Ken Dewey
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Applied Climatologist, Geographer, Extension, UNL
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On this day in in 1936, Lincoln, NE, set its all time record high temperature of 115°F & all-time record warm overnight low temperature of 91°F. Residents of Lincoln spent the night on the capitol lawn to escape the heat in their homes & apartments.
@NWSOmaha
@HPClimateCenter
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Here is the spectacular Nebraska sunset behind my house this evening. I meant to attach it to the earlier Tweet. We have some of the best sunsets in the U.S. and the show is always FREE.
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Check out this AWESOME photo from last Saturday in Memorial Stadium by Craig Chandler, UNL Communications
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I've no regrets about my 46 year career path
@UNLincoln
@UNLGeography
@unlcas
have always been supportive of my variety of professional interests. Don't just look for a "job" look for a "career" path you can passionately pursue for as long as you as can!
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I continue to see irrigation systems pumping water onto the lawns. STOP. You want the lawn to grow deep roots. It is cool, water need is less than 1/2 inch per week. You are washing out the nitrogen & will need more fertilizer to keep it green. You are wasting water & money.
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Started my
@UNLGeography
Honors class today with "Final Countdown" by Europe on the screens. I stated it began 45 years ago & today this was my final class taught at UNL. I have pride & no regrets devoting my life to education. Group photo, cookies, & I smiled all the way home.
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Nebraska has absolutely some of the best sunsets in the entire U.S. Tonight's sunset directly behind my house. Photos almost ten minutes apart. The Greatest show on Earth, and, the best part? It is totally FREE.
@NWSOmaha
#nebraska
#nebraskaWX
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Photo, just after sunset, of a thunderstorm located directly south of my house in rural far south Lincoln. Nebraska storms can be so photogenic.
@NWSOmaha
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On this date in 1947 Nebr. had a snowstorm. Kids were home on summer vacation, trees full leaf, felt like summer & Kaboom, Winter returned!
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If this doesn't impress you I don't know what will. It is 85°F near the southeast Nebraska border and 11°F with a raging blizzard and below zero wind chills in northwest Nebraska. There is no place like Nebraska..... that's a good thing right??
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Update:
@LTULNK
came back to my house and removed four snow piles that had been pushed up into my driveway. SO PLEASED and happy with their response. Somehow the earlier plow didn't see the garages or driveway. All is PERFECT now!
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Check out the depth of the hail in my neighborhood this evening, ONE hour after the hail had ended
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Lincoln snowfall "perception vs reality". I had convinced myself that other than a few rogue years, there was a downward trend in total snowfall. We now have data back to 1897. Red dots are the trend line. There is no trend. There is a lot of year to year variability.
@rustywx
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With great pride I received my UNL 45 year service award yesterday
@UNLGeography
,
@unlcas
I still smile & feel happy going to work at UNL, my motto "Do what you like to do, and for as long as you can do it". Also proud to have friend & colleague
@RonnieDGreen
as UNL Chancellor
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I was contacted by the executive director of the National Weather Association with the the news that I am the 2018 NWA Public Education Award Winner. Very happy! Sponsors over the years include
@UNLExtension
@UNLSNR
@UNLGeography
@UNLExtension
@unlcas
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The cold wave is over! Near record low -17°F yesterday. +3°F at midnight, began warming with S. winds. No below 0°F temperatures this am across ALL of Neb! All daily highs ABOVE 32°F on the way. Highs this week 34°F to 38°F & 2 weeks from now 41°F to 49°F. Let the melting begin
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A "shelf cloud" at the leading edge of a thunderstorm this morning in far south Lincoln
@rustywx
@shellmays
@NWSOmaha
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On UNL campus today. Had campus to myself. Surreal experience. No students walking by laughing & talking. No parents &future students on campus tours. No staff or faculty outside enjoying a summer day. Total silence. The beauty of the campus remains unchanged
@UNLincoln
@unlcas
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we continue to have windows cracked on E. side of house. Hail now over a foot deep on deck.
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Never had this happen before. The city snow removal crew put snow into my driveway. NO not a ridge at the end, they actually pushed snow into my driveway. Multiple times. I must have made the city mad at me! Driveway camera photo.
@rustywx
you might be next.
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Early pioneers living on the Great Plains called these winds "furnace winds" and this is what we have today with 101°F in South Dakota, 99°F in Nebraska, 99°F in Colorado and winds speeds gusting over 40mph.
