February 2019 Data


Rural Lincoln, NE, February 2, 2019.  Photo Ken Dewey.

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

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Last month's Data: January 2019
Lincoln's Cold Weather Climatology
Lincoln's Snowfall Climatology
Lincoln Months with 10 or more inches of snow

Record daily snowfall, February 19, 2019, 4.4 inches (old record 3.2 inches set in 1989)
Record daily snowfall, February 23, 2019, 8.0 inches (old record 6.7 inches set in 1994)

Winter 2018-19 (and last year, 2017-18) 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
.
.
.
49.2
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

Top Ten Snow Seasons in Lincoln, NE
snowfall in inches, data: 1900-2019

Season Snowfall Rank
1914-15 59.4 1
1947-48 54.7 2
1959-60 54.3 3
1948-49 50.6 4
2018-19 49.2 5
1970-71 49.0 6
1983-84 47.5 7
1911-12 46.5 8
1944-45 45.0 9
1997-98 44.6 10

Lincoln, NE, Top Coldest Februaries
Monthly Average Temperature in °F
Year Average  Rank
1936      8.2         1
1979      13.0       2
1978      13.1       3
1899      14.1       4
1905      16.1       5
1989      16.3       6
2019    18.6       7
1887      18.9       8
1900      19.1       9
1929      19.2       10
1975      20.1       11
Data: 1887-2019, 133 years


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February
2019
Max
Min
Mean
Dep
Pcpn
Rec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD
CDD
Avg
Max
Avg
Min		Avg
Mean		Snow
Friday
Feb. 1
42
10
26
0
0.00
0.45
64
-24
39
0
37
15
26
.
Saturday
Feb. 2
47
34
41
+15
0.00
1.12
68
-22
24
0
37
15
26
.
Sunday
Feb. 3
58
30
44
+18
0.00
0.73
68
-22
21
0
37
15
26
.
Monday
Feb. 4
30
10
20
-6
T
1.05
67
-21
45
0
37
15
26
T
Tuesday
Feb. 5
14
8
11
-15
T
0.38
67
-20
54
0
37
15
26
T
Wednesday
Feb. 6
16
8
12
-14
0.04
0.87
65
-17
53
0
38
16
26
1.2
Thursday
Feb. 7
13
4
9
-18
0.02
0.28
71
-18
56
0
38
16
27
0.6
Friday
Feb. 8
20
-2
9
-18
0.00
0.91
71
-19
56
0
38
16
27
.
Saturday
Feb. 9
35
10
23
-4
0.00
0.80
68
-24
42
0
38
16
27
.
Sunday
Feb. 10
32
26
29
+2
0.10
0.65
75
-16
36
0
38
16
27
0.2
Monday
Feb. 11
28
26
27
-1
0.09
1.55
75
-26
38
0
39
17
28
0.9
Tuesday
Feb. 12
34
15
25
-3
0.00
2.20
73
-24
40
0
39
17
28
.
Wednesday
Feb. 13
43
14
29
+1
0.00
1.36
69
-26
36
0
39
17
28
.
Thursday
Feb. 14
35
11
23
-6
0.00
0.79
75
-15
42
0
40
18
29
.
Friday
Feb. 15
15
8
12
-17
0.19
0.45
74
-11
53
0
40
18
29
2.6
Saturday
Feb. 16
20
-1
10
-19
0.20
0.73
72
-18
55
0
40
18
29
3.6
Sunday
Feb. 17
24
14
19
-11
0.04
0.50
74
-19
46
0
41
19
30
1.0
Monday
Feb. 18
23
6
15
-15
0.00
0.84
70
-17
50
0
41
19
30
.
Tuesday
Feb. 19
23
3
13
-17
0.22
0.50
73
-15
52
0
41
19
30
4.4
Wednesday
Feb. 20
29
9
19
-12
0.08
1.36
71
-10
46
0
42
20
31
0.7
Thursday
Feb. 21
32
-4
14
-17
0.00
1.31
76
-9
51
0
42
20
31
.
Friday
Feb. 22
34
11
23
-8
0.04
1.57
74
-10
42
0
42
20
31
.
Saturday
Feb. 23
33
23
28
-4
0.57
0.65
75
-16
37
0
43
21
32
8.0
Sunday
Feb. 24
23
0
12
-20
0.00
0.82
72
-9
53
0
43
21
32
.
Monday
Feb. 25
12
-7
3
-29
0.00
1.12
77
-8
62
0
44
21
32
.
Tuesday
Feb. 26
16
1
9
-24
T
0.68
79
-9
56
0
44
22
33
T
Wednesday
Feb. 27
13
3
8
-25
T
1.92
77
-10
57
0
45
22
33
T
Thursday
Feb. 28
22
4
13
-21
0.00
1.71
78
-12
52
0
45
22
34
.
XXX
Feb. 29
  XXX  XXX  XXX  XXX  XXX
0.60
83
-3
  XXX  XXX
45
23
34
.
February
2019
 Max Min Mean Dep Pcpn
Rec Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
 HDD CDD
Avg
Max
Avg
Min
Avg
Mean
Snow
.
Total
        
1.59
      
.
.
   
23.2
.
AVERAGE
 27.4 9.8 18.6
NORMAL
40.1
18.0
29.0
 
0.77
 
 
1037
0
 
 
5.6
 .
DEPARTURE
-12.7
-8.2
-10.4
  
+0.82
 
    
.
 
      
+17.6

Temperature is °F
AVERAGE AND TOTAL are FEBRUARY 2019.
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 FEBRUARY 2019 Average 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.
Snow = Snowfall in inches.

Warmest recorded FEBRUARY temperature,
Leap Years:  83°F, February 29, 1972.
Non-Leap Years:  79°F, Feb. 26, 1896 and Feb. 28, 1972.

Coldest recorded FEBRUARY  temperature, -26 F,  Feb. 11, 1899 & Feb. 13, 1905.

SNOWFALL (120 years, 1900-2019):
Most FEBRUARY Snowfall: 26.1 inches, 1965.
Least February Snowfall: nothing measurable, 5 of the last 120 years (1900-2019)
(1922, 1946, 1977, 1991 & 1996).

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