CXUS53 KOAX 020057 CLMLNK CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 757 PM CDT WED APR 01 2026 ................................... ...THE LINCOLN NE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2026 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM NORMAL ................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) HIGHEST 97R 03/21 LOWEST 8 03/16 AVG. MAXIMUM 65.0 53.6 11.4 AVG. MINIMUM 31.3 28.7 2.6 MEAN 48.1 41.2 6.9 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 DAYS MIN <= 32 14 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.65 1973 MINIMUM 0.06 1994 TOTALS 0.22 1.55 -1.33 DAYS >= .01 4 DAYS >= .10 1 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.12 03/06 TO 03/06 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 21.3 1912 TOTALS T 3.4 -3.4 SINCE 7/1 13.7 DAYS >= 1.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH MM 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 523 741 -218 SINCE 7/1 4539 5299 -760 COOLING TOTAL 6 2 4 SINCE 1/1 6 2 4 ................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 46/350 DATE 03/15 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 60/340 DATE 03/15 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.26 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2 LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0 FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 10 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ MARCH 2026 ENDED UP AS THE FOURTH WARMEST ON RECORD BY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OUT OF THE 140 ON RECORD. THE CITY RECORDED THREE NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPS AND TIED ANOTHER. ON THE 21ST, A NEW HOTTEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS RECORDED, BESTING THE MONTH'S OLD MARK BY A WHOPPING SIX DEGREES. 90 DEGREE READINGS IN MARCH ARE RARE IN LINCOLN. OVER THE 140 YEARS OF RECORDS, IT HAS HAPPENED ONLY SIX TIMES WITH TWO OF THOSE OCCURING DURING MARCH 2026. IT WAS ALSO DRY WITH LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH OF PRECIPITATION. ONLY NINE PREVIOUS MARCHES HAVE HAD RECORDED LESS MOISTURE BY THE END OF THE MONTH. THE CITY'S TRACE OF SNOW THIS MONTH LEAVES IT TIED FOR THE FOURTH LEAST SNOWY. THREE PAST MARCHES RECORDED NO SNOW, TWO WITHIN THE LAST 15 YEARS. && NICOLAISEN