Upward trend in temperatures soon

Last year on this day, it was the coldest day of the entire year. The morning low dropped to -18°F in Lincoln, and the high temperature never got above zero.

There was also 9″ of snow on the ground.

Our lowest temperature so far this winter is 3° (we have yet to see actual air temperatures below zero). Today won’t be nearly as cold, but we may get closer to those frigid temperatures by Sunday and early next week.

Today wind chills in the morning will be around zero. Afternoon wind chills will be in the teens.

There was a decent northerly breeze very early Tuesday from the overnight hours, but that will drop off by the second half of the day.

Temperatures may be a little warmer out west toward Kearney today. Most will be stuck around 20-25 degrees.

We’ll be off from normal on the colder side by about 10-15 degrees. Normal highs in Lincoln by mid-January are still around 35°.

Then, the roller coaster ride turns uphill for the end of the week. We’ll be quite warm and nearing 50 degrees Thursday and Friday.

This weekend though, you can see those temperatures bottom out in the teens soon after. Those days are looking like the coldest of the season thus far.

And it’s also fascinating that Nebraska along with many northern states (Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota) have less snow than states like Arkansas, Oklahoma and areas east with an estimated map of snow depth above.

Still little to no flakes in the forecast.

Meteorologist Jessica Blum 
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