Lincoln, NE: 2026

9 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 59.4°F in Lincoln, NE, the warmest 1 January to 9 October since 1934, 3rd warmest of 140.

2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 59.4°F; Warmest since 1934; 3rd warmest of 140
Precipitation: 35.84 in; Wettest since 2017; 8th wettest of 140

A normal 1 January to 9 October in Lincoln, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 55.6°F, between 54.4°F and 58.2°F in eight years of ten and 25.20 in of precipitation, between 18.87 in and 32.56 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 9 October in Lincoln, NE since 1887: 59.4°F in 2026; the highest is 59.9°F, in 1934.

Normal range, 54.4 to 58.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 9 October in Lincoln, NE from 1887 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	59.4	3	71.7	3	47	8	35.84	8	0
2025	57	31	69.4	21	44.6	64	23.02	72	0
2024	58.5	9	71.6	4	45.4	41	22.96	73	0
2023	57.8	14	70.8	5	44.9	56	19.62	105	0
2022	57.1	28	70.6	9	43.5	95	18.42	116	0
2021	57	31	68.9	27	45.1	50	22.09	82	0
2020	56.6	40	68.5	31	44.7	61	20.86	95	0
2019	55	86	65.6	98	44.4	70	31.74	20	0
2018	55.8	62	67.4	51	44.2	79	30.14	31	0
2017	58.2	11	69.9	15	46.5	14	35.86	7	0
2016	58.8	7	70.4	12	47.3	6	26.26	48	0
2015	56.4	47	68.5	31	44.3	73	34.26	11	0
2014	54.8	95	67.3	55	42.3	118	32.02	19	0
2013	55	86	66.7	72	43.4	98	24.50	62	0
2012	59.3	4	73.3	1	45.3	43	15.57	133	0
2011	55	86	66.5	78	43.5	95	25.52	56	0
2010	55.2	81	66	90	44.4	70	32.08	18	0
2009	54.5	104	66.9	66	42.1	123	16.94	128	0
2008	54.4	108	66.2	87	42.6	113	28.38	39	0
2007	57.3	24	68.5	31	46	21	31.48	23	0
2006	58.2	11	70.7	7	45.6	35	20.64	98	0
2005	57.1	28	69.5	20	44.8	58	19.29	110	0
2004	55	86	66.9	66	43.1	107	20.26	102	0
2003	54.8	95	67.5	50	42.2	121	21.80	86	0
2002	56.6	40	69.1	25	44	84	24.87	61	0
2001	55.4	75	66.7	72	44.1	80	28.78	36	0
2000	57.7	19	70.5	11	44.8	58	19.86	104	0
1999	55.8	62	67	65	44.5	67	25.77	53	0
1998	56.4	47	66.7	72	46	21	28.61	38	0
1997	54.8	95	66.8	69	42.7	111	18.38	117	0
1996	52.7	129	64.4	117	41.1	135	32.37	16	0
1995	54.9	93	66.5	78	43.3	99	22.42	78	0
1994	53.9	111	66.4	81	41.5	133	18.92	113	0
1993	51.7	136	62.2	138	41.2	134	38.14	5	0
1992	56.5	44	68.5	31	44.5	67	24.23	65	0
1991	57.8	14	70.6	9	45.1	50	19.36	108	0
1990	57.8	14	69.9	15	45.6	35	24.35	64	0
1989	55	86	67.7	43	42.4	117	22.68	76	0
1988	56.5	44	70	14	43.1	107	16.68	130	0
1987	58.3	10	70.7	7	45.9	25	29.02	34	0
1986	57.4	22	69	26	45.8	29	33.42	13	0
1985	54	110	65.5	103	42.5	115	28.72	37	0
1984	54.8	95	65.6	98	43.9	87	30.65	28	0
1983	56.7	39	67.1	60	46.2	19	23.61	71	0
1982	52.6	132	63.1	129	42.1	123	35.11	9	0
1981	57.1	28	69.4	21	44.7	61	20.29	101	0
1980	55.6	70	67.7	43	43.5	95	18.83	115	0
1979	51.5	138	62.9	132	40	140	22.20	81	0
1978	51.5	138	62.9	132	40.1	138	27.28	44	0
1977	56.3	51	68.4	36	44.3	73	31.01	24	0
1976	56.3	51	69.2	24	43.3	99	17.64	123	0
1975	53.3	120	64.7	113	41.9	129	17.14	127	0
1974	54.5	104	67.1	60	42	126	17.50	124	0
1973	55	86	65.7	96	44.4	70	31.64	21	0
1972	55.8	62	66.5	78	45.1	50	21.89	84	0
1971	55.5	73	65.7	96	45.2	49	19.29	110	0
1970	56.6	40	67.3	55	45.9	25	25.80	52	0
1969	54.9	93	64.3	119	45.5	38	21.73	88	0
1968	56.3	51	66.8	69	45.7	30	23.82	68	0
1967	55.1	85	65.8	92	44.3	73	30.66	27	0
1966	54.6	102	65.2	107	44	84	18.30	119	0
1965	53.1	123	63	131	43.3	99	38.72	3	0
1964	56.8	37	67.6	47	46	21	25.90	51	0
1963	57.2	26	67.6	47	46.8	11	22.27	80	0
1962	54.7	99	64.8	112	44.5	67	25.50	57	0
1961	55.2	81	65.8	92	44.6	64	26.05	50	0
