Lincoln, NE: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 64.5°F in Lincoln, NE, the warmest May since 2024, tied 37th warmest of 140 (with 2004, 1985 and 1937).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 64.5°F; Warmest since 2024; 37th warmest of 140
Precipitation: 4.65 in; Wettest since 2024; 44th wettest of 140

A normal May in Lincoln, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 62.1°F, between 59.4°F and 66.5°F in eight years of ten and 5.03 in of precipitation, between 2.06 in and 8.61 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Lincoln, NE since 1887: 64.5°F in 2026; the highest is 71.9°F, in 1934.

Normal range, 59.4 to 66.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May 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	64.5	37	78.4	18	50.6	72	4.65	44
2025	63.2	55	76.5	33	49.8	87	3.05	86
2024	64.6	35	77.6	21	51.5	61	4.78	41
2023	66.9	12	81.3	5	52.5	42	0.51	139
2022	64.1	44	74.9	54	53.3	34	5.27	30
2021	62.4	63	73	73	51.8	57	2.55	101
2020	60.1	102	70	117	50.1	84	5.09	36
2019	60.2	101	70.8	102	49.6	91	7.29	11
2018	69.5	4	82.5	2	56.5	9	2.23	108
2017	62.8	60	75.8	43	49.8	87	6.29	16
2016	62.7	62	74.4	60	50.9	66	5.42	28
2015	61.5	76	71.2	98	51.8	57	10.90	1
2014	65.2	31	78.2	19	52.2	50	5.26	31
2013	61.5	76	72.7	76	50.2	81	8.44	8
2012	66.9	12	80.5	7	53.4	33	3.00	89
2011	61.8	72	73.6	66	49.9	86	6.00	20
2010	60.5	93	71.4	95	49.5	93	3.70	65
2009	63.9	45	77.1	25	50.7	71	1.17	133
2008	60.4	94	72.3	84	48.5	105	4.12	54
2007	65.9	22	77.2	23	54.6	19	8.13	9
2006	64.7	34	76.8	28	52.5	42	2.09	116
2005	62	70	75.9	41	48	114	2.18	111
2004	64.5	37	76.7	30	52.2	50	3.04	87
2003	59.4	112	72.2	88	46.6	125	3.60	70
2002	59.4	112	72.4	82	46.5	126	5.20	33
2001	63.9	45	75.3	51	52.5	42	10.16	3
2000	66.5	17	80.3	8	52.7	41	2.16	112
1999	61.6	75	72.5	80	50.6	72	5.63	23
1998	66.2	19	78.2	19	54.1	28	5.49	25
1997	57.5	129	71.3	97	43.8	140	1.82	122
1996	59.3	114	67.9	132	50.8	68	10.09	5
1995	56.6	135	66.5	138	46.8	124	6.60	13
1994	62.9	59	76.8	28	48.9	100	1.71	125
1993	60.4	94	71.4	95	49.3	95	4.96	39
1992	62.2	65	75.6	45	48.8	101	2.38	105
1991	66.6	16	76.7	30	56.5	9	2.98	90
1990	59.5	110	70.3	111	48.7	104	4.99	38
1989	62.2	65	76.5	33	47.8	118	0.91	137
1988	67.6	10	80.6	6	54.5	22	3.25	81
1987	67.3	11	79.3	13	55.4	13	4.01	57
1986	63.1	56	74.6	57	51.7	60	2.55	101
1985	64.5	37	75.9	41	53.1	38	3.34	76
1984	59.1	117	69.8	120	48.5	105	7.97	10
1983	58.1	127	70.1	113	46.1	129	5.00	37
1982	63.4	51	72.6	78	54.2	26	5.48	26
1981	59.8	106	71.2	98	48.3	108	3.99	58
1980	62.8	60	76	40	49.6	91	2.07	117
1979	59.7	108	72.9	74	46.5	126	2.95	91
1978	60	104	70.7	104	49.2	97	3.68	66
1977	68.4	5	79.9	9	56.9	5	5.20	33
1976	58.9	123	72.5	80	45.4	134	3.03	88
1975	63.4	51	76.5	33	50.3	78	2.58	100
1974	62.1	69	73.2	71	51	65	5.22	32
1973	59	119	71.8	90	46.2	128	5.86	21
1972	63.4	51	72.7	76	54	30	4.25	51
1971	60.4	94	70.5	106	50.3	78	6.30	15
1970	68.3	6	79.7	11	56.9	5	3.28	78
1969	64.3	41	74	64	54.6	19	4.46	48
1968	58.8	124	69.3	125	48.3	108	2.10	115
1967	59	119	69.2	127	48.8	101	4.47	47
1966	61.3	79	74.5	58	48.2	111	1.74	124
1965	66.7	15	77.1	25	56.2	11	6.27	17
1964	67.9	9	78.9	14	56.9	5	2.72	97
1963	63.5	50	73.7	65	53.3	34	2.53	103
1962	70.3	2	82	4	58.5	1	2.91	93
1961	59.3	114	69.3	125	49.4	94	3.50	71
1960	62	70	73.4	69	50.5	76	4.35	49
1959	63.1	56	72.3	84	54	30	8.91	7
