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Sunset over the skyline of Lincoln, Nebraska. Photo © Ken Dewey, UNL, SNR.

Climate and Weather News

Year 2009 Global Temperatures 5th Warmest on Record (January 2010)

December 2009 Statewide Temperature Rankings (January 2010)

December 2009: Global Temperatures 8th warmest (January 2010)

Satellite Images Showing Snow Cover on January 9, 2010 (January 2010)

Jan. 9, 2010: All Lower 48 states have subfreezing temperatures (January 2010)

Autumn 2009 Global Temperature Anomalies (January 2010)

November 2009 Global Temperatures 4th Warmest since Records began in 1880 (December 2009)

November 2009 Statewide Temperature Rankings (December 2009)

November 2009 was warmer than October 2009 in Lincoln, NE (December 2009)

November 2009 was warmer than October 2009 in Omaha, NE (December 2009)

October 2009: Very Cold U.S. , But, Very Warm Globe (November 2009)

Record Highs Outpace Record Lows (November 2009)

October 2009 Statewide Temperature Rankings (November 2009)

September Global Temperatures, 2nd Highest on Record (October 2009)

October 1-14, 2009 Coldest Ever Recorded First 14 Days of October (October 2009)

October 10, 2009 Unusually Early First Snowfall in Lincoln (October 2009)

Analysis of the Sept. 28-Oct. 18, 2009 Cold Wave Lincoln, NE (October 2009)

El Nino and Lincoln's Winter Climate (October 2009)

September 2009 Statewide Temperature Rankings (October 2009)

Climate Change/Variation as Evidenced in the Lincoln, NE, Climate Data (September 2009)

August 2009, Globe was 2nd Warmest since records began in 1880 (September 2009)

Summer 2009 (June-August), Entire Globe 3rd Warmest, Oceans Warmest Ever (September 2009)

Global Temperature Anomalies, 2005-2009 Animation (September 2009)

Recent Warming Reverses Long Term Arctic Cooling (September 2009)

Midwestern States to be Hit the Hardest From Climate Change (August 2009)

Beetles and Fire Called Climate Change Fingerprints (August 2009)

Antarctic Ice is Thinning 4 x Faster (August 2009)

El Niño Returns, Expected to Last Through Winter (July 2009)

Weather Forecast Challenges in Nebraska (July 19, 2009)

Mid Year Climate Update (July 1, 2009)

Year 2009 U.S. and Nebraska Tornado Update (June 1, 2009)

Year 2009 High Plains Region Precipitation Update (June 1, 2009)

Monthly Global Temperature Anomalies, Year 2009 (April 2009)

Winter 2008-2009 Climate Summary, High Plains and the U.S. (March 1, 2009)

February 27-28, 2009 Eastern Nebraska Snowfall (February 28, 2009)

Satellite image Showing Snow Cover from the February 13, 2009 Snowfall (February 15, 2009)

February 13, 2009 Eastern Nebraska Snowfall (February 13, 2009)

Spring Like 70's and 80's Surge across the Region (February 6, 2009)

La Nina Alert (February 2009)

Lake Mead Drought Update Hoover Dam, Las Vegas (January 2009)

CPSWS and Weatherfest 2009 scheduled for Saturday April 4, 2009

Year 2008 Global And U.S. Climate Update (January 2009)

The Mauna Loa Observatory Hawaii Trip "Monitoring Climate Change" (January 2009)

January 22, 2009 Warmth across the Midlands (January 2009)

Climate Statistics, Year 2008 Summary, Lincoln, NE (January 2009)

Year 2008 Precipitation Climatology, High Plains and the U.S. (January 2009)

Year 2008 Temperature Climatology, High Plains and the U.S. (January 2009)

U.S. Air Quality Report, Top Ten Most Polluted Cities (December 2008)

November 2008 Warmer than Normal for the U.S. (December 2008)

November 2008 4th Warmest on Record for the Globe (December 2008)

December 21, 2008: 30 degrees below Normal! (December 2008)

