Lincoln, NE: Fall

9 October 2026: Fall 2026 so far averaged 71.5°F in Lincoln, NE, the warmest 1 September to 9 October since 1938, 4th warmest of 140.

Fall 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 71.5°F; Warmest since 1938; 4th warmest of 140
Precipitation: 11.49 in; Wettest on record; Wettest of 140, provisional

A normal 1 September to 9 October in Lincoln, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 64.4°F, between 61.6°F and 68.5°F in eight years of ten and 3.78 in of precipitation, between 1.51 in and 6.21 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 September to 9 October in Lincoln, NE since 1887: 71.5°F in 2026; the highest is 73.4°F, in 1897.

Normal range, 61.6 to 68.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 September 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
2026	71.5	4	81.8	14	61.2	2	11.49	1
2025	68.2	22	80.7	25	55.7	29	4.86	38
2024	69.2	10	85.7	2	52.7	74	0.20	138
2023	69.3	9	83.7	6	54.8	45	1.38	118
2022	68.5	19	84	5	53.1	65	0.98	128
2021	68.8	15	82.5	10	55	37	0.65	131
2020	63.3	98	77.6	63	49.1	126	1.65	108
2019	69.8	8	81.1	21	58.5	6	7.08	14
2018	65.1	66	74.7	105	55.5	32	8.85	3
2017	68.9	13	80.7	25	57.1	14	6.03	26
2016	67.6	34	80	33	55.2	35	4.87	36
2015	68.6	18	79.7	36	57.6	11	4.93	34
2014	63.7	89	75.2	99	52.2	86	8.32	7
2013	68.5	19	81.7	15	55.3	34	4.05	54
2012	60.8	134	77.9	60	43.7	140	1.73	105
2011	62.8	110	76.7	77	48.9	127	1.85	102
2010	64.6	75	78.3	55	50.8	106	3.73	60
2009	61	132	73.1	126	48.8	128	1.83	104
2008	64.3	81	77.1	71	51.5	95	4.39	46
2007	67.2	40	80.4	30	54	58	5.87	28
2006	63.8	86	75.5	93	52.1	89	3.93	55
2005	68.2	22	82.3	11	54.1	56	0.29	137
2004	66.7	47	81.4	17	52	92	3.50	67
2003	62	121	76.8	75	47.2	137	3.62	62
2002	64.8	70	77.5	67	52.2	86	4.87	36
2001	63.8	86	76.4	82	51.2	99	6.11	25
2000	63.2	101	78.2	58	48.3	133	1.54	112
1999	62	121	76.4	82	47.6	134	1.25	120
1998	67.1	41	79.3	42	54.9	38	3.63	61
1997	68.1	25	81.4	17	54.9	38	1.85	102
1996	61.7	125	72.8	128	50.6	108	3.82	57
1995	62	121	74.8	104	49.2	125	3.14	76
1994	64.7	73	77.2	70	52.1	89	2.99	80
1993	59.8	139	72.1	134	47.6	134	4.24	51
1992	63.9	85	77.6	63	50.3	113	4.08	53
1991	65	69	79.4	41	50.6	108	1.20	123
1990	67.8	30	81.4	17	54.3	53	1.88	101
1989	61.1	131	73.6	119	48.6	131	8.56	5
1988	63.7	89	76.9	73	50.6	108	6.18	24
1987	62.9	106	75.7	91	50.1	116	3.20	74
1986	65.8	60	75.5	93	56	27	6.77	16
1985	60.8	134	70.3	139	51.2	99	4.62	43
1984	62.7	115	75.4	97	49.9	119	2.90	84
1983	67.6	34	80.6	28	54.6	48	2.89	85
1982	64.5	77	74.6	108	54.4	52	4.27	50
1981	63.4	95	75.4	97	51.4	96	2.93	83
1980	65.3	65	80.7	25	50	118	0.33	136
1979	66.1	55	81.2	20	51	102	0.40	134
1978	65.6	61	78.3	55	52.9	68	4.43	45
1977	62.9	106	73.6	119	52.2	86	7.51	9
1976	64.2	82	77.6	63	50.9	104	3.22	73
1975	61.4	127	75.5	93	47.4	136	1.53	113
1974	59.6	140	74	114	45.1	139	1.14	124
1973	62.6	117	72.6	130	52.6	76	8.80	4
1972	63.3	98	76.4	82	50.1	116	3.09	77
1971	66.9	44	79	46	54.8	45	1.01	127
1970	64.5	77	74.7	105	54.3	53	8.38	6
1969	67.4	38	78.5	51	56.3	22	0.83	129
1968	64.1	83	74.4	110	53.9	59	7.24	11
1967	62.7	115	72.6	130	52.8	69	4.24	51
1966	63	104	73.7	118	52.4	80	2.11	97
1965	60.1	138	69.9	140	50.2	114	6.76	17
1964	63.3	98	73.8	117	52.8	69	3.03	79
1963	69	12	79.9	35	58.1	8	3.50	67
1962	62.8	110	72.6	130	53.1	65	4.34	48
1961	61.4	127	72.1	134	50.8	106	6.43	20
1960	66.7	47	78.7	49	54.7	47	2.97	81
1959	62.9	106	72.7	129	53.1	65	4.65	42
1958	67	42	78	59	56	27	6.83	15
1957	63.8	86	74.2	113	53.4	62	2.24	95
1956	67.5	36	80.9	23	54.1	56	3.59	64
1955	68.1	25	78.8	47	57.4	12	5.32	32
1954	68.7	16	79.6	37	57.8	10	2.76	88
1953	66.4	51	81.6	16	51.1	101	1.47	116
1952	64.4	79	80.1	31	48.7	129	0.35	135
1951	60.3	136	71.1	137	49.6	122	4.36	47
1950	61.4	127	73.5	123	49.3	124	3.38	70
1949	62.2	120	74.6	108	49.7	121	7.38	10
1948	66.6	49	78.8	47	54.5	50	5.49	31
1947	70.1	7	83.6	8	56.6	19	2.49	91
1946	64.6	75	76.5	80	52.7	74	3.04	78
1945	63.5	94	76.1	87	50.9	104	3.26	72
1944	62.8	110	73.6	119	52.1	89	1.34	119
1943	61.6	126	76.7	77	46.5	138	1.23	122
1942	63.6	93	74.7	105	52.4	80	5.65	30
1941	66.2	53	78.5	51	53.8	60	5.72	29
1940	67.4	38	82.3	11	52.5	78	1.58	111
1939	71.2	5	85.3	3	57	16	1.14	124
1938	72.2	3	84.2	4	60.2	3	2.94	82
1937	68.1	25	80.1	31	56.2	25	1.51	114
1936	68.9	13	79.6	37	58.1	8	3.57	65
1935	63.7	89	75.1	102	52.3	84	2.82	86
1934	63.4	95	75.2	99	51.6	94	4.47	44
1933	67.7	33	79.3	42	56.1	26	4.81	39
1932	62.8	110	75.1	102	50.6	108	1.90	100
1931	72.8	2	83.7	6	61.8	1	3.80	58
1930	68.1	25	79.2	45	57.1	14	1.51	114
1929	63.1	102	73	127	53.3	64	4.32	49
1928	64.8	70	78.5	51	51	102	2.04	99
1927	65.9	58	76.2	86	55.6	31	3.19	75
1926	63.7	89	72.6	130	54.9	38	6.68	18
1925	66.3	52	76	88	56.6	19	3.28	71
1924	62.9	106	74	114	51.8	93	2.74	90
1923	66.1	55	75.9	89	56.3	22	7.21	13
1922	70.7	6	83.2	9	58.2	7	2.12	96
1921	68.7	16	81.9	13	55.5	32	2.81	87
1920	68	29	81	22	54.9	38	1.44	117
1919	69.1	11	79.5	39	58.7	5	6.38	22
1918	63	104	75.5	93	50.5	112	2.38	93
1917	64.1	83	75.6	92	52.6	76	2.31	94
1916	65.1	66	77.5	67	52.8	69	1.03	126
1915	63.1	102	73.9	116	52.3	84	3.92	56
1914	67.5	36	78.5	51	56.5	21	10.44	2
1913	66.8	45	77.9	60	55.7	29	3.61	63
1912	62.8	110	73.2	125	52.4	80	3.80	58
1911	66.8	45	76.9	73	56.7	18	4.91	35
1910	65.6	61	76.3	85	54.9	38	6.21	23
1909	66.5	50	78.3	55	54.6	48	4.98	33
1908	67.8	30	80.8	24	54.9	38	1.62	109
1907	64.8	70	76.8	75	52.8	69	4.72	41
1906	65.6	61	77.7	62	53.4	62	7.61	8
1905	68.3	21	79.3	42	57.4	12	7.23	12
1904	65.9	58	77	72	54.9	38	3.44	69
1903	62.4	118	73.4	124	51.4	96	1.71	106
1902	60.3	136	71	138	49.6	122	5.95	27
1901	63.4	95	74.3	112	52.5	78	6.42	21
1900	67	42	77.3	69	56.8	17	2.75	89
1899	65.4	64	79.5	39	51.4	96	0.47	133
1898	66	57	77.6	63	54.3	53	2.40	92
1897	73.4	1	86.7	1	60.1	4	1.71	106
1896	60.9	133	71.9	136	49.9	119	4.74	40
1895	68.2	22	80	33	56.3	22	0.69	130
1894	64.7	73	76.7	77	52.8	69	0.55	132
1893	66.2	53	78.6	50	53.7	61	2.07	98
1892	67.8	30	80.5	29	55.1	36	0.17	139
1891	65.1	66	75.8	90	54.5	50	6.58	19
1890	61.2	130	73.6	119	48.7	129	1.25	120
1889	62.3	119	74.4	110	50.2	114	1.60	110
1888	61.9	124	75.2	99	48.5	132	0.10	140
1887	64.4	79	76.5	80	52.4	80	3.55	66

