OCTOBER 2007 - LINCOLN, NE

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Year 2007 Precipitation (in inches)
compared to normal: red above normal, blue below normal

JAN
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Total
2007
Annual
Normal
2007
0.64
1.31
2.79
3.44
8.13
2.28
1.22
5.80
3.10
4.50
.
.
33.21
XXX
NORMAL
0.67
0.66
2.21
2.90
4.23
3.51
3.54
3.35
2.92
1.94
1.58
0.86
XXX
28.37
January 1 - September 30, 2007: 28.71 inches.  Normal  = 23.99 inches: Surplus 4.72 inches.
January 1 - October 31,  2007: 33.21 inches.  Normal  = 25.93 inches: Surplus = 7.28 inches.

Lincoln, Nebraska
Top Ten Wettest and Driest Octobers - - Data record 1887 to 2007
Precipitation measurement units are "inches"

OCTOBER

WETTEST 
YEAR 
AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1986
5.40
1
1952
0.00
1
1979
5.29
2
1975
0.01
2
1973
4.92
3
1893
0.01
2
2002
4.90
4
1999
0.03
4
1891
4.82
5
1988
0.03
4
1918
4.80
6
1945
0.03
4
1929
4.57
7
1958
0.05
7
2007
4.50
8
1895
0.05
8
1957
4.36
9
1933
0.09
9
1971
4.29
10
1936
0.19
10
October 2007 was the 8th wettest October on Record

Lincoln's Top Ten Wettest and Driest Months

Last month's Data: (September 2007)
         ...
Our Growing season ended on October 23, 2007.
Click here , or on the graph, to see how this growing season compares to the last 120 years.


OCT 2007
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PCPN
REC
PREC
REC
MAX
REC
MIN
HDD
CDD
AVG 
MAX
AVG
MIN
AVG
Mean
 Snow
Monday 10/01/07
80
47
64
+4
0.00
1.65
94
27
1
0
74
47
60
  
Tuesday 10/02/07
79
49
64
+4
0.66
1.28
94
28
1
0
73
46
60
  
Wednesday 10/03/07
79
44
62
+3
0.00
2.10
96
27
3
0
73
46
59
  
Thursday 10/04/07
83
54
69
+10
0.44
1.20
93
29
0
4
72
46
59
  
Friday 10/05/07
89
69
79
+20
0.28
0.89
98
28
0
14
72
45
59
  
Saturday 10/06/07
86
72
79
+21
0.00
1.01
93
24
0
14
72
45
58
  
Sunday 10/07/07
80
53
67
+9
0.58
1.18
90
20
0
2
71
44
58
  
Monday 10/08/07
74
50
62
+5
0.81
1.79
90
17
3
0
71
44
57
  
Tuesday 10/09/07
78
47
63
+6
0.00
1.73
90
18
2
0
70
43
57
  
Wednesday 10/10/07
62
40
51
-5
0.00
2.26
91
24
14
0
70
43
56
  
Thursday 10/11/07
62
35
49
-7
  0.00
2.74
89
21
16
0
69
43
56
  
Friday 10/12/07
71
46
59
+3
0.50
2.59
93
21
6
0
69
42
56
  
Saturday 10/13/07
65
56
61
+6
0.17
1.13
92
22
4
0
68
42
55
  
Sunday 10/14/07
61
58
60
+5
0.32
0.86
91
24
5
0
68
41
55
  
Monday 10/15/07
63
50
57
+3
0.15
1.12
91
22
8
0
67
41
54
  
Tuesday 10/16/07
64
49
57
+3
0.00
1.74
88
21
8
0
67
40
54
  
Wednesday 10/17/07
67
57
62
+9
0.52
1.18
85
15
3
0
66
40
53
  
Thursday 10/18/07
59
52
56
+3
0.07
1.27
87
21
9
0
66
40
53
  
Friday 10/19/07
68
48
58
+6
0.00
1.02
88
12
7
0
65
39
52
  
Saturday 10/20/07
81
44
63
 +11
0.00
0.46
90
18
2
0
65
39
52
  
Sunday 10/21/07
59
51
55
+4
0.00
0.75
89
20
10
0
64
38
51
  
Monday 10/22/07
61
35
48
-3
0.00
1.21
89
19
17
0
64
38
51
  
Tuesday 10/23/07
73
32
53
+3
0.00
1.18
84
20
12
0
63
37
50
  
Wednesday 10/24/07
61
37
49
-1
0.00
0.85
89
17
16
0
62
37
50
  
Thursday 10/25/07
62
31
47
-2
0.00
2.19
89
15
18
0
62
36
49
  
Friday 10/26/07
59
31
45
-4
0.00
1.57
86
19
20
0
61
36
49
  
Saturday 10/27/07
59
30
45
-3
0.00
0.97
89
8
20
0
61
36
48
  
Sunday 10/28/07
61
26
44
-4
0.00
1.56
84
10
21
0
60
35
48
  
Monday 10/29/07
71
38
55
+8
0.00
1.98
87
9
10
0
59
35
47
  
Tuesday 10/30/07
73
51
62
+15
0.00
4.07
83
3
3
0
59
34
47
  
Wednesday 10/31/07
59
27
43
-3
0.00
2.07
83
11
22
0
58
34
46
  
OCT 2007
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.0
TOTAL
 
 
 
 
4.50
  
 
 
261
34
 
 
 
  
Average
69.3
45.5
57.4
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Normal
66.5
40.4
53.5
 
1.94
  
 
 
377
 12
 
 
 
0.7
Departure
+2.8
+5.1
+3.9
 
+2.56
  
 
 
-116
+22
      
-0.7
...................Above records checked and certified.

The total number of days with the temperature 90 degrees F or higher for Lincoln, NE
2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and (1936 and 1934, the worst years ever) and Normals.

2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
1936
1934
NORMALS*
APRIL
1 day
0 days
0 days
1 day
1 day
1 day
0 days
0 days
0 days
MAY 
1 day
5 days
1 day
2 days
1 day
2 days
2 days
13 days
2 days
JUNE
5 days
11 days
12 days
3 days
2 days
19 days
17 days
17 days
8 days
JULY
16 days
21 days
20 days
7 days
19 days
22 days
29 days
28 days
16 days
AUGUST
19 days
12 days
 9 days
7 days
17 days
13 days
23 days
19 days
12 days
SEPTEMBER
3 days
1 day
 10 days
10 days
3 days
 7 days
11 days
1 day
 4 days
OCTOBER
0 days
3 days
3 days
0 days
1 day
1 day
0 days
1 day
0 days
TOTAL
45 days
53 days
55 days
30 days
43 days
65 days
82 days
79 days
42 days
NORMALS* (standard 1971-2000, 30-year normals).

Lincoln's 90 F and 100 F Climatology (heat waves), 1887 through 2007

...........

From the record books:
Hottest recorded October temperature, 98 F, October 5, 1947
Coldest recorded October temperature, 3 F,  October 30, 1925.
Earliest ever first snowfall, September 28, 1985, 0.8 inches.
Most ever October snowfall, 13.2 inches, 1997.

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are OCTOBER 2007.
NORMAL is the 1971-2000 Standard Normals.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).
REC PREC = Record daily precipitation amount for the day
REC MAX = Record maximum temperature.
REC MIN = 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
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School of Natural Resources

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