Lincoln, NE, October 2012 Weather and Climate Data

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

 UNL Climate Corner Blog:  http://snrclimatecorner.blogspot.com/

RECORDS:
Record low of 28 F tied on October 5, 2012. Record first set in 1952 and tied in 1991.
Tied Record low daytime high temperature of 48 F on October 6, 2012 (first set in 2000)
Record low of 23 F on October 10, 2012. Previous record first was 24 F set in 1987

LINK: October Daily Graph of temperatures compared to normal

October 2012 Max Min Mean Dep Pcpn Rec
Pcpn 		Rec
Max 		Rec
Min 		HDD CDD Avg
Max 		Avg
Min 		Avg
Mean 		Snow
Monday  Oct. 1 72 42 57 -2 0.00 1.65 94 27 8 0 72 46 59  
Tuesday  Oct. 2 74 33 54 -5 0.00 1.28 94 28 11 0 72 46 59  
Wednesday  Oct. 3 82 35 59 1 0.00 2.10 96 27 6 0 71 45 58  
Thursday  Oct. 4 58 43 51 -7 0.00 1.20 93 29 14 0 71 45 58  
Friday  Oct. 5 53 28 41 -17 0.00 0.89 98 28 24 0 71 45 58  
Saturday  Oct. 6 48 27 38 -19 0.00 1.01 93 24 27 0 70 44 57  
Sunday  Oct. 7 57 21 39 -18 0.00 1.18 90 20 26 0 70 44 57  
Monday  Oct. 8 73 34 54 -2 0.00 1.79 90 17 11 0 69 43 56  
Tuesday  Oct. 9 57 29 43 -13 0.00 1.73 90 18 22 0 69 43 56  
Wednesday  Oct. 10 65 23 44 -12 0.00 2.26 91 23 21 0 68 43 56  
Thursday  Oct. 11 66 44 55 0 0.00 2.74 89 21 10 0 68 42 55  
Friday  Oct. 12 53 34 44 -11 T 2.59 93 21 21 0 68 42 55  
Saturday  Oct. 13 73 53 63 +9 1.00 1.13 92 22 2 0 67 42 54  
Sunday  Oct. 14 70 43 57 +3 0.14 0.86 91 24 8 0 67 41 54  
Monday  Oct. 15 77 36 57 +3 0.00 1.12 91 22 8 0 66 41 54  
Tuesday  Oct. 16 81 47 64 +11 0.00 1.74 88 21 1 0 66 41 53  
Wednesday  Oct. 17 68 50 59 +6 0.03 1.18 85 15 6 0 66 40 53  
Thursday  Oct. 18 52 46 49 -4 0.02 1.27 87 21 16 0 65 40 53  
Friday  Oct. 19 55 33 44 -8 T 1.02 88 12 21 0 65 40 52  
Saturday  Oct. 20 69 29 49 -3 0.00 0.46 90 18 16 0 64 39 52  
Sunday  Oct. 21 81 38 60 +9 0.01 0.75 89 20 5 0 64 39 51  
Monday  Oct. 22 66 54 60 +9 0.00 2.01 89 19 5 0 63 39 51  
Tuesday  Oct. 23 77 49 63 +12 0.00 1.18 84 20 2 0 63 38 51  
Wednesday  Oct. 24 56 45 51 +1 0.01 0.85 89 17 14 0 62 38 50  
Thursday  Oct. 25 46 33 40 -10 0.71 2.19 89 15 25 0 62 37 50  
Friday  Oct. 26 43 21 32 -17 0.00 1.57 86 19 33 0 62 37 49  
Saturday  Oct. 27 46 20 33 -16 0.00 0.97 89 8 32 0 61 37 49  
Sunday  Oct. 28 53 29 41 -7 0.00 1.56 84 10 24 0 61 36 48  
Monday  Oct. 29 61 42 52 +4 0.00 1.98 87 9 13 0 60 36 48  
Tuesday  Oct. 30 55 32 44 -4 0.00 4.07 83 3 21 0 60 35 48  
Wednesday  Oct. 31 64 28 46 -1 0.00 2.07 83 11 19 0 59 35 47  
October 2012 Max Min Mean Dep Pcpn Rec
Pcpn 		Rec
Max 		Rec
Min 		HDD CDD Avg
Max 		Avg
Min 		Avg
Mean 		 
  TOTAL 1.92     472 0       0.0
  AVERAGE 62.9 36.2 49.5                
  NORMAL 65.8 40.6 53.2 1.97     380 15       0.0
  DEPARTURE -2.9 -4.4 -3.7   -0.05 +92 -15
 

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are OCTOBER 2012.
Temperature is "degrees 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 OCTOBER 2012  Averages and totals measured against 1981-2010 Normals.
Max = Observed Maximum and Min = Observed Minimum temperatures in deg. F.
Mean = Observed Mean Daily temperature in deg. F.
Dep = Departure from normal ( __ = below normal, + above normal), in deg. 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 deg. F.
Rec Min = Record Minimum temperature in deg. F.
HDD = heating degree day units (base of 65 degrees) in deg. F.
CDD = cooling degree day units (base of 65 degrees) in deg F.
Norm Max = Daily Normal High Temperature (1981-2010 normals) in deg. F.
Norm Min = Daily Normal Low Temperature (1981-2010 normals) in deg. F.
Norm Mean = Daily Normal Mean Temperature (1981-2010 normals) in deg. F.
Snow = Snowfall in inches.

From the record books:
Hottest recorded October temperature, 98 F, October 5, 1947
Coldest recorded October temperature, 3 F,  October 30, 1925.
Earliest ever first snowfall, September 28, 1985, 0.8 inches.
Most ever October snowfall, 13.2 inches, 1997.


October 10, 2009:    LINK:  Third Earliest Snowfall for Lincoln, NE

 

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