Omaha Crushes 119-Year Temperature Record

Image (click to enlarge): U.S. temperatures at 3 pm CST, January 19, 2014, from Unisys

9 PM Update: Added Hastings, Broken Bow, Imperial NE and Salina, Russell KS

Original post:
A mid-winter mini-heatwave tied or broke long-standing high temperature records across at least 3 states on January 19, according to preliminary reports from the National Weather Service (NWS). The 65° at Omaha absolutely crushed the previous record for the date of 60°, which dated back 119 years to 1895. Omaha is one of the original official Weather Bureau observing sites whose climate history began in 1871. An 1895 record also fell at Lincoln, where it was 66°.

The preliminary records reported by the NWS (POR indicates the year in which the period of record began):

	Location	Record	Previous	Date	POR
NE	Lincoln	66	65	1895	1887
	Norfolk	66	66	1921	1888
	Omaha	65	60	1895	1871
	McCook	68	66	1997	1896
	Chadron	61	60	2003	1895
	Grand Island	68	62	1997	1895
	Hastings	67	62	1921	1894
	Broken Bow	65	64	1951	1894
	Imperial	66	66	1911	1893
KS	Hill City	69	66	2006	1896
	Salina	68	68	2003	1894
	Russell	69	69	1986	0
IA	Sioux City	65	59	1921	1889