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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
537 AM CST WED JAN 01 2025
...................................
...THE OMAHA NE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2024...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2024
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST 101 06/24
LOWEST -16 01/14
AVG. MAXIMUM 65.7 62.8 2.9
AVG. MINIMUM 43.2 42.1 1.1
MEAN 54.5 52.4 2.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 33
DAYS MAX <= 32 25
DAYS MIN <= 32 116
DAYS MIN <= 0 8
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS 32.95 31.86 1.09
DAYS >= .01 87
DAYS >= .10 53
DAYS >= .50 27
DAYS >= 1.00 8
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 4.63
STORM TOTAL 2.65
(MM/DD(HH))
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS 16.4 27.1 -10.7
DAYS >= TRACE 26
DAYS >= 1.0 6
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 10 01/20
01/21
01/22
24 HR TOTAL 6.2 01/12 TO 01/12
STORM TOTAL 6.2
(MM/DD(HH))
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 5051 5833 -782
COOLING TOTAL 1284 1294 -10
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 69/280 DATE 07/31
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 90/280 DATE 07/31
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 56 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 25 RAIN 30
LIGHT RAIN 103 FREEZING RAIN 1
LT FREEZING RAIN 5 HAIL 5
HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 3
LIGHT SNOW 23 SLEET 2
FOG 112 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 16
HAZE 19
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
&&
2024 IN OMAHA WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL. THE YEAR ENDED UP
2.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND 1.09 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION. SNOWFALL FOR THE YEAR MEASURED 16.4
INCHES AND WAS 10.7 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE PEAK SNOW DEPTH WAS 10"
WHICH OCCURRED IN MID JANUARY. THE PEAK WIND FOR THE YEAR 90 MPH ON
JULY 31. THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR WAS 101 AND THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURE WAS -16. IT WAS THE 6TH WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. A NEW
MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS SET IN BOTH FEBURARY AND OCTOBER. A NEW
MONTLY LOW PRECIPITATION WAS SET IN SEPTEMBER. 8 NEW DAILY CLIMATE
RECORDS WERE SET. TEMPERATURES EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES 3 TIMES, WHICH
WAS NORMAL. TEMPERATURES DROPPED BELOW ZERO 8 TIMES, WHICH WAS 4
DAYS BELOW NORMAL.
TEMPERATURES PRECIPITATION
AVG. DEPART MAX MIN TOTAL DEPART SNOW/SLEET DEPART TSTORM PEAK
DAYS WIND
JAN 20.9 -3.5 57 -16 0.88 0.13 13.8 6.6 0 45
FEB 39.3 10.4 80R 7 0.10 -0.85 0.8 -7.0 0 50
MAR 42.7 1.7 75 16 2.14 0.35 1.6 -1.4 3 42
APR 54.8 2.2 88 26 2.25 -0.92 T -1.0 9 61
MAY 64.2 0.6 86 40 11.13 6.47 0.0 -0.1 16 64
JUN 74.8 0.9 101 51 3.34 -1.10 0.0 0.0 7 89
JUL 76.5 -1.6 97 57 4.61 1.06 0.0 0.0 7 90
AUG 75.2 -0.5 100 52 3.00 -1.60 0.0 0.0 7 45
SEP 70.5 2.9 94 47 0.09R -2.87 0.0 0.0 2 39
OCT 59.9 5.5 96R 30 0.98 -1.34 0.0 -0.5 2 51
NOV 42.9 2.7 70 11 3.63 2.18 T -1.7 3 49
DEC 31.9 3.2 62 9 0.80 -0.42 0.2 -5.6 0 55
YEAR 54.5 2.1 101 -16 32.95 1.09 16.4 -10.7 56 90
DAILY RECORDS
DATE RECORD TYPE READING PREVIOUS RECORD
JAN12 SNOWFALL 6.2 6.0 IN 1890
FEB2 MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 39 39 IN 1934
FEB7 MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 43 37 IN 1918
FEB20 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 68 67 IN 1930
FEB26 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 80 78 IN 1896
MAY21 PRECIPITATION 2.65 1.78 IN 1945
JUL2 PRECIPITATION 2.08 1.28 IN 1958
OCT5 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 96 95 IN 1963
DEC7 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 61 61 IN 1918
MONTHLY TOP 20 RANKINGS
TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION SNOWFALL
JAN -- -- 18TH SNOWIEST
FEB 3RD WARMEST 6TH DRIEST 10TH LEAST
MAR -- -- --
APR -- -- --
MAY -- 2ND WETTEST --
JUN -- -- --
JUL -- -- --
AUG -- -- --
SEP 20TH WARMEST -- DRIEST
OCT 12TH WARMEST -- --
NOV -- 7TH WETTEST --
DEC -- -- 11TH LEAST
SEASONAL RANKINGS
DEC-JAN-FEB 7TH WARMEST
MAR-APR-MAY 17TH WARMEST
MAR-APR-MAY 6TH WETTEST
SEP-OCT-NOV 6TH WARMEST

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
537 AM CST WED JAN 01 2025
...................................
