Lincoln, NE: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 31.5°F in Lincoln, NE, the warmest December since 2024, tied 41st warmest of 139 (with 1946).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 31.5°F; Warmest since 2024; 41st warmest of 139
Precipitation: 0.25 in; Driest since 2021; 28th driest of 139

A normal December in Lincoln, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 29.4°F, between 22.9°F and 32.6°F in eight years of ten and 0.77 in of precipitation, between 0.24 in and 2.62 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Lincoln, NE since 1887: 31.5°F in 2025; the highest is 38.6°F, in 1889.

Normal range, 22.9 to 32.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Lincoln, NE from 1887 to 2025, 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
2025	31.5	41	44.2	17	18.9	68	0.25	111
2024	33.3	21	44.4	15	22.1	30	1.58	25
2023	35.2	9	46.2	5	24.3	15	1.70	21
2022	25.8	97	37.4	83	14.2	114	0.64	70
2021	36	6	49.5	1	22.5	27	0.25	111
2020	30.1	56	42.7	35	17.4	84	1.20	37
2019	32.5	26	43.8	23	21.1	47	2.57	7
2018	30.3	55	40.9	44	19.8	62	3.32	4
2017	27.9	82	38.9	67	16.8	93	0.38	95
2016	26.6	91	37.2	86	16	97	1.62	23
2015	33.6	16	42.7	35	24.5	13	4.42	1
2014	31.4	43	38.6	69	24.3	15	1.22	36
2013	22.2	120	34.6	100	9.8	133	0.22	118
2012	27.9	82	39.5	55	16.3	96	1.50	27
2011	29.2	66	40.5	47	17.9	80	1.58	25
2010	25	103	35.6	95	14.4	112	0.24	113
2009	19.7	132	28.6	133	10.7	129	2.42	8
2008	23	116	35.2	98	10.9	128	0.80	55
2007	24.2	109	34	104	14.5	110	2.09	13
2006	33.5	19	45.4	9	21.6	41	3.05	5
2005	24.7	106	34.6	100	14.7	108	0.52	77
2004	30.8	49	43.1	31	18.6	74	0.43	90
2003	30.5	51	39.5	55	21.4	44	0.52	77
2002	32	32	45.3	10	18.7	72	0.01	137
2001	32.4	27	44.8	11	20.1	55	0.34	102
2000	15.7	137	25.2	137	6.3	138	0.62	71
1999	31.7	37	43.5	25	19.9	58	0.57	73
1998	30.9	48	43.9	22	17.9	80	0.19	119
1997	29.5	64	37.3	85	21.7	37	0.73	59
1996	23.1	115	32.8	114	13.4	117	0.24	113
1995	28	81	37.4	83	18.7	72	0.26	109
1994	28.3	75	38.5	70	18.1	79	1.07	39
1993	30.8	49	41.3	42	20.3	53	0.41	92
1992	26.3	95	35.7	94	17	88	0.87	50
1991	33.6	16	42.8	34	24.5	13	2.01	14
1990	23.4	112	34.6	100	12.3	121	0.77	57
1989	19	133	30.7	125	7.3	137	0.59	72
1988	31.7	37	44.8	11	18.6	74	0.57	73
1987	32.3	28	40.5	47	24.2	17	0.70	63
1986	30.5	51	39.3	60	21.7	37	1.32	32
1985	21.4	127	31.6	118	11.1	126	0.32	104
1984	27.9	82	38.9	67	16.9	91	3.42	3
1983	8.1	139	16	139	0.3	139	0.67	66
1982	29.9	57	40.4	50	19.3	66	1.97	17
1981	24.9	104	33.8	106	16	97	0.71	61
1980	28.6	73	38.5	70	18.6	74	0.77	57
1979	32.3	28	44.1	19	20.5	51	0.38	95
1978	22.3	118	31.1	121	13.5	116	0.38	95
1977	25.1	101	35.8	93	14.4	112	0.35	100
1976	24.3	108	39.2	63	9.5	134	0.04	132
1975	29.9	57	39.5	55	20.3	53	0.66	68
1974	26.9	89	37.2	86	16.5	95	0.69	64
1973	21.8	123	30.7	125	12.9	119	2.15	11
1972	21.6	125	31.3	120	11.9	123	1.37	29
1971	31.1	46	37.7	78	24.6	12	0.83	51
1970	31.2	44	40.5	47	21.9	33	0.28	107
1969	27	88	34.7	99	19.2	67	1.23	35
1968	24	110	32.1	116	16	97	1.89	20
1967	29.9	57	37.9	72	21.8	36	0.68	65
1966	28.2	77	37.5	81	18.8	70	0.71	61
1965	36.2	5	45.5	7	26.9	5	1.36	31
1964	26.5	92	35.5	97	17.5	82	0.51	81
1963	20.8	128	30.2	127	11.5	124	0.33	103
1962	29.2	66	37.8	76	20.6	50	0.50	83
1961	21.5	126	30	129	13	118	0.96	43
1960	29.7	60	39.9	52	19.5	63	0.08	126
1959	35.8	8	44.5	14	27.1	4	0.88	48
1958	29	70	39.2	63	18.9	68	0.08	126
1957	36.9	4	47.2	3	26.6	7	0.67	66
1956	34.5	11	44.2	17	24.7	11	0.23	116
1955	24.9	104	33.3	110	16.6	94	0.42	91
1954	33.3	21	42.5	38	24.1	18	0.51	81
1953	32	32	42.9	33	21.2	46	1.03	41
1952	25.8	97	35.6	95	15.9	100	1.06	40
1951	21.8	123	31	123	12.6	120	0.39	94
