MAY 2006 - LINCOLN, NE

May 28, 2006:  More Record Heat Blasts the Great Plains

May 27, 2006: Record Summer-Like Heat Blasts the Great Plains

  May 23, 2006:  Storms Slam Through Eastern Nebraska

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Image © Ken Dewey, HPRCC.


May 2006 Stormy skies over Nebraska, Image © Ken Dewey, HPRCC
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May 19, 2006:  First 90 degree heat of the year
Link: Lincoln's 90 degree climatology

December 2005 - May 2006 Lincoln Temperature Graph
LincolnTemperature and Precipitation Departures last 8 Years
May 2006, Lincoln, NE, Temperature Graph
May 8, 2006 Rainfall across Nebraska
Lincoln Temperature and Precipitation Departures last 8 Years
December 2005 - April 2006 Lincoln Temperature Graph
April  2006 Lincoln Temperature Graph
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There were 5 days of 90 F or higher in May 2006.
Is this a record?  How many are average?  Click here to find the answer.

Record warm overnight low temperature of 74 F on May 28, 2006.  The old record was 73 F set in 1895.

All 90 F or higher temperatures are in red.

May 2006
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PREC
 REC
PREC
REC
MAX
REC
MIN
HDD
CDD
AVG
MAX
AVG
MIN
AVG
Mean
05/01/06
70
49
60
+3
0.00
2.10
94
24
5
0
69
45
57
05/02/06
77
48
63
+6
T
1.50
92
26
2
0
69
45
57
05/03/06
65
48
57
0
0.28
1.90
91
25
8
0
69
45
57
05/04/06
60
48
54
-4
0.01
3.07
92
30
11
0
70
46
58
05/05/06
60
48
54
-4
0.00
1.41
97
31
11
0
70
46
58
05/06/06
65
43
54
-4
0.00
1.48
95
27
11
0
70
46
58
05/07/06
63
42
53
-6
0.01
1.71
96
29
12
0
71
47
59
05/08/06
78
53
66
+7
0.93
1.96
95
29
0
1
71
47
59
05/09/06
77
53
65
+6
0.00
2.56
97
30
0
0
71
48
59
05/10/06
68
49
59
-1
T
1.03
94
30
6
0
71
48
60
05/11/06
64
47
56
-4
T
1.33
94
29
9
0
72
48
60
05/12/06
70
42
56
-4
0.00
1.55
97
32
9
0
72
49
60
05/13/06
70
45
58
-3
0.00
2.76
96
27
7
0
73
49
61
05/14/06
64
47
56
-5
0.01
2.63
96
32
9
0
73
49
61
05/15/06
68
48
58
-4
T
2.15
93
31
7
0
73
50
62
05/16/06
73
43
58
-4
0.00
2.00
92
31
7
0
74
50
62
05/17/06
88
43
66
+4
0.00
2.01
93
33
0
1
74
50
62
05/18/06
83
43
63
0
0.01
2.41
97
34
2
0
74
51
63
05/19/06
94
57
76
+13
0.00
1.62
95
35
0
11
75
51
63
05/20/06
80
59
70
+7
T
2.64
95
33
0
5
75
52
63
05/21/06
80
52
66
+2
0.00
1.58
95
31
0
1
75
52
64
05/22/06
85
52
69
+5
0.00
3.80
96
36
0
4
76
52
64
05/23/06
90
64
77
+12
0.68
1.45
96
39
0
12
76
53
65
05/24/06
90
62
76
+11
0.00
1.08
103
34
0
11
77
53
65
05/25/06
87
59
73
+8
0.00
1.78
102
35
0
8
77
53
65
05/26/06
80
52
66
0
T
2.57
98
38
0
1
77
54
66
05/27/06
91
64
78
+12
0.14
2.73
95
36
0
13
78
54
66
05/28/06
93
74
84
+18
0.00
2.10
98
34
0
19
78
54
66
05/29/06
87
70
79
+13
T
2.64
102
32
0
14
79
55
67
05/30/06
77
62
70
+3
0.02
2.59
104
40
0
5
79
55
67
05/31/06
85
61
73
+5
0.00
2.05
103
41
0
8
80
56
68
TOTAL
        
2.09
      
116
114
      
AVERAGE
76.8
52.5
64.7
                    
NORMAL
73.8
50.1
62.0
  
4.23
      
154
56
      
DEPARTURE
+3.0
+2.4
+2.7
  
-2.14
      
-38
+58
      

 
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 2006.
NORMAL (Norm) is the 1971-2000 Standard Normals in deg. F.
DEPARTURE is MAY 2006 Average measured against 1971-2000 normals, in deg. F.
MAX = Observed Maximum and MIN = Observed Minimum temperatures in deg. F.
MEAN = Observed Mean Daily temperature in deg. F.
DEP = Departure from normal ( __ = below normal, + above normal), in deg. F.
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) in deg. F.
CDD = cooling degree day units (base of 65 degrees).
Norm MAX = Daily Normal High Temperature (1971-2000 normals) in deg. F.
Norm MIN = Daily Normal Low Temperature (1971-2000 normals) in deg. F.
Norm Mean = Daily Normal Mean Temperature (1971-2000 normals) in deg. F.

UNL
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
High Plains Regional Climate Center

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