NOVEMBER 1999
LINCOLN, NE

NOVEMBER 1999 CLIMATE SUMMARY


Nebraska First Freeze Map
 Snowfall Archive 1900-1999
Lincoln First Freeze Graph
Temp. & Precip. Departures last 16 Months
AUG '99 Severe Storms Symposium Photos
OCT 1999 Climate Summary
Drought in the Midlands?
Lincoln's Longest Dry Spells

NEW Record High on November 13 of 85 F (old record 74 F in 1958).
NEW Monthly Record High (hottest ever November temperature)....
....on November 13 of 85 F (old record 82 F in 1980).
This is also the latest ever 80 degree reading.
NEW Record High on November 8 of 81 F (old record 80 F in 1931).
NEW Record High on November 9 of 74 F (old record 72F in 1937).
NEW Record High minimum temperature on November 9 of 50 F (old record 47F in 1939).
NEW Record number of days with the temperature 70 F or higher (9 days).
NEW Record, for the month, Average High Temperature of 62.3, warmest ever since 1887.
NEW Record low number of monthly heating degree day units, 545.
New daily precipitation record 0.74 inches on Nov. 22 (old record 0.31, 1931).

November
 MAX MIN MEAN DEP PCPN RMAX RMIN HDD CDD AVG MAX AVG MIN AVG MEAN SNOW
11/01/99 59 40 50 +4 0.00 80 16 15 0 59 34 46
11/02/99
57
29
43
-3
0.00
 79 8
22
0
 58 33 46
11/03/99
60
19
40
-5
0.00
 78 1
25
0
 57 33 45
11/04/99
72
23
48
+3
0.00
 80 -4
17
0
 57 32 45
11/05/99
63
32
48
+4
0.00
 81 15
17
0
 56 32 44
11/06/99
68
30
49
+5
0.00
 82 8
16
0
 56 31 44
11/07/99
77
32
55
+12
0.00
 78 0
10
0
 55 31 43
11/08/99
81
42
62
+19
0.00
 81 3
3
0
 54 31 43
11/09/99
74
50
62
+20
0.00
 74 12
3
0
 54 30 42
11/10/99
70
36
53
+11
0.00
 79 4
12
0
 53 30 42
11/11/99
69
30
50
+9
0.00
 73 -1
15
0
 53 29 41
11/12/99
71
31
51
+11
0.00
 74 2
14
0
 52 29 40
11/13/99
85
33
59
+19
0.00
 85 0
6
0
 52 28 40
11/14/99
61
33
47
+8
0.00
 75 -1
18
0
 51 28 39
11/15/99
71
28
50
+11
0.00
 72 5
15
0
 50 28 39
11/16/99
66
31
49
+11
0.00
 74 5
16
0
 50 27 38
11/17/99
67
38
53
+15
0.00
 75 3
12
0
 49 27 38
11/18/99
72
44
58
+21
0.00
 78 4
7
0
 49 26 37
11/19/99
47
 27
 37
0
T
 73 4
 28
0
 48 26 37
11/20/99
58
20
39
+3
0.00
 75 1
26
0
 48 25 36
11/21/99
57
29
43
+7
0.00
 70 2
22
0
 47 25 36
11/22/99
54
23
39
+4
0.74
 68 -1
26
0
 46 24 35
11/23/99
46
34
40
+5
0.17
 68 -2
25
0
 46 24 35
11/24/99
48
25
37
+2
0.00
 70 1
28
0
 45 24 35
11/25/99
51
25
38
+4
0.00
 76 4
27
0
 45 23 34
11/26/99
56
32
44
+10
T
 71 -2
21
0
 44 23 34
11/27/99
50
31
41
+8
0.00
 68 -15
24
0
 44 22 33
11/28/99
51
27
39
+6
0.00
 65 -3
26
0
 43 22 33
11/29/99
50
21
36
+4
0.00
 71 -5
29
0
 43 21 32
11/30/99
57
33
45
+13
0.00
 71 -10
20
 42 21 32
TOTAL 0.91 545 0
AVERAGE 62.3 30.9 46.6
NORMAL 50.2 27.3 38.8 1.27 786 0
DEPARTURE +12.1 +3.6 +7.8 -0.36 -241 0
Full listing November 13 Records

OMAHA RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
338 PM CDT SAT NOV 13 1999

...RECORD HIGH BROKEN AT LINCOLN...

AT 253 PM CST THE TEMPERATURE AT LINCOLN REACHED 85 DEGREES.  THIS
SHATTERS THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH OF 70 DEGREES FOR THIS DATE SET IN
1958.  THE 85 DEGREE READING IS THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE FOR THIS
LATE IN THE YEAR...ECLIPSING THE PREVIOUS 78 DEGREE MARK RECORDED ON
NOVEMBER 18 IN 1908.  IT ALSO BREAKS THE OLD 82 DEGREE MONTHLY HIGH
SET ON THE 6TH OF NOVEMBER IN 1980.


From the record books:
Hottest recorded November  temperature, 85 F, November 13, 1999.
Coldest recorded November  temperature, -15 F,  November 27, 1887.
Most November Snowfall: 12.6 inches, 1957.
Least November Snowfall: 0 inches, 24 of the last 100 years.
1999 TOTAL PRECIPITATION:
  JAN   +   FEB   + MAR   + APR    + MAY  + JUN  +  JUL + AUG + SEP +  OCT
   0.35 +   1.28  +   1.52   +  4.54   +  5.63  +  5.68 +  2.11 + 3.41  + 1.22  + 0.03=  25.77 in.
Normal Jan. 1 through Oct.  31 = 26.11 inches. 1999 Deficit as of Oct. 31 = 0.34 in.

Precipitation total January 1 through today = 26.68 inches.

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are NOVEMBER 1999.
NORMAL is the 1961-90 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is NOVEMBER 1999 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).


 
 
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