LINCOLN, Neb. -- The Lincoln Weather and Climate web site is a “one-stop shop” sure to please both professional and amateur weather and climate observers in and around Lincoln, Neb.
Visitors to the site can find all sorts of answers to weather and climate questions, such as:
- It has snowed on Dec. 25 five times since 1948.
- Our wettest year since 1887 was 1951, with 42.17 inches of precipitation, and our driest year was 1936, with 14.09 inches.
- The hottest temperature recorded in Lincoln is 115 degrees Fahrenheit, and the coldest, -33.
UNL climatologist Ken Dewey has assembled a complete collection of weather information related to Lincoln. It includes current conditions, weather forecasts, climatological information about both averages and extremes, climate news from all over the world, and a link to the School of Natural Resources’ Climate Corner blog, where Dewey is a regular contributor.
“I’m directing people to where they can get these different things in an organized manner, instead of trying to find it on six hundred different websites,” Dewey said. “Otherwise, it’s not a simple thing if you want to know if it’s going to snow this weekend.”
He includes data from the National Weather Service (NWS) archives at the High Plains Regional Climate Center, which is based at UNL, to enable people to compare current conditions to historic patterns, with sections on what’s normal for a given day, month, and season, and annually, and what the records have been for temperature, snow and rain. Dewey also directs people to live traffic webcams, and radar and satellite data.
Visit Lincoln Weather and Climate at www.lincolnweather.unl.edu
Source: Ken Dewey, professor of Applied Climate Science, 402-472-2908, kdewey1@unl.edu
Writer: Kelly Helm Smith, School of Natural Resources communications specialist, 402-472-3373, ksmith2@unl.edu
