Lincoln, NE: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 37°F in Lincoln, NE, the warmest February since 2024, 10th warmest of 140.

February 2026

Mean temperature: 37°F; Warmest since 2024; 10th warmest of 140
Precipitation: 0.44 in; Driest since 2025; 37th driest of 140

A normal February in Lincoln, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 29.9°F, between 21.6°F and 37.3°F in eight years of ten and 0.75 in of precipitation, between 0.13 in and 1.64 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Lincoln, NE since 1887: 37°F in 2026; the highest is 41.6°F, in 1930.

Normal range, 21.6 to 37.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February 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	37	10	52	4	21.9	36	0.44	104	0
2025	23.3	105	36.4	80	10.3	127	0.31	111	0
2024	40.4	3	55.8	1	24.9	12	0.51	100	0
2023	30.6	47	45.2	20	16.1	80	1.29	29	0
2022	28.8	62	44.1	31	13.6	101	0.03	138	0
2021	15.1	136	25.5	136	4.8	136	0.79	66	0
2020	31.3	37	44.2	30	18.5	61	0.13	127	0
2019	18.6	133	27.4	133	9.8	129	1.59	21	0
2018	23.9	100	35.3	87	12.6	109	0.74	74	0
2017	38.3	4	52.2	3	24.4	15	0.55	94	0
2016	34.8	18	45.6	18	24.1	18	0.76	71	0
2015	21.6	122	33.5	100	9.7	131	0.93	51	0
2014	22.5	109	33.8	95	11.3	121	0.62	86	0
2013	29.9	57	40.6	53	19.1	53	0.54	98	0
2012	30.6	47	41.3	47	20	45	2.10	11	0
2011	26.9	78	38.6	64	15.1	88	0.79	66	0
2010	22.6	107	30.3	123	14.8	90	0.99	47	0
2009	31.1	40	44.3	29	17.9	66	0.64	84	0
2008	25.6	87	36.5	79	14.6	92	0.55	94	0
2007	23.9	100	33.2	106	14.6	92	1.31	26	0
2006	29.6	60	44	32	15.3	87	0.07	133	0
2005	33.5	24	45.1	22	22	32	2.22	9	0
2004	25.4	89	35	89	15.8	82	1.17	40	0
2003	24.6	93	36.1	82	13.1	105	1.62	20	0
2002	31	42	43.1	36	18.8	59	0.36	108	0
2001	21.3	123	30	125	12.5	111	1.82	16	0
2000	36	15	49.2	9	22.7	29	1.59	21	0
1999	37.3	8	48.4	13	26.2	7	1.28	30	0
1998	36.3	14	44.5	27	28.2	2	0.92	53	0
1997	29.8	58	38.1	68	21.5	37	0.67	80	0
1996	30.1	53	43.1	36	17	73	0.06	136	0
1995	32.5	31	45.1	22	19.9	47	0.57	92	0
1994	21.8	120	33.3	105	10.3	127	0.41	105	0
1993	20.6	125	28.9	128	12.4	113	0.62	86	0
1992	37.7	6	48.6	11	26.7	6	0.93	51	0
1991	37.6	7	51.4	6	23.8	20	0.12	129	0
1990	31.7	33	44.5	27	19	55	0.20	122	0
1989	16.3	134	27.5	132	5.2	135	0.81	64	0
1988	26.3	82	39.3	60	13.3	104	0.14	124	0
1987	37.2	9	49.6	8	24.8	13	0.53	99	0
1986	26.2	85	35.8	84	16.5	77	0.60	91	0
1985	22.5	109	33.4	103	11.6	117	0.55	94	0
1984	35.7	16	46.3	16	25.1	10	1.26	33	0
1983	31.5	35	40	56	23	26	0.66	81	0
