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Clipper to Impact the Great Lakes and Northeast with Blast of Winter Weather

A strengthening clipper storm will shift across southeastern Canada Wednesday and Thursday with a arctic cold front crossing the Great Lakes and Northeast which will produce intense bursts of snow and gusty winds. Localized short-duration blizzard conditions will be possible with several feet of additional lake effect snow in the Great Lakes. Dry and warm conditions are expected in the West. Read More >

2023 Climate Summary for Omaha


...THE OMAHA NE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART                       
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM                         
                                          NORMAL                       
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST          104   08/24                                           
LOWEST             0   01/29                                           
                       01/30                                           
                       02/17                                           
AVG. MAXIMUM    64.9               62.8     2.1                        
AVG. MINIMUM    42.4               42.1     0.3                        
MEAN            53.7               52.4     1.3                        
DAYS MAX >= 90    39                                                   
DAYS MAX <= 32    25                                                   
DAYS MIN <= 32   139                                                   
DAYS MIN <= 0      3                                                   

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS         24.98              31.86   -6.88                        
DAYS >= .01       92                                                   
DAYS >= .10       47                                                   
DAYS >= .50       14                                                   
DAYS >= 1.00       5                                                   
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.35   08/01 TO 08/02                                  
 STORM TOTAL    2.34                                                   
 (MM/DD(HH))                                                           

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS          12.5               27.1   -14.6                        
DAYS >= TRACE     38                                                   
DAYS >= 1.0        4                                                   
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        4   02/16                                           
                       02/17                                           
                       02/18                                           
 24 HR TOTAL     4.1   02/16 TO 02/16                                  
 STORM TOTAL     4.1                                                   
 (MM/DD(HH))                                                           

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   5420               5833    -413                        
COOLING TOTAL   1418               1294     124                        
................................................

WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    51/310    DATE  07/12                  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    67/310    DATE  07/12                  


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH 
THUNDERSTORM             59     MIXED PRECIP               0          
HEAVY RAIN               18     RAIN                      25           
LIGHT RAIN              113     FREEZING RAIN              0          
LT FREEZING RAIN          4     HAIL                       3           
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       6           
LIGHT SNOW               35     SLEET                      7           
FOG                     131     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     11           
HAZE                     35                                            

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

2023 IN OMAHA WAS WARMER AND MUCH DRIER THAN NORMAL. THE YEAR ENDED 
UP 1.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND 6.88 INCHES 
BELOW NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION. SNOWFALL FOR THE YEAR MEASURED 12.5 
INCHES AND WAS 14.6 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE PEAK WIND FOR THE YEAR 
67 MPH ON JULY 12. THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR WAS 104 AND THE 
COLDEST WAS 0. IT WAS THE 12TH WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD AND THE 6TH 
LEAST SNOWIEST.

         TEMPERATURES                 PRECIPITATION					
    AVG. DEPART  MAX MIN   TOTAL DEPART SNOW/SLEET DEPART  TSTORM PEAK
                                                           DAYS   WIND
JAN 26.8   2.4    50   0    1.22   0.47    2.8     -4.4     1      52
FEB 30.2   1.3    61   0    1.81   0.86    4.3     -3.5     2      43
MAR 36.6  -4.4    75  10    0.82  -0.97    1.9     -1.1     0      50
APR 52.9   0.3    88  21    3.31   0.14     T      -1.0     7      57
MAY 66.8   3.2    91  34    0.17  -4.49    0.0     -0.1     5      40
JUN 75.5   1.6    96  45    2.52  -1.92    0.0      0.0    11      58
JUL 75.6  -2.5   102  55    6.30   3.55    0.0      0.0    15      67
AUG 75.7   0.8   104  55    3.55  -1.05    0.0      0.0     8      42
SEP 67.6   3.3    97  46    1.35  -1.61    0.0      0.0     7      39
OCT 55.0   0.6    92  22    1.83  -0.49     T      -0.5     3      47
NOV 42.1   1.9    70  15    0.42  -1.03    1.4     -0.3     0      46
DEC 35.1   6.4    61  18    1.68   0.46    2.1     -3.7     0      45
YEAR 53.7  1.3   104   0   24.98  -6.88   12.5    -14.6    59      67

