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February 2021 Observations and Discussion


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I went on a rather difficult, yet scenic hike yesterday morning tucked in the northeast valley.  The trail, Tom’s Thumb, was 5.1 miles round trip (1,045 elevation gain) and a peak elevation of 3,868 ft.  At the base, the temp was 50F but up top it was quite breezy and chilly.  I’d guess in the low/mid 40’s.  The skies very deep blue and clear.  It was a very busy day on the trails (snow birds, vacationers) are the usual culprits this time of year.

 

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This is a view of Pinnacle Peak in the north valley looking due north...

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This is a view E/SE on top of the trail towards Fountain Hills where you can see the man-made pond in the middle of the picture.

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Still an outside chance that DSM loses another tenth - but as of 8:35pm the avg temp for FEB for KDSM is 15.3F. That puts FEB 2021 as the 7th coldest FEB on record. Here are the  top 10. FEB 2021 was also the 34th coldest month ever recorded including Jan and Dec going back to 1878.

TOP 10 Coldest FEB for KDSM

1936- 8.0F (one of DSM top 5 weather/climate stats of all time imo)

1978 -  13.3F

1979  -  13.8F

1885  -   14.4F

1905 -   14.8F

1929  -  15.2F

2021-   15.3F

1989-   15.4F

1899-   15.6F

1904-  16.7F

 

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1 hour ago, Grizzcoat said:

Still an outside chance that DSM loses another tenth - but as of 8:35pm the avg temp for FEB for KDSM is 15.3F. That puts FEB 2021 as the 7th coldest FEB on record. Here are the  top 10. FEB 2021 was also the 34th coldest month ever recorded including Jan and Dec.

TOP 10 Coldest FEB for KDSM

1936- 8.0F (one of DSM top 5 weather/climate stats of all time imo)

1978 -  13.3F

1979  -  13.8F

1885  -   14.4F

1905 -   14.8F

1929  -  15.2F

2021-   15.3F

1989-   15.4F

1899-   15.6F

1904-  16.7F

 

That's an impressive list to join by any regard. What a February that was! It had everything, but shaking up the top 10 all-time list is pretty special.

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Fairly certain the low of 25F at midnight pushed FEB 2021 into a tie of 6th coldest FEB all time for KDSM. Reason for my post above. Will see how CPC rules this in the future but in the last 6 hours KDSM lost .2F in avg temp for the month based on a low of 34F going to 25F for the 28th. It all matters...

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5th coldest February in Lincoln and 6th in Omaha. Pretty impressive when the only years ahead are 1899, 1936, 1978, and 1979. LNK may be 6th as well if 1875 was included, which was up there for OMA, but LNK didn't record temperatures then. It could be decades before we see a month as extreme as this again, I'm glad I lived it. 

Other stats for Lincoln:

5th snowiest February (16.6") 

-31 is the coldest Feb temp recorded

-First sub zero high (-4) since 1996

-17 days of 10"+ snow depth this month beats previous record of 11, though I can only find snow depth stats back to 1948

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Snowfall in Lincoln, NE:

2017-18: 21.4"   2018-19: 55.5"   2019-20: 17.6"   2020-21: 49.4"   2021-22: 5.1" 🤮

Average: 26"

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February stats from my backyard.

Average low: 8.2   9.9 degrees below average   Coldest low: -23.6 (2/16)

Average high: 27.2   10.9 degrees below average   Warmest high: 57.4 (2/27)

Average temp: 17.7   10.4 degrees below average

.89" of precip and 12.6" of snow.

Total snowfall through the winter so far is 38.3"

Had 1 winter storm warning, 2 wind chill warnings, 4 wind chill advisories, 4 winter weather advisories, 1 dense fog advisory, and 1 aerial flood watch for ice jams!!

Also had 11 nights at or below zero for the low and one daily high below zero.

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