JUNE  2006 - LINCOLN, NE

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June 30, 2006:  100 Degree Heat Blasts Nebraska
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June 7, 2006:  Record Heat Bakes the High Plains
June 6, 2006 Drought Update for the Central Nebraska Platte River (includes photos)
January 1999 - May 2006 Drought Assessment for Nebraska
Lake McConaughy June 2006 Drought Impact Update


June 10, 2006, Image © Ken Dewey, HPRCC. Early evening, rural southeast Lincoln with clear but hazy skies.

Also see the Photos of the Month Page

Precipitation: red above normal, blue below normal
Year 2006 Precipitation: Jan. 0.91  in. + Feb.  0.07 in. + Mar. 3.03  in. + Apr.  3.83 in.+ May 2.09  in. = 9.93 inches
Normal Precipitation: Jan. 0.67 in. + Feb. 0.66 in. + Mar. 2.21 in.+ Apr. 2.90 in. + May 4.23 in. + June 3.51 = 14.18 inches

Normal January 1 - May 31 Precipitation = 10.67 inches; Normal January 1 - June 30 Precipitation = 14.18 inches

Lincoln, Montly Temperature and Precipitation Departures since 1998

TOP TEN COLDEST/WARMEST Months of June

NEW LINKS- current drought and temperature assessments
July 1, 2005-May 31, 2006 High Plains Precipitation (drought) Assessment
July 1, 2005-May 31, 2006 U.S. Precipitation (drought) Assessment
January 1, 2006 - May 31, 2006 Temperature Assessment
January 1, 2006-May 31, 2006 Precipitation Assessment



The most total number of days with
the temperature 90 degrees F or higher for Lincoln, NE.
For June, July, August, and September.
JUNE
 # 90 Deg. 
Days
JULY  # 90 Deg. 
Days
AUGUST
# 90 Deg. 
Days
SEPTEMBER
# 90 Deg. 
Days
1933
22
 
1935
30
 
1947
27
1897
17
2002
19
 
1936
29
 
1913
26
 
1990
16
1952
19
 
1974
29
 
1983
26
 
1895
15
1988
19
 
1916
28
 
1937
25
 
1927
15
1911
18
 
1934
28
 
1918
23
 
1939
14
1953
18
 
1901
27
 
1936
23
 
1931
13
1934
17
 
1940
25
 
1959
22
 
1947
13
1936
17
 
1980
25
 
1909
21
 
1933
12
1956
17
 
1919
24
 
1922
21
 
1908
11
1940
15
 
1954
24
 
1955
21
 
1922
11
1954
15
 
1955
24
 
1988
21
 
1936
11
1981
15
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1952
11
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1983
11
The least number of days 90 degrees or higher:
JUNE:  0 days in 1915, 1928, 1951:
JULY:  2 days in 1891 and 1950;
AUGUST:  0 days in 1915.

Lincoln's 90 F and 100 F Climatology (heat waves)
 

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

JUNE

WETTEST 
YEAR 
AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1967 13.77  1 2002 0.17  1
1908 11.24  2 1911 0.56 2
1914 10.71 3 1976 0.63 3
1947 10.20 4 2006 0.65 4
1964 9.88 5 1988 0.65 4
1951 9.76  6 1973 0.77 6
1965 9.04 7 1981 0.85 7
1902 8.83  8 1974 0.91 8
1899 8.40 9 1977 0.99  9
1891 7.78 10 1936 1.13  10

Dust Storm on the Southern Plains

ALL June 2006 high temperatures of  90 F or higher are in RED

JUNE 2006
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PREC
REC
PREC
REC
MAX
REC
MIN
HDD
CDD
Norm
MAX
Norm
MIN
Norm
Mean
06/01/06
86
59
73
+5
0.00
3.02
96
40
0
8
80
56
68
06/02/06
88
53
71
+3
0.00
2.06
100
43
0
6
80
56
68
06/03/06
86
62
74
+5
0.00
2.44
97
40
0
9
81
57
69
06/04/06
84
61
73
+4
0.22
2.64
 100
40
0
8
81
57
69
06/05/06
79
66
73
+3
0.01
4.08
101
42
0
8
 82
57
70
06/06/06
92
59
76
+6
0.00
1.41
107
44
0
11
82
58
70
06/07/06
91
55
73
+3
0.00
3.60
100
41
0
8
82
58
70
06/08/06
89
67
78
+7
0.00
2.79
102
39
0
13
83
58
71
06/09/06
99
71
85
+14
T
1.59
101
44
0
20
83
59
71
06/10/06
83
60
72
+1
T
1.77
106
43
0
7
84
59
71
06/11/06
69
54
62
-10
0.00
1.92
103
44
3
0
84
59
72
06/12/06
75
51
63
-9
0.00
2.30
101
43
2
0
84
60
72
06/13/06
85
51
68
-4
0.00
1.40
102
43
0
0
85
60
72
06/14/06
92
61
77
+4
0.00
3.75
101
44
0
12
85
60
73
06/15/06
90
70
81
+8
T
2.88
108
44
0
16
85
60
73
06/16/06
96
67
82
+9
0.17
2.13
105
45
0
17
85
61
73
06/17/06
81
66
74
+1
0.21
1.82
 101
44
0
9
86
61
73
06/18/06
90
63
77
+3
0.00
1.78
105
50
0
12
86
61
74
06/19/06
89
62
76
+2
0.00
1.74
104
42
0
11
86
62
74
06/20/06
96
73
85
+11
T
1.86
106
47
0
20
87
62
74
06/21/06
89
69
79
+5
0.04
2.11
107
43
0
15
87
62
74
06/22/06
86
67
77
+2
T
2.40
102
48
0
12
87
62
75
06/23/06
88
60
74
-1
0.00
4.24
106
46
0
9
87
63
75
06/24/06
85
60
73
-2
T
3.03
103
47
0
8
87
63
75
06/25/06
79
57
68
-7
T
3.00
103
42
0
3
88
63
75
06/26/06
84
53
69
-7
0.00
3.17
108
48
0
4
88
63
76
06/27/06
90
53
72
-4
0.00
2.93
104
46
0
7
88
63
76
06/28/06
89
55
72
-4
0.00
0.93
103
52
0
7
88
64
76
06/29/06
97
60
79
+3
0.00
2.59
104
44
0
14
88
64
76
06/30/06
100
65
83
+7
0.00
1.86
103
51
0
.18
88
64
76
JUNE 2006
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL
 
 
 
 
0.65
 
 
 
5
294.
 
 
 
AVERAGE
87.6
61.0
74.3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NORMAL
84.9
60.4
72.7
 
3.51
 
 
 
16
244
     
DEPARTURE
+2.7
+0.6
+1.6
 
-2.86
     
-11
+50
     
..
From the record books:
Warmest recorded JUNE temperature, 108 F, June 15, 1946 AND June 26, 1936.
Coldest recorded JUNE temperature, 39 F,  June 8, 1978.
AVERAGE AND TOTAL are JUNE 2006.
NORMAL  (Norm) is the 1971-2000 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is JUNE 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) in inches.
REC PREC = Record daily amount of precipitation in inches.
REC MAX = Record maximum temperature in deg. F.
REC MIN = Record Minimum temperature in deg. F.
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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