January 2024 Lincoln, NE, Climate Data


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Year 2023 Notable Weather
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NOAA: 2023 Warmest Year on Record
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2022 Notable Weather

January 8-9, 2024 Snowfall Map
January 7-14, 2024 Cold and Snow
    
Lincoln's Cold Weather Climatology
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List of all Daily Records and years set

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January Daylight
January 1: Sunrise 7:50am; Sunset 5:09pm (Daylight 9hr 19min)
January 31: Sunrise 7:38am; Sunset 5:42pm (Daylight 10hr 4min)

Jan. 10-22, 2024: 176 consecutive hours below 32°F.

Jan. 22-26 Steady Temperatures

RECORDS:
Record daily precipitation, January 8, 2024:  0.61 inches, old record 0.34 inches, 1937
Record daily snowfall, January 12, 2024: 4.4 inches, old record 3.9 inches, 1898
Tied Record low, January 14, 2024: -18°F, first set in 1888.

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

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 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

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January
2024
Max
Min
Mean
Dep
Pcpn
Rec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD
CDD
Norm
Max
Norm 
Min		Norm
Mean		Snow
Monday
January 1
35
13
24
-2
0.00
0.39
63
-26
41
0
36
15
26
.
Tuesday
January 2
45
 22
34
+9
0.00
0.34
72
-22
31
0
36
15
25
.
Wednesday
January 3
42
18
30
+5
0.00
1.40
63
-17
35
0
36
15
25
.
Thursday
January 4
32
28
30
+5
0.00
0.32
59
-19
35
0
36
15
25
.
Friday
January 5
34
30
32
+7
0.00
0.69
68
-20
33
0
35
15
25
.
Saturday
January 6
36
30
 33
+8
T
0.40
60
-25
32
0
35
15
25
T
Sunday
January 7
36
23
30
+5
0.00
0.60
65
-20
35
0
35
15
25
.
Monday
January 8
36
28
 32
+7
0.61
0.34
70
-20
33
0
35
14
25
4.2
Tuesday
January 9
29
9
19
-6
0.05
0.37
62
-21
46
0
35
14
25
2.0
Wednesday
January 10
35
11
23
-2
0.01
0.76
73
-18
42
0
35
14
25
T
Thursday
January 11
25
7
16
-9
0.01
0.31
65
-29
49
0
35
14
25
T
Friday
January 12
7
-2
3
-22
0.23
0.74
64
-33
62
0
35
14
25
4.4
Saturday
January 13
2
 -14
-6
-31
T
0.30
70
-21
71
0
35
14
25
T
Sunday
January 14
-5
-18
-11
-36
 0.00
0.91
60
-18
76
0
35
14
25
.
Monday
January 15
2
-17
-7
-32
T
0.83
69
-27
72
0
35
14
25
T
Wednesday.
January 16
9
 -10
0
-25
0.00
0.60
66
-19
65
0
35
14
25
.
Wednesday
January 17
25
-1
12
 -13 0.00
0.60
64
-16
53
0
35
14
25
.
Thursday
January 18
22
3
13
-12
0.04
0.45
66
-21
52
0
35
14
25
0.8
Friday
January 19
8
-8
0
-25
0.00
0.78
66
-29
65
0
35
14
25
.
Saturday
January 20
7
-17
-5
 -30
0.00
0.47
68
-18
70
0
36
14
25
.
Sunday
January 21
31
2
17
-8
0.00
0.55
64
-17
48
0
36
14
25
.
Monday
January 22
35
26
31
+6
0.00
0.64
60
-14
34
0
36
14
25
.
Tuesday
January 23
36
33
35
+10
0.00
0.45
68
-20
30
0
36
14
25
.
Wednesday
January 24
38
33
36
+11
0.00
0.46
72
-19
29
0
36
14
25
.
Thursday
January 25
37
33
35
+10
0.00
0.48
69
-21
30
0
36
14
25
.
Friday
January 26
34
32
33
+8
0.00
0.81
68
-17
32
0
36
14
25
.
Saturday
January 27
43
25
34
+9
0.00
0.80
68
-23
31
0
36
15
25
.
Sunday
January 28
48
22
35
 +10
0.00
0.90
64
-22
30
0
36
15
25
.
Monday
January 29
52
24
38
+12
0.00
0.52
66
-18
27
0
36
15
26
.
Tuesday
January 30
53
26
40
+14
0.00
0.34
70
-16
25
0
37
15
26
.
Wednesday
January 31
61
27
44
+18
0.00
0.82
72
-20
21
0
37
15
26
.
 
2024
 Max Min Mean Dep Pcpn Rec
Pcpn		 Rec
Max		 Rec
Min		 HDD CDD Norm 
Max		 Norm 
Min		 Norm
Mean		 Snow
.
Total
        
0.95
      
1335
0
      
11.4
.
Average
30.0
13.5
 21.7                      
Normal
35.6
14.4
25.0
0.73
1240
0
6.5
 .
Departure
-5.6
-0.9
 -3.3  
+0.22
      
+95
        
+4.9


AVERAGE AND TOTAL are JANUARY 2024 
Temperature is °F
Precipitation measurement is "inches"
Precipitation "T" = trace, precipitation was observed but not enough to be measured
Norm = the 1991-2020 Standard Normals.
DEPARTURE is JANUARY 2024 average measured against 1991-2020 normals.
Max = Observed Maximum and Min = Observed Minimum temperatures in °F.
Mean = Observed Mean Daily temperature in °F.
Dep = Departure from normal (- is below normal, + is 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.

FROM THE RECORD BOOKS:
Warmest recorded JANUARY  temperature, 73°F, January 10, 1990 
Coldest recorded JANUARY  temperature, -33°F,  January 12, 1974
SNOWFALL: 127 years (1897-2023)
Most JANUARY Snowfall: 23.0 inches, 1915.
Least January Snowfall (1897-2023): Trace (observed but not measurable), 3 of the last 127 years (2006, 1986, 1900)
January Most preciptation (rain plus melted snow) = 3.15 inches, 1949
January Least preciptation (rain plus melted snow) = 0.00 inches, 1986 and 1943

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