MAY 2001 - LINCOLN, NE
3rd Wettest May in 115 Years: Click Here

Photo© 2001 Eric Freier, NEVIT
May 9, 2001.  Thunderstorms hit eastern Nebraska.
Lightning photo was taken just northeast of Lincoln.
Click Here for Lightning May 9, 2001
Click Here for May 20, 2001, Record Lincoln Rainfall
Lincoln's First 90 F or Higher, 1887-2001 April 2001 Temperature Graph
3rd Wettest May in 115 Years May 2001 Temperature Graph
May 20, 2001, Record Lincoln Rainfall May 15, 2001 Record Heat
Nebraska Vortex Intercept Team Lincoln Climate Record Books
Lincoln, NE Climate Facts List Temp. & Precip. Departures last 36 Months
Lincoln Photo of the Month Page 2 Die, Tornadoes Damage Homes
Metro Area Buried by Blitz of Hail Most number of days with 90 degree weather in Lincoln
Killer Rays Lincoln, NE Last Spring Freeze 1887-2000
May 9, 2001, Lightning Click HERE to see recent Lincoln, NE, photos.
Most # of days in May with 90 deg. weather in Lincoln
New Daily record precipitation amount, May 3, 1.90 inches (old record, 1.41 in 1981).
New Daily record precipitation amount, May 20, 2.64 inches (old record, 2.03 in 1960).
New Daily record precipitation amount, May 30, 2.59 inches (old record, 1.45 in 1987).
TIED Daily record High, 93 F on May 15 (old record set in 1944).
The low of 70 F on May 15 was the 2nd warmest May 15 low temperature in 114 years of record keeping.
The high of 91 F on May 16 was the 2nd warmest May 16 high temperature in 114 years of record keeping.
CLICK HERE: Record Heat May 15, 2001
May 2001
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PCPN
RMAX
RMIN
HDD
CDD
AVG MAX
AVG MIN
AVG Mean
05/01/01
92
56
74
+17
 0.00
94
24
0
9
70
45
57
05/02/01
 75
52
 64
 +6
 0.42
92
26
 1
 0
70
45
58
05/03/01
 57
49
53
-5
1.90
91
25
 12
0
70
45
58
05/04/01
 62
53
58
0
1.30
92
30
 7
0
70
46
58
05/05/01
 74
60
67
+9
0.82
97
31
 0
2
71
46
58
05/06/01
 69
 44
57
-2
 T
95
27
 8
 0
71
46
59
05/07/01
 71
43
57
-2
0.00
96
29
 8
 0
71
47
59
05/08/01
 76
48
62
+3
0.02
95
29
 3
0
72
47
59
05/09/01
 88
53
 71
+11
0.06
97
30
 0
6
72
48
60
05/10/01
 83
58
 71
+11
T
94
30
 0
6
72
48
60
05/11/01
 73
50
62
+2
0.00
94
29
3
0
72
48
60
05/12/01
 75
43
59
-2
0.01
97
32
6
0
73
49
61
05/13/01
 91
59
75
 +14
0.00
96
33
0
10
73
49
61
05/14/01
 92
65
79
+18
0.00
96
32
0
14
73
49
61
05/15/01
 93
 70
 82
+20
0.00
93
31
 0
17
74
50
62
05/16/01
 91
61
76
+14
T
92
31
0
11
74
50
62
05/17/01
 83
62
73
+11
T
93
33
 0
8
74
50
62
05/18/01
 79
54
67
+4
0.00
97
36
0
2
75
51
63
05/19/01
 85
48
67
+4
T
95
35
 0
2
75
51
63
05/20/01
 66
52
59
-5
 2.64
95
33
6
0
75
51
63
05/21/01
 63
49
56
-8
0.00
95
31
9
0
76
52
64
05/22/01
 68
47
58
-6
T
96
36
 7
0
76
52
64
05/23/01
 59
 48
 54
-10
T
96
39
11
0
76
52
64
05/24/01
 59
48
 54
-11
0.12
103
34
 11
0
77
53
65
05/25/01
 72
49
61
-4
 T
102
35
 4
0
77
53
65
05/26/01
 76
51
64
-2
0.00
98
38
1
0
78
54
66
05/27/01
 82
47
 65
-1
0.00
95
36
 0
 0
78
54
66
05/28/01
 82
48
65
 -1
0.00
98
34
 0
0
78
54
66
05/29/01
67
58
63
 -3
0.20
102
32
2
0
79
55
67
05/30/01
64
52
58
-9
2.59
104
40
 7
0
79
55
67
05/31/01
 67
 49
 58
-9
 0.08
103
41
 7
 0
79
55
67
TOTAL
        
10.16
  
 113
 87
      
AVERAGE
 75.3
 52.5
63.9
                  
NORMAL
74.2
50.0
62.1
  
3.90
    
161
72
      
DEPARTURE
 +1.1
 +2.5
+1.8
  
 +6.26
    
-48
 +15
    
YEAR 2001 Precipitation: Jan. 0.89 + Feb. 1.82 + Mar. 1.32 +
Apr. 2.68 + May 10.16 = 16.87 inches.
From the record books:
Warmest recorded MAY temperature, 104 F, May 30, 1934.
Coldest recorded MAY temperature, 24 F,  May 1, 1994.
Most MAY Snowfall: 3.0 inches, 1967.
AVERAGE AND TOTAL are MAY 2001.
NORMAL is the 1961-90 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is MAY 2001 Average measured against 1961-90 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 (1961-90 normals).
AVG MIN = Daily Normal Low Temperature (1961-90 normals).
AVG MEAN = Daily Normal Mean Temperature (1961-90 normals).
Winter 2000-2001 Snowfall = 37.9 inches:
Oct. 0.0 in; Nov. 2.6 in; Dec. 15.4 in; Jan. 5.5 in.; Feb. 14.2; Mar. 0.2; April 0.0
10th Coldest Winter in 115 years of data records!
"Our Miserable Winter of 2000-2001"
Click HERE to read about it!

UNL
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
High Plains Regional Climate Center

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