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1897	73.4
1931	72.8
1938	72.2
2026	71.5
1939	71.2
1922	70.7
1947	70.1
2019	69.8
2023	69.3
2024	69.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	59.6
1993	59.8
1965	60.1
1951	60.3
1902	60.3
2012	60.8
1985	60.8
1896	60.9
2009	61
1989	61.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	11.49
1914	10.44
2018	8.85
1973	8.80
1989	8.56
1970	8.38
2014	8.32
1906	7.61
1977	7.51
1949	7.38

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1888	0.10
1892	0.17
2024	0.20
2005	0.29
1980	0.33
1952	0.35
1979	0.40
1899	0.47
1894	0.55
2021	0.65

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 101°F; 8 September 2026
Coldest night: 45°F; 5 October 2026, 2 October 2026
Wettest day: 6.15 in; 30 September 2026

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Fall 2026 so far brought 11.49 in of precipitation in Lincoln, NE, the wettest 1 September to 9 October on record, in 140 years since 1887; provisional.
The hottest day of fall 2026 so far in Lincoln, NE: 101°F on Tuesday 8 September 2026.
The coldest night of fall 2026 so far in Lincoln, NE: a low of 45°F on Monday 5 October 2026 and Friday 2 October 2026.
The wettest day of fall 2026 so far in Lincoln, NE: 6.15 in on Wednesday 30 September 2026.