DAILY RECORDS										

DATE     RECORD TYPE          READING   PREVIOUS RECORD
 
JAN	18   PRECIPITATION          0.52     0.40 IN 1979
FEB	14   PRECIPITATION          0.98     0.62 IN 1969
APR	23   MINIMUM TEMPERATURE      26       28 IN 2013
JUL	1    PRECIPITATION          1.60     1.50 IN 1931
AUG	22   MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE  80       76 IN 1975
AUG	24   MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE  76       76 IN 2021
SEP	29   MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE  68       67 IN 1995
SEP	29   MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE      95       92 IN 1971
SEP	30   MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE  74       72 IN 2019
SEP	30   MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE      94       93 IN 1994
DEC	7    MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE      61       61 IN 1918
DEC	24   PRECIPITATION          0.84     0.79 IN 1875

MONTHLY TOP 20 RANKINGS

    TEMPERATURE    PRECIPITATION     SNOWFALL
JAN     --         20TH WETTEST         --
FEB     --         19TH WETTEST         --
MAR     --              --              --
APR     --              --              --
MAY 20TH WARMEST     TOP DRIEST         --
JUN     --              --              --
JUL     --              --              --
AUG     --              --              --
SEP 15TH WARMEST        --              --
OCT     --              --              --
NOV     --              --              --
DEC 9TH WARMEST         --              --

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2023 Climate Summary for Lincoln


...THE LINCOLN NE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART                       
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM                         
                                          NORMAL                       
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST          105   08/22                                           
                       08/24                                           
LOWEST            -9   02/17                                           
AVG. MAXIMUM    67.1               64.1     3.0                        
AVG. MINIMUM    41.3               40.5     0.8                        
MEAN            54.2               52.3     1.9                        
DAYS MAX >= 90    51                                                   
DAYS MAX <= 32    18                                                   
DAYS MIN <= 32   145                                                   
DAYS MIN <= 0      2                                                   

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS         22.52              29.34   -6.82                        
DAYS >= .01       86                                                   
DAYS >= .10       48                                                   
DAYS >= .50       12                                                   
DAYS >= 1.00       6                                                   
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   2.24                                                   
 STORM TOTAL    2.24                                                   
 (MM/DD(HH))                                                           

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS          17.7               26.0    -8.3                        
SINCE 7/1        5.0                7.7    -2.7                        
DAYS >= TRACE     28                                                   
DAYS >= 1.0        3                                                   
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        8   02/16                                           
 24 HR TOTAL     8.8   02/16 TO 02/16                                  
 STORM TOTAL     8.8                                                   
 (MM/DD(HH))                                                           

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   5250               5856    -606                        
COOLING TOTAL   1458               1270     188                        
................................................

WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    48/330    DATE  07/04                  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    60/330    DATE  07/04                  


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH 
THUNDERSTORM             58     MIXED PRECIP               0          
HEAVY RAIN               23     RAIN                      30           
LIGHT RAIN              104     FREEZING RAIN              2           
LT FREEZING RAIN          4     HAIL                       0          
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       5          
LIGHT SNOW               27     SLEET                      0          
FOG                     129     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      9           
HAZE                     80                                            

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

2023 IN LINCOLN WAS WARMER AND MUCH DRIER THAN NORMAL. THE YEAR 
ENDED UP 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND 6.82 
INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION. SNOWFALL FOR THE YEAR 
MEASURED 17.7 INCHES, WHICH WAS 8.3 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. A PEAK WIND 
GUST OF 60 MPH WAS RECORDED ON JULY 4. THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR 
WAS 103 AND THE COLDEST WAS -9. IT WAS THE 8TH WARMEST YEAR ON 
RECORD.