1982	23.4	104	33.1	108	13.8	99	0.30	113	0
1981	31.4	36	45.2	20	17.7	67	0.22	120	0
1980	21.9	118	30.7	121	13.1	105	0.55	94	0
1979	13	139	23.3	138	2.7	139	0.48	103	0
1978	13.1	138	22.8	139	3.5	137	1.19	38	0
1977	31.7	33	47.5	14	15.9	81	0.08	131	0
1976	36.8	12	50.3	7	23.2	23	1.15	41	0
1975	20.1	129	28.3	130	11.9	116	1.26	33	0
1974	31.1	40	41.9	44	20.3	44	0.08	131	0
1973	28.4	65	36.8	75	20	45	0.62	86	0
1972	28.7	63	40.4	55	17	73	0.25	118	0
1971	26.3	82	34.4	91	18.1	64	2.79	6	0
1970	33.1	28	44.9	24	21.4	38	0.65	83	0
1969	27.1	74	33.5	100	20.7	41	0.89	57	0
1968	28.2	69	37.2	72	19.2	52	0.09	130	0
1967	29.3	61	41.9	44	16.6	76	0.14	124	0
1966	28.3	67	39.3	60	17.2	71	1.10	43	0
1965	22.5	109	32.7	112	12.4	113	3.06	3	0
1964	31.3	37	40.5	54	22	32	0.76	71	0
1963	30.1	53	41.1	49	19.1	53	0.27	116	0
1962	26.7	79	34.4	91	18.9	58	1.28	30	0
1961	32.6	30	42.3	40	23	26	1.10	43	0
1960	20.2	128	27.2	134	13.1	105	2.10	11	0
1959	26.4	80	35.3	87	17.5	68	0.89	57	0
1958	24	98	32.3	115	15.8	82	2.88	5	0
1957	34.2	21	44.8	25	23.5	22	0.28	115	0
1956	27.4	72	36.7	76	18.1	64	0.38	106	0
1955	22.6	107	31.8	119	13.5	102	0.64	84	0
1954	40.5	2	53.4	2	27.6	4	1.48	24	0
1953	34.1	22	43.6	35	24.6	14	0.50	101	0
1952	34.1	22	44	32	24.2	17	0.78	69	0
1951	30.1	53	41.8	46	18.5	61	3.47	1	0
1950	27.2	73	37.9	69	16.5	77	1.31	26	0
1949	20.6	125	30.3	123	11	123	0.75	73	0
1948	24	98	33.6	98	14.5	96	2.28	8	0
1947	23.7	102	33.6	98	13.7	100	0.35	109	0
1946	35.3	17	48.6	11	22	32	0.13	127	0
1945	30	56	38.6	64	21.4	38	2.09	13	0
1944	28.2	69	39.8	57	16.5	77	1.20	37	0
1943	33.4	25	45.4	19	21.4	38	0.80	65	0
1942	25.6	87	33.8	95	17.5	68	0.61	90	0
1941	26.3	82	34.3	94	18.3	63	0.62	86	0
1940	24.3	94	33.1	108	15.6	85	1.18	39	0
1939	22.4	114	34.4	91	10.4	126	1.54	23	0
1938	29.7	59	39.7	58	19.8	48	1.21	36	0
1937	25	90	33	110	17	73	0.21	121	0
1936	8.9	140	17.5	140	0.2	140	0.68	78	0
1935	34.7	19	43.8	34	25.6	9	0.87	59	0
1934	30.3	51	40.9	50	19.6	49	0.78	69	0
1933	27.1	74	38.8	63	15.5	86	0.29	114	0
1932	30.9	44	38.9	62	22.9	28	0.68	78	0
1931	38.1	5	48.8	10	27.4	5	1.09	45	0
1930	41.6	1	51.7	5	31.4	1	0.31	111	0
1929	19.2	130	27.8	131	10.6	125	1.06	46	0
1928	32.7	29	42.2	41	23.2	23	0.92	53	0
1927	33.2	26	42.5	39	23.9	19	3.13	2	0
1926	36.9	11	45.8	17	28	3	0.74	74	0
1925	33.2	26	42	42	24.4	15	1.70	18	0
1924	30.6	47	40.8	52	20.4	42	0.99	47	0
1923	26.4	80	37.7	71	15.1	88	0.07	133	0
1922	25.9	86	37.2	72	14.7	91	0.66	81	0
1921	36.4	13	47.2	15	25.7	8	0.37	107	0
1920	30.8	46	38.3	67	23.2	23	0.84	62	0
1919	27.9	71	36.3	81	19.4	51	2.92	4	0
