January 2021, Lincoln, NE, Climate Data

January 2, 2021. Rural Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo by Ken Dewey

Last Month's Data (December 2020)
Next Month's Data (February 2021)

Winter 2020-21 (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
2020-21
2.9 T 11.0 18.9 32.8
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.

Related Links:
Lincoln's Cold Weather Climatology
Daytime below 0°F data

January 2021 was the 8th wettest on record (1887-2021, 135 years)

RECORDS:
January 25, 14.5 inches of snow, most snow ever on that date (old record 6.1 inches, set in 1991)
January 25, 1.13 inches liquid water (old record 0.48 inches, set in 1941)

LINK: Greatest one-day and two-day snowfalls

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

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January
2021
Max
Min
Mean
Dep
Pcpn
Rec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD
CDD
Norm
Max
Norm
Min
Norm
Mean
Snow
Friday
January 1
33
10
22
-3
0.00
0.39
63
-26
43
0
35
14
25
.
Saturday
January 2
35
9
22
-3
0.00
0.34
72
-22
43
0
35
14
25
.
Sunday
January 3
39
8
24
-1
0.00
1.40
63
-17
41
0
35
14
25
.
Monday
January 4
44
15
30
+6
0.00
0.32
59
-19
35
0
35
14
25
.
Tuesday
January 5
46
17
32
+8
0.03
0.69
68
-20
33
0
35
14
24
.
Wednesday
January 6
39
33
36
+12
T
0.40
60
-25
29
0
35
14
24
.
Thursday
January 7
36
22
29
+5
0.01
0.60
65
-20
36
0
35
14
24
T
Friday
January 8
35
19
27
+3
0.00
0.34
70
-20
38
0
35
14
24
.
Saturday
January 9
32
23
28
+4
0.00
0.37
62
-21
37
0
35
14
24
.
Sunday
January 10
37
24
31
+7
0.00
0.76
73
-18
34
0
35
14
24
.
Monday
January 11
49
24
37
+13
0.00
0.31
65
-29
28
0
35
14
24
.
Tuesday
January 12
54
21
38
+14
0.00
0.74
64
-33
27
0
35
14
24
.
Wednesday 
January 13
55
28
42
+18
0.00
0.30
70
-21
23
0
35
14
24
.
Thursday
January 14
48
35
42
+18
T
0.91
60
-18
23
0
35
14
24
.
Friday 
January 15
35
30
33
+9
0.14
0.83
69
-27
32
0
35
14
24
2.0
Saturday
January 16
36
20
28
+4
0.00
0.60
66
-19
37
0
35
14
24
.
Sunday
January 17
45
24
35
+11
0.00
0.60
64
-16
30
0
35
14
24
.
Monday
January 18
40
25
33
+9
T
0.45
66
-21
32
0
35
14
24
T
Tuesday
January 19
44
19
32
+7
0.00
0.78
66
-29
33
0
35
14
25
.
Wednesday 
January 20
54
19
37
+12
0.00
0.47
68
-18
28
0
35
14
25
.
Thursday
January 21
51
18
35
+11
0.00
0.55
64
-17
30
0
36
14
25
.
Friday 
January 22
27
14
21
-4
T
0.64
60
-14
44
0
36
14
25
T
Saturday
January 23
31
15
23
-2
0.13
0.45
68
-20
42
0
36
14
25
1.5
Sunday
January 24
30
25
28
+3
0.00
0.46
72
-19
37
0
36
14
25
.
Monday
January 25
27
18
23
-2
1.13
1.13
69
-21
42
0
36
14
25
14.5
Tuesday
January 26
21
14
18
-7
0.02
0.81
68
-17
47
0
36
14
25
0.3
Wednesday 
January 27
22
8
15
-10
0.07
0.80
68
-23
50
0
36
14
25
0.6
Thursday
January 28
28
15
22
-3
0.00
0.90
64
-22
43
0
36
14
25
.
Friday 
January 29
38
8
23
-2
0.00
0.52
66
-18
42
0
36
14
25
.
Saturday
January 30
39
28
34
+9
0.00
0.34
70
-16
31
0
36
14
25
.
Sunday
January 31
31
17
24
-1
T
0.82
72
-20
41
0
36
14
25
.
January
2021
Max Min Mean Dep Pcpn Rec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD CDD Avg
Max
Avg
Min
Avg
Mean
Snow
.
Total
       
1.53
     
1111
0
     
18.9
.
Average
38.1 19.5
28.8
                     
Normal
35.4
13.8
24.6
0.64
1252
0
5.4
.
Departure
+2.7
+5.7
+4.2
 
+0.89
     
-141
       
+13.5


AVERAGE AND TOTAL are JANUARY 2021.
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 2021.  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: 122 years (1900-2021)
Most JANUARY Snowfall: 23.0 inches, 1915.

Least January Snowfall (1900-2021): Trace (flurries and not measurable), 3 of the last 122 years (1900, 1986, 2007)

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