Record Cold across the Region
New Lincoln
Records:
July 24,
2004: Record cold high temperature, 66 F. Coldest daytime high
for the date. Old record, 67 in 1947
July 25,
2004: Record low temperature, 51 F. Old record, 52 in 1911
July 26,
2004: Record low temperature, 49 F. Old record, 55 in 1971
and 1891.
Other Nebraska
Records:
Omaha Eppley:
July 26, 2004: Record low temperature, 52 F. Old record, 53
in 1971
Hastings:
July 26, 2004: Record low temperature, 54 F. Old record, 54
in 1962
Kearney:
July 26, 2004: Record low temperature, 50 F. Old record, 52
in 1978
North Platte:
July 26, 2004: Record low temperature, 50 F. Old record, 52
F in 1911, 1973, 1994.
Some other
regional record lows:
Departure
from normal for the July 26, 2004 low temperatures