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Lincoln rainfall for 2020

Lincoln picked up 23.63 inches of rain in 2020. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 87 days at Lincoln Airport; the wettest day brought 2.02 inches on Jul 1, 2020. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 29.34 inches. The total landed 5.71 inches below the normal, which works out to 19% less. 2020 ranks 45th out of 59 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1948.

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Lincoln rainfall for 2020

Lincoln rainfall for 2020
Year total23.63 inches2020
1991-2020 normal29.34 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-5.71 inches (-19%)81% of normal
Year rank45th of 59Complete years from 1948, wettest first
Rain days87
Wettest day2.02 inches

Rain by month in 2020

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2020. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2020

Every day with measurable rain in 2020: Lincoln
DateRainfall
0.69 inches
0.02 inches
0.13 inches
0.36 inches
0.33 inches
0.16 inches
0.01 inches
0.04 inches
0.59 inches
0.07 inches
0.06 inches
0.05 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.20 inches
0.03 inches
0.12 inches
0.13 inches
0.14 inches
0.52 inches
0.56 inches
0.09 inches
0.06 inches
0.05 inches
0.38 inches
0.19 inches
0.25 inches
0.40 inches
0.03 inches
0.23 inches
0.28 inches
1.56 inches
0.63 inches
0.08 inches
0.33 inches
0.57 inches
2.02 inches
0.04 inches
0.27 inches
0.33 inches
0.41 inches
0.06 inches
0.07 inches
1.02 inches
0.16 inches
0.48 inches
0.31 inches
0.01 inches
0.07 inches
0.37 inches
0.58 inches
0.67 inches
2.00 inches
0.25 inches
0.06 inches
0.10 inches
0.18 inches
0.03 inches
0.03 inches
0.57 inches
0.17 inches
0.21 inches
0.53 inches
0.13 inches
0.01 inches
0.09 inches
0.03 inches
0.49 inches
0.04 inches
0.03 inches
0.25 inches
0.18 inches
0.21 inches
0.31 inches
0.04 inches
0.04 inches
0.01 inches
0.08 inches
0.02 inches
0.07 inches
0.31 inches
0.41 inches
0.11 inches
0.33 inches
0.03 inches
0.01 inches

Daily totals come from Lincoln Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1948. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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