The following data table is a climatology of snowfall, all precipitation (melted snowfall water equivalent and rainfall combined) and Temperature in Lincoln during La Niña, El Niño, and Neutral (Nada Niño--my terminology) Winters.
The Winter months were divided into October 1-December 31 (OND) and January 1-March 31 (JFM). This was done to see if there is a difference in the early part of winter compared to the later half of winter.
The "30 year normals" refers to all data 1981-2010 combining La Niña, El Niño & Nada Niño events for that 30 year time period.
Snowfall & Precipitation are inches and temperature is °F.
|
Snowfall
|
Average
|
Most
|
Least
|
|
El Niño-OND
|
9.0
|
25.5
|
1.2
|
|
El Niño-JFM
|
16.0
|
26.4
|
4.8
|
|
Snowfall
|
Average
|
Most
|
Least
|
|
La Niña-OND
|
7.4
|
19.8
|
0.8
|
|
La Niña-JFM
|
18.2
|
41.0
|
5.3
|
|
Snowfall
|
Average
|
Most
|
Least
|
|
Nada Niño-OND
|
7.7
|
22.4
|
0.7
|
|
Nada Niño –JFM
|
17.8
|
48.1
|
3.9
|
|
All Precipitation
|
Average
|
Most
|
Least
|
|
El Niño-OND
|
4.58
|
8.17
|
0.39
|
|
El Niño-JFM
|
4.31
|
8.39
|
0.74
|
|
All Precipitation
|
Average
|
Most
|
Least
|
|
La Niña-OND
|
4.03
|
8.85
|
1.2
|
|
La Niña-JFM
|
2.94
|
6.83
|
0.58
|
|
All Precipitation
|
Average
|
Most
|
Least
|
|
Nada Niño-OND
|
3.76
|
6.95
|
1.02
|
|
Nada Niño -JFM
|
3.33
|
6.58
|
0.92
|
|
Temperature
|
Average
|
Warmest
|
Coldest
|
|
El Niño-OND
|
39.9
|
45.6
|
34.5
|
|
El Niño-JFM
|
31.1
|
38.6
|
26.1
|
|
Temperature
|
Average
|
Warmest
|
Coldest
|
|
La Niña-OND
|
41.1
|
45.8
|
34.8
|
|
La Niña-JFM
|
29.4
|
36.1
|
24.1
|
|
Temperature
|
Average
|
Warmest
|
Coldest
|
|
Nada Niño-OND
|
39.8
|
44.7
|
34.1
|
|
Nada Niño–JFM
|
29.7
|
36.1
|
18.9
|
1981-2010 Normals:
OND Snowfall Total= 8.7 inches
JFM Snowfall total = 16.7 inches
OND All Precipitation Total= 4.35 inches
JFM All Precipitation Total= 3.34 inches
OND Average Temperature = 39.6
JFM Average Temperature = 31.2
Cold Pacific Ocean temperatures (La Niña episodes) are -0.5 and lower
and, warm Pacific Ocean temperatures (El Niño episodes) are +0.5 and higher in the following table.
Neutral episodes (Nada Niños) are in between -0.5 and +0.5.
The following link will take you to a site giving more information
about the classification of these episodes and the full data table
Link: data source for for the above table
El Niño, La Niña And Neutral Episodes 1950-2011
|
Year
|
JFM
|
Year
|
OND
|
|
|
1950
|
-1.5
|
1950
|
-0.9
|
|
|
1951
|
-0.9
|
1951
|
0.7
|
|
|
1952
|
0.1
|
1952
|
-0.1
|
|
|
1953
|
0.4
|
1953
|
0.4
|
|
|
1954
|
0.3
|
1954
|
-1.1
|
|
|
1955
|
-0.9
|
1955
|
-2.0
|
|
|
1956
|
-0.9
|
1956
|
-0.9
|
|
|
1957
|
-0.1
|
1957
|
1.2
|
|
|
1958
|
1.5
|
1958
|
0.2
|
|
|
1959
|
0.5
|
1959
|
-0.2
|
|
|
1960
|
-0.3
|
1960
|
-0.2
|
|
|
1961
|
-0.2
|
1961
|
-0.5
|
|
|
1962
|
-0.4
|
1962
|
-0.7
|
|
|
1963
|
-0.3
|
1963
|
1.0
|
|
|
1964
|
0.4
|
1964
|
-1.2
|
|
|
1965
|
-0.4
|
1965
|
1.6
|
|
|
1966
|
1.0
|
1966
|
-0.3
|
|
|
1967
|
-0.4
|
1967
|
-0.4
|
|
|
1968
|
-0.9
|
1968
|
0.7
|
|
|
1969
|
1.0
|
1969
|
0.8
|
|
|
1970
|
0.3
|
1970
|
-0.9
|
|
|
1971
|
-1.3
|
1971
|
-1.0
|
|
|
1972
|
-0.4
|
1972
|
2.0
|
|
|
1973
|
1.2
|
1973
|
-2.0
|
|
|
1974
|
-1.7
|
1974
|
-0.9
|
|
|
1975
|
-0.6
|
1975
|
-1.7
|
|
|
1976
|
-1.2
|
1976
|
0.8
|
|
|
1977
|
0.5
|
1977
|
0.7
|
|
|
1978
|
0.4
|
1978
|
-0.2
|
|
|
1979
|
0.0
|
1979
|
0.5
|
|
|
1980
|
0.3
|
1980
|
0.0
|
|
|
1981
|
-0.5
|
1981
|
-0.1
|
|
|
1982
|
0.1
|
1982
|
2.2
|
|
|
1983
|
2.0
|
1983
|
-0.9
|
|
|
1984
|
-0.2
|
1984
|
-0.9
|
|
|
1985
|
-0.8
|
1985
|
-0.3
|
|
|
1986
|
-0.4
|
1986
|
1.1
|
|
|
1987
|
1.3
|
1987
|
1.3
|
|
|
1988
|
0.5
|
1988
|
-1.9
|
|
|
1989
|
-1.5
|
1989
|
-0.2
|
|
|
1990
|
0.2
|
1990
|
0.3
|
|
|
1991
|
0.3
|
1991
|
1.4
|
|
|
1992
|
1.6
|
1992
|
0.0
|
|
|
1993
|
0.4
|
1993
|
0.3
|
|
|
1994
|
0.2
|
1994
|
1.2
|
|
|
1995
|
0.9
|
1995
|
-0.7
|
|
|
1996
|
-0.7
|
1996
|
-0.3
|
|
|
1997
|
-0.3
|
1997
|
2.5
|
|
|
1998
|
1.9
|
1998
|
-1.3
|
|
|
1999
|
-1.2
|
1999
|
-1.3
|
|
|
2000
|
-1.4
|
2000
|
-0.6
|
|
|
2001
|
-0.5
|
2001
|
-0.1
|
|
|
2002
|
0.1
|
2002
|
1.5
|
|
|
2003
|
0.9
|
2003
|
0.6
|
|
|
2004
|
0.3
|
2004
|
0.8
|
|
|
2005
|
0.5
|
2005
|
-0.4
|
|
|
2006
|
-0.6
|
2006
|
1.1
|
|
|
2007
|
0.4
|
2007
|
-1.1
|
|
|
2008
|
-1.4
|
2008
|
-0.3
|
|
|
2009
|
-0.7
|
2009
|
1.5
|
|
|
2010
|
1.5
|
2010
|
-1.4
|
|
|
2011
|
-1.2
|
2011
|
Link: data source for for the above table