MARCH 2004
LINCOLN, NE

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2003-04 Snowfall:
OCT: 0.0  in.; NOV:  0.3 in.; DEC: 6.8 in.; JAN:  15.3 in.; FEB: 13.5 in; MAR: T  =  total of  35.9 inches.

Year 2004 Precipitation: Jan. 0.81 in. + Feb. 1.17 in. + Mar. 2.83 in. = 4.81 in.
Normal Precipitation: Jan. 0.67 in. + Feb. 0.66 in. + Mar. 2.21 in. = 3.54 in.

New Daily precipitation record, March 27 = 0.98 inches.  Old record = 0.86 inches. in 1998.

MARCH Average Temperatures
March 2004, 9th warmest on record (1887-2004)

HOTTEST COLDEST
YEAR  TEMP. RANK . YEAR  TEMP. RANK
1910  53.4 1 1960  24.3 1
1946  50.3 2 1912  26.4 2
1918  46.7 3 1965  26.4 2
1945  46.1 4 1899  27.7 4
1905  46.0 5 1906  28.6 5
1938  46.0 5 1891  29.1 6
1986  45.8 7 1915  29.3 7
1921  45.6 8 1888  29.9 8
2004 45.0 9 1944  30.4 9
1935  45.0 9 1969  30.5 10

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Record warm low temperature of 58 F on March 26 (old record 55 F in 1910)

Date
March 2004		 MAX MIN MEAN DEP PCPN RMAX RMIN HDD CDD AVG 
MAX		 AVG 
MIN		 AVG
Mean		 SNOW
03/01/04 47 34 41
+8
 0.11 81 -12 24 0 45 22 33
T
03/02/04
 39
33
36
 +2
 0.00
79
-7
29
0
45
22
34
  
03/03/04
 41
 33
 37
 +3
 0.04
78
-10
 28
 0 46 23 34  
03/04/04
 38
32
35
 0
0.72
 80 -19
30
 0 46 23 35  
03/05/04
 41
 32
37
 +2
 0.26
74
-9
 28
 0 46 23 35
 T
03/06/04
 63
 25
 44
  +9
 0.00
 81 -11
 21
 0 47 24 35  
03/07/04
 52
  30
 41
 +5
 0.00
 74 -9
 24
 0 47 24 36  
03/08/04
 68
27
 48
 +12
 0.00
 79 -8
 17
 0 48 25 36  
03/09/04
 57
 33
 45
 +8
 0.00
 82 -2
 20
 0 48 25 37  
03/10/04
 58
 33
 46
 +9
 0.01
 77 -7
19
 0 49 25 37  
03/11/04
 44
 21
 33
 -4
 0.00
 86 -19
 32
 0 49 26 37  
03/12/04
  59
15
 37
-1
 0.00
81
 -15
28
 0 49 26 38  
03/13/04
 62
43
53
 +15
 T
 75 -5
 12
 0 50 26 38  
03/14/04
 54
 32
 43
 +4
0.00
82
-5
22
 0 50 27 39  
03/15/04
 47
 30
 39
 0
 0.56
85
-1
 26
 0 51 27 39
 T
03/16/04
 42
 29
  36
 -3
 T
81
-4
 29
0
51
27
39
 T
03/17/04
  58
 29
 44
 +4
 T
84
-5
 21
 0 52 28 40
 T
03/18/04
 56
 38
  47
 +7
 T
 87 -7
 18
 0 52 28 40  
03/19/04
 74
 34
  54
 +13
 0.00
82
-3
 11
0
 53 29 41  
03/20/04
 61
 34
 48
 +7
 0.00
 79 -3
 17
 0 53 29 41  
03/21/04
 44
 23
 34
 -7
 0.00
 88 5
  31
 0 53 29 41  
03/22/04
 56
 32
 44
 +2
 0.00
 90 6
 21
 0 54 30 42  
03/23/04
 65
 37
51
 +9
 T
 88 8
 14
 0 54 30 42  
03/24/04
 76
 53
 65
 +22
0.00
 86 7
 0
 0 55 30 43  
03/25/04
 72
 60
66
 +23
0.00
 91 1
0
 1 55 31 43  
03/26/04
 77
 58
 68
+25
 0.00
 88 -4
 0
 3 55 31 43  
03/27/04
 67
 45
 56
 +12
  0.98
 84 6
 9
 0 56 32 44  
03/28/04
 59
 39
49
 +5
 0.02
 90 8
 16
 0 56 32 44  
03/29/04
 58
 34
 46
 +1
 0.13
 89 11
 19
 0 57 32 45  
03/30/04
 47
 29
 38
 -7
 0.00
 88 10
 27
 0 57 33 45  
03/31/04
 54
 23
  39
 -6
 0.00
 88 14
 26
 0 58 33 45  
TOTAL         2.83    
619
 4
       T
AVERAGE
 56.0
 33.9
 45.0
                    
NORMAL 51.2 27.5 39.4   2.21    
 799
1
       5.1
DEPARTURE
 +4.8
+6.4
+5.6
    +0.62      -180
 +3
      
 -5.1

T = trace, i.e. observed but not enough to be measured.

Related Links:

Temp. & Precipitation Departures Since 1998 Lincoln's Snowfall Climatology
Feb. 4-6, 2004 STORM REPORT Lincoln's Top 25 Snowiest Months from 1899-2004
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January 2004 Lincoln Temperature Graph February 1-2, 2004, 2004 Snow Storm (includes photos)
January 25-26, 2004 Snow Storm (includes photos) Lincoln Cold Waves 1887-2004
Lincoln Climate Records Page Nebraska Vortex Intercept Team
Drought monitor map Lincoln Photos of the Month Archive
Lincoln Cold Waves Lincoln, NE Climate Facts List
Lincoln Climate Record Books Lincoln's top ten hottest/coldest months & years
February 29, 2004  Nebraska Thunderstorms/Blizzard March 4-5, 2004 Precipitation Map


Photo© K. Dewey, High Plains Regional Climate Center.
March 31, 2003 (Last year).  UNL East Campus.

From the record books:
Warmest recorded MARCH  temperature, 91 F, March 25, 1972.
Coldest recorded MARCH  temperature, -19 F,  Mar. 4, 1978 Mar. 11, 1907.
Most MARCH Snowfall: 21.3 inches, 1912.
Least MARCH Snowfall: none measurable, 10 of the last 103 years.

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are MARCH 2004.
NORMAL is the 1971-2000 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is MARCH 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).
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
High Plains Regional Climate Center

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