December 2023 Lincoln, NE, Climate Data


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WINTER SOLSTICE
Winter Solstice: 9:27pm CST, December 21. Least amount of daylight, 9hr, 14min, 42sec

Year 2023 (and last year) Lincoln PRECIPTATION (rain + melted snow) in Inches compared to normal
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC TOTAL
Normal 0.73 0.89 1.55 2.69 4.91 4.48 3.25 3.32 2.90 2.14 1.30 1.18 29.34
2023 1.32 1.29 0.63 0.59 0.51 4.53 5.61 3.76 0.60 1.42 0.56 1.71 22.53
2022 0.28 0.03 1.96 3.05 5.27 3.73 2.57 0.55 0.97 0.61 0.26 0.64 19.92
Normal January 1 - November 30 Precipitation = 28.16 inches
|Normal January 1 - December 31 Precipitation = 29.34 inches

Winter 2023-24 (and last 5 Winters) SNOWFALL (in inches) compared to normal.

OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY TOTAL
Normal
0.9
1.5
5.3
6.5
7.1
3.4
1.2
0.1
26.0
2023-24
 T 1.1 3.9 5.0
2022-23
 0.0 T 1.6 2.0 9.5 1.2 0.0 0.0 14.3
2021-22
 0.0 T 0.8 2.9 0.1 1.3 T 0.0 5.1
2020-21
 2.9 T 11.0 18.9 16.6 0.0 T 0.0 49.4
2019-20
0.7
1.7
 1.8 5.5 1.6 1.5 4.8 0.0
17.6
2018-19
3.5
7.2
5.6
9.7
23.2
6.3
T
0.0
55.5

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

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

Tied record warm daily low temperature 39°F (aka record "high low"), Dec. 15, first set 1894.

 

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December
2023
Max
Min
Mean
Dep
Pcpn
Rec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD
CDD
Norm
Max
Norm
Min
Normg
Mean
Snow
Friday
Dec. 1
43
17
30
-3
0.00
1.25
70
-6
35
0
45
22
33
.
Saturday
Dec. 2
40
13
27
-6
0.00
0.67
71
-4
38
0
44
22
33
.
Sunday
Dec. 3
40
20
30
-3
0.33
0.86
67
-9
35
0
44
22
33
0.3
Monday
Dec 4
44
17
31
-1
0.01
0.90
66
-3
34
0
43
21
32
.
Tuesday
Dec. 5
50
25
38
+6
0.00
1.72
69
-3
27
0
43
21
32
.
Wednesday
Dec. 6
58
25
42
+10
0.00
0.95
75
-8
23
0
42
21
32
.
Thursday
Dec. 7
 62 31
47
+16
0.00
0.74
65
-9
18
0
42
20
31
.
Friday
Dec. 8
59
33
46
+15
T
0.37
64
-12
19
0
42
20
31
.
Saturday
Dec. 9
44
31
38
+7
0.00
0.73
66
-17
27
0
41
20
31
.
Sunday
Dec. 10
48
19
34
+4
0.00
0.66
71
-20
31
0
41
19
30
.
Monday
Dec. 11
53
18
36
+6
0.00
0.44
66
-10
29
0
41
19
30
.
Tuesday
Dec. 12
37
29
33
+3
0.00
0.87
67
-14
32
0
40
19
30
.
Wednesday
Dec 13
47
20
34
+5
0.00
1.58
72
-16
31
0
40
19
29
.
Thursday
Dec 14
52
21
37
+8
0.09
0.70
61
-13
28
0
40
18
29
.
Friday
Dec 15
43
39
41
+12
0.43
2.13
74
-15
24
0
39
18
29
.
Saturday
Dec. 16
41
32
37
+9
 0.01
0.53
68
-16
28
0
39
18
28
.
Sunday
Dec. 17
53
23
38
+10
0.00
0.45
71
-17
27
0
39
18
28
.
Monday
Dec. 18
39
24
32
+4
0.00
1.65
68
-18
33
0
38
18
28
.
Tuesday
Dec. 19
51
22
37
 +9 0.00
0.58
59
-20
28
0
38
17
28
.
Wednesday
Dec. 20
49
22
36
+8
0.00
0.60
64
-16
29
0
38
17
28
.
Thursday
Dec. 21
54
29
42
+15
0.00
0.39
62
-19
23
0
38
17
27
.
Friday
Dec 22
53
29
41
+14
 0.00
1.34
70
-27
24
0
37
17
27
.
Saturday
Dec. 23
58
23
41
+14
 T
0.97
71
-23
24
0
37
17
27
.
Sunday
Dec. 24
58
35
47
+20
0.43
0.70
65
-18
18
0
37
16
27
.
Monday
Dec. 25
35
26
 31
+4
0.36
0.92
65
-16
34
0
37
16
27
2.8
Tuesday
Dec. 26
31
26
29
+3
0.04
0.96
64
-16
36
0
37
16
26
0.8
Wednesday
Dec. 27
34
21
28
+2
0.00
1.50
62
-17
37
0
36
16
26
.
Thursday
Dec. 28
35
18
27
+1
0.00
0.33
66
-14
38
0
36
16
26
.
Friday
Dec. 29
43
26
35
+9
0.00
0.69
64
-18
30
0
36
16
26
.
Saturday
Dec. 30
47
23
35
+9
0.00
1.17
 65
 -13
30
 0
36
15
26
.
Sunday
Dec. 31
30
16
23
 -3
0.00
1.16
59
-20
42
0
36
15
26
.
December
2023
Max
Min
Mean
Dep
Pcpn
Rec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD
CDD
Avg
Max
Avg
Min
Avg
Mean
  Snow
.
TOTAL
1.71
   
912
0
 
 
3.9
.
AVERAGE
46.2
24.3
35.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December
NORMAL
39.4
18.2
28.8
 
1.18
 
 
1122
0
 
 
 
5.3
 .
DEPARTURE
+6.8
+6.1
+6.4
  
+0.53
   
.
0
   
-1.4
 

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are DECEMBER 2023.
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 DECEMBER 2023 Averages and totals measured against 1991-2020 Normals,
Max = Observed Maximum and Min = Observed Minimum temperatures °F.
Mean = Observed Mean Daily temperature °F.
Dep = Departure from normal ( - is below normal, + is above normal),°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 °F.
Rec Min = Record Minimum temperature °F.
HDD = heating degree day units (base of 65 degrees) °F.
CDD = cooling degree day units (base of 65 degrees) °F.
Norm Max = Daily Normal High Temperature (1991-2020 normals) °F.
Norm Min = Daily Normal Low Temperature (1991-2020 normals) °F.
Norm Mean = Daily Normal Mean Temperature (1991-2020 normals) °F.
Snow = Snowfall in inches.

From the record books:
Warmest recorded December temperature, 75 °F, December 6, 1939. 
Coldest recorded December temperature, -27° F,  December 22, 1983.

SNOWFALL through December 2022:
Most December Snowfall: 24.3 inches, 2009.
Least December Snowfall (1897- 2023): 0.0 inches or a Trace, 3 years (2004, 1991, and 1928)
A trace of snowfall (T) means it was observed but not enough to be measured.

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