October 2022, Lincoln, NE, Climate Data


Photo by Ken Dewey

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 3.05 5.27 3.73 2.57 0.55 0.97 0.61 . . 19.02
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

Normal January 1 - September 30 Precipitation = 24.72 inches
Normal January 1 - October 31 Precipitation = 26.86 inches

Last Month's Data, September 2022
Next Month's Data, November 2022

NOTE >> The NEW 1991-2020 Normals have been added to this page.
more information at: Lincoln's new 30-Year normals

Date of first freeze following Summer
Lincoln's earliest snowfalls in the Autumn

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

Record low temperature of 18°F on Tuesday, October 18.  Old record was 21°F set in 1972.
Record high temperature of 89°F on Sunday, October 23.  Old record was 84°F set in 1915,1899.

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October2022MaxMinMeanDepPcpnRec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDDCDDNorm
Max
Norm
Min
Norm
Mean
Snow
Saturday Oct. 1 83 56 70 +9 0.00 1.65 94 27 0 5 74 48 61 .
Sunday Oct. 2 84 55 70 +10 0.00 1.28 94 28 0 5 74 47 60 .
Monday
Oct. 3 86 51 69 +9 0.00 2.10 96 27 0 4 73 47 60 .
Tuesday Oct. 4 83 52 68 +8 T 1.20 93 29 0 3 73 46 60 .
Wednesday Oct. 5 78 49 64 +5 T 1.34 98 28 1 0 72 46 59 .
Thursday 
Oct. 6 73 46 60 +2 0.00 1.18 93 24 5 0 72 45 59 .
Friday Oct. 7 60 30 45 -13 0.01 1.18 90 20 20 0 71 45 58 .
Saturday Oct. 8 70 25 48 -10 0.00 1.79 91 17 17 0 71 45 58 .
Sunday Oct. 9 79 38 59 +2 0.00 1.73 90 18 6 0 70 44 57 .
Monday Oct. 10 81 36 59 +2 0.00 2.26 91 23 6 0 70 44 57 .
Tuesday Oct. 11 85 56 71 +15 0.50 2.74 89 21 0 6 69 43 56 .
Wednesday Oct. 12 70 49 60 +4 0.01 2.59 93 21 5 0 69 43 56 .
Thursday Oct. 13 63 38 51 -4 0.00 1.13 92 22 14 0 68 42 55 .
Friday Oct. 14 68 30 49 -6 T 0.86 91 24 16 0 68 42 55 .
Saturday Oct. 15 76 29 53 -1 0.00 1.12 91 22 12 0 67 41 54 .
Sunday Oct. 16 62 30 46 -8 0.00 1.74 88 21 19 0 67 41 54 .
Monday
Oct. 17 52 26 39 -14 0.00 1.18 85 15 26 0 66 41 53 .
Tuesday Oct. 18 46 18 32 -21 0.00 1.27 87 18 33 0 66 40 53 .
Wednesday Oct. 19 65 16 41 -11 0.00 1.02 88 12 24 0 65 40 52 .
Thursday Oct. 20 78 32 55 +3 0.00 0.46 90 18 10 0 65 39 52 .
Friday 
Oct. 21 79 40 60 +9 0.00 0.75 89 20 5 0 64 39 51 .
Saturday
Oct. 22 82 34 58 +7 0.00 2.01 89 19 7 0 64 38 51 .
Sunday Oct. 23 89 61 75 +24 0.00 1.18 89 20 0 10 63 38 51 .
Monday Oct. 24 77 32 55 +5 0.09 0.85 89 17 10 0 63 38 50 .
Tuesday Oct. 25 64 27 46 -4 0.00 2.19 89 15 19 0 62 37 50 .
Wednesday Oct. 26 60 28 44 -5 T 1.57 86 19 21 0 62 37 49 .
Thursday Oct. 27 65 47 56 +7 T 0.97 89 8 9 0 61 36 49 .
Friday Oct. 28 67 41 54 +6 0.00 1.56 84 10 11 0 61 36 48 .
Saturday Oct. 29 72 30 51 +3 0.00 1.98 87 9 14 0 60 36 48 .
Sunday
Oct. 30 71 41 56 +9 0.00 4.07 83 3 9 0 60 35 47 .
Monday
Oct. 31 73 32 53 +6 0.00 2.07 83 11 12 0 59 34 47 .
October 2022 Max Min Mean Dep Pcpn Rec
Pcpn
Rec
Max
Rec
Min
HDD CDD Avg
Max
Avg
Min
Avg
Mean
 
. TOTAL 0.61     331 33       0.0
. AVERAGE 72.3 37.9 55.1                
  NORMAL 66.6 41.0 53.8 2.14     367 20       0.9
. DEPARTURE +5.7 -2.1 +1.3   -1.53 -36 +13 -0.9
 

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are OCTOBER 2022.
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 1991-2020 Standard normals.
DEPARTURE is OCTOBER 2022 Averages and totals measured against 1991-2020 Normals.
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 (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 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 (1900-2021) 21 years since 1900 (21/122 years= 17.2%)
Octobers without measurable snowfall (1900-2021) 101 years since 1900 (101/122 years = 82.8%)

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


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 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.