...THE LINCOLN NE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2024...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1887 TO 2024
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST 104 08/25
LOWEST -18 01/14
AVG. MAXIMUM 68.1 64.1 4.0
AVG. MINIMUM 42.3 40.5 1.8
MEAN 55.2 52.3 2.9
DAYS MAX >= 90 57
DAYS MAX <= 32 20
DAYS MIN <= 32 123
DAYS MIN <= 0 8
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS 28.50 29.34 -0.84
DAYS >= .01 80
DAYS >= .10 50
DAYS >= .50 17
DAYS >= 1.00 5
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 4.76
STORM TOTAL 4.29
(MM/DD(HH))
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS 11.4 26.0 -14.6
SINCE 7/1 T 7.7 -7.7
DAYS >= TRACE 19
DAYS >= 1.0 3
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 10 01/20
01/21
01/22
24 HR TOTAL 6.2 01/08 TO 01/09
STORM TOTAL 6.2
(MM/DD(HH))
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 4865 5856 -991
COOLING TOTAL 1367 1270 97
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 62/300 DATE 07/31
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 83/290 DATE 07/31
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 65 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 37 RAIN 45
LIGHT RAIN 90 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 6
LIGHT SNOW 19 SLEET 0
FOG 129 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 13
HAZE 120
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
&&
2024 IN LINCOLN WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL. THE YEAR ENDED UP
2.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND 0.84 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION. SNOWFALL FOR THE YEAR MEASURED 11.4
INCHES, WHICH WAS 14.6 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE PEAK SNOW DEPTH WAS
10" WHICH OCCURRED IN MID JANUARY. A PEAK WIND GUST OF 83 MPH
OCCURED ON JULY 31. THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR WAS 104 AND THE
COLDEST WAS -18. IT WAS THE 4TH WARMEST AND THE 9TH LEAST SNOWIEST
YEAR ON RECORD. A NEW MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS SET IN FEBURARY.
16 NEW DAILY CLIMATE RECORDS WERE SET. TEMPERATURES EXCEEDED 100
DEGREES 6 TIMES, WHICH WAS NORMAL. TEMPERATURES DROPPED BELOW ZERO 8
TIMES, WHICH WAS 3 DAYS BELOW NORMAL.
