October 2020, Lincoln, NE, Climate Data


.. October 1, 2020 rural Lincoln, NE.  Photo by Ken Dewey

Last Month's Data - September 2020
Next Month's Data - November 2020

Record Cold High temperature, October 26, of 31°F.

Year 2020 (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
3.48
3.02
1.97
1.43 0.95
28.93
2020
1.29
0.13
1.67
0.88
5.09 3.15 5.73 1.27 1.62 0.40
21.23
2019
0.75
1.59
2.65
1.13
7.29
4.38
4.08
2.79
3.40
4.69
0.79 2.57
36.11

Normal January 1 - September 30 Precipitation = 23.43 inches
Normal January 1 - October 31 Precipitation = 25.40 inches

LINK: Lincoln's Earliest Snowfalls 

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

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October
2020
Max
Min
Mean
Dep
Pcpn
Rec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD
CDD
Avg
Max
Avg
Min
Avg
Mean
Snow
Thursday 
Oct. 1
64
35
50
-9
0.00
1.65
94
27
15
0
72
46
59
.
Friday 
Oct. 2
66
32
49
-10
0.03
1.28
94
28
16
0
72
46
59
.
Saturday 
Oct. 3
61
36
49
-9
0.00
2.10
96
27
16
0
71
45
58
.
Sunday 
Oct. 4
69
32
51
-7
0.00
1.20
93
29
14
0
71
45
58
.
Monday 
Oct. 5
79
51
65
+7
0.00
1.34
98
28
0
0
71
45
58
.
Tuesday 
Oct. 6
86
42
64
+7
0.00
1.18
93
24
1
0
70
44
57
.
Wednesday 
Oct. 7
86
47
67
+10
0.00
1.18
90
20
0
2
70
44
57
.
Thursday 
Oct. 8
85
50
68
+12
0.00
1.79
91
17
0
3
69
43
56
.
Friday 
Oct. 9
88
59
74
+18
0.00
1.73
90
18
0
9
69
43
56
.
Saturday 
Oct. 10
82
50
66
+10
0.00
2.26
91
23
0
1
68
43
56
.
Sunday 
Oct. 11
88
55
72
+17
0.20
2.74
89
21
0
7
68
42
55
.
Monday 
Oct. 12
71
48
60
+5
T
2.59
93
21
5
0
68
42
55
.
Tuesday 
Oct. 13
73
46
60
+6
0.00
1.13
92
22
5
0
67
42
54
.
Wednesday 
Oct. 14
77
48
63
+9
T
0.86
91
24
2
0
67
41
54
.
Thursday 
Oct. 15
58
37
48
-6
0.00
1.12
91
22
17
0
66
41
54
.
Friday 
Oct. 16
61
36
49
-4
0.00
1.74
88
21
16
0
66
41
53
.
Saturday 
Oct. 17
73
42
58
5
T
1.18
85
15
7
0
66
40
53
.
Sunday 
Oct. 18
45
34
40
-12
0.03
1.27
87
21
25
0
65
40
53
T
Monday 
Oct. 19
50
36
43
-9
T
1.02
88
12
22
0
65
40
52
.
Tuesday 
Oct. 20
47
35
41
-11
T
0.46
90
18
24
0
64
39
52
.
Wednesday 
Oct. 21
51
32
42
-9
0.01
0.75
89
20
23
0
64
39
51
.
Thursday 
Oct. 22
48
36
42
-9
0.02
2.01
89
19
23
0
63
39
51
.
Friday 
Oct. 23
39
24
32
-18
0.00
1.18
84
20
33
0
63
38
50
.
Saturday 
Oct. 24
35
19
27
-23
0.00
0.85
89
17
38
0
62
38
50
.
Sunday 
Oct. 25
34
24
29
-21
0.05
2.19
89
15
36
0
62
37
50
0.4
Monday 
Oct. 26
31
20
26
-23
0.06
1.57
86
19
39
0
62
37
49
2.5
Tuesday 
Oct. 27
42
16
29
-20
0.00
0.97
89
8
36
0
61
37
49
.
Wednesday 
Oct. 28
60
21
41
-7
0.00
1.56
84
10
24
0
61
36
48
.
Thursday 
Oct. 29
50
29
40
-8
0.00
1.98
87
9
25
0
60
36
48
.
Friday 
Oct. 30
64
24
44
-4
0.00
4.07
83
3
21
0
60
35
48
.
Saturday 
Oct. 31
69
39
54
+7
0.00
2.07
83
11
11
0
59
35
47
.
October
2020
Max
Min
Mean
Dep
Pcpn
Rec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD
CDD
Avg
Max
Avg
Min
Avg
Mean
 
.
TOTAL
0.40
 
 
494
22
 
 
 
2.9
.
AVERAGE
62.3
36.6
49.5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NORMAL
65.8
40.6
53.2
1.97
 
 
380
15
 
 
 
3.5
.
DEPARTURE
-3.5
-4.0
-3.7
 
-1.57
+114
+7
-0.6
 

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are OCTOBER 2020.
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 OCTOBER 2020Averages and totals measured against 1981-2010 Normals.
Max = Observed Maximum and Min = Observed Minimum temperatures in °F.
Mean = Observed Mean Daily temperature in deg. 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 record books:
Hottest recorded October temperature, 98 F, October 5, 1947
Coldest recorded October temperature, 3 F,  October 30, 1925
SNOWFALL (121 years, 1900-2020):

Earliest ever first snowfall, September 28, 1985, 0.8 inches.
Most ever October snowfall, 13.2 inches, October 26, 1997.
Octobers with measurable snowfall (1900-2020) 20 years since 1900 (21/121 years= 17%)
Octobers without measurable snowfall (1900-2020) 100 years since 1900 (100/121 years = 83%)

LINK: October 14, 2018 snowfall compared to Lincoln's Earliest Snowfalls 

snow
The yellow "do not pass" line is ignored as we wind our way through
the tree covered streets of Lincoln on October 25, 1997


October 2009 snowfall in Lincoln
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.