@UNLGreatPlains
@UNLGeography
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Nice surprise in today's mail, a wall plaque from
@UNLExtension
thanking me for my "Exemplary Extension" work and my commitment to the residents of Nebraska as an Extension Educator
@UNLincoln
@unlcas
@UNLSNR
@UNLGeography
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Extensive flooding near downtown Lincoln with Salt Creek over it's banks. Haymarket baseball field webcams
http://t.co/JxmS4ISkw4
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Sunday Nov. 1, 2020, beautiful Autumn day on the
@UNLincoln
city campus. Lingering Autumn colors on campus. I enjoy the arboretum nature of the campus. No Winter temperatures this coming week, highs in the 70s. Enjoy, since winter cold/snow returns after November 8.
@unlcas
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My weather cam showing the arrival of this evening's thunderstorm
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Driving home this afternoon in Lincoln a house blew up 100 yards in front of me. Totally gone, lots of window damage within 1 block of blast
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All of Nebraska is below 0F this am, but the "winner" is Valentine at -31F almost coldest in nation. Nearby Norfolk was -24F. & Lincoln -12F
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7.4 inches on the snow board in south Lincoln as of 1pm and the snowfall rate has reached 1.5 inches per hour with visibility limited as we reach the heaviest snowfall of the event.
@NWSOmaha
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Spring in Lincoln in one of my four favorite seasons. Photos from this weekend around town. Check out the Canada goose who found a pothole with water in a shopping center and decided that was going to be its home!
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looks like winter in SE Lincoln, hail covering lawns and roads. A few larger stones still smashing into the house
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April is the start of the primary "tornado season" in the U.S. Here is the avg number of April tornadoes by state.
http://t.co/VIhCLjFGoU
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"Here today, gone tomorrow"? Nope. "Here today, gone today". Easy Peasey no more snow.
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4 years ago today I started my Honors UNL class with the driving beats of "The Final Countdown". It was my very last class taught at UNL. I then began retirement with absolutely no regrets after a 45 year career at UNL. Pleased that many of my former students still keep in touch
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Sidewalks and driveways in my neighborhood are nicely shedding their ice under the partly sunny sky over Lincoln. Here are some photos of the ice coated trees sparkling in the sunlight looking out from our deck at the woods behind our house (earlier today).
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We're busy digitizing the lost years of Lincoln's daily snow data. Lincoln's official daily snow data archive begins in 1948. We've digitized 1910-1947 daily snows, heading toward 1887.
@NWSOmaha
check out March 1915, 17.1 inches of snow on the ground.
@rustywx
@BradAnderson_WX
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I created maps of tornado occurrences,1950-2017, for Nebraska & nearby surrounding area. Mapping data available only thru Dec 2017. Data combine "F" & more recent usage of "EF" scales. "L" =location of Lincoln. Here are the (E)F5, (E)F4 & (E)F3 maps.
@UNLGeography
@UNLExtension
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What a beautiful day on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, city campus. Warm spring-like temperatures and spring color bursting out all over campus. Photos from today..
#UNLlincoln
;
@UNLGeography
@UNLincoln
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My UNL National Weather Camp is underway. One of our experiments was to show how hot it gets for a child or dog left in a car on a sunny summer day. Temperature in the front seat warmed to 151°F, back set with the baby, warmed to 116°F. Outside temperature was a pleasant 83°F
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There were no clouds yesterday or this morning but the blue skies are gone. Photos at my house in Lincoln: sunset last evening & the smoky hazy white sky this morning. Forecast maps for mid-day today show total atmospheric smoke and near surface smoke from the western wildfires.
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The snow has stopped as of noon. Total accumulation at my house 10.2 inches in far south Lincoln.
@NWSOmaha
The sun is starting to break through the clouds!
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The graph is a composite of 26 snowfall forecast models for Lincoln. The gray areas are night. The vertical line is current time 3pm CST. Forecast snowfall totals range form a low of 3.5" to a high of 18.7". Now you know why I don't like forecasting snow!
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Photos tonight at sunset in Lincoln. Some people watch football, I watch the weather! It's free & constantly changing. Sunset painted in RED, geese flying overhead. I "heart Nebraska" & the Great Plains.
@UNLGreatPlains
When I retire, this is where I will stay!
@UNLGeography
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Serious fcst when the NWS uses the term "historic flooding". The ground is frozen, rivers are ice clogged, snow cover rapidly melting, heavy rain create this extreme spring event. & strong winds! Make sure your sump pumps are ready to work. Nebraska
@UNLExtension
@UNLGeography
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I always wanted to fly the drone right after a snowfall but worry since the batteries do NOT like cold temperatures. I brought a drone up to 300ft late afternoon & did some quick photos over Lincoln & the rural edge of Lincoln.
@UNLGeography
@BJBULL1
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4:45pm Radar and 5pm snow depth measurement of 10.5 inches in south Lincoln. Measured on a flat concrete surface with no drifting. Still snowing!