December 18, 2008 Lincoln Snow and Ice (December 2008)

December 16, 2008 Lincoln Snowfall (December 2008)

Winter 2008-09 Forecast (November 2008)

Six foot Hail Drifts in England! (October 2008)

Arctic Ice Thickness Drops 19 Percent (October 2008)

Lincoln's First Freeze of the Autumn Climatology, 1887-2008 (October 2008)

Lincoln's Growing Season Climatology, 1887-2008 (October 2008)

Arctic Scientists: New Global Warming Threat (September 2008)

Arctic Ice Continues to Decline (September 2008)

September 1, 2008: Year to Date Climate Update, Nebraska and the U.S. (September 2008)

Columbia Glacier in Alaska - Evidence of rapid warming in the Arctic (photos and information)

July 2008 U.S. Climate Summary: U.S. was Above Normal (August 2008)

August 2, 2008: Record Heat, 111 F in western Nebraska (August 2, 2008)

August 1, 2008: Year to Date Climate Update, Nebraska and the U.S. (August 1, 2008)

June 2008: 8th Warmest for Globe (July 2008)

July 2008 Platte River Flow Update - the drought is over! (July 19, 2008)

June 11, 2008 Iowa Boy Scout Camp Deadly Tornado (June 12, 2008)

June 11-12, 2008 Storms in the Heartland (June 12, 2008)

Omaha Tornadoes, June 8, 2008 (June 8, 2008)

Lincoln's First 90 F or Higher Climatology (June 7, 2008)

Lincoln's Last Spring Freeze Climatology (May 2008)

May 2008 U.S. Tornadoes, maps and statistics (May 31, 2008)

U.S. On Track to Break Tornado Record (May 27, 2008)

Western Nebraska Snow Cover May 3, 2008 (May 3, 2008)

May 1, 2008 Severe Weather: UNL Student Storm Chase (May 1, 2008)

March 2008 Global Land Surface Temperatures Warmest on Record (April 2008)

Year 2007 Tied as Earth's Second Warmest on Record (April 2008)

Tornado Hits Southeast Nebraska (April 25, 2008)

Bridgeport Nebraska, April 24, 2008 Tornado (April 24, 2008)

January 1-March 31, 2008 High Plains Climate Departures (April 1, 2008)

January 1-March 31, 2008 U.S. Climate Departures (April 1, 2008)

More Technology, not More Tornadoes (March 31, 2008)

Antarctica_ice_chunk_collapses (March 26, 2008)

Kansas Weather History Museum Opens (March 22, 2008)

Study Reports Wheat Fields Fuel Tornadoes (March 17, 2008)

NOAA Reports, Coldest Winter Since 2001 (March 15, 2008)

Year 2007 Nebraska Tornadoes (March 15, 2008)

Winter 2007-08 U.S. Forecast vs. Observed Temperatures and Precipitation (March 5, 2008)

Lincoln Winter Temperature Averages 1887-88 through 2007-08 (March 1, 2008)

Lincoln Winter Temperature Averages RANKED 1887-88 through 2007-08 (March 1, 2008)

Winter 2007-08 Compared to Normal (March 1, 2008)

March 1, 2007 - February 29, 2008 Temperature Graph Compared to Normals (March 1, 2008)

February 2008 Temperature Graph (Compared to Normals) (March 1, 2008)

How Cold Has this Winter Been? (February 24, 2008)

February 5, 2008 Eastern Nebraska Snow Storm (February 5, 2008)

January 2008 Temperature Graph (compared to normals) (January 31, 2008)

Satellite Image Showing Snow Cover Across our Region (January 2, 2008)

Year 2007 Climate Summary and Statistics (January 1, 2008)

December Was Snowy in Our Region (January 1, 2008)

Snow Falls across Eastern Nebraska (December 15, 2007)

Freezing Fog and Mist Create a Winter Wonderland (December 10, 2007)

First Snowstorm of the Season (Photo Gallery) (December 6, 2007).