August 2018 Climate Data


.  August 1, 2018.  Drone photo over southeast Lincoln, NE. The field to the left of the water tower is a soybean field. Photo by Ken Dewey.

Year 2018 (and last year) 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
2018 0.41 0.74 2.71 0.67 2.23 8.83 1.35 4.35 21.29
2017 1.10
 0.55 1.62 3.55 6.29 7.35 5.99 3.38 1.85 4.90 0.07 0.38 37.03

Normal January 1 - July 31 Precipitation total = 18.08 inches
Normal January 1 - August 31 Precipitation = 21.58 inches

Lincoln's Temperature and Precipitation records set in 2018

LINK:  Lincoln Heat Wave Climatology

LINK: Monthly and annual days with temperatures 90°F or higher
LINK: Monthly and annual days with temperatures 100°F or higher
LINK: Longest Streaks of 90+ °F Temperatures
LINK: Months  & Years with the most number of days 90°F or higher
LINK: Date of the hottest day each year
LINK:  Dates of First 100°F or  higher

Last Month's Data (July 2018)

RECORD daily precipitation, 1.88 inches, August 19 (old record 1.24 inches, year 2000)

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

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August
2018
Max
Min
Mean
Dep
Pcpn
Rec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD
CDD
Norm
Max
Norm
Min		Norm
Mean
Wednesday
Aug. 1
90
57
74
-3
0.00
2.39
105
48
0
9
89
66
77
Thursday
Aug. 2
92
63
78
+1
0.00
2.04
107
52
0
13
88
66
77
Friday
Aug. 3
95
67
81
+4
0.00
2.05
108
51
0
16
88
66
77
Saturday
Aug. 4
87
69
78
+1
0.41
1.68
109
45
0
13
88
66
77
Sunday
Aug. 5
93
70
82
+5
0.00
1.60
109
48
0
17
88
66
77
Monday
Aug. 6
89
69
79
+2
0.22
1.68
104
49
0
14
88
66
77
Tuesday
Aug. 7
88
66
77
0
0.02
2.02
104
44
0
12
88
65
77
Wednesday
Aug. 8
91
64
78
+1
0.00
1.71
110
50
0
13
88
65
77
Thursday
Aug. 9
96
63
80
+4
0.00
1.69
106
48
0
15
88
65
76
Friday
Aug. 10
89
64
77
+1
0.00
1.33
104
48
0
12
88
65
76
Saturday
Aug. 11
90
62
76
0
0.00
1.94
105
48
0
11
88
65
76
Sunday
Aug. 12
93
61
77
+1
0.00
2.94
107
47
0
12
88
65
76
Monday
Aug. 13
92
68
80
+4
0.00
1.83
108
49
0
15
87
65
76
Tuesday
Aug. 14
76
68
72
-4
0.37
3.32
103
45
0
7
87
65
76
Wednesday
Aug. 15
84
68
76
0
0.05
1.72
106
48
0
11
87
64
76
Thursday
Aug. 16
86
65
76
0
0.06
4.27
107
49
0
11
87
64
76
Friday
Aug. 17
87
62
75
-1
0.00
2.54
107
44
0
10
87
64
76
Saturday
Aug. 18
89
64
77
+2
0.00
2.36
110
45
0
12
87
64
75
Sunday
Aug. 19
74
67
71
-4
1.88
1.88
100
45
0
6
87
64
75
Monday
Aug. 20
75
65
70
-5
0.57
2.73
102
39
0
5
87
63
75
Tuesday
Aug. 21
75
59
67
-8
0.00
2.41
104
47
0
2
86
63
75
Wednesday
Aug. 22
77
55
66
-9
0.00
2.94
103
46
0
1
86
63
75
Thursday
Aug. 23
74
61
68
-6
0.07
1.28
103
43
0
3
86
63
74
Friday
Aug. 24
90
68
79
+5
0.00
1.90
107
43
0
14
86
63
74
Saturday
Aug. 25
92
61
77
+3
0.00
3.09
105
45
0
12
86
62
74
Sunday
Aug. 26
89
74
82
+8
0.64
1.72
105
48
0
17
85
62
74
Monday
Aug. 27
93
74
84
+11
0.00
1.34
104
47
0
19
85
62
73
Tuesday
Aug. 28
82
56
69
-4
0.01
2.93
103
41
0
4
85
61
73
Wednesday
Aug. 29
78
50
64
-9
0.00
5.45
101
41
1
0
85
61
73
Thursday
Aug. 30
85
63
74
+1
0.00
2.23
103
42
0
9
85
61
73
Friday
Aug. 31
85
67
76
+4
0.05
1.96
103
42
0
11
84
60
72
August
2018
 Max Min Mean Dep Pcpn Rec
Pcpn		 Rec
Max		 Rec
Min		 HDD CDD Avg
Max		 Avg
Min		 Avg
Mean
.
TOTAL
       
4.35
      
1
  326
 
 
 
.
AVERAGE
86.3
64.2
75.3
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NORMAL
86.8
63.8
75.3
 
3.49
 
 
 
4
331
 
 
 
.
DEPARTURE
-0.5
+0.4
0.0
  
+0.86
 -3 -5
 

AVERAGE and TOTAL are August 2018.
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 AUGUST 2018 Averages and totals measured against 1981-2010 normals.
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

From the record books:  Data: 1887-2016 (130 years)
TEMPERATURE:
Hottest recorded August temperature, 110°F, August 8, 1934 & August 18, 1936.
Coldest recorded August temperature, 39°F,  August 20, 1950.
PRECIPITATION:  
Wettest August total precipitation: 13.98 inches, August 1910
Driest August total precipitation: 0.07 inches, August 1976

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