Lincoln, Nebraska Year 2002
Lincoln's Observed Temperatures for year 2002.
NOTE:  Lincoln's Hottest & Coldest years are shown below.
1936, Lincoln's Hottest summer and 3rd Coldest Winter
is also shown below--check it out for a year of contrasts!
Click on any of the graphs for a much larger size version.
1934 Lincoln's HOTTEST Year
1978 Lincoln's COLDEST Year
What contrasts!  January into February 1936, day after day with highs below the normal lows, and many lows well below zero.  Then in summer, it hit the all time highest recorded temperature of 115 F with the largest ever observed total, 
82 days of 90 F or above and largest ever observed total of 41 days 100 F or above.

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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