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Coldest early October ever in Lincoln
Journalstar.com ^ | 10-12-2009 | Journalstar staff

Posted on 10/13/2009 7:36:37 AM PDT by stan_sipple

What you may have guessed, Ken Dewey has confirmed.

Oct. 1-11 was the coldest Oct. 1-11 period on record for Lincoln, with records going back 123 years to 1887.

High temperatures over the weekend were usually the highs Lincoln records for early to mid-December, according to Dewey, professor of applied climate science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Saturday's high temperature at the Lincoln airport was only 38 degrees. The previous record low maximum for the date was 41, set in 1987.

Sunday's high temperature was only 40 degrees. The previous coldest maximum was 47, in 1946.

Similar record-low maximums were set across much of Nebraska. Several cities also had record minimums.

Dewey said the average temperature for the first 11 days in Lincoln was 46.7 degrees, almost a full degree colder than the 48.6 degree average temperature for Oct. 1-11, 2000.

Also in top 10:

1935: 49.3 degrees

1925, 1977: 49.6 degrees

1987: 50.3 degrees

1985: 50.4 degrees

1891: 50.7 degrees

1952: 51 degrees

1988: 51.1 degrees

1959: 51.4 degrees

The weekend cold was part of an Arctic blast that also brought snow to most of Nebraska. On Saturday, the North Platte airport record 13.8 inches of snow -- not only a daily record but more snow in one day than the city had ever received in the full month of October.

Sunday night, another weather system brought a new band of snow to the central and northern Sandhills, with average snow accumulations between 1 and 3 inches.

Temperatures are expected to improve somewhat the next couple of days, but rain is likely Tuesday afternoon and night, the weather service said.

Highs should reach the mid-40s Tuesday, around 50 Wednesday and Thursday, the upper 50s Friday and Saturday and the lower 60s on Sunday.


TOPICS: Local News; Weather
KEYWORDS: climatechange; globalcooling; globalwarming; gorebaloney; lincolnnebraska; nebraska

1 posted on 10/13/2009 7:36:38 AM PDT by stan_sipple
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Don't ya know that Global warming causes global cooling?? Sarcasm- Stupid DEMS think the movie was actual footage of things to come.
2 posted on 10/13/2009 7:47:50 AM PDT by purpleporter
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Climate changed that we cause NY being civilized will cause a big-a@@ed asteroid to hit the earth and wipe us out: if only we started driving hybrids 40 years ago(sarcastic)


3 posted on 10/13/2009 8:02:59 AM PDT by stan_sipple
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To: purpleporter

Climate changed that we cause NY being civilized will cause a big-a@@ed asteroid to hit the earth and wipe us out: if only we started driving hybrids 40 years ago(sarcastic)


4 posted on 10/13/2009 8:03:00 AM PDT by stan_sipple
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I’m going to do maintenance on the snow blower this week.
It’s been a cool summer in Indiana and a very early fall.


5 posted on 10/13/2009 8:05:23 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: stan_sipple

What’s the temperature supposed to be?


6 posted on 10/13/2009 8:08:47 AM PDT by The Louiswu (I live vicariously, through myself.)
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To: The Louiswu

we should be in the 60s to 70s early October


7 posted on 10/13/2009 8:14:06 AM PDT by stan_sipple
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To: stan_sipple
Is that based on historical record? If so, how far back does that go?
Just curious.
8 posted on 10/13/2009 8:21:57 AM PDT by The Louiswu (I live vicariously, through myself.)
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To: nascarnation

better figure in higher gas bills too, thank you crap and trade RATS


9 posted on 10/13/2009 8:22:33 AM PDT by stan_sipple
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To: stan_sipple; enough_idiocy; Desdemona; rdl6989; Little Bill; IrishCatholic; Normandy; ...
 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

10 posted on 10/13/2009 8:26:52 AM PDT by steelyourfaith (Limit all U.S. politicians to two terms: One in office and one in prison!)
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To: stan_sipple

"No matter how cold, I need runway Two-Niner"

11 posted on 10/13/2009 8:32:19 AM PDT by Dilbert56 (Harry Reid, D-Nev.: "We're going to pick up Senate seats as a result of this war.")
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To: stan_sipple
AL GORE: "We must not allow the coming ice age to take our focus off global warming."
12 posted on 10/13/2009 8:40:16 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 18 days away from outliving Laura Branigan)
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To: The Louiswu

The UNL Ag College weather website goes back to 1887 http://www.lincolnweather.org/Lincoln-climate-data.html


13 posted on 10/13/2009 8:42:14 AM PDT by stan_sipple
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Please send some cool weather down to Ft. Lauderdale. It’s still too warm, but changing.


14 posted on 10/13/2009 9:32:21 AM PDT by bicyclerepair (Thank You Mr. Thompson, I'm Series.)
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