. + Feb. 2.22 in. + Mar. 0.65 in. + Apr. 2.22 in. + May 2.18 in. + June 2.85 in + July  5.30 in = 16.45 inches
Normal Precipitation:
Jan. 1.03 in. + Feb. 0.66 in. + Mar. 2.21 in.+ Apr. 2.90 in. + May 4.23 in. + June 3.51 in + July 3.54 in = 17.72 inches

ALL high temperatures of  90 F or higher are in RED
Record low of 50 F, July 27.  Old record was 52 F in 1994

JULY
2005
MAX MIN MEAN DEP PCPN RMAX RMIN HDD CDD Norm
MAX
Norm
MIN
Norm
Mean
07/01/05  85
57
71
-5
0.00
108 45 0 6 88 64 76
07/02/05
 89
 62
 76
 -1
0.06
108 50 0
 11
89 64 77
07/03/05
 88
 70
79
 +2
0.08
108 47 0
 14
89 64 77
07/04/05
 87
 63
 75
 -2
 0.00
110 47 0
 10
89 65 77
07/05/05
 89
 58
 74
 -3
 0.00
110 42 0
 9
89 65 77
07/06/05
 89
 63
 76
 -1
 0.00
105 49 0
 11
89 65 77
07/07/05
 91
 63
 77
 -1
 0.00
104 49 0
 12
89 66 78
07/08/05
 91
 69
 80
 +2
 0.00
102 50 0
 15
89 66 78
07/09/05
 95
 73
 84
 +6
 0.00
104 49 0
 19
89 66 78
07/10/05
 94
 65
 80
 +2
 0.00
104 48 0
 15
89 66 78
07/11/05
 96
 66
 81
 +3
 0.00
107 51 0
 16
90 66 78
07/12/05
 96
 67
 82
 +4
 0.06
111 52 0
 17
90 66 78
07/13/05
 93
 65
 79
 +1
 0.00
109 50 0
 14
90 66 78
07/14/05
 94
 63
 79
 +1
 0.00
107 48 0
 14
90 66 78
07/15/05
 97
 66
 82
 +4
 0.00
112 51 0
 17
90 66 78
07/16/05
 98
 70
 84
 +6
 0.00
109 50 0
 19
90 66 78
07/17/05
 100
 67
 84
 +6
 0.96
112 54 0
 19
90 66 78
07/18/05
 88
 67
 78
 0
 0.03
108 55 0
 13
90 66 78
07/19/05
 91
 63
 77
 -1
 T
111 53 0
 12
90 66 78
07/20/05
 100
 78
 89
 +11
 0.00
110 53 0
 24
90 66 78
07/21/05
 92
 76
 84
 +6
 T
107 50 0
19
90 66 78
07/22/05
 104
 76
 90
  +12
 T
105 51 0
 25
90 67 78
07/23/05
 105
 76
 91
 +13
 0.00
106 48 0
 26
90 67 78
07/24/05
 101
 78
 90
 +12
 0.00
111 52 0
 25
90 67 78
07/25/05
 102
 70
 86
 +8
3.40
115 52 0
 21
90 67 78
07/26/05
 74
 57
 66
-12
 0.71
109 55 0
 1
90 67 78
07/27/05
 76
 50
 63
 -15
 0.00
108 52 2
 0
90 67 78
07/28/05
 87
 57
 72
  -6
 0.00
106 47 0
 7
90 67 78
07/29/05
 87
 66
 77
 -1
 T
105 49 0
 12
90 66 78
07/30/05
 92
 67
 80
 +2
 0.00
106 42 0
 15
90 66 78
07/31/05
 91
 71
 81
 +3
 0.00
108 50 0
 16
89 66 78
TOTAL
 2862
2059
   
5.30
     2
454
     
AVERAGE
 92.3
66.4
 79.4
                 
NORMAL 89.6 65.9 77.8  
3.54
   
0
390
     
DEPARTURE  +2.7  +0.5
 +1.6
   +1.76      
 +64
     

July 27, 2005 Record Cold Across the Entire State
 July 25-26, 2005 Heavy Precipitation in Southeast Nebraska
 July 23, 2005 Hottest Day of The Year in Eastern Nebraska
 July 22, 2005 More Heat Bakes Nebraska
 July 21, 2005 Record Heat Continues
 July 20, 2005 Extreme Heat Blasts Nebraska (111 F in Imperial, Nebraska)
 July 19, 2005 Record Heat in western Nebraska
 July 16, 2005 Heat Wave
January 1-June 30, 2005 High Plains Precipitation Update
January 1-June 30, 2005 High Plains Average Temperatures Update
January 1-June 30, 2005 U.S. Precipitation and Temperature Update
January 1, 2005 - June 30, 2005 Lincoln Temperature Graph
July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2005 Lincoln Temperature Graph
Temp. and Precip. Departures, Lincoln,  last 90 Months (7+ years)
June 2005 Lincoln Temperature Graph
Lincoln Heat Waves ( 90F and 100F Climatology)

The total number of days with the temperature
90 degrees F or higher for Lincoln, NE
2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and 1934 and 1936 (worst years ever) and Normals.

2005
2004
2003
2002
1936
1934
NORMALS*
APRIL
0 days
1 day
1 day
1 day
0 days
0 days
0 days
MAY 
1 day
2 days
1 day
2 days
2 days
13 days
2 days
JUNE
12 days
3 days
2 days
19 days
17 days
17 days
8 days
JULY
20 days
7 days
19 days
22 days
29 days
28 days
16 days
AUGUST
 
7 days
17 days
13 days
23 days
19 days
12 days
SEPTEMBER
 
10 days
3 days
 7 days
11 days
1 day
 4 days
OCTOBER
 
0 days
1 day
1 day
0 days
1 day
0 days
TOTAL
33 days
30 days
43 days
65 days
82 days
79 days
42 days
NORMALS* (standard 1971-2000, 30-year normals)

The Longest CONTINUOUS stretch with days
90 degrees F or higher for Lincoln, NE.

 DATES
NUMBER OF 
DAYS
RANK
7/ 8/1934--8/14/1934
38
1
6/24/1936--7/28/1936
35
2
7/ 5/1974-- 7/28/1974
24
3
7/ 6/1901-- 7/28/1901
23
4
8/23/1990-- 9/13/1990 
22
5
7/13/1935--  8/1/1935 
20
6
6/29/1955-- 7/14/1955
16
7
7/26/1983-- 8/10/1983
16
7
 7/18/1987-- 8/2/1987
16
7
6/18/2002-- 7/2/2002
15
10
7/28/1941-- 8/11/1941 
15
10
7/12/1982-- 7/26/1982 
15
10
2005:  11 DAYS, (July 7 - July 17)


From the record books:
Hottest recorded July temperature, 115 F, July 25, 1936.
Coldest recorded July temperature, 42 F, July 5, 1972 and July 30, 1971.

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are JULY 2005.
NORMAL (Norm) is the 1971-2000 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is JULY 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).
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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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
High Plains Regional Climate Center

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