Lincoln, Nebraska
Climatology of Temperatures Falling to 0 F or Lower
Winter Seasons 1887-88 through 2006-2007.


Each Year refers to the start of the Winter Season.
For example, 1895 = the winter of 1895-1896; 2006 = 2006-07

The 121 winter seasons average is 13 days, (the solid horizontal blue line on the graph).
The standard 30-year (1971-2000) average is 15 days, zero F or lower.
The recent 10-year average, 1998-2007 is 8 days, zero F or lower.
15 of the last 20 years have had a below normal number of days 0 F or lower.
Winter 2006-2007 had 8 days with temperatures falling to 0 F or lower.

Winter Seasons 1887-88 through 2006-07 and
The Number of Days with low temperatures 0o F or Below

Winter
Days
 
Winter
Days
 
Winter
Days
 
Winter
Days
1887-88
36
  
1917-18
31
  
1947-48
18
  
1977-78
36
1888-89
10
  
1918-19
6
  
1948-49
18
  
1978-79
35
1889-90
19
  
1919-20
11
  
1949-50
11
  
1979-80
12
1890-91
8
  
1920-21
4
  
1950-51
16
  
1980-81
5
1891-92
10
  
1921-22
11
  
1951-52
16
  
1981-82
30
1892-93
18
  
1922-23
6
  
1952-53
4
  
1982-83
3
1893-94
14
  
1923-24
14
  
1953-54
8
  
1983-84
22
1894-95
22
  
1924-25
13
  
1954-55
5
  
1984-85
15
1895-96
2
  
1925-26
5
  
1955-56
8
  
1985-86
16
1896-97
12
  
1926-27
5
  
1956-57
7
  
1986-87
1
1897-98
8
  
1927-28
8
  
1957-58
7
  
1987-88
14
1898-99
29
  
1928-29
14
  
1958-59
13
  
1988-89
9
1899-00
10
  
1929-30
13
  
1959-60
12
  
1989-90
14
1900-01
5
  
1930-31
0
  
1960-61
8
  
1990-91
18
1901-02
19
  
1931-32
8
  
1961-62
21
  
1991-92
3
1902-03
8
  
1932-33
14
  
1962-63
20
  
1992-93
16
1903-04
14
  
1933-34
4
  
1963-64
14
  
1993-94
15
1904-05
25
  
1934-35
5
  
1964-65
21
  
1994-95
10
1905-06
6
  
1935-36
33
  
1965-66
12
  
1995-96
18
1906-07
6
  
1936-37
14
  
1966-67
7
  
1996-97
13
1907-08
2
  
1937-38
8
  
1967-68
9
  
1997-98
5
1908-09
11
  
1938-39
6
  
1968-69
17
  
1998-99
7
1909-10
19
  
1939-40
26
  
1969-70
20
  
1999-00
2
1910-11
5
  
1940-41
4
  
1970-71
17
  
2000-01
16
1911-12
22
  
1941-42
13
  
1971-72
18
  
2001-02
6
1912-13
13
  
1942-42
10
  
1972-73
18
  
2002-03
7
1913-14
6
  
1943-44
10
  
1973-74
17
  
2003-04
12
1914-15
13
  
1944-45
6
  
1974-75
10
  
2004-05
11
1915-16
20
  
1945-46
8
  
1975-76
10
  
2005-06
8
1916-17
17
  
1946-47
10
  
1976-77
29
 2006-07
8


 


The longest cold spell in Lincoln, with the temperature remaining below ZERO (0o F)?
The answer is 188 hours,  5 PM, December 17 - 1 PM, December 25, 1983.


Recent Winter Seasons and The
Number of Days with low temperatures 0o F or Below
Winter 2005-2006 (8 days)
with low temperatures 0o F or Below
December 4, 2005: -2
December 5, 2005: -3
December 6, 2005: -4
December 7, 2005: -6
December 8, 2005: -5
December 9, 2005: -10
February 17, 2006:  0
February 18, 2006:  -4
Winter 2006-2007 (8 days)
with low temperatures 0o F or Below

January 15, 2007:  -9
January 16, 2007:  -15
February 3, 2007:  0
February 4, 2007:  -1
February 13, 2007:  0
February 14, 2007:  -6
February 15, 2007:  -4
 February 16, 2007:  -3

 
Winter 2003-2004 (12 days)
with low temperatures 0o F or Below
December 12, 2003:  -2
January 5, 2004:  - 6
January 6, 2004:  - 9
January 7, 2004:  - 5
January 27, 2004:  - 8
January 28, 2004:  - 8
January 29, 2004:  - 8
January 30, 2004:  - 6
February 3, 2004:  - 7
February 7, 2004:   -5
February 8, 2004:   -7
February 15, 2004:  -6
Winter 2004-2005 (11 days)
with low temperatures 0o F or Below
December 23, 2004:  -4
December 24, 2004:  -4
January 6 , 2005:  -8 
January 7, 2005:  -1 
January 8, 2005:  -9
January 13, 2005:  -8 
January 14, 2005:  -7 
January 15, 2005:  -18
January 16, 2005:  -18
January 17, 2005:  -2
February 9, 2005:   -5

 
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