1960	53.1	123	62.9	132	43.2	105	29.62	32	0
1959	55.8	62	65.6	98	45.9	25	30.67	26	0
1958	55.3	77	64.9	110	45.7	30	32.93	15	0
1957	55.9	61	65.8	92	46	21	28.38	39	0
1956	56.5	44	67.7	43	45.3	43	21.75	87	0
1955	57.5	20	68.5	31	46.6	12	17.43	125	0
1954	57	31	68.7	30	45.3	43	28.08	41	0
1953	57.2	26	68.8	28	45.6	35	12.93	139	0
1952	55.6	70	67.1	60	44	84	25.28	58	0
1951	52.2	135	62.8	135	41.6	132	40.81	1	0
1950	51.7	136	63.3	127	40.1	138	22.02	83	0
1949	53.5	118	64.2	120	42.9	110	35.05	10	0
1948	54.7	99	66.3	84	43.2	105	24.50	62	0
1947	55.3	77	66.9	66	43.7	91	27.01	46	0
1946	57.8	14	69.8	17	45.7	30	18.32	118	0
1945	54.6	102	65.3	105	43.9	87	26.21	49	0
1944	54.5	104	65.3	105	43.7	91	28.91	35	0
1943	54.7	99	67.1	60	42.3	118	20.64	98	0
1942	55.5	73	66.6	76	44.3	73	22.39	79	0
1941	56.2	54	67.4	51	45.1	50	19.56	106	0
1940	53.1	123	66	90	40.2	137	15.86	132	0
1939	58.7	8	70.4	12	47.1	7	18.22	120	0
1938	58.9	6	69.6	19	48.3	2	25.76	54	0
1937	55.8	62	66.3	84	45.3	43	17.16	126	0
1936	56.2	54	67.7	43	44.6	64	13.15	138	0
1935	56.8	37	67.1	60	46.6	12	21.83	85	0
1934	59.9	1	72.2	2	47.7	4	12.60	140	0
1933	57.9	13	68.8	28	47	8	24.14	66	0
1932	55.2	81	65.2	107	45.3	43	23.83	67	0
1931	59	5	69.8	17	48.3	2	24.88	60	0
1930	57.3	24	68.1	39	46.4	15	16.85	129	0
1929	53.8	113	63.7	124	43.9	87	20.38	100	0
1928	56.4	47	67.8	42	45	55	20.75	96	0
1927	55.7	69	65.4	104	46.1	20	22.79	75	0
1926	56.9	34	67.4	51	46.4	15	21.27	92	0
1925	57.5	20	68	41	47	8	23.66	70	0
1924	53.1	123	63.5	125	42.6	113	19.31	109	0
1923	55.6	70	65.8	92	45.4	41	27.83	42	0
1922	56.9	34	68.1	39	45.7	30	20.67	97	0
1921	59.8	2	70.8	5	48.8	1	22.90	74	0
1920	55.3	77	65.6	98	45.1	50	21.55	89	0
1919	57.4	22	67.2	59	47.5	5	27.59	43	0
1918	56.2	54	68.2	38	44.1	80	14.82	135	0
1917	53.6	115	64.9	110	42.3	118	21.34	91	0
1916	54.5	104	65.6	98	43.3	99	21.08	93	0
1915	52.7	129	61.9	140	43.6	93	32.37	16	0
1914	56.9	34	67.4	51	46.3	17	38.54	4	0
1913	56.6	40	68.3	37	44.8	58	19.38	107	0
1912	52.4	134	62.8	135	42	126	20.03	103	0
1911	57.8	14	69.3	23	46.3	17	20.95	94	0
1910	56.2	54	67.6	47	44.9	56	29.41	33	0
1909	55.2	81	66.3	84	44.1	80	23.81	69	0
1908	56	60	66.8	69	45.3	43	33.56	12	0
1907	53.9	111	64.5	115	43.3	99	25.64	55	0
1906	55.3	77	66.4	81	44.3	73	30.86	25	0
1905	53.6	115	63.8	122	43.3	99	30.19	30	0
1904	52.6	132	63.1	129	42.1	123	26.30	47	0
1903	53.6	115	63.3	127	43.9	87	30.25	29	0
1902	54.1	109	64	121	44.1	80	36.33	6	0
1901	56.4	47	67.3	55	45.5	38	17.96	122	0
1900	56.2	54	66.7	72	45.7	30	31.58	22	0
1899	52.9	128	63.8	122	41.9	129	18.15	121	0
1898	56.2	54	66.6	76	45.9	25	25.20	59	0
1897	55.4	75	66.1	89	44.7	61	18.86	114	0
1896	55.8	62	66.2	87	45.5	38	33.36	14	1
1895	55	86	66.4	81	43.6	93	15.10	134	0
1894	55.8	62	67.3	55	44.3	73	14.76	136	0
1893	53.1	123	64.4	117	41.8	131	19.04	112	0
1892	53.3	120	63.5	125	43.1	107	27.19	45	0
1891	52.7	129	62.6	137	42.7	111	38.87	2	0
1890	53.3	120	64.5	115	42	126	13.35	137	0
1889	53.8	113	65.2	107	42.5	115	21.39	90	0
1888	51.3	140	62.2	138	40.5	136	22.63	77	0
1887	53.4	119	64.6	114	42.2	121	16.56	131	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1934	59.9
1921	59.8
2026	59.4
2012	59.3
1931	59
1938	58.9
2016	58.8
1939	58.7
2024	58.5
1987	58.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1888	51.3
1979	51.5
1978	51.5
1993	51.7
1950	51.7
1951	52.2
1912	52.4
1982	52.6
1904	52.6
1996	52.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1951	40.81
1891	38.87
1965	38.72
1914	38.54
1993	38.14
1902	36.33
2017	35.86
2026	35.84
1982	35.11
1949	35.05

