Lincoln, Nebraska
Monthly Top 15 Snowfall Totals (in inches)
Snow Season (September - May) Top 15 Snowfall Totals (in inches)
(Years in the data set 1900-2006)
Rank
Oct
  Snow
 
Nov.
 Snow
 
Dec.
 Snow
 
Jan.
 Snow
 
Feb.
 Snow
 
Mar.
 Snow
 
Apr.
 Snow   Season Snow
Rank
1
1997
13.2
 
1957
12.6
 
1945
22.3
 
1915
23.0
 
1965
26.1
 
1912
21.3
 
1997
11.1
   1914-15 59.4
1
2
1970
6.6
 
1928
12.2
 
1909
19.9
 
1936
19.3
 
1960
19.2
 
1948
20.8
 
1945
10.5
   1947-48  54.7
2
3
1941
5.5
 
1971
10.0
 
1973
19.8
 
1993
16.8
 
1971
17.6
 
1906
20.4
 
1920
9.0
   1959-60  54.3
3
4
1925
4.5
 
1910
8.9
 
1969
15.8
 
1949
15.9
 
1939
16.4
 
1998
17.9
 
1992
7.9
   1948-49  50.6
4
5
1980
3.3
 
1991
8.8
 
2000
15.4
 
2004
15.3
 
1908
15.2
 
1960
17.8
 
1983
7.2
   1970-71  49.0
5
6
1915
3.1
 
1983
8.6
 
1940
15.3
 
1971
15.1
 
1945
15.0
 
1984
17.0
 
1928
7.0
   1983-84  47.5
6
7
2002
2.5
 
1972
8.6
 
1948
15.0
 
1975
14.6
 
1948
14.4
 
1923
16.4
 
1957
5.4
   1911-12  46.5
7
8
1991
2.3
 
1978
7.3
 
1983
13.8
 
1940
14.6
 
1912
14.3
 
1915
15.7
 
1944
5.2
   1944-45  45.0
8
9
1905
1.7
 
1985
6.9
 
1902
13.6
 
1932
14.5
 
2001
14.2
 
1944
15.5
 
1982
4.9
   1997-98  44.6
9
10
1996
1.0
 
1995
6.8
 
1941
12.8
 
1991
14.1
 
1978
13.8
 
2002
14.8
 
2003
4.6
   1940-41  43.1
10
11
1923
0.5
 
1961
6.8
 
1961
12.2
 
1955
13.9
 
1905
13.7
 
1901
13.9
 
1979
4.5
   1964-65  42.1
11
12
1912
0.5
 
1944
6.6
 
1968
11.7
 
1959
12.2
 
1969
13.6
 
1957
13.6
 
1967
3.7
   1974-75  42.1
12
13
1979
0.4
 
1975
6.3
 
1942
10.0
 
1979
11.5
 
1915
13.5
 
1983
12.9
 
1907
3.5
   1939-40  40.9
13
14
1976
0.4
 
1952
6.0
 
1966
9.9
 
1956
11.3
 
1903
12.4
 
1952
12.5
 
1977
3.4
   1909-10  40.1
14
15
1987
0.3
 
1909
5.9
 
1952
9.7
 
1902
11.3
 
1944
11.9
 
1959
12.1
 
1921
3.0
   1968-69  39.8
15
Rank
Oct.
  Snow  
Nov.
 Snow
 
Dec.
 Snow
 
Jan.
 Snow
 
Feb.
 Snow
 
Mar.
 Snow
 
Apr.
 Snow Season Snow
Rank

Season = September - May
(for example, Season 1914-15 = September 1914 - May 1915)

Season Ranks #16-23
Season  Snow   Rank
1943-44   38.8   16
1957-58   38.8   17
1982-83   38.0   18
2000-01   37.9   19
1931-32   36.0   20
2003-04   35.9   21
1951-52   34.6   22
1905-06   34.6   23
 

TOP 25 SNOWIEST MONTHS
FOR LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
1899-to present

1 FEB 1965 26.1
2 JAN 1915 23.0
3 DEC 1945 22.3
4 MAR 1912 21.3
5 MAR 1948 20.8
6 MAR 1906 20.4
7 DEC 1909 19.9
8 DEC 1973 19.8
9 JAN 1936 19.3
10 FEB 1960 19.2
11 MAR 1998 17.9
12 MAR 1960 17.8
13 FEB 1971 17.6
14 MAR 1984 17.0
15 JAN 1993 16.8
16 FEB 1939 16.4
17 MAR 1923 16.4
18 JAN 1949 15.9
19 DEC 1969 15.8
20 MAR 1915 15.7
21 MAR 1944 15.5
22 DEC 2000 15.4
23 JAN 2004 15.3
24 DEC 1940 15.3
25 FEB 1908 15.2

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