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 April 2025

MonthWith SnowfallWithout SnowfallNumber of Years
January1263129
February1226129
March11018129
April5772129
May4124128
    
September1126128
October22105128
November9037128
December1244128

 

2.  Greatest Monthly Snowfall Totals (1897-2022)  through April, 2025

MonthSnowfallYear# Years
January23.0 inches1915122
February26.1 inches1965121
March21.3 inches1912120
April11.1 inches1997120
May3.0 inches1967120
    
September0.8 inches1985120
October13.2 inches1997120
November12.6 inches1957120
December24.3 inches2009120


3.  Greatest Seasonal Snowfall Totals (1897-1898 to 2024-25)

SeasonSnowfall
1914-191559.4 inches
2018-201955.5 inches
1947-194854.7 inches
1959-196054.3 inches
1948-194950.6 inches
1970-197149.0 inches
1983-198447.5 inches
1911-191246.5 inches
1944-194545.0 inches
1997-199844.6 inches
1940-194143.1 inches
1974-197542.1 inches
1964-196542.1 inches
2009-201041.6 inches

 

4.  Least Seasonal Snowfall Totals (1897-1898 to 2024-25)

SeasonSnowfall
2021-20225.1 inches
1967-19687.2 inches
2016-20177.5 inches
1965-19669.0 inches
1953-19549.8 inches
1921-192211.3 inches
1999-200011.9 inches
2024-2512.3 inches
1987-198813.0 inches
1963-196413.0 inches
1980-198113.0 inches
1903-190413.1 inches
1960-196113.1 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:
January 4, 2025:  0.5 inches (last snowfall before 1/4/25 was 1/18/24)

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.