TEMPERATURES PRECIPITATION
AVG. DEPART MAX MIN TOTAL DEPART SNOW/SLEET DEPART TSTORM PEAK
DAYS WIND
JAN 21.7 -3.3 61 -18 0.95 0.22 11.4 4.9 0 43
FEB 40.4 10.9 81R 9 0.51 -0.38 T -7.1 0 48
MAR 43.7 2.5 77 15 1.09 -0.46 T -3.4 2 48
APR 54.7 2.7 89 24 3.42 0.73 0.0 -1.2 7 56
MAY 64.6 1.5 86 39 4.78 -0.13 0.0 -0.1 15 52
JUN 76.1 2.4 103 50 3.28 -1.20 0.0 0.0 10 51
JUL 76.7 -1.4 100 58 7.23 3.98 0.0 0.0 16 83
AUG 76.1 0.5 104 52 1.50 -1.82 0.0 0.0 8 44
SEP 71.2 4.0 96 42 0.20 -2.70 0.0 0.0 1 42
OCT 60.1 6.3 97 23 1.08 -1.06 0.0 -0.9 2 49
NOV 43.7 3.9 71 12 3.85 2.55 T -1.5 4 50
DEC 33.3 4.5 68 9 0.61 -0.57 T -5.3 0 58
YEAR 55.2 2.9104 -18 28.50 -0.84 11.4 -14.6 65 83
DAILY RECORDS
DATE RECORD TYPE READING PREVIOUS RECORD
JAN8 PRECIPITATION 0.61 0.34 IN 1937
JAN12 SNOWFALL 4.4 3.9 IN 1898
JAN14 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE -18 -18 IN 1888
FEB1 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 65 64 IN 1992
FEB3 MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 40 38 IN 1992
FEB7 MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 45 34 IN 1970
FEB20 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 71 71 IN 1991
FEB26 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 81 79 IN 1896
APR13 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 89 89 IN 1936
APR26 PRECIPITATION 1.29 1.28 IN 1972
JUN24 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 103 103 IN 1934
SEP7 LOW TEMPERATURE 42 42 IN 1944
OCT10 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 91 91 IN 1928
NOV18 PRECIPITATION 1.72 0.68 IN 1948
DEC7 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 68 65 IN 1894
DEC19 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 59 59 IN 1966
MONTHLY TOP 20 RANKINGS
TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION SNOWFALL
JAN -- -- 16TH SNOWIEST
FEB 3RD WARMEST -- DRIEST
MAR -- -- 4TH LEAST
APR -- -- --
MAY -- -- --
JUN19TH WARMEST -- --
JUL -- 7TH WETTEST --
AUG -- -- --
SEP15TH WARMEST -- 4TH LEAST
OCT10TH WARMEST -- --
NOV -- 3RD WETTEST --
DEC -- -- 2ND LEAST
SEASONAL RANKINGS
DEC-JAN-FEB 4TH WARMEST
MAR-APR-MAY 13TH WARMEST
SEP-OCT-NOV 4TH WARMEST

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
537 AM CST WED JAN 01 2025
...................................
...THE NORFOLK NE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2024...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2024
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST 100 06/24
LOWEST -21 01/20
AVG. MAXIMUM 64.7 60.9 3.8
AVG. MINIMUM 40.9 37.6 3.3
MEAN 52.8 49.2 3.6
DAYS MAX >= 90 28
DAYS MAX <= 32 31
DAYS MIN <= 32 137 149.9 -12.9
DAYS MIN <= 0 9
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTALS 27.92 27.01 0.91
DAYS >= .01 91
DAYS >= .10 45
DAYS >= .50 21
DAYS >= 1.00 8
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 3.02 06/15 TO 06/15
STORM TOTAL 3.02
(MM/DD(HH))
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS 23.5 29.9 -6.4
DAYS >= TRACE 25
DAYS >= 1.0 6
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 16 01/20
01/21
01/22
24 HR TOTAL 10.5 01/08 TO 01/09
STORM TOTAL 10.5
(MM/DD(HH))
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 5412 6623 -1211
COOLING TOTAL 1041 907 134
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 44/300 DATE 12/19
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 61/310 DATE 12/19
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 40 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 26 RAIN 33
LIGHT RAIN 83 FREEZING RAIN 2
LT FREEZING RAIN 6 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 4 SNOW 6
LIGHT SNOW 27 SLEET 0
FOG 131 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 30
HAZE 71
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
&&
2024 IN NORFOLK WAS WARMER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL. THE YEAR ENDED UP
3.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND 0.91 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL FOR PRECIPITATION. SNOWFALL FOR THE YEAR MEASURED 23.5
INCHES AND WAS 6.4 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE PEAK SNOW DEPTH WAS 16"
WHICH OCCURRED IN MID JANUARY. A PEAK WIND GUST OF 61 MPH WAS
RECORDED ON DECEMBER 19TH. THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR WAS 100 AND
THE COLDEST WAS -21. IT WAS THE 2ND WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. A NEW
MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS SET IN FEBURARY. AND A NEW MONTHLY LOW
PRECIPITATION WAS SET IN SEPTEMBER. 16 NEW DAILY CLIMATE RECORDS
WERE SET. TEMPERATURES EXCEEDED 100 DEGREES ONLY ONCE, WHICH IS 3
DAYS BELOW NORMAL. TEMPERATURES DROPPED BELOW ZERO 7 TIMES, WHICH
WAS 10 DAYS BELOW NORMAL.
