Lincoln, NE: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 76.2°F in Lincoln, NE, the warmest August since 2023, tied 53rd warmest of 140 (with 1998, 1991, 1976 and 1 other year).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 76.2°F; Warmest since 2023; 53rd warmest of 140
Precipitation: 4.75 in; Wettest since 2025; 28th wettest of 140

A normal August in Lincoln, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 75.4°F, between 71.7°F and 78.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.01 in of precipitation, between 1.25 in and 6.21 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Lincoln, NE since 1887: 76.2°F in 2026; the highest is 84.3°F, in 1937.

Normal range, 71.7 to 78.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August 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
2026	76.2	53	86.2	79	66.1	29	4.75	28
2025	74.1	97	84	105	64.2	74	4.89	26
2024	76.1	58	87.5	55	64.6	63	1.50	115
2023	77.3	33	89.3	33	65.2	49	3.76	56
2022	77.9	26	91.5	13	64.3	70	0.55	135
2021	78.3	22	90.3	25	66.2	27	3.41	67
2020	75	82	87.2	59	62.9	95	1.27	119
2019	74.7	92	84.1	102	65.3	47	2.79	81
2018	75.3	76	86.3	78	64.2	74	4.35	38
2017	71.4	130	82.5	123	60.2	128	3.38	71
2016	75.5	72	86.2	79	64.9	56	3.83	52
2015	73.8	100	85.4	90	62.2	110	3.78	55
2014	76.1	58	86.6	72	65.5	41	7.54	6
2013	76.1	58	86.9	65	65.3	47	1.11	125
2012	74.5	95	89.7	30	59.2	136	0.30	139
2011	75.5	72	86.2	79	64.9	56	6.89	8
2010	78.1	24	90.7	21	65.5	41	2.81	79
2009	72.3	115	84.5	99	60.2	128	3.20	74
2008	75.4	74	88.2	44	62.7	98	1.78	111
2007	79.5	11	90	29	69	6	5.80	18
2006	75.7	68	86.8	68	64.6	63	4.05	47
2005	75	82	86.4	76	63.6	88	2.55	89
2004	71.5	127	83.9	106	59.2	136	2.15	99
2003	77.7	29	90.6	23	64.8	61	1.11	125
2002	76.3	50	88.5	41	64.1	77	8.29	5
2001	76.5	46	89	35	64	78	1.26	120
2000	79	14	90.9	19	67.1	17	2.56	88
1999	73.9	99	85.1	96	62.7	98	3.41	67
1998	76.2	53	86.6	72	65.9	32	4.07	46
1997	73.6	103	84.5	99	62.7	98	2.46	92
1996	72.3	115	82.1	131	62.6	104	6.13	16
1995	79.5	11	90.9	19	68	11	1.72	112
1994	71.7	123	83.4	113	60.1	131	3.21	73
1993	74.8	88	85.3	92	64.4	68	4.32	41
1992	70.2	137	81.4	134	59	139	2.07	103
1991	76.2	53	89.7	30	62.8	97	1.26	120
1990	76.7	43	88.1	46	65.2	49	3.46	64
1989	75	82	87.2	59	62.9	95	4.02	48
1988	78.3	22	92.1	8	64.5	66	2.27	96
1987	72.8	110	83.5	111	62.2	110	6.39	12
1986	71	135	81	135	61	119	5.95	17
1985	71.3	132	82.2	129	60.4	127	2.02	105
1984	78	25	91.6	11	64.4	68	1.40	117
1983	83.4	3	95.5	5	71.4	2	1.17	124
1982	74.1	97	82.8	120	65.4	45	8.57	4
1981	72.3	115	82.4	126	62.3	108	5.07	24
1980	78.8	16	90.4	24	67.2	16	6.21	14
1979	75.2	79	85.9	83	64.5	66	2.80	80
1978	74.9	86	87.7	53	62	113	1.90	107
1977	72.2	118	82.5	123	62	113	7.48	7
1976	76.2	53	90.1	27	62.3	108	0.07	140
1975	79.5	11	91.5	13	67.4	14	1.37	118
1974	70.7	136	82.1	131	59.3	135	4.52	31
1973	77.2	35	88.6	38	65.7	37	0.75	132
1972	75.2	79	84.7	97	65.8	35	3.76	56
1971	76.2	53	86.9	65	65.5	41	0.95	129
1970	77.9	26	88.5	41	67.4	14	3.97	50
1969	76.8	40	86.4	76	67.1	17	2.09	101
1968	76	63	85.3	92	66.6	22	3.63	62
1967	72.8	110	83.6	108	61.9	115	1.91	106
1966	72.5	113	82.4	126	62.7	98	3.83	52
1965	74.8	88	85.3	92	64.3	70	2.17	98
1964	72	121	82.6	122	61.4	118	3.61	63
1963	75.9	65	85.8	85	65.9	32	2.27	96
1962	75.8	67	87.3	57	64.3	70	5.25	23
1961	75.9	65	86.5	75	65.2	49	4.36	36
1960	76.4	47	87.3	57	65.6	39	6.29	13
1959	81	6	91.4	17	70.6	4	1.80	110
1958	76.8	40	87.6	54	66	30	2.86	77
1957	77.5	32	88.4	43	66.6	22	4.35	38
1956	78.4	20	90.2	26	66.6	22	3.96	51
1955	80.7	8	92.6	7	68.9	8	0.55	135
1954	75.6	71	84.1	102	67.1	17	10.14	2
1953	77.2	35	89.5	32	64.9	56	2.09	101
1952	73.7	101	84.1	102	63.2	92	3.16	75
1951	74.8	88	85.9	83	63.7	86	5.46	22
