SEPTEMBER 2005 - LINCOLN, NE

September 29, 2005:  Near 98th and Holdrege Streets, Photo © 2005, K. Dewey, HPRCC
Steam rises from a small pond into the cold Autumn air.

.September 29, 2005 was our first freeze of the Autumn in Lincoln
NEW: Lincoln's First Freeze Date, each Autumn, 1887-2005

LincolnTemperature and Precipitation Departures last 7 Years
September 2005 Lincoln Temperature Graph

Year 2005 Lincoln Precipitation: monthly  red above normal, blue below normal

Month
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sep.
TOTAL
  
Observed
0.81
2.22
0.65
2.22
2.18
2.85
5.30
2.55
0.28
Jan. 1 - Sep. 30: 19.17
Observed
Normal
0.67
0.66
2.21
2.90
4.23
3.51
3.54
3.35
2.92
Jan. 1 - Sep. 30: 23.99
Normal

September 2005 was the 5th driest September since records began in 1887
Lincoln, Nebraska
Top Ten Wettest and Driest Septembers
Data record January 1887 to Present

WETTEST 
YEAR 
 AMOUNT
WETTEST
RANK
DRIEST
YEAR 
 AMOUNT
DRIEST
RANK
1914 8.32 1 1894 0.00 1
1989 8.28  2 1888 0.08 2
1965 8.05 3 1892 0.17 3
1906 7.60 4 1939 0.26 4
1973 7.52 5 2005 0.28 5
1923 7.21 6 1974 0.29 6
1905 6.91 7 1980 0.33 7
1988 6.18 8 1952 0.35 8
1926 6.06 9 1899 0.39 9
1977 6.05 10 1979 0.40 10

Top Ten Driest For all 12 Months Since 1887

ALL high temperatures of  90 F or higher are in RED

September 21, 2005: New Record High of 103 F.  Old record was 101 F set in 1956.
Also, this was the hottest for so late in the season.

September 24, 2005: New Record High of 93 F.  Old record was 91 F set in 1933 and 1905.

SEP 2005
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PCPN
REC
PREC
REC
MAX
REC
MIN
HDD
CDD
AVG 
MAX
AVG
MIN
AVG
Mean
09/01/05
 85
 48
 67
 -4
0.00
2.60
106
42
 0
 2
83
59
71
09/02/05
 86
 56
 71
 0
 0.00
1.63
106
43
 0
 6
83
59
71
09/03/05
 91
 60
 76
+5
 0.00
2.37
102
35
 0
 11
83
58
71
09/04/05
 91
 66
 79
 +9
 0.00
1.42
102
40
 0
 14
83
58
70
09/05/05
 86
 65
 76
 +6
 0.14
3.91
103
43
 0
 11
82
57
70
09/06/05
 79
 63
 71
 +2
 T
1.91
105
40
 0
6
82
57
69
09/07/05
 88
 63
 76
 +7
 0.03
2.01
104
42
  0
 11
82
57
69
09/08/05
  91
 66
 79
 +10
 0.00
4.68
103
40
 0
 14
81
56
69
09/09/05
 92
 65
 79
 +11
 0.00
4.22
102
36
 0
 14
81
56
68
09/10/05
 92
 71
 82
 +14
 0.00
2.37
101
38
 0
 17
81
55
68
09/11/05
 90
 70
 80
 +12
 0.00
1.59
99
29
 0
 15
80
55
68
09/12/05
  93
 72
 83
 +16
 T
2.44
96
32
 0
 18
80
55
67
09/13/05
 78
  54
 66
 -1
 0.00
1.41
102
34
 0
 1
80
54
67
09/14/05
 79
 47
 63
  -4
 0.00
2.28
99
34
 2
 0
79
54
67
09/15/05
 78
 51
 65
  -1
 0.00
1.96
99
31
 0
 0
79
53
66
09/16/05
 82
 46
 64
  -2
 0.00
2.36
100
34
 1
 0
79
53
66
09/17/05
 76
 51
  64
 -1
 0.00
1.94
101
35
 1
 0
78
53
65
09/18/05
 88
  54
 71
 +6
 0.00
2.54
100
31
 0
 6
78
52
65
09/19/05
 82
 56
 69
 +4
 0.00
1.55
98
29
 0
 4
78
52
65
09/20/05
 93
 48
 71
 +7
 0.00
1.70
95
31
 0
 6
77
51
64
09/21/05
 103
 64
 84
 +20
  0.00
1.39
103
35
  0
 19
77
51
64
09/22/05
 80
 53
  67
 +3
 0.00
2.62
99
27
 0
 2
77
51
64
09/23/05
 73
 48
  61
 -2
 T
3.63
97
31
 4
0
76
50
63
09/24/05
 93
 65
 79
 +16
 0.00
1.74
93
31
 0
  14
76
50
63
09/25/05
  84
 62
 73
 +1
 T
2.32
93
29
 0
 8
76
49
63
09/26/05
76
 55
 66
 +4
 0.00
1.60
95
28
 0
1
75
49
62
09/27/05
 87
 46
 67
 +5
 0.00
1.37
94
32
 0
 2
75
49
62
09/28/05
 65
 37
 51
 -10
 0.11
4.70
102
28
14
 0
75
48
61
09/29/05
 71
 31
 51
  -10
 0.00
1.75
92
26
 14
 0
74
48
61
09/30/05
 84
 48
 66
 +5
 0.00
1.64
94
28
 0
1
74
47
61
SEP 2005 
                          
TOTAL
 2536
  1681    
 0.28
      
 36
 203
      
Average
 84.5
 56.0
 70.3
                    
Normal
78.8
53.2
66.0
  
2.92
      
100
123
      
Departure
 +5.7
 +2.8
+4.3
    -2.64      
  -64
+80
      

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

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

Lincoln Heat Waves ( 90F and 100F Climatology)

Clouds from Hurricane Rita reach Southeast Nebraska, September 24, 2005
September 21, 2005 Record Heat Blasts Nebraska


Rural southeast Lincoln, September 2005


September 2005, East Campus, UNL.  Photo © 2005, K. Dewey, HPRCC


From the record books:
Hottest recorded September temperature, 
106 F September 2, 2000 and September 1, 1922. 
Coldest recorded September temperature, 26 F, September 29, 1984.
Earliest ever first snowfall, September 28, 1985, 0.8 inches.

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are SEPTEMBER 2005.
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
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).
 
UNL
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
High Plains Regional Climate Center

Return to: The Lincoln Year 2005 Daily Data Page

Return to: The Lincoln, NE, Climate Home Page