1950	26.4	93	37.7	78	15	106	0.16	121
1949	29.2	66	41	43	17.3	85	0.24	113
1948	26.4	93	37.2	86	15.7	102	0.93	45
1947	28.5	74	37.6	80	19.4	65	1.61	24
1946	31.5	41	43.5	25	19.5	63	0.16	121
1945	20.7	129	30.1	128	11.4	125	1.99	15
1944	25.1	101	33.3	110	17	88	0.40	93
1943	28.1	79	40.8	45	15.4	103	0.02	134
1942	24.4	107	32.9	113	15.8	101	1.37	29
1941	32.2	30	42.7	35	21.7	37	1.92	19
1940	29.4	65	37.8	76	21.1	47	1.19	38
1939	36	6	46.3	4	25.7	10	0.94	44
1938	32.7	25	43	32	22.5	27	0.26	109
1937	28.3	75	37.9	72	18.8	70	0.17	120
1936	31.9	35	40.1	51	23.6	22	0.88	48
1935	29.6	63	37.1	89	22.1	30	0.30	105
1934	26.9	89	33.8	106	19.9	58	0.44	89
1933	32.9	24	43.2	30	22.5	27	1.67	22
1932	23.8	111	32.8	114	14.8	107	0.81	54
1931	37	2	43.5	25	30.4	1	2.26	9
1930	31.8	36	39.6	53	24	19	0.12	124
1929	28.9	71	37.9	72	19.9	58	0.02	134
1928	31.2	44	39.2	63	23.2	25	0.03	133
1927	20.6	130	31.1	121	10.1	131	0.35	100
1926	26	96	33.4	109	18.6	74	0.93	45
1925	27.5	85	36.4	92	18.5	78	0.66	68
1924	18.5	135	26.3	135	10.7	129	1.98	16
1923	35.1	10	44.3	16	25.8	9	0.52	77
1922	28.1	79	39.3	60	16.9	91	0.08	126
1921	31.6	40	43.3	29	20	56	0.11	125
1920	29.2	66	36.9	90	21.5	43	0.46	87
1919	20.4	131	28.7	132	12	122	0.73	59
1918	34.4	13	42.2	39	26.7	6	0.83	51
1917	18.6	134	28.1	134	9.1	135	0.23	116
1916	22.2	120	33.3	110	11.1	126	0.48	85
1915	29.7	60	37.5	81	21.9	33	0.98	42
1914	18.1	136	26.3	135	9.9	132	0.91	47
1913	33.5	19	40.8	45	26.2	8	4.03	2
1912	33.1	23	44.8	11	21.4	44	0.02	134
1911	28.9	71	36.8	91	20.9	49	2.24	10
1910	27.3	87	34.6	100	20	56	0.57	73
1909	15.2	138	22.5	138	7.8	136	2.59	6
1908	31.7	37	41.5	41	21.9	33	0.16	121
1907	31.1	46	39.4	58	22.9	26	0.27	108
1906	30.5	51	39.3	60	21.7	37	0.83	51
1905	32.1	31	42.2	39	22	32	0.06	130
1904	27.5	85	37.9	72	17.2	86	0.29	106
1903	28.2	77	39.2	63	17.2	86	0.07	129
1902	22	122	29.5	131	14.6	109	1.96	18
1901	25.2	100	33.5	108	17	88	0.52	77
1900	33.9	14	44.1	19	23.8	20	0.49	84
1899	25.8	97	34	104	17.5	82	1.31	33
1898	23.2	114	32	117	14.5	110	0.48	85
1897	22.6	117	29.9	130	15.4	103	2.10	12
1896	37	2	45.7	6	28.4	2	0.37	98
1895	30.5	51	39.4	58	21.6	41	0.05	131
1894	33.6	16	43.4	28	23.8	20	0.36	99
1893	29.7	60	39.6	53	19.9	58	0.54	76
1892	22.3	118	30.9	124	13.7	115	1.46	28
1891	34.5	11	45.5	7	23.5	23	1.25	34
1890	33.8	15	44.1	19	23.4	24	0.00	138
1889	38.6	1	49.2	2	28.1	3	0.00	138
1888	32	32	43.6	24	20.5	51	0.46	87
1887	23.4	112	31.6	118	15.2	105	0.80	55

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1889	38.6
1931	37
1896	37
1957	36.9
1965	36.2
2021	36
1939	36
1959	35.8
2023	35.2
1923	35.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1983	8.1
1909	15.2
2000	15.7
1914	18.1
1924	18.5
1917	18.6
1989	19
2009	19.7
1919	20.4
1927	20.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	4.42
1913	4.03
1984	3.42
2018	3.32
2006	3.05
1909	2.59
2019	2.57
2009	2.42
1931	2.26
1911	2.24

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1890	0.00
1889	0.00
2002	0.01
1943	0.02
1929	0.02
1912	0.02
1928	0.03
1976	0.04
1895	0.05
1905	0.06

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 62°F; 26 December 2025
Coldest night: 0°F; 14 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.11 in; 18 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 0.25 in of precipitation in Lincoln, NE, the driest December since 2021, tied 28th driest of 139 (with 2021).
The hottest day of December 2025 in Lincoln, NE: 62°F on Friday 26 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Lincoln, NE: a low of 0°F on Sunday 14 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Lincoln, NE: 0.11 in on Thursday 18 December 2025.