April 2019 Lincoln, NE, Climate Data

April 1, 2019:  Drone photo over the rural edge of Lincoln. It is SLOWLY turning green.

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Lincoln's Cold Weather Climatology
Lincoln's Snowfall Climatology

Year 2019 (and last year) Lincoln Precipitation in inches compared to normal

  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC TOTAL
Normal 0.64 0.77 1.93 2.71 4.29 4.34 3.40 3.49 3.02 1.97 1.43 0.95 28.95
2019 0.75 1.59 2.65 1.13 6.12
2018 0.41 0.74 2.71 0.67 2.23 8.83 1.35 4.35 7.13 2.71 1.19 3.32 35.64

Normal January 1 - March 31  Precipitation total = 3.34 inches
Normal January 1 - April 30 Precipitation total = 6.05 inches

Winter 2018-19 (and last year) Snowfall (in inches) compared to normal

  OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY TOTAL
Normal 0.7 2.1 5.9 5.4 5.6 4.8 1.4 0.0 25.9
2018-19 3.5 7.2 5.6 9.7 23.2 6.3 T . 55.5
2017-18 T 0.0 4.3 3.4 10.0 0.7 3.0 0.0 21.4

T = a Trace.  Snowfall was observed but not enough to be measured

All data in the following table are from the National Weather Service and HPRCC data archives.

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April 2019MaxMinMeanDepPcpnRec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDDCDDAvg
Max
Avg
Min
Avg
Mean
Snow
Monday Apr. 1 62 33 48 +2 0.04 0.67 91 17 17 0 59 33 46 .
Tuesday Apr. 2 59 33 46 -1 T 1.45 90 11 19 0 60 34 47 .
Wednesday Apr. 3 55 39 47 0 0.03 1.35 88 3 18 0 60 34 47 .
Thursday Apr. 4 66 44 55 +8 T 1.00 94 13 10 0 60 34 47 .
Friday Apr. 5 75 43 59 +11 0.00 1.20 89 12 6 0 61 35 48 .
Saturday Apr. 6 79 53 66 +18 0.22 0.79 91 12 0 1 61 35 48 .
Sunday Apr. 7 75 48 62 +14 T 0.98 84 16 3 0 61 35 48 .
Monday Apr. 8 81 44 63 +14 0.00 0.85 88 17 2 0 62 36 49 .
Tuesday Apr. 9 75 41 58 +9 T 1.92 90 20 7 0 62 36 49 .
Wednesday Apr. 10 67 42 55 +5 0.23 1.66 92 19 10 0 63 37 50 .
Thursday Apr. 11 44 32 38 -12 T 0.96 93 20 27 0 63 37 50 T
Friday Apr. 12 46 30 38 -12 0.00 1.03 86 17 27 0 63 37 50 .
Saturday Apr. 13 54 25 40 -11 0.00 1.78 89 15 25 0 64 38 51 .
Sunday Apr. 14 58 24 41 -10 0.00 2.75 91 16 24 0 64 38 51 .
Monday Apr. 15 79 43 61 +10 0.00 0.92 93 19 4 0 64 39 51 .
Tuesday Apr. 16 79 43 61 +9 0.00 1.52 91 21 4 0 65 39 52 .
Wednesday Apr. 17 71 47 59 +7 T 1.59 90 20 6 0 65 39 52 .
Thursday Apr. 18 66 44 55 +3 0.00 1.40 94 21 10 0 65 40 52 .
Friday Apr. 19 68 33 51 -2 0.00 1.54 92 25 14 0 66 40 53 .
Saturday Apr. 20 87 39 63 +10 0.00 1.93 95 20 2 0 66 41 53 .
Sunday Apr. 21 86 55 71 +17 0.12 1.37 92 24 0 6 66 41 54 .
Monday Apr. 22 65 50 58 +4 0.04 1.40 94 25 7 0 67 41 54 .
Tuesday Apr. 23 69 42 56 +2 0.00 1.73 89 26 9 0 67 42 54 .
Wednesday Apr. 24 78 36 57 +2 0.00 2.60 94 22 8 0 67 42 55 .
Thursday Apr. 25 74 45 60 +5 0.05 2.20 92 28 5 0 68 43 55 .
Friday Apr. 26 69 36 53 -2 0.12 1.28 97 27 12 0 68 43 55 .
Saturday Apr. 27 60 41 51 -5 0.18 1.58 95 24 14 0 68 43 56 .
Sunday Apr. 28 58 39 49 -7 0.01 2.34 97 30 16 0. 69 44 56 .
Monday Apr. 29 63 46 55 -1 T 1.85 93 27 10 0 69 44 56 .
Tuesday Apr. 30  51 44 48 -9 0.09 1.24 90 25 17 0 69 45 57 .
April 2019 Max Min Mean Dep Pcpn Rec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD CDD Avg
Max
Avg
Min
Avg
Mean
Snow
 . TOTAL   1.13       333 7       T
. AVERAGE 67.3 40.5 53.9                    
NORMAL 64.3 38.8 51.6   2.71     416 13       1.4
 . DEPARTURE +3.0 +1.7 +2.3   -1.58       -83  -6       -1.4
 

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are APRIL 2019.
Temperature is °F
Precipitation measurement is "inches"
Precipitation "T" = trace, precipitation was observed but not enough to be measured

NORMAL (Norm) refers to the 1981-2010 Standard Normals
DEPARTURE is APRIL 2019 Average measured against 1981-2010 normals, °F.
Max = Observed Maximum and Min = Observed Minimum temperatures in °F.
Mean = Observed Mean Daily temperature in °F.
Dep = Departure from normal ( __ = below normal, + above normal), in °F.
Pcpn = Observed daily precipitation (midnight to midnight, CST) in inches.
Rec Pcpn = Record daily amount of precipitation in inches.
Rec Max = Record maximum temperature in °F.
Rec Min = Record Minimum temperature in °F.
HDD = heating degree day units (base of 65 degrees) in °F.
CDD = cooling degree day units (base of 65 degrees) in °F.
Norm Max = Daily Normal High Temperature (1981-2010 normals) in °F.
Norm Min = Daily Normal Low Temperature (1981-2010 normals) in °F.
Norm Mean = Daily Normal Mean Temperature (1981-2010 normals) in °F.
Snow = Snowfall in inches.

From the record books:
Warmest recorded APRIL temperature, 97°F, April 26, 1989; April 28, 1910.
Coldest recorded APRIL temperature, 3°F, April 3, 1975.

SNOWFALL: 120 Years (1900 - 2019)
Most APRIL Snowfall: 11.1 inches, 1997.

In the last 120 years, 1900 - 2019, April had measurable snowfall 55 times (46% of the years)
In the last 120 years, 1900 - 2019, April had no measurable snowfall 65 times (54% of the years)
A Trace (T) of snowfall means snowfall was observed but not enough to be measurable.

NOTE:  All data on this page are from the National Weather Service and HPRCC data archives.