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	12.60
1953	12.93
1936	13.15
1890	13.35
1894	14.76
1918	14.82
1895	15.10
2012	15.57
1940	15.86
1887	16.56

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 101°F; 8 September 2026, 26 July 2026, 20 July 2026
Coldest night: -12°F; 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 6.15 in; 30 September 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	24.4°F 63rd warmest of 140	0.95 in 35th wettest of 140
February	37°F 10th warmest of 140	0.44 in 37th driest of 140
March	48.1°F 4th warmest of 140	0.22 in 10th driest of 140
April	55.2°F 17th warmest of 140	2.47 in 66th wettest of 140
May	64.5°F 37th warmest of 140	4.65 in 44th wettest of 140
June	73.5°F 51st warmest of 140	4.09 in 63rd wettest of 140
July	79°F 40th warmest of 140	6.78 in 10th wettest of 140
August	76.2°F 53rd warmest of 140	4.75 in 28th wettest of 140
September	73.6°F 4th warmest of 140	11.49 in Wettest of 140
October so far	64.7°F 26th warmest of 140	a trace 27th driest of 140

Hot days and freezes

Lincoln, NE has had 46 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2025, tied 56th most of 140 (with 1998).
Lincoln, NE has had 3 days at 100°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2024, tied 66th most of 140 (with 2013, 2007, 1999 and 9 other years).
Lincoln, NE has had 72 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2025, 133rd most of 140.
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Lincoln, NE came on Saturday 2 May 2026, the latest since 2023, tied 30th latest of 140 (with 1995, 1978, 1961 and 2 other years).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
9 October	Warmest day	92°F	90°F 1928, 1921	Confirmed
15 May	Warmest day	95°F	93°F 2001, 1944	Provisional
13 April	Warmest day	90°F	89°F 2024, 2023, 1936	Provisional
30 March	Warmest day	90°F	88°F 1917	Provisional
21 March	Warmest day	97°F	88°F 1907	Provisional
20 March	Warmest day	88°F	80°F 2022	Provisional
9 February	Warmest day	76°F	68°F 1954	Provisional
7 January	Warmest day	66°F	65°F 2003	Provisional
6 January	Warmest day	61°F	60°F 1933	Provisional
4 January	Warmest day	60°F	59°F 2012, 1916	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 35.84 in of precipitation in Lincoln, NE, the wettest 1 January to 9 October since 2017, 8th wettest of 140.
The hottest day of 2026 so far in Lincoln, NE: 101°F on Tuesday 8 September 2026, Sunday 26 July 2026 and Monday 20 July 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Lincoln, NE: a low of -12°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Lincoln, NE: 6.15 in on Wednesday 30 September 2026.