1918	28.3	67	40.9	50	15.8	82	1.22	35	0
1917	24.3	94	36	83	12.6	109	0.02	139	0
1916	24.2	96	33.8	95	14.6	92	0.35	109	0
1915	31	42	36.9	74	25.1	10	2.53	7	0
1914	22.4	114	31.9	118	12.9	108	0.71	76	0
1913	22.9	106	33.4	103	12.3	115	0.90	55	0
1912	24.7	92	32.3	115	17.1	72	1.31	26	0
1911	30.9	44	39.6	59	22.3	30	2.01	14	0
1910	24.2	96	34.9	90	13.5	102	0.18	123	0
1909	31.2	39	42.9	38	19.5	50	1.13	42	0
1908	28.5	64	36.7	76	20.4	42	2.13	10	0
1907	28.4	65	37.8	70	19	55	1.69	19	0
1906	30.5	50	42	42	19	55	0.86	60	0
1905	16.1	135	26.1	135	6.1	134	0.85	61	0
1904	21.9	118	32.7	112	11.2	122	0.07	133	0
1903	21.2	124	29.8	126	12.5	111	1.39	25	0
1902	22.5	109	30.7	121	14.3	97	0.14	124	0
1901	23.6	103	32.6	114	14.6	92	0.79	66	0
1900	19.1	131	29.8	126	8.5	133	0.97	50	0
1899	14.1	137	24.6	137	3.5	137	0.56	93	0
1898	31.8	32	41.3	47	22.2	31	0.99	47	0
1897	27	77	35.4	86	18.6	60	0.00	140	0
1896	34.3	20	44.8	25	23.8	20	0.27	116	1
1895	22.2	116	32.9	111	11.4	119	0.71	76	0
1894	21.7	121	32	117	11.4	119	1.80	17	0
1893	22	117	33.2	106	10.8	124	0.83	63	0
1892	30.2	52	38.5	66	22	32	0.90	55	0
1891	20.5	127	31.3	120	9.8	129	1.90	15	0
1890	24.9	91	35.5	85	14.2	98	0.06	136	0
1889	22.5	109	33.5	100	11.6	117	0.23	119	0
1888	27.1	74	36.7	76	17.5	68	0.49	102	0
1887	18.9	132	28.7	129	9.2	132	1.27	32	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1930	41.6
1954	40.5
2024	40.4
2017	38.3
1931	38.1
1992	37.7
1991	37.6
1999	37.3
1987	37.2
2026	37

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	8.9
1979	13
1978	13.1
1899	14.1
2021	15.1
1905	16.1
1989	16.3
2019	18.6
1887	18.9
1900	19.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1951	3.47
1927	3.13
1965	3.06
1919	2.92
1958	2.88
1971	2.79
1915	2.53
1948	2.28
2005	2.22
1908	2.13

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1897	0.00
1917	0.02
2022	0.03
1996	0.06
1890	0.06
2006	0.07
1923	0.07
1904	0.07
1977	0.08
1974	0.08

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 76°F; 9 February 2026
Coldest night: 0°F; 23 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.40 in; 19 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 0.44 in of precipitation in Lincoln, NE, the driest February since 2025, 37th driest of 140.
The hottest day of February 2026 in Lincoln, NE: 76°F on Monday 9 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Lincoln, NE: a low of 0°F on Monday 23 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Lincoln, NE: 0.40 in on Thursday 19 February 2026.