TEMPERATURES PRECIPITATION
AVG. DEPART MAX MIN TOTAL DEPART SNOW/SLEET DEPART TSTORM PEAK
DAYS WIND
JAN 19.1 -3.2 53 -21 1.22 0.61 20.6 13.7 0 50
FEB 38.3 12.0 76R 5 0.21 -0.59 1.5 -4.6 0 53
MAR 41.1 3.3 79 17 1.58 0.14 0.3 -4.2 1 55
APR 51.8 2.9 87 27 4.69 1.96 T -2.3 7 54
MAY 62.0 1.9 89 39 6.20 2.20 0.0 0.0 10 48
JUN 72.9 2.5 100 49 5.88 1.51 0.0 0.0 9 50
JUL 74.9 0.1 96 55 3.38 0.40 0.0 0.0 4 52
AUG 73.2 0.8 97 50 1.74 -1.76 0.0 0.0 6 52
SEP 69.7 5.3 92 38 0.03R -2.34 0.0 0.0 2 41
OCT 58.2 7.4 87 26 0.21 -1.94 0.0 -0.8 0 45
NOV 41.2 4.4 68 8 2.04 0.82 0.8 -2.4 1 53
DEC 31.4 5.7 69 8 0.74 -0.10 0.3 -5.8 0 61
YEAR 52.8 3.6 100 -21 27.92 0.91 23.5 -6.4 40 61
DAILY RECORDS
DATE RECORD TYPE READING PREVIOUS RECORD
JAN8 PRECIPITATION 0.71 0.40 IN 1937
JAN8 SNOWFALL 10.5 4.0 IN 1937
JAN12 SNOWFALL 4.2 2.6 IN 1984
JAN14 MIN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE -7 -5 IN 1972
JAN15 MIN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE -2 3 IN 1916
FEB2 MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 36 33 IN 2019
FEB3 MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 36 34 IN 1927
FEB6 MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 32 31 IN 2023, 2013, 1938
FEB7 MAX MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 45 32 IN 2016
FEB20 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 71 66 IN 1930
FEB26 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 76 72 IN 1896
MAR11 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE 79 74 IN 1900
APR16 PRECIPITATION 1.15 0.90 IN 1945
APR26 PRECIPITATION 1.37 1.2 IN 1924
JUL1 PRECIPITATION 2.03 1.4 IN 1949
NOV18 PRECIPITATION 1.06 0.6 IN 1934
MONTHLY TOP 20 RANKINGS
TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION SNOWFALL
JAN -- 15TH WETTEST 2ND SNOWIEST
FEB 2ND WARMEST 16TH DRIEST 17TH LEAST
MAR -- -- 12TH LEAST
APR -- 14TH WETTEST --
MAY -- 20TH WETTEST --
JUN -- -- --
JUL -- -- --
AUG -- -- --
SEP 6TH WARMEST -- DRIEST
OCT 4TH WARMEST 8TH DRIEST --
NOV 16TH WARMEST -- --
DEC 13TH WARMEST -- 8TH LEAST
SEASONAL RANKINGS
DEC-JAN-FEB 4TH WARMEST
MAR-APR-MAY 16TH WARMEST
MAR-APR-MAY 11TH WETTEST
SEP-OCT-NOV WARMEST ON RECORD
SEP-OCT-NOV 12TH DRIEST