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Rural Lancaster County, near Lincoln, NE, March 1, 2018. Photo Ken Dewey

Year 2018 (and last year) Lincoln Precipitation in inches compared to normal

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

TOTAL

Normal

0.64

0.77

1.93

2.71

4.29

4.34

3.40

3.49

3.02

1.97

1.43

0.95

28.95

2018

0.41

0.74

2.71

3.86

2017

1.10

0.55

1.62

3.55

6.29

7.35

5.99

3.38

1.85

4.90

0.07

0.38

37.03

Normal January 1 - March 31 Precipitation total = 3.34 inches

Winter 2017-18 (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
2017-18	T	0.0	4.3	3.4	10.0	0.7	.	.	18.4
2016-17	0.0	T	1.7	3.2	2.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	7.5

T = a Trace. Snowfall was observed but not enough to be measured

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

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March	2018	Max	Min	Mean	Dep	Pcpn	Rec Pcpn	Rec Max	Rec Min	HDD	CDD	Avg Max	Avg Min	Avg Mean	Snow
Thursday	Mar. 1	51	21	36	+2	0.00	0.62	81	-6	29	0	45	23	34	.
Friday	Mar. 2	61	21	41	+7	0.00	0.55	79	-7	24	0	46	23	34	.
Saturday	Mar. 3	73	42	58	+23	0.00	0.92	78	-10	7	0	46	24	35	.
Sunday	Mar. 4	70	47	59	+24	0.00	0.88	80	-19	6	0	47	24	35	.
Monday	Mar. 5	54	34	44	+8	0.04	1.16	76	-7	21	0	47	24	36	T
Tuesday	Mar. 6	36	27	32	-4	0.05	0.58	80	-11	33	0	48	25	36	0.6
Wednesday	Mar. 7	38	19	29	-8	0.00	0.87	80	-9	36	0	48	25	37	.
Thursday	Mar. 8	46	12	29	-8	0.00	0.80	79	-8	36	0	49	25	37	.
Friday	Mar. 9	53	28	41	+4	0.00	0.57	82	-2	24	0	49	26	37	.
Saturday	Mar. 10	54	28	41	+3	0.00	0.87	78	-7	24	0	50	26	38	.
Sunday	Mar. 11	38	31	35	-3	0.01	0.73	84	-19	30	0	50	26	38	0.1
Monday	Mar. 12	52	22	37	-2	0.00	1.11	81	-15	28	0	51	27	39	.
Tuesday	Mar. 13	50	20	35	-4	0.00	0.68	83	-5	30	0	51	27	39	.
Wednesday	Mar. 14	69	20	45	+6	0.00	0.86	82	-5	20	0	52	27	39	.
Thursday	Mar. 15	68	27	48	+8	0.00	0.88	85	-1	17	0	52	28	40	.
Friday	Mar. 16	49	33	41	+1	0.40	1.29	90	-4	24	0	52	28	40	.
Saturday	Mar. 17	41	34	38	-3	0.00	1.09	84	-5	27	0	53	28	41	.
Sunday	Mar. 18	43	36	40	-1	0.46	1.80	87	-7	25	0	53	29	41	.
Monday	Mar. 19	45	34	40	-1	0.35	1.28	87	-3	25	1	54	29	41	.
Tuesday	Mar. 20	42	29	36	-6	0.14	0.75	79	-3	29	0	54	29	42	T
Wednesday	Mar. 21	56	22	39	-3	0.00	0.42	88	5	26	0	55	30	42	.
Thursday	Mar. 22	68	42	55	+13	0.00	1.75	90	6	10	0	55	30	42	.
Friday	Mar. 23	58	43	51	+14	0.89	1.41	88	7	14	0	56	30	43	.
Saturday	Mar. 24	43	34	39	-4	0.01	1.64	83	7	26	0	56	31	43	.
Sunday	Mar. 25	40	32	36	-8	0.01	1.96	91	5	29	0	56	31	44	.
Monday	Mar. 26	41	38	40	-4	0.29	1.21	88	2	25	0	57	31	44	.
Tuesday	Mar. 27	54	33	44	0	0.00	0.98	84	6	21	0	57	32	44	.
Wednesday	Mar. 28	59	30	45	0	0.06	1.74	90	11	20	0	58	32	45	.
Thursday	Mar. 29	50	33	42	-3	0.00	1.34	89	12	23	0	58	32	45	.
Friday	Mar. 30	61	25	43	-3	0.00	0.99	88	10	22	0	58	33	46	.
Saturday	Mar. 31	54	26	40	-6	T	1.73	91	14	25	0	59	33	46	T
March	2018	Max	Min	Mean	Dep	Pcpn	Rec Pcpn	Rec Max	Rec Min	HDD	CDD	Avg Max	Avg Min	Avg Mean	Snow
	TOTAL					2.71				736	0				0.7
	AVERAGE	52.2	29.8	41.0
	NORMAL	52.3	27.9	40.1		1.93				772	1				4.8
	DEPARTURE	-0.1	+1.9	+0.9		+0.78				-36	-1				-4.1

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are MARCH 2018.
Temperature is °F
Precipitation measurement is inches
Precipitation "T" = trace, precipitation was observed but not enough to be measured
NORMAL (Norm) refers to the 1981-2010 Standard Normals
DEPARTURE is MARCH 2018 Average measured against 1981-2010 normals, in °F.
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 climate record books:
Warmest recorded MARCH temperature, 91°F, March 31, 2012 And, March 25, 1972.
Coldest recorded MARCH temperature, -19°F, March 4, 1978 and March 11, 1907.

SNOWFALL:
Most MARCH Snowfall: 21.3 inches, 1912.
Least MARCH Snowfall: none measurable, 16 of the last 119 years = 13.4% of the years 1900-2018.

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