         TEMPERATURES                 PRECIPITATION					
    AVG. DEPART  MAX MIN   TOTAL DEPART SNOW/SLEET DEPART  TSTORM PEAK
                                                           DAYS   WIND
JAN 28.5   3.5    56   2    1.32   0.59    2.0     -4.5      1     41
FEB 30.6   1.1    62  -9    1.29   0.40    9.5      2.4      2     42
MAR 38.3  -2.9    79   6    0.63  -0.92    1.2     -2.2      0     56
APR 53.1   1.1    89  14    0.59  -2.10    0.0     -1.2      5     55
MAY 66.9   3.8    93  30    0.51  -4.40    0.0     -0.1      4     47
JUN 75.4   1.7   101  45    4.53   0.05    0.0      0.0     15     51
JUL 75.9  -2.2   102  56    5.61   2.36    0.0      0.0     15     60
AUG 75.6   1.7   105  52    3.76   0.44    0.0      0.0      7     45
SEP 67.2   4.1    98  45    0.60  -2.30    0.0      0.0      6     43
OCT 55.6   1.8    94  17    1.42  -0.72     T      -0.9      3     45
NOV 42.7   2.9    72  15    0.56  -0.74    1.1     -0.4      0     43
DEC 35.2   6.4    62  13    1.70   0.52    3.9     -1.4      0     41
YEAR 54.2  1.9   105  -9   22.52  -6.82   17.7     -8.3     58     60

DAILY RECORDS

DATE     RECORD TYPE          READING   PREVIOUS RECORD

JAN	18  PRECIPITATION          0.82       0.45 IN 1975
FEB	16  SNOWFALL                8.8        4.0 IN 1939
APR	13  MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE      89         89 IN 1936
APR	23  MINIMUM TEMPERATURE      21         26 IN 1996
AUG	19  MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE     104        100 IN 1921
AUG	22  MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE     105        103 IN 1948
AUG	22  MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE  78         77 IN 1968
AUG	23  MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE     103        103 IN 1943
AUG	26  PRECIPITATION          2.24       1.72 IN 1996
SEP	29  MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE      96         94 IN 2002
SEP	30  MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE      96         94 IN 1952
OCT	1   MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE      94         94 IN 2006
DEC	15  MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE  39         39 IN 1894

MONTHLY TOP 20 RANKINGS

    TEMPERATURE    PRECIPITATION     SNOWFALL
JAN     --          15TH WETTEST        --
FEB     --               --             --
MAR     --               --             --
APR     --           8TH DRIEST         --
MAY 12TH WARMEST     2ND DRIEST         --
JUN 20TH WARMEST         --             --
JUL     --               --             --
AUG     --               --             --
SEP 11TH WARMEST     12TH DRIEST        --
OCT     --               --             --
NOV     --               --             --
DEC 9TH WARMEST          --             --

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...THE NORFOLK NE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART                       
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM                         
                                          NORMAL                       
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST          102   08/22                                           
                       08/23                                           
LOWEST            -8   01/30                                           
AVG. MAXIMUM    63.7               60.9     2.8                        
AVG. MINIMUM    40.0               37.6     2.4                        
MEAN            51.9               49.2     2.7                        
DAYS MAX >= 90    42                                                   
DAYS MAX <= 32    34                                                   
DAYS MIN <= 32   155              149.9     5.1                        
DAYS MIN <= 0      9                                                   

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS         27.52              27.01    0.51                        
DAYS >= .01       88                                                   
DAYS >= .10       44                                                   
DAYS >= .50       17                                                   
DAYS >= 1.00       7                                                   
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   3.27   10/25 TO 10/26                                  
 STORM TOTAL    3.19                                                   
 (MM/DD(HH))                                                           

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS          30.3               29.9     0.4                        
DAYS >= TRACE     41                                                   
DAYS >= 1.0       10                                                   
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        7   01/19                                           
                       01/20                                           
 24 HR TOTAL     7.3   01/18 TO 01/19                                  
 STORM TOTAL     7.3                                                   
 (MM/DD(HH))                                                           

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   5898               6623    -725                        
COOLING TOTAL   1226                907     319                        
................................................

WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    45/240    DATE  09/23                  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    71/200    DATE  08/02                  


WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH 
THUNDERSTORM             53     MIXED PRECIP               0          
HEAVY RAIN               23     RAIN                      27           
LIGHT RAIN               92     FREEZING RAIN              2           
LT FREEZING RAIN          5     HAIL                       0          
HEAVY SNOW                3     SNOW                       7           
LIGHT SNOW               40     SLEET                      2           
FOG                     154     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     28           
HAZE                     97                                            

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

2023 IN NORFOLK WAS MUCH WARMER AND SLIGHTLY WETTER THAN NORMAL. THE 
YEAR ENDED UP 2.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND 
0.51 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION. SNOWFALL FOR THE YEAR 
MEASURED 30.3 INCHES AND WAS 0.4 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. A PEAK WIND 
GUST OF 71 MPH WAS RECORDED ON AUGUST 2. THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR 
WAS 102 AND THE COLDEST WAS -8. IT WAS THE 2ND WARMEST YEAR ON 
RECORD.

         TEMPERATURES                 PRECIPITATION					
    AVG. DEPART  MAX MIN   TOTAL DEPART SNOW/SLEET DEPART  TSTORM PEAK
                                                           DAYS   WIND
JAN 23.5   1.2    44  -8    1.58   0.97    15.7     8.8     1      46
FEB 28.0   1.7    57  -4    0.97   0.17     3.3    -2.8     0      52
MAR 34.2  -3.6    72  10    0.56  -0.88     4.0    -0.5     0      56
APR 50.3   1.3    91  16    0.42  -2.31      T     -2.3     4      60
MAY 65.8   5.7    92  30    1.43  -2.57     0.0     0.0     5      59
JUN 73.5   3.1    96  46    3.33  -1.04     0.0     0.0    11      49
JUL 74.2  -0.6   101  50    5.37   2.39     0.0     0.0    14      65
AUG 75.6   3.2   102  51    2.98  -0.52     0.0     0.0     6      71
SEP 64.4   5.0   101  43    2.20  -0.17     0.0     0.0     7      60
OCT 52.7   1.9    93  20    6.62   4.47     0.8     0.0     5      46
NOV 41.6   4.8    71  13    0.53  -0.69     1.7    -1.5     0      47
DEC 33.6   7.9    60  14    1.53   0.69     4.8    -1.3     0      48
YEAR       2.6   102  -8   27.52   0.51    30.3     0.4    53      71

DAILY RECORDS

DATE     RECORD TYPE          READING   PREVIOUS RECORD
JAN 18   PRECIPITATION          0.51     0.39 IN 1975
JAN 18   SNOWFALL                6.3      4.2 IN 1975
JAN 28   SNOWFALL                2.8      1.7 IN 1989
APR 12   MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE      91       90 IN 2022
APR 12   WARM MAX MINIMUM         59       58 IN 1916
APR 13   MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE      90       90 IN 1908
APR 23   MINIMUM TEMPERATURE      22       23 IN 1910
JUN 10   PRECIPITATION          2.12     1.10 IN 2010
JUL 6    MINIMUM TEMPERATURE      50       51 IN 2006
AUG 21   MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE     100      100 IN 1914
AUG 22   MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE  78       76 IN 1968
SEP 2    MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE     101      101 IN 1956
SEP 3    MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE      99       98 IN 1925
SEP 29   MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE  64       64 IN 1995
SEP 29   MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE      95       92 IN 1991
OCT 26   PRECIPITATION          3.16     0.66 IN 1998
OCT 28   SNOWFALL                0.7      0.1 IN 1991
DEC 15   MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE  35       34 IN 2001

MONTHLY TOP 20 RANKINGS

    TEMPERATURE    PRECIPITATION     SNOWFALL
JAN     --          9TH WETTEST    8TH SNOWIEST
FEB     --              --              --
MAR     --              --              --
APR     --          8TH DRIEST          --
MAY 8TH WARMEST    12TH DRIEST          --
JUN     --              --              --
JUL     --              --         17TH WETTEST
AUG     --              --              --
SEP 7TH WARMEST         --              --
OCT     --          2ND WETTEST         --
NOV 13TH WARMEST        --              --
DEC 1ST WARMEST    16TH WETTEST         --

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