UNL Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources · College of Arts and Sciences School of Natural Resources
Thirty year monthly averages of precipitation and temperature for selected locations across the United State and around the world.
The High Plains Region Normals Maps include maps of precipitation, average temperature, maximum temperature, minimum temperature, heating degree days, and cooling degree days. The 1981-2010 Normals were used to comprise the maps.
The High Plains Climate Atlas is composed of a series of maps with various climatic variables being represented. In most instances, 50 years of data were used to comprise the atlas. Maps include mean maximum temperature, mean minimum temperature, precipitation thresholds, last spring freeze, first fall freeze, growing degree days (base 50), total precipitation, total snowfall, heating degree days, and cooling degree days.
Analysis of the 1887 to present Lincoln data archive with precipitation (rain and snowfall), temperature, and growing season climatologies.
Students are encouraged to complete course evaluations at the end of each semester. These are done electronically.