March 2022, Lincoln, NE, Climate Data

March 1, 2022 and Lincoln is brown and warm with a record low amount of snow so far this winter.
Photo South Lincoln. Note the orange snow fence ready and waiting!

NOTE: New Site within the Lincoln Weather Website>> "Tornadoes"

Winter 2021-22 (and last 3 years) 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
2021-22 0.0 T 0.8 2.9 0.1 1.3 . . 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

Year 2022 (and last year) Lincoln Precipitation in Inches compared to normal

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC TOTAL
Normal 0.73 0.89 1.55 2.69 4.91 4.48 3.25 3.32 2.90 2.14 1.30 1.18 29.34
2022 0.28 0.03 1.96 . . . . . . . . . 2.27
2021 1.53 0.79 5.23 1.74 2.55 4.46 1.73 3.41 0.64 4.04 0.49 0.25 26.12

ANNOUNCEMENT:  Weatherfest is scheduled for Saturday, OCTOBER 8, 2022

ANNOUNCEMENT: UNL National Weathercamp is scheduled for June 12-17, 2022. Applications are available now.

NOTE: New Site within Lincoln Weather Website>> "Tornadoes"

March 2, 2022 Record High Temperature 81°F (old record 79°F, 1992, 1904)
March 20, 2022 Record High Temperature 80°F (old record 79°F, 1934)

Related Links:
Last Month's Data: February 2022
Next Month's Data: April 2022
Lincoln's Cold Weather Climatology
Lincoln's snowfall climatology
List of all Daily Records and years set

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

NOTE: New 1991-2020 Climate Normals added to the table

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March 2022MaxMinMeanDepPcpnRec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDDCDDNorm
Max
Norm 
Min
Norm
Mean
Snow
Tuesday Mar. 1 76 28 52 +17 0.00 0.62 81 -6 13 0 46 23 35 .
Wednesday Mar. 2 81 26 54 +19 0.00 0.55 79 -7 11 0 47 24 35 .
Thursday Mar. 3 53 27 40 +4 0.00 0.92 78 -10 25 0 47 24 36 .
Friday Mar. 4 73 31 52 +16 0.50 0.88 80 -19 13 0 48 24 36 .
Saturday Mar. 5 59 28 44 +7 0.04 1.16 76 -7 21 0 48 25 37 T
Sunday Mar. 6 35 23 29 -8 0.04 0.58 80 -11 36 0 49 25 37 0.5
Monday  Mar. 7 39 21 30 -7 0.05 0.87 80 -9 35 0 49 25 37 0.5
Tuesday Mar. 8 52 16 34 -4 0.00 0.80 79 -8 31 0 50 26 38 .
Wednesday Mar. 9 31 17 24 -14 T 0.57 82 -2 41 0 50 26 38 T
Thursday Mar. 10 30 18 24 -15 0.02 0.87 78 -7 41 0 51 27 39 0.3
Friday Mar. 11 32 7 20 -19 0.00 0.73 84 -19 45 0 51 27 39 .
Saturday Mar. 12 40 5 23 -17 0.00 1.11 81 -15 42 0 52 27 40 .
Sunday Mar. 13 69 24 47 +7 0.00 0.68 83 -5 18 0 52 28 40 .
Monday  Mar. 14 60 35 48 +7 0.00 0.86 82 -5 17 0 53 28 41 .
Tuesday Mar. 15 64 20 42 +1 0.00 0.88 85 -1 23 0 53 28 41 .
Wednesday Mar. 16 73 34 54 +13 0.00 1.29 90 -4 11 0 54 29 41 .
Thursday Mar. 17 53 39 46 +4 0.35 1.09 84 -5 19 0 54 29 42 .
Friday Mar. 18 53 29 41 -1 0.33 1.80 87 -7 24 0 55 30 42 .
Saturday Mar. 19 68 22 45 +2 0.00 1.28 87 -3 20 0 55 30 43 .
Sunday Mar. 20 80 27 54 +11 0.00 0.75 79 -3 11 0 56 30 43 .
Monday  Mar. 21 72 43 58 +15 0.18 0.42 88 5 7 0 56 31 43 .
Tuesday Mar. 22 45 35 40 -4 0.43 1.75 90 6 25 0 57 31 44 T
Wednesday Mar. 23 41 36 39 -5 0.02 1.41 88 7 26 0 57 31 44 T
Thursday Mar. 24 48 28 38 -7 T 1.64 83 7 27 0 57 32 45 T
Friday Mar. 25 59 26 43 -2 0.00 1.96 91 5 22 0 58 32 45 .
Saturday Mar. 26 51 22 37 -8 0.00 1.21 88 2 28 0 58 32 45 .
Sunday Mar. 27 43 25 34 -12 0.00 0.98 84 6 31 0 59 33 46 .
Monday
Mar. 28 56 25 41 -5 0.00 1.74 90 11 24 0 59 33 46 .
Tuesday Mar. 29 74 39 57 +11 T 1.34 89 12 8 0 59 33 46 .
Wednesday Mar. 30 46 31 39 -8 T 0.99 88 10 26 0 60 34 47 T
Thursday Mar. 31 50 23 37 -10 T 1.73 91 14 . 0 60 34 47 T
March 2022 Max Min Mean Dep Pcpn Rec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD CDD Avg
Max
Avg
Min
Avg
Mean
Snow
. TOTAL   1.96       749 0       1.3
. AVERAGE 55.0 26.1 40.6                  
NORMAL 53.6 28.7 41.2   1.55     741 2       3.4
. DEPARTURE +1.4 -2.6 -0.6   +0.41       +8 -2   -2.1

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are MARCH 2022.
Temperature is °F
Precipitation measurement is inches
Precipitation "T" = trace, precipitation was observed but not enough to be measured

NORMAL (Norm) refers to the 1991-2020 Standard Normals
DEPARTURE is MARCH 2022 Average measured against 1991-2020 normals, in °F.
Max = Observed Maximum and Min = Observed Minimum temperatures in °F.
Mean = Observed Mean Daily temperature in °F.
Dep = Departure from normal ( - is 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 (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 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, 17 of the last 122 years = 13.9% of the years 1900-2021.

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