MAY 2010 - LINCOLN, NE

Weather and Climate Data

 

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



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Year 2010 Precipitation (in inches) compared to normal: red above normal, blue below normal

 
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
TOTAL
2010
0.82
0.99
1.77
 2.53 3.70 . .
.
.
.
.
.
9.81
NORMAL
0.67
0.66
2.21
2.90
4.23
3.51
3.54
3.35
2.92
1.94
1.58
0.86
28.37
(normal January 1 - May 31 = 10.67 inches).
 

Monthly Snowfall 2009-2010

Month
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
TOTAL
Observed
1.2
0.0
24.3
7.1
7.4
1.6
0.0
41.6
Normal
0.7
3.1
5.4
6.1
5.4
5.1
1.7
27.5

     

 

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Last Month: April 2010 Climate Data

All High Temperatures of 90 F or higher are in RED
All
Day
May 2010
MAX
MIN
MEAN
DEP
PREC
REC
PREC
REC
MAX
REC
MIN
HDD
CDD
AVG
MAX
AVG
MIN
AVG
Mean
Saturday
May 1
72
45
59
 +2 0.00
2.10
93
24
 6 0
69
45
57
Sunday
May 2
75
40
58
 +1 T
1.50
91
26
7
0
69
45
57
Monday
May 3
70
37
54
 -3 T
1.90
91
25
11
0
69
45
57
Tuesday
May 4
83
50
67
 +9 T
2.47
91
30
0
2
70
46
58
Wednesday
May 5
70
42
56
 -2 T
3.35
97
31
9
0
70
46
58
Thursday
May 6
68
39
54
 -4 0.27
1.46
95
27
11
0
70
46
58
Friday
May 7
57
43
50
 -9 0.36
1.71
96
29
15
0
71
47
59
Saturday
May 8
58
37
48
 -11 0.00
1.96
95
29
17
0
71
47
59
Sunday
May 9
58
42
50
 -9 0.00
2.56
97
30
15
0
71
48
59
Monday
May 10
53
48
51
 -9 0.46
1.05
93
30
14
0
71
48
60
Tuesday
May 11
59
47
53
 -7 0.01
1.33
94
29
12
0
72
48
60
Wednesday
May 12
49
44
47
 -13 1.48
1.55
97
32
18
0
72
49
60
Thursday
May 13
63
44
54
 -7 0.00
2.76
96
27
11
0
73
49
61
Friday
May 14
69
35
52
 -9 0.00
2.63
96
32
13
0
73
49
61
Saturday
May 15
69
42
56
 -6 0.00
2.35
93
31
9
0
73
50
62
Sunday
May 16
58
52
55
 -7 0.12
2.01
92
31
10
0
74
50
62
Monday
May 17
67
49
58
 -4 0.01
2.01
93
33
7
0
74
50
62
Tuesday
May 18
74
40
57
 -6 0.00
2.41
94
34
8
0
74
51
63
Wednesday
May 19
68
47
58
 -5 0.02
1.62
95
35
7
0
75
51
63
Thursday
May 20
58
56
57
 -6 0.84
2.64
95
33
8
0
75
52
63
Friday
May 21
74
56
65
 +1 0.00
1.56
95
36
0
0
75
52
64
Saturday
May 22
88
61
75
 +11 0.00
2.43
96
36
0
10
76
52
64
Sunday
May 23
89
72
81
 +16 0.00
1.45
94
39
0
16
76
53
65
Monday
May 24
88
63
76
 +11 T
1.43
100
34
0
11
77
53
65
Tuesday
May 25
78
62
70
 +5 0.11
1.78
98
35
0
5
77
53
65
Wednesday
May 26
81
61
71
 +5 0.02
2.43
98
38
0
6
77
54
66
Thursday
May 27
85
59
72
 +6 0.00
2.73
95
36
0
7
78
54
66
Friday
May 28
87
52
70
 +4 0.00
1.97
98
34
0
5
78
54
66
Saturday
May 29
88
65
77
 +10 0.00
2.64
102
32
 0 12
79
55
67
Sunday
May 30
73
59
66
 -1 0.00
2.59
104
40
 0 1
79
55
67
Monday
May 31
83
47
65
 -3 0.00
2.05
103
41
 0 0
80
56
68
 
TOTAL
 
 
 
 
 3.70  
 
 
 208 75
 
 
 
 
AVERAGE
71.4
49.5
60.5
 
 
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
NORMAL
73.8
50.1
62.0
 
4.23
  
 
 
154
56
 
 
  
 
DEPARTURE
 -2.4 -0.6 -1.5   -0.53       +54 +19      
From the record books:
Warmest recorded MAY temperature, 104 F, May 30, 1934.
Coldest recorded MAY temperature, 24 F,  May 1, 1994.
Most MAY Snowfall: 3.0 inches, May 3-4, 1967.

 

 


Tornado near Hoxie, KS on May 22, 2008
 Photo by Dr. Walker Ashley, founding member of our Nebraska Vortex Intercept Team

 

AVERAGE AND TOTAL are MAY 2010.
NORMAL (Norm) is the 1971-2000 Standard Normals in deg. F.
DEPARTURE is MAY 2010 Average measured against 1971-2000 normals, in deg. F.
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.
PREC = Observed daily precipitation (midnight to midnight, CST) in inches.
REC PREC = 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).
Norm MAX = Daily Normal High Temperature (1971-2000 normals) in deg. F.
Norm MIN = Daily Normal Low Temperature (1971-2000 normals) in deg. F.
Norm Mean = Daily Normal Mean Temperature (1971-2000 normals) in deg. F.

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