Lincoln, NE, August 2014 Weather and Climate Data

Lincoln, Nebraska
August 2014: Daily Climate Data

Data archive: 1887-2014

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

LINKS to additional Data not at this page:
LINK: Heat Wave climatology
UNL Climate Corner Blog, LINK:  http://snrclimatecorner.blogspot.com/
LINK: Climate News Archive
LINK: Lake Mead Drought Update

LINK: July 2014 Climate Data

Year 2014 Precipitation (in inches) compared to normal: red above normal, blue below normal

  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
Normal 0.64 0.77 1.93 2.71 4.29 4.34 3.40 3.48 3.02 1.97 1.43 0.95 28.95
2014 0.24 0.62 0.13 3.50 5.26 5.90 0.51 7.54 . . . . 23.70
2013 0.73 0.54 2.12 4.02 8.44 2.49 1.00 1.11 1.99 2.63 1.22 0.22 26.71

Normal January 1 - July 31 Precipitation = 17.14 inches
Normal January 1 - August 31 precipitation = 21.56 inches.

TOP TEN Wettest Months of August

Wettest
Year
Amount
in Inches
Rank
1910 13.98 1
1954 10.14 2
1900 9.07 3
1982 8.57 4
2002 8.29 5
2014 7.54 6
1977 7.48 7
2011 6.89 8
1916 6.70 9
1905 6.45 10
1903 6.45 10

All temperatures of 90F or higher are in RED.

August 2014 Max Min Mean Dep Pcpn Rec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD CDD Norm
Max
Norm
Min
Norm
Mean
Friday Aug. 1 86 63 75 -2 0.00 2.39 105 48 0 10 89 66 77
Saturday Aug. 2 90 59 75 -2 0.06 2.04 107 52 0 10 88 66 77
Sunday Aug. 3 93 66 80 +3 0.00 2.05 108 51 0 15 88 66 77
Monday Aug. 4 87 64 76 -1 0.00 1.68 109 45 0 11 88 66 77
Tuesday Aug. 5 93 67 80 +3 0.00 1.60 109 48 0 15 88 66 77
Wednesday Aug. 6 83 71 77 0 0.21 1.68 104 49 0 12 88 66 77
Thursday Aug. 7 81 68 75 -2 0.00 2.02 104 44 0 10 88 65 77
Friday Aug. 8 83 70 77 0 0.00 1.71 110 50 0 12 88 65 77
Saturday Aug. 9 85 68 77 +1 0.55 1.69 106 48 0 12 88 65 76
Sunday Aug. 10 85 68 77 +1 0.08 1.33 104 48 0 12 88 65 76
Monday Aug. 11 80 57 69 -7 0.00 1.94 105 48 0 5 88 65 76
Tuesday Aug. 12 81 51 66 -10 0.00 2.94 107 47 0 1 88 65 76
Wednesday Aug. 13 87 53 70 -6 0.00 1.83 108 49 0 5 87 65 76
Thursday Aug. 14 89 57 73 -3 0.00 3.32 103 45 0 8 87 65 76
Friday Aug. 15 76 69 73 -3 0.23 1.72 106 48 0 8 87 64 76
Saturday Aug. 16 87 69 78 +2 0.00 4.27 107 49 0 13 87 64 76
Sunday Aug. 17 92 67 80 +4 0.31 2.54 107 44 0 15 87 64 76
Monday Aug. 18 91 62 77 +2 0.01 2.36 110 45 0 12 87 64 75
Tuesday Aug. 19 93 66 80 +5 0.00 1.24 100 45 0 15 87 64 75
Wednesday Aug. 20 96 74 85 +10 0.00 2.73 102 39 0 20 87 63 75
Thursday Aug. 21 90 71 81 +6 0.23 2.41 104 47 0 16 86 63 75
Friday Aug. 22 93 73 83 +8 0.18 2.94 103 46 0 18 86 63 75
Saturday Aug. 23 95 69 82 +8 0.21 1.28 103 43 0 17 86 63 74
Sunday Aug. 24 91 70 81 +7 0.00 1.90 107 43 0 16 86 63 74
Monday Aug. 25 83 64 74 0 0.00 3.09 105 45 0 9 86 62 74
Tuesday Aug. 26 81 63 72 -2 1.45 1.72 105 48 0 7 85 62 74
Wednesday Aug. 27 77 67 72 -1 0.65 1.34 104 47 0 7 85 62 73
Thursday Aug. 28 82 69 76 +3 2.66 2.93 103 41 0 11 85 61 73
Friday Aug. 29 75 67 71 -2 T 5.45 101 41 0 6 85 61 73
Saturday Aug. 30 87 64 76 +3 0.00 2.23 103 42 0 11 85 61 73
Sunday Aug. 31 92 66 79 +7 0.71 1.96 103 42 0 14 84 60 72
August 2014 Max Min Mean Dep Pcpn Rec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD CDD Avg
Max
Avg
Min
Avg
Mean
TOTAL         7.54       0 352      
AVERAGE 86.6 65.5 76.1                    
NORMAL 86.8 63.8 75.3   3.48       4 331      
  DEPARTURE -0.2 +1.7 +0.8   +3.35       -4 +21      
                             
 

AVERAGE and TOTAL are August 2014.
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 AUGUST 2014 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.

From the record books:
Hottest recorded August temperature, 110 F, August 8, 1934 & August 18, 1936.
Coldest recorded August temperature, 39 F,  August 20, 1950.

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