September 1, 2018. Above Lincoln, NE . Drone Photo: Ken Dewey
Year 2018 (and last year) 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 | 3.49 | 3.02 | 1.97 | 1.43 | 0.95 | 28.95 |
| 2018 | 0.41 | 0.74 | 2.71 | 0.67 | 2.23 | 8.83 | 1.35 | 4.35 | 7.13 | 28.42 | |||
| 2017 | 1.10 |
0.55 | 1.62 | 3.55 | 6.29 | 7.35 | 5.99 | 3.38 | 1.85 | 4.90 | 0.07 | 0.38 | 37.03 |
Normal January 1 - August 31 Precipitation = 21.58 inches
Normal January 1 - September 30 Precipitation = 23.43 inches
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Lincoln, Nebraska Top Ten Wettest Septembers – as of September 25, 2018
(1887-2018, 132 years of data)
1914: 8.32 inches
1989: 8.28 inches
1906: 7.60 inches
1973: 7.52 inches
1923: 7.21 inches
2018: 7.13 inches
1905: 6.91 inches
2014: 6.89 inches
1958: 6.78 inches
1965: 6.76 inches
Record daily precipitation, September 2, 2018: 2.42 inches, old record 1.63 inches set in 1926
Record daily precipitation, September 4, 2018: 2.15 inches, old record 1.42 inches set in 1989
Tied Record Daily High Temperature of 96°F on September 20. First set in 2016
Lincoln's Temperature and Precipitation records set in 2018
LINK: Lincoln Heat Wave Climatology
Last Month, August 2018 Climate Data
All data in the following table are from the National Weather Service and HPRCC data archives.
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| September | 2018 | Max | Min | Mean | Dep | Pcpn |
Rec Pcpn |
Rec Max |
Rec Min | HDD | CDD |
Norm Max |
Norm Min |
Norm Mean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | Sept. 1 | 91 | 68 | 80 | +8 | 1.03 | 2.60 | 106 | 42 | 0 | 15 | 84 | 60 | 72 |
| Sunday | Sept. 2 | 81 | 68 | 75 | +3 | 2.42 | 2.42 | 106 | 43 | 0 | 10 | 84 | 60 | 72 |
| Monday | Sept. 3 | 81 | 71 | 76 | +5 | 0.60 | 2.37 | 102 | 35 | 0 | 11 | 83 | 59 | 71 |
| Tuesday | Sept. 4 | 79 | 71 | 75 | +4 | 2.15 | 2.15 | 102 | 40 | 0 | 10 | 83 | 59 | 71 |
| Wednesday | Sept. 5 | 79 | 66 | 73 | +3 | 0.08 | 3.06 | 103 | 43 | 0 | 8 | 83 | 58 | 70 |
| Thursday | Sept. 6 | 77 | 61 | 69 | -1 | 0.00 | 1.91 | 105 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 83 | 58 | 70 |
| Friday | Sept. 7 | 68 | 63 | 66 | -4 | 0.02 | 2.01 | 104 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 58 | 70 |
| Saturday | Sept. 8 | 74 | 60 | 67 | -2 | 0.00 | 4.68 | 103 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 57 | 69 |
| Sunday | Sept. 9 | 76 | 52 | 64 | -5 | 0.00 | 4.22 | 100 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 57 | 69 |
| Monday | Sept. 10 | 80 | 55 | 68 | -1 | 0.00 | 2.37 | 101 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 56 | 69 |
| Tuesday | Sept. 11 | 83 | 57 | 70 | +2 | 0.00 | 1.59 | 99 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 81 | 56 | 68 |
| Wednesday | Sept. 12 | 83 | 59 | 71 | +3 | 0.00 | 2.44 | 96 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 80 | 55 | 68 |
| Thursday | Sept. 13 | 84 | 66 | 75 | +8 | 0.00 | 1.41 | 102 | 34 | 0 | 10 | 80 | 55 | 67 |
| Friday | Sept. 14 | 91 | 68 | 80 | +13 | 0.00 | 2.28 | 99 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 80 | 54 | 67 |
| Saturday | Sept. 15 | 91 | 66 | 79 | +13 | 0.00 | 1.96 | 99 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 79 | 54 | 66 |
| Sunday | Sept. 16 | 90 | 65 | 78 | +12 | 0.00 | 2.53 | 100 | 34 | 0 | 13 | 79 | 53 | 66 |
| Monday | Sept. 17 | 95 | 66 | 81 | +15 | 0.00 | 1.94 | 101 | 35 | 0 | 16 | 78 | 53 | 66 |
| Tuesday | Sept. 18 | 92 | 68 | 80 | +15 | T | 2.54 | 100 | 31 | 0 | 15 | 78 | 52 | 65 |
| Wednesday | Sept. 19 | 95 | 65 | 80 | +15 | 0.00 | 1.55 | 98 | 29 | 0 | 15 | 78 | 52 | 65 |
| Thursday | Sept. 20 | 96 | 66 | 81 | +17 | 0.64 | 2.61 | 96 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 77 | 51 | 64 |
| Friday | Sept. 21 | 67 | 47 | 57 | -7 | 0.00 | 1.43 | 103 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 77 | 51 | 64 |
| Saturday | Sept. 22 | 73 | 41 | 57 | -6 | 0.00 | 2.62 | 99 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 76 | 50 | 63 |
| Sunday | Sept. 23 | 81 | 47 | 64 | +1 | 0.00 | 3.63 | 97 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 50 | 63 |
| Monday | Sept. 24 | 79 | 54 | 67 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.74 | 93 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 49 | 62 |
| Tuesday | Sept. 25 | 67 | 44 | 56 | -6 | 0.07 | 2.32 | 93 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 75 | 49 | 62 |
| Wednesday | Sept. 26 | 71 | 41 | 56 | -5 | 0.00 | 1.60 | 95 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 74 | 48 | 61 |
| Thursday | Sept. 27 | 79 | 47 | 63 | +2 | 0.00 | 1.37 | 93 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 48 | 61 |
| Friday | Sept. 28 | 57 | 48 | 53 | -7 | T | 4.70 | 102 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 74 | 48 | 61 |
| Saturday | Sept. 29 | 50 | 45 | 48 | -12 | 0.05 | 1.75 | 94 | 26 | 17 | 0 | 73 | 47 | 60 |
| Sunday | Sept. 30 | 52 | 49 | 51 | -9 | 0.07 | 3.30 | 94 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 73 | 47 | 60 |
| September | 2018 | Max | Min | Mean | Dep | Pcpn | Rec Pcpn |
Rec Max |
Rec Min |
HDD | CDD | Avg Max |
Avg Min |
Avg Mean |
| TOTAL | 7.13 | . | . | |||||||||||
| AVERAGE | 78.7 | 58.1 | 68.4 | |||||||||||
| NORMAL | 78.7 | 53.3 | 66.0 | 3.02 | 94 | 123 | ||||||||
| DEPARTURE | 0.0 | +4.8 |
+2.4 |
+4.11 | . | . |
AVERAGE AND TOTAL are SEPTEMBER 2018.
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 SEPTEMBER 2018 Averages and totals measured against 1971-2000 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 (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.
From the record books:
Hottest recorded September temperature,
106 F September 2, 2000 and September 1, 1922.
Coldest recorded September temperature, 26°F, September 29, 1984.
Earliest ever first snowfall, September 28, 1985, 0.8 inches.
There only been one measurable snowfall in September from 1900 to 2017.
NOTE: All data on this page are from the National Weather Service and HPRCC data archives.