TEMPERATURE: Daily Records: RECORD HIGH AND RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES: NEW RECORD:  High of 74, Mar. 7, record high for the date (old record = 73, 1987) NEW RECORD:  High of 89, April 5, record high for the date (old record = 88, 1967) NEW RECORD:  High of 94, May 11, record high for the date (old record = 92, 1962) NEW RECORD:  High of 106, September 2, record high for the date (old record = 100, 1956, 1913) NEW RECORD:  High of 92, October 1, record high for the date (old record = 91, 1976) NEW RECORD: Low of 24 F (6 days later!!), October 6, 2000.  Old record = 25 in 1952. NEW RECORD: Low of 20 F, October 7, 2000  (Old record =  22 in 1952). NEW RECORD: Low of 17 F, October 8, 2000  (Old record =  24 in 1917). NEW RECORD: Low of 18 F, October 9, 2000  (Old record =  26 in 1964). TIED RECORD: Low of -14 F, December 12, 2000 (Old record = -14 first set in1932)   RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURES (warmest overnight temperature)  AND RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURES (coldest daytime temperature) NEW RECORD:  Low of 49, Feb. 23, record warm low temperature (Old record = 40, 1892) NEW RECORD:  Low of 46, Feb. 24, record warm low temp. (Old record = 40 in1951,1933,1895) NEW RECORD:  Low of 47, Feb. 25, record warm low temperature (Old record = 42, 1932) NEW RECORD:  Low of 48, Mar. 6, record warm low temperature (Old record = 44, 1992) NEW RECORD:  Low of 55, Mar. 7, record warm low temperature (Old record = 39, 1937) NEW RECORD:  High of 39, April 16, record low high for the date (Old record = 41, 1912) TIED RECORD:  Low of 62, May 11, record warm low temp. (Old record 62 1962,1944,1915,1906,1896) TIED RECORD:  Low of 75, June 10, record warm low temperature (Old record = 75, 1933) NEW RECORD:  High of 49, September 24, record low high for the date (Old record = 50, 1942) NEW RECORD:  High of 48 F, October 6, record low high for the date (Old record = 50 in 1951). NEW RECORD:  High of 46 F, October 7,  record low high for the date (Old record =  48 in 1935). Monthly Records: TIED RECORD:  High of 106, September 2, tied for highest ever September temperature. (tied record, 106, September 1, 1922). PRECIPITATION:   Daily Records: August 19:  1.24 inches.  (old record = 1.00 inches, 1989). Monthly Records: none   UNL University of Nebraska-Lincoln High Plains Regional Climate Center 2000 Annual Summary for Lincoln, NE Return to: Recent Records Index Return to: The Lincoln, NE Weather and Climate Home Page