@JackMitchellLNK
@rustywx
@NWSOmaha
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I love living here in a rural area just outside Lincoln with wide open skies. Photos of Canada geese in the air this afternoon over my house followed by a sunset of brilliant colors looking out behind out house. I "heart" the Great Plains
@UNLGreatPlains
@UNLGeography
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Chicago arrives in Lincoln, Nebraska! Excellent book of photos "Above Chicago", 2022 Calendar and jigsaw puzzle of the Chicago skyline. Barry is an incredible photographer
@barrybutler9
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I took a peek outside at my driveway and it is a sheet of ice after two hours of freezing drizzle. VERY DANGEROUS. Be careful if you step outside this evening or early tomorrow morning. No broken bones everyone, the hospitals are already almost full.
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Nebraska Weather. Yes I am talking to you. There's something seriously wrong with you since early April. It's mid afternoon May 19 & only 43°F in W, Neb. It's not funny anymore. Lincoln's high was at midnight,temps have fallen all day into the 50's. Stop your weather antics NOW!
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Rarely post any editorial cartoons, but I love this one.
@windbarb
thought you might like this too.
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A brief snow squall moved over the
@UNLincoln
campus this afternoon making the campus look like it was in a snow globe for awhile. Photos from the
@UNLGeography
seminar room and my office.
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Can you hear it? The engine of Spring is starting up. After a nasty weather Saturday, much warmer week ahead, lots of spring sunshine and melting of snow and ice.
@UNLExtension
@UNLGeography
@LNKToday
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How rare was yesterday's one deg temp range, high 33F,low 32F. I analyzed all the daily data 1887-2017, 47,498 days-See below for the answer
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The lost Lincoln daily snowfall data 1897-1947 are digitized. Original data were handwritten (sometimes sloppy, see below). I'm checking to make sure the data were entered correctly into the digital archive. It will be made official very soon.
@NWSOmaha
@rustywx
@BradAnderson_WX
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An historic day for Lincoln. The temperature fell to -31°F this am, the 2nd coldest temperature ever observed in the city (135 years of data). Yesterday's low, -25°F, shattered the old record of -11°F. Today's -31°F shattered the old record of -18°F & was 49 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
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From last weekend's -31F in Nebraska to this coming weekend with near 60F and thunderstorms. Nebraska you know how to do extremes!
@UNLSNR
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With the potential for frost on Saturday morning, I decided to stop by Lincoln's Sunken Gardens this afternoon to photograph all the colors before the flowering plants die off. What a beautiful treasure in Lincoln each year!
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Lincoln, NE, hot spot of the Great Plains this evening.
#newx
, lnkwx
http://t.co/1FKs4EfETw
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A monster low pressure cell and storm is brewing on the Great Plains. Winds speed average above 45mph with gusts soon to be hurricane force.
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The "Polar Express", aka The "Siberian Express", aka The "Polar Outbreak" is over. Done. Finito. Auf Deutsch ist "Fertig". I am hoping for 60°F next week. How much snow is forecast next 14 days? See below.
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I moved to Neb for the variety of weather here & the sky painted in red at sunset. Photos from this eve. Nebraska sunsets never get old!
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Spring has finally arrived on the
@UNLincoln
city campus. Photos from today. Blossoms are bursting out on the trees, students are outside eating lunch & soaking in the warm spring sunshine. Our "forever winter" has finally ended, warm days ahead.
@UNLGeography
,
@LNKToday
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There are a sizable number of people who love snow. These Lincoln, NE, photos are for you, snow haters look away.
http://t.co/itKSvitncj
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What an amazing official NWS snowfall forecast map. Up to 20 inches of heavy wet snow expected in central Nebraska with Lincoln on the southeast edge of the storm system. I-80 is already closed west of Elm Creek and adjacent Hwy 30 is closed west of Kearney.
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A vertical 12 inch ruler is under that snow on the black table. Airport liquid water total 1.11 inches as of 9pm. My liquid water content is 1.39 inches as of 9pm. My total snow total in So. Lincoln is now just over 12.0 inches, measured on a flat concrete surface, no drifting.
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What a BEAUTIFUL day today. Nice enough to sit outside soaking up the afternoon mid-December sunshine followed by the greatest show on earth, a Nebraska sunset. A perfect stay-cation in retirement.
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Yesterday at the wildlife sanctuary, i.e. my house. A fox caught three mice & ate each one live on our driveway. 5 flocks of geese flew over our house in a 2hour period late afternoon. Early evening, a large bird that looked like a racoon was seen emptying one of our bird feeders
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The day after the ice storm in Lincoln, with sunny skies and time to take some photos!
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This evening's sunset at 5:11pm behind my house. This is 13 minutes later than our earliest sunset of the season last month at 4:58pm. CAN YOU FEEL IT? Spring is on the way. By the end of January the sun doesn't set until 5:43pm.
