February, 2020, Lincoln, NE, Climate Data


February 1, 2020. Drone view, 300 feet over the rural southern edge of Lincoln.   Photo Ken Dewey.

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

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Winter 2019-20 (and last 2 years) 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
2019-20
0.7
1.7
1.8
5.5
1.6
11.3
2018-19
3.5
7.2
5.6
9.7
23.2
6.3
T
0.0
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

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February
2020
Max
Min
Mean
Dep
Pcpn
Rec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD
CDD
Avg
Max
Avg
Min
Avg
Mean
Snow
Saturday
Feb. 1
49
22
36
+10
0.00
0.45
64
-24
29
0
37
15
26
.
Sunday
Feb. 2
64
30
47
+21
0.00
1.12
68
-22
18
0
37
15
26
.
Monday
Feb. 3
36
28
32
+6
0.00
0.73
68
-22
33
0
37
15
26
.
Tuesday
Feb. 4
30
22
26
0
0.00
1.05
67
-21
39
0
37
15
26
.
Wednesday
Feb. 5
33
16
25
-1
0.08
0.38
67
-20
40
0
37
15
26
1.0
Thursday
Feb. 6
40
12
26
0
T
0.87
65
-17
39
0
38
16
26
T
Friday
Feb. 7
34
15
25
-2
0.01
0.28
71
-18
40
0
38
16
27
0.2
Saturday
Feb. 8
42
12
27
0
0.00
0.91
71
-19
38
0
38
16
27
.
Sunday
Feb. 9
38
21
30
+3
0.00
0.80
68
-24
35
0
38
16
27
.
Monday
Feb. 10
45
16
31
+4
0.00
0.65
75
-16
34
0
38
16
27
.
Tuesday
Feb. 11
44
24
34
+6
0.00
1.55
75
-26
31
0
39
17
28
.
Wednesday
Feb. 12
41
3
22
-6
T
2.20
73
-24
43
0
39
17
28
T
Thursday
Feb. 13
17
-2
8
-20
0.00
1.36
69
-26
57
0
39
17
28
.
Friday
Feb. 14
32
2
17
-12
0.00
0.79
75
-15
48
0
40
18
29
.
Saturday
Feb. 15
51
18
35
+6
0.00
0.45
74
-11
30
0
40
18
29
.
Sunday
Feb. 16
56
28
42
+13
0.00
0.73
72
-18
23
0
40
18
29
.
Monday
Feb. 17
56
28
42
+12
T
0.50
74
-19
23
0
41
19
30
.
Tuesday
Feb. 18
46
18
32
+2
0.00
0.84
70
-17
33
0
41
19
30
.
Wednesday
Feb. 19
27
13
20
-10
0.04
0.50
73
-15
45
0
41
19
30
0.4
Thursday
Feb. 20
29
1
15
-16
0.00
1.36
71
-10
50
0
42
20
31
.
Friday
Feb. 21
51
16
34
+3
0.00
1.31
76
-9
31
0
42
20
31
.
Saturday
Feb. 22
58
22
40
+9
0.00
1.57
74
-10
25
0
42
20
31
.
Sunday
Feb. 23
61
23
42
+10
0.00
0.65
75
-16
23
0
43
21
32
.
Monday
Feb. 24
51
27
39
+7
0.00
0.82
72
-9
26
0
43
21
32
.
Tuesday
Feb. 25
42
27
35
+3
0.00
1.12
77
-8
30
0
44
21
32
.
Wednesday
Feb. 26
40
21
31
-2
0.00
0.68
79
-9
34
0
44
22
33
.
Thursday
Feb. 27
45
24
35
+2
0.00
1.92
77
-10
30
0
45
22
33
.
Friday
Feb. 28
56
26
41
+7
0.00
1.71
78
-12
24
0
45
22
34
.
Saturday
Feb. 29
68 23 46  +12 0.00
0.60
83
-3
   
45
23
34
.
February
2020
Max Min Mean Dep Pcpn
Rec Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD CDD
Avg
Max
Avg
Min
Avg
Mean
Snow
.
Total
       
0.13
     
970
.
   
1.6
.
AVERAGE
44.2 18.5 31.3
NORMAL
40.1
18.0
29.0
 
0.77
 
 
1037
0
 
 
5.6
.
DEPARTURE
+4.1
+0.5
+2.3
 
-0.64
 
   
67
 
     
-4.0

Temperature is °F
AVERAGE AND TOTAL are FEBRUARY 2020.

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 2020 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.

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.