January 2019 Data



Southeast Nebraska, January 2019. Photo by Ken Dewey

Related Links:
Last month's Data: December 2018
Lincoln's Cold Weather Climatology
Daytime below 0°F data
Lincoln's Temperature and Precipitation records set in 2018 (last year)

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

Winter 2018-19 (and last year) 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
.
.
.
.
26.0
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

ANNOUNCEMENT: LINK> Weatherfest is scheduled for Saturday April 6, 2019

ANNOUNCEMENT: UNL National Weathercamp is scheduled for June 9-14, 2019

LINK: List of all Daily Records and years set

Related Links:
Lincoln's Cold Weather Climatology
.

If columns are hidden, scroll the table to the right.

January
2019
Max
Min
Mean
Dep
Pcpn
Rec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD
CDD
Avg
Max
Avg
Min
Avg
Mean
Snow
Tuesday
January 1
16
4
10
-15
0.00
0.39
63
-26
55
0
35
14
25
.
Wednesday
January 2
36
16
26
+2
0.00
0.34
72
-22
39
0
35
14
25
.
Thursday
January 3
53
18
36
+12
0.00
1.40
63
-17
29
0
35
14
25
.
Friday
January 4
57
22
40
+16
0.00
0.32
59
-19
25
0
35
14
25
.
Saturday
January 5
61
26
44
+20
0.00
0.69
68
-20
22
0
35
14
24
.
Sunday
January 6
55
32
44
+20
0.00
0.40
60
-25
21
0
35
14
24
.
Monday
January 7
56
38
47
+23
T
0.60
65
-20
18
0
35
14
24
.
Tuesday
January 8
48
32
40
+16
0.00
0.34
70
-20
25
0
35
14
24
.
Wednesday
January 9
36
21
29
+5
0.00
0.37
62
-21
36
0
35
14
24
.
Thursday
January 10
44
20
32
+8
0.00
0.76
73
-18
33
0
35
14
24
.
Friday
January 11
38
23
31
+7
0.19
0.31
65
-29
34
0
35
14
24
1.4
Saturday
January 12
32
27
30
+6
0.29
0.74
64
-33
35
0
35
14
24
3.5
Sunday
January 13
33
25
29
+5
0.00
0.30
70
-21
36
0
35
14
24
.
Monday
January 14
33
28
31
+7
0.00
0.91
60
-18
34
0
35
14
24
.
Tuesday
January 15
33
25
29
+5
0.00
0.83
69
-27
36
0
35
14
24
.
Wednesday
January 16
30
23
27
+3
0.02
0.60
66
-19
38
0
35
14
24
0.2
Thursday
January 17
33
23
28
+4
T
0.60
64
-16
37
0
35
14
24
0.1
Friday
January 18
30
14
22
-2
T
0.45
66
-21
43
0
35
14
24
T
Saturday
January 19
18
7
13
-11
T
0.78
66
-29
52
0
35
14
25
T
Sunday
January 20
15
7
11
-13
T
0.47
68
-18
54
0
35
14
25
T
Monday
January 21
24
13
19
-5
T
0.55
64
-17
46
0
36
14
25
T
Tuesday
January 22
27
17
22
-3
0.18
0.64
60
-14
43
0
36
14
25
2.9
Wednesday
January 23
26
6
16
-9
0.02
0.45
68
-20
49
0
36
14
25
1.0
Thursday
January 24
31
-7
12
-13
T
0.46
72
-19
53
0
36
14
25
T
Friday
January 25
37
-8
15
-10
0.00
0.48
69
-21
50
0
36
14
25
.
Saturday
January 26
42
17
30
+5
T
0.81
68
-17
35
0
36
14
25
T
Sunday
January 27
44
20
32
+7
T
0.80
68
-23
33
0
36
14
25
T
Monday
January 28
42
12
27
+2
T
0.90
64
-22
38
0
36
14
25
T
Tuesday
January 29
20
-2
9
-16
0.00
0.52
66
-18
56
0
36
14
25
.
Wednesday
January 30
2
-9
-3
-28
0.05
0.34
70
-16
68
0
36
14
25
0.6
Thursday
January 31
23
0
12
-13
0.00
0.82
72
-20
53
0
36
14
25
.
January
2019
Max Min Mean Dep Pcpn Rec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD CDD Avg
Max
Avg
Min
Avg
Mean
Snow
.
Total
       
0.75
     
1225
0
     
9.7
.
Average
34.7
15.8
25.2
                     
Normal
35.4
13.8
24.6
0.64
1252
0
5.4
 .
Departure
-0.7
+2.0
+0.6
 
+0.11
     
-27
       
+4.3


AVERAGE AND TOTAL are JANUARY 2019.
Temperature is °F
Precipitation measurement is "inches"
Precipitation "T" = trace, precipitation was observed but not enough to be measured

NORMAL refers to the 1981-2010 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is JANUARY 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.

FROM THE RECORD BOOKS:
Warmest recorded JANUARY  temperature, 73°F, January 10, 1990 
Coldest recorded JANUARY  temperature, -33°F,  January 12, 1974
SNOWFALL: 120 years (1900-2019)
Most JANUARY Snowfall: 23.0 inches, 1915.

Least January Snowfall (1900-2019): Trace (flurries and not measurable), 3 of the last 120 years (1900, 1986, 2007)

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