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Much colder & possible snow next week. Don't buy into snowfall forecast amounts a week in advance. The following graphic, from meteorologist Chris Yates, is an excellent summary of the forecast timeline. My colleague and friend
@rustywx
has also been saying this for years!
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Last month it snowed in Lincoln. Last month in Lincoln we had a low of only 10°F. Last month was the 3rd coldest April on record in Lincoln. Today we hit 100°F in Lincoln. This is, without a doubt, the Heartland of Extremes
@UNLGeography
@UNLExtension
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I apologize to those who hate snow, but I LOVE this. First snowfall of the season. Photo in front using just the light from the street light
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Today should be the last daily high in the 30s until next fall. High Monday 61°F, then 50s into next weekend. Check out March 28 thru April 1 with forecast highs in the 60s.
@JackMitchellLNK
,
@LNKToday
this could be the real deal with Spring finally arriving later this month.
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20 years ago today, 2 forecasters from the Weather Channel staying at my house & my UNL storm chase team intercepted tornadoes across Neb. ending up near Hallam, NE as it got hit by a huge tornado. Heading over to KLKN TV this afternoon for an interview.
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Lawn care advice for hot summer weather that will save you some $. Keep your lawn at a higher cut, taller grass shades & keeps the soil cooler & slows evaporation. How often & what time of day should you irrigate? How much water? Fall fertilizer? etc. see the guidelines below.
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Get outside, feel the warmth of the sun & enjoy the remaining warm days of 2022 this week, the "end is near". Fcst models locked into the big switch in the sky flipping to WINTER mode after this week. Highs in the 40s, lows in the 20s fcst ten days from now! You have been warned.
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PLEASE read the forecast issued by Lincoln's Journal Star newspaper & found in my email inbox this morning. They are warning you that you should "seek shade during late-morning through early afternoon" and to "generously apply sunscreen". And at +3 deg. there is a chance of rain.
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on this day in 1997, Lincoln was paralyzed from a 13 inch snowstorm() Trees were destroyed,power was out. Today? 73F
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U.S. radar this afternoon looks like a giant scorpion with the tail ready to strike Nebraska!
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I can't recall ever seeing this during March in Lincoln. March is typically a month of large swings in temperatures, not this year. Next two weeks ALL forecast highs are in the 40s. No 50s, no 60s, no 70s. Hope you enjoyed yesterday's 68°F, won't see that again for quite awhile.
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The sky over Eastern Nebraska this eve was clear but filled with jet contrails illuminated by the setting sun.We are a major fly-over state!
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May 3, 2013, just a few days before the cancelled outdoor
@UNLincoln
graduation ceremony at Memorial Stadium. One of only three snowfalls ever recorded in May in Lincoln. NOT HAPPENING THIS YEAR!!!
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It's official, Lincoln's high temperature of only 33°F was the coldest high temperature ever observed for April 15, breaking the old record of 41°F (with 132 years of data). Today's high was normal for mid January! Ouch. It was 82°F on Friday!
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Daylight increases after the Winter Solstice, Dec 21, aka the "Shortest Day". The increase is very slow at first. We gained 2 seconds of daylight yesterday, 5 seconds today. By Dec. 31 we're gaining 37 seconds/day. By mid March we're gaining almost 3 minutes/day of daylight.
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I have been taking photos around Lincoln the last week enjoying the Spring colors. Hope you are enjoying our beautiful Spring weather and colors. Check it out at
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Mid-day Update: flooding continues in the Wahoo area (Hwy 77 and Hwy 92)
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I noted on the
@LNKToday
show this am Neb frequency of tornadoes abruptly stopped rising after 2004 & is now much lower. I created a Neb Tornado page. I don't know why this has happened, but there are scientists researching this
@gaarder
@JackMitchellLNK
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Yesterday's low temperature -31°F was 103 degrees colder than the record high for the date 72°F set 4 years ago. That made me curious. What are the greatest ranges between record highs & lows during the calendar year in Lincoln? Answer is below. I hope you find this interesting!
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RECORD HIGH! At 3pm today Lincoln's reached 65°F setting a record high for the date (1887-2024, 138 years of data). That's 83 degrees warmer than it was 2 weeks ago. Mid afternoon the lawn was 64.7°F, nearby snow piles were 32°F & reflecting much of the incoming sun's energy.
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100% confident that WINTER is behind us. Rapidly warming up. Yesterday's highs near 80°F in the area. No night-time freezes in the forecast & mainly RED warmer than normal next two weeks. Soil temperatures almost warm enough to start planting corn.
@UNLGeography
@UNLExtension
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For some people, Spring means golfing, fishing, camping etc. Me? It's flying my drones. I can't wait any longer for Spring, so I launched a drone several days ago when it was sunny & this dreary afternoon. From above, Lincoln looks like an Arctic landscape.
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