1950	70.2	137	81	135	59.5	133	4.11	45
1949	74.2	96	85.7	88	62.7	98	1.86	108
1948	77.3	33	89	35	65.5	41	2.43	93
1947	84	2	96.8	3	71.1	3	1.23	123
1946	72.8	110	83.8	107	61.8	117	3.38	71
1945	76	63	87	64	65	55	4.43	33
1944	74.8	88	85.7	88	63.9	81	6.19	15
1943	78.4	20	91.1	18	65.7	37	2.13	100
1942	76.4	47	87.8	52	64.9	56	2.06	104
1941	77.7	29	91.7	10	63.6	88	0.67	134
1940	72.9	108	85.3	92	60.5	125	3.39	69
1939	75	82	86.7	70	63.2	92	2.61	85
1938	80.2	9	91.5	13	69	6	4.63	30
1937	84.3	1	96.1	4	72.5	1	1.69	113
1936	83.2	4	96.9	2	69.5	5	1.63	114
1935	78.5	17	90.1	27	67	20	2.47	91
1934	79	14	91.5	13	66.5	25	2.59	86
1933	73.6	103	83.5	111	63.6	88	4.32	41
1932	75.7	68	85.8	85	65.6	39	4.36	36
1931	75.1	81	86.6	72	63.6	88	3.79	54
1930	77.2	35	87.5	55	66.8	21	3.75	59
1929	76.7	43	88	49	65.4	45	0.92	130
1928	76.1	58	87.1	61	65.2	49	3.65	61
1927	69.8	139	79.4	139	60.2	128	3.08	76
1926	77.6	31	89.1	34	66	30	4.43	33
1925	75.3	76	85.8	85	64.9	56	4.86	27
1924	77	39	88.2	44	65.9	32	1.10	127
1923	73.2	107	83.3	114	63.1	94	5.50	20
1922	78.5	17	90.7	21	66.3	26	0.69	133
1921	76.3	50	88.1	46	64.6	63	3.43	66
1920	71.9	122	83	118	60.7	123	3.69	60
1919	74.9	86	86	82	63.7	86	4.67	29
1918	80.9	7	93.9	6	67.9	12	0.77	131
1917	71.6	125	83.6	108	59.5	133	2.49	90
1916	75.7	68	86.7	70	64.8	61	6.70	9
1915	67.9	140	78.2	140	57.6	140	5.57	19
1914	76.7	43	88.1	46	65.2	49	1.47	116
1913	82.6	5	97.6	1	67.6	13	0.31	138
1912	75.4	74	86.9	65	63.9	81	4.16	44
1911	74.7	92	87.1	61	62.4	106	4.52	31
1910	73.5	106	84.5	99	62.5	105	13.98	1
1909	80.1	10	92.1	8	68.1	9	1.24	122
1908	72.9	108	83.6	108	62.1	112	2.84	78
1907	75.3	76	86.8	68	63.8	83	4.17	43
1906	76.1	58	87.1	61	65.2	49	2.74	82
1905	77.1	38	87.9	50	66.2	27	6.45	10
1904	72.1	119	83.3	114	61	119	2.39	94
1903	71.5	127	80.3	138	62.7	98	6.45	10
1902	72.4	114	81	135	63.8	83	4.35	38
1901	76.4	47	88.6	38	64.3	70	1.02	128
1900	78.5	17	88.9	37	68.1	9	9.07	3
1899	76.8	40	87.9	50	65.8	35	2.66	84
1898	76.3	50	88.6	38	64	78	3.45	65
1897	71.7	123	82.9	119	60.5	125	2.69	83
1896	73.7	101	83.1	117	64.2	74	3.39	69
1895	74.6	94	85.4	90	63.8	83	4.00	49
1894	77.8	28	91.6	11	64	78	0.45	137
1893	71.3	132	82.7	121	60	132	5.50	20
1892	73.6	103	84.7	97	62.4	106	3.76	56
1891	71.4	130	81.9	133	60.9	121	2.30	95
1890	71.2	134	83.3	114	59.2	136	1.84	109
1889	71.6	125	82.3	128	60.8	122	4.40	35
1888	72.1	119	82.2	129	61.9	115	4.95	25
1887	71.5	127	82.5	123	60.6	124	2.59	86

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1937	84.3
1947	84
1983	83.4
1936	83.2
1913	82.6
1959	81
1918	80.9
1955	80.7
1938	80.2
1909	80.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1915	67.9
1927	69.8
1992	70.2
1950	70.2
1974	70.7
1986	71
1890	71.2
1985	71.3
1893	71.3
2017	71.4
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1910	13.98
1954	10.14
1900	9.07
1982	8.57
2002	8.29
2014	7.54
1977	7.48
2011	6.89
1916	6.70
1905	6.45
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1976	0.07
2012	0.30
1913	0.31
1894	0.45
2022	0.55
1955	0.55
1941	0.67
1922	0.69
1973	0.75
1918	0.77

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 95°F; 29 August 2026, 11 August 2026
Coldest night: 59°F; 27 August 2026, 2 August 2026
Wettest day: 1.18 in; 19 August 2026

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Every answer in words

August 2026 brought 4.75 in of precipitation in Lincoln, NE, the wettest August since 2025, 28th wettest of 140.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Lincoln, NE: 95°F on Saturday 29 August 2026 and Tuesday 11 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Lincoln, NE: a low of 59°F on Thursday 27 August 2026 and Sunday 2 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Lincoln, NE: 1.18 in on Wednesday 19 August 2026.