February 2024 Lincoln, NE, Climate Data

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Photo by Ken Dewey (Last year, February 2023)

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

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Last month's Data: January 2024..........Next month's Data: March 2024

Year 2023 Notable Weather
Year 2023 Climate Summary
NOAA: 2023 Warmest Year on Record
SPC 2023 Severe Weather Review

Lincoln's Cold Weather Climatology
Lincoln's Snowfall Climatology
List of all Daily Records and years set
Daytime Highs below 0°F data

February Daylight
February 1: Sunrise 7:37am; Sunset 5:43pm (Daylight 10hr 6min)
February 29: Sunrise 7:01am; Sunset 6:17pm (Daylight 11hr 16min)

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 11.4 T . . . 16.4
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

Year 2024 (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
2024 0.95 0.51 . . . . . . . . . . 1.46
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



ANNOUNCEMENT: UNL National Weathercamp is scheduled for June 9-14, 2024 Applications available.

RECORD HIGH: 65°F, February 1, 2024 (old Record 64°F set in 1992)
RECORD WARM LOW: 40°F, February 3, 2024 (old Record 38°F set in 1992)
RECORD WARM LOW: 45°F, February 7, 2024 (old Record 34°F set in 1970, 1930, 1918)
TIED RECORD HIGH: 71°F, February 20, 2024 (Record orignally set in 1991)
RECORD HIGH: 81°F, February 26, 2024 (old Record 79°F set in 1896)
RECORD HIGH: 81°F ALSO was the Warmest for so early in the season

Febryary 2024 was the 3rd warmest on record (1887-2024 = 138 years)

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February
2024
Max
Min
Mean
Dep
Pcpn
Rec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD
CDD
Norm
Max
Norm
Min		Norm
Mean		Snow
Thursday
Feb. 1
65
33
49
+23
0.00
0.45
65
-24
16
0
37
15
26
.
Friday
 Feb.2
63
34
49
+23
0.00
1.12
68
-22
16
0
37
15
26
.
Saturday
Feb. 3
46
40
43
+17
0.49
0.73
68
-22
22
0
37
15
26
.
Sunday
Feb. 4
42
32
37
+10
0.01
1.05
67
-21
28
0
37
16
27
.
Monday
Feb. 5
50
27
39
+12
0.00
0.38
67
-20
26
0
38
16
27
.
Tuesday
Feb. 6
56
26
41
+14
0.00
0.87
65
-17
24
0
38
16
27
.
Wednesday
Feb. 7
57
45
51
+24
T
0.28
71
-18
14
0
38
16
27
.
Thursday
Feb. 8
54
30
42
 +15
0.00
0.91
71
-19
23
0
38
16
27
.
Friday
Feb. 9
49
23
36
+8
0.00
0.80
68
-24
29
0
39
17
28
.
Saturday
Feb. 10
41
30
36
+8
0.00
0.65
75
-16
29
0
39
17
28
.
Sunday
Feb. 11
43
25
34
+6
0.00
1.55
75
-26
31
0
39
17
28
.
Monday
Feb. 12
55
20
38
+10
0.00
2.20
73
-24
27
0
39
17
28
.
Tuesday
Feb. 13
57
26
 42
+13
0.00
1.36
69
-26
23
0
40
18
29
.
Wednesday
Feb. 14
66
22
44
+15
T
0.79
75
-15
21
0
40
18
29
.
Thursday
Feb. 15
43
20
32
+3
0.00
0.45
74
-26
33
0
40
18
29
.
Friday
Feb. 16
33
11
22
-8
0.01
0.73
72
-31
43
0
41
19
30
T
Saturday
Feb. 17
41
10
26
-4
0.00
0.50
74
-19
39
0
41
19
30
.
Sunday
Feb. 18
54
21
38
+8
0.00
0.84
70
-17
27
0
42
19
30
.
Monday
Feb. 19
60
16
38
+7
0.00
0.50
73
-15
27
0
42
20
31
.
Tuesday
Feb. 20
71
22
 47
+16
0.00
1.36
71
-10
18
0
42
20
31
.
Wednesday
Feb. 21
72
27
50
+19
0.00
1.31
76
-9
15
0
43
20
31
.
Thursday
Feb. 22
66
31
49
+17
T
1.57
76
-10
16
0
43
21
32
.
Friday
Feb. 23
63
28
46
+14
0.00
0.65
75
-16
19
0
44
21
32
.
Saturday
Feb. 24
67
20
44
+11
0.00
0.82
72
-9
21
0
44
21
33
.
Sunday
Feb. 25
69
26
48
+15
0.00
1.12
77
-8
17
0
44
22
33
.
Monday
Feb. 26
81
26
54
+21
0.00
0.68
81
-9
11
0
45
22
33
.
Tuesday
Feb. 27
53
17
35
+1
T
1.92
77
-10
30
 0
45
22
34
T
Wednesday
Feb. 28
40
9
25
-9
0.00
1.71
78
-12
40
0
46
23
34
.
Thursday
Feb. 29
 61 26 44 +10 0.00
0.60
83
-3
 21 0
46
23
34
.
February
2024
 Max Min Mean Dep Pcpn
Rec Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
 HDD CDD
Avg
Max
Avg
Min
Avg
Mean
Snow
.
Total
        
0.51
      
.
0
   
T
.
AVERAGE
 55.8 24.9 40.4
NORMAL
40.6
18.4
29.5
 
0.89
 
 
994
0
 
 
7.1
 .
DEPARTURE
+15.2
+6.5
+10.9
  
-0.38
 
    
-.
 .
      
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Temperature is °F
AVERAGE AND TOTAL are FEBRUARY 2024.
Precipitation measurement is "inches"
Precipitation "T" = trace, precipitation was observed but not enough to be measured
NORMAL (Norm) refers to the 1991-2020 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is FEBRUARY 2024 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 (1991-2020 normals) in °F.
Norm Min = Daily Normal Low Temperature (1991-2020 normals) in °F.
Norm Mean = Daily Normal Mean Temperature (1991-2020 normals) in °F.
Snow = Snowfall in inches.

Warmest recorded FEBRUARY temperature,
Leap Years:  83°F, February 29, 1972.
Non-Leap Years:  81°F, Feb. 26, 2024.

Coldest recorded FEBRUARY  temperature, -31°F,  Feb. 16, 2021.

SNOWFALL (127 years, 1897-2023):
Most FEBRUARY Snowfall: 26.1 inches, 1965.
Least February Snowfall: T = Trace, observed but not measurable,
6 of the last 128 years (1897-2024)
(2024; 1996; 1991; 1977; 1946; 1922)

PRECIPITATION (rain plus melted snowfall)
Most 3.47 inches (1951); Least 0.00 inches, 1897

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