Lincoln, Nebraska
Some Drought Statistics and Rankings
as of August 7, 2002
Total precipitation:
January 1 - August 6: 
Normal = 18.38; Observed = 12.07 inches or 65.7% of normal
RANKING: 15th driest year out of 115 years of data.

Wettest January 1 - August 6 = 31.84 inches in 1965
Driest January 1 - August 6 = 5.90 inches in 1934

Total precipitation:
June 1 - July 31: 
Normal = 5.04; Observed = 1.74 inches or 24.7% of normal
RANKING: 3rd driest June and July combined out of 115 years of data.

Wettest June 1 - July 31 = 20.18 inches in 1902
Driest June 1 - July 31 = 1.21 inches in 1936

Total precipitation:
June 1 - August 6: 
Normal = 7.71; Observed = 2.10 inches or 27.2% of normal
RANKING: 4th driest June 1 - August 6 out of 115 years of data.

Wettest June 1 - August 6 = 21.78 inches in 1902
Driest June 1 - August 6 = 1.30 inches in 1936

Total precipitation:
September 1, 2001 - August 6, 2002: 
Normal = 25.68; Observed = 21.21 inches or 82.6% of normal
RANKING: 36th driest September 1 - August 6 out of 115 years of data.

Wettest  September 1 - August 6 = 38.18 inches in 1902
Driest September 1 - August 6 = 12.98 inches in 1895

Lincoln's Observed Precipitation
(in inches) compared to Normal 
June 2001 - July 2002
 
Obs.
Normal
 Dep.
July 02
1.57
3.54
-1.97
June 02
0.17
3.51
-3.34
May 02
5.20
4.23
+0.97
April 02
2.42
2.90
-0.48
March 02
1.35
2.21
-0.86
Feb. 02
0.36
0.66
-0.30
Jan 02
0.64
0.67
-0.03
Dec. 01
0.34
0.86
-0.52
Nov. 01
1.72
1.58
+0.14
Oct. 01
1.25
1.94
-0.69
Sept. 01
5.83
2.92
+2.91
Aug. 01
1.26
3.35
-2.09
July 01
1.49
3.54
-2.05
June 01
3.55
3.51
+0.04
TOTAL
27.15
35.42
-8.27
Obs. = observed
Normal = 1971-2000 normals
Dep. = Departure from normal
Negative Departures are in RED color


The first week of August 2002 and this corn near 84th and Van Dorn Streets in Lincoln
is stunted by the drought with an average height of only 18 inches.

UNL
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
High Plains Regional Climate Center

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