Lincoln Snowfall Statistics 1897 to present

 

CONTENTS:

1. Number of Years With/Without Snowfall (for each Month)
2. Greatest Monthly Snowfall Totals
3. Greatest Seasonal Snowfall Totals
4. Least Seasonal Snowfall Totals
5. Average Number of Days with Snowfall > 1.0 inch
6. Earliest and Latest First Snowfall

 

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

1.  Number of years WITH and WITHOUT measurable snowfall
for each month, January 1897 - through February 29, 2024

MonthWith SnowfallWithout SnowfallNumber of Years
January 125 3 128
February 121 6 128
March 109 17 127
April 57 70 127
May 4 123 127
       
September 1 125 127
October 22 104 127
November 90 37 127
December 124 3 127

 

2.  Greatest Monthly Snowfall Totals (1897-2022)  through December, 2023

Month Snowfall Year # Years
January 23.0 inches 1915 122
February 26.1 inches 1965 121
March 21.3 inches 1912 120
April 11.1 inches 1997 120
May 3.0 inches 1967 120
 
September 0.8 inches 1985 120
October 13.2 inches 1997 120
November 12.6 inches 1957 120
December 24.3 inches 2009 120


3.  Greatest Seasonal Snowfall Totals (1897-1898 to 2022-23)

Season Snowfall
1914-1915 59.4 inches
2018-2019 55.5 inches
1947-1948 54.7 inches
1959-1960 54.3 inches
1948-1949 50.6 inches
1970-1971 49.0 inches
1983-1984 47.5 inches
1911-1912 46.5 inches
1944-1945 45.0 inches
1997-1998 44.6 inches
1940-1941 43.1 inches
1974-1975 42.1 inches
1964-1965 42.1 inches
2009-2010 41.6 inches

 

4.  Least Seasonal Snowfall Totals (1897-1898 to 2022-23)

Season Snowfall
2021-2022 5.1 inches
1967-1968 7.2 inches
2016-2017 7.5 inches
1965-1966 9.0 inches
1953-1954 9.8 inches
1921-1922 11.3 inches
1999-2000 11.9 inches
1987-1988 13.0 inches
1963-1964 13.0 inches
1980-1981 13.0 inches
1903-1904 13.1 inches
1960-1961 13.1 inches

5. Average Number of Days with Snowfall > 1 inch
October 0.1
November 0.9
December 1.8
January 1.8
February 1.8
March 1.6
April 0.4


6.  Earliest and Latest Measurable Snowfalls

Earliest measurable snowfall:
September 29, 1985: 0.8 inches.

Latest measurable snowfalls:
May 3-4, 1967: 3.0 inches
May 3, 1907: 2.2 inches
May 1-2, 2013: 2.7 inches

Latest FIRST measurable Snowfall:
December 31, 2006:  7.5 inches

All of the data on this page are from the official NWS data archives for Lincoln, NE.

Additional data for Lincoln, NE can be found at the HPRCC web site.