1958	65.6	24	76.7	30	54.6	19	2.16	112
1957	61	86	70.1	113	51.9	55	3.42	75
1956	65.6	24	76.4	36	54.9	17	2.61	99
1955	66.5	17	78.7	16	54.3	24	1.23	132
1954	56.9	133	68.5	130	45.3	135	3.65	67
1953	61.2	83	72.3	84	50.2	81	1.80	123
1952	61.8	72	73.2	71	50.5	76	4.09	55
1951	62.2	65	73.6	66	50.8	68	6.71	12
1950	60.3	100	71.6	92	49	99	4.03	56
1949	64.2	42	74.2	62	54.2	26	6.26	18
1948	61.8	72	74.4	60	49.2	97	3.28	78
1947	57.4	131	69.2	127	45.6	133	2.69	98
1946	57.5	129	69.9	119	45.2	136	2.23	108
1945	56.3	136	66.9	136	45.7	131	4.95	40
1944	65.6	24	76.4	36	54.7	18	2.50	104
1943	58.7	125	70.4	109	47	122	3.49	72
1942	59.3	114	70.8	102	47.7	119	5.10	35
1941	66.8	14	79.4	12	54.1	28	1.93	120
1940	59.8	106	74.5	58	45.1	137	0.94	136
1939	69.6	3	82.4	3	56.8	8	1.61	126
1938	60.9	88	69.8	120	52.1	53	5.64	22
1937	64.5	37	75.7	44	53.3	34	1.89	121
1936	68.2	7	78.9	14	57.5	3	1.95	119
1935	55.7	138	63.5	139	47.9	116	5.44	27
1934	71.9	1	85.9	1	57.9	2	0.49	140
1933	61.2	83	71	101	51.4	62	1.58	127
1932	64.8	32	76.3	39	53.2	37	2.82	94
1931	58.7	125	69.5	124	47.9	116	6.41	14
1930	61.3	79	71.6	92	51.1	63	3.10	84
1929	60	104	70.1	113	49.8	87	3.28	78
1928	64.6	35	77	27	52.3	46	2.75	96
1927	61.3	79	71.7	91	50.8	68	1.57	128
1926	66.2	19	77.2	23	55.3	14	2.95	91
1925	60.6	92	72.9	74	48.3	108	1.25	131
1924	55.7	138	66.9	136	44.5	138	2.16	112
1923	60.1	102	70.5	106	49.8	87	3.31	77
1922	63.9	45	74.7	56	53	39	3.22	82
1921	65.3	28	75.5	46	55.1	16	3.10	84
1920	61	86	69.8	120	52.1	53	3.77	63
1919	60.7	91	70.5	106	50.9	66	3.83	61
1918	68	8	79.8	10	56.2	11	2.82	94
1917	56.7	134	67.5	135	46	130	3.99	58
1916	62.2	65	74.1	63	50.3	78	3.48	73
1915	59	119	69.2	127	48.8	101	4.77	42
1914	64.2	42	75.4	48	53	39	4.20	52
1913	63	58	73.6	66	52.3	46	6.02	19
1912	65.6	24	78.7	16	52.4	45	0.96	135
1911	65.3	28	76.4	36	54.3	24	3.95	60
1910	57.9	128	67.7	133	48	114	3.61	69
1909	60.4	94	72.6	78	48.2	111	5.63	23
1908	60.4	94	70.6	105	50.1	84	5.35	29
1907	56.3	136	68.3	131	44.4	139	3.19	83
1906	63.4	51	74.9	54	51.9	55	1.53	129
1905	59.6	109	70	117	49.3	95	4.75	43
1904	60.9	88	71.1	100	50.6	72	4.20	52
1903	61.3	79	70.3	111	52.3	46	10.72	2
1902	65.3	28	75.4	48	55.2	15	3.65	67
1901	61.4	78	72.3	84	50.6	72	1.96	118
1900	64.8	32	75.1	53	54.5	22	4.50	46
1899	62.3	64	72.4	82	52.2	50	2.29	107
1898	60.4	94	69.6	123	51.1	63	4.33	50
1897	60.9	88	73.4	69	48.5	105	1.48	130
1896	66.2	19	75.3	51	57.2	4	10.11	4
1895	63.9	45	75.4	48	52.3	46	1.09	134
1894	63.7	49	75.5	46	51.8	57	0.74	138
1893	59	119	70.4	109	47.6	120	2.31	106
1892	53.7	140	61.7	140	45.7	131	9.55	6
1891	59.1	117	70.1	113	48.2	111	3.77	63
1890	59.5	110	71.5	94	47.5	121	3.43	74
1889	61.1	85	72	89	50.2	81	2.20	110
1888	57.3	132	67.7	133	46.9	123	4.62	45
1887	65.7	23	77.5	22	53.9	32	3.79	62

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1934	71.9
1962	70.3
1939	69.6
2018	69.5
1977	68.4
1970	68.3
1936	68.2
1918	68
1964	67.9
1988	67.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1892	53.7
1935	55.7
1924	55.7
1945	56.3
1907	56.3
1995	56.6
1917	56.7
1954	56.9
1888	57.3
1947	57.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	10.90
1903	10.72
2001	10.16
1896	10.11
1996	10.09
1892	9.55
1959	8.91
2013	8.44
2007	8.13
1984	7.97

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	0.49
2023	0.51
1894	0.74
1989	0.91
1940	0.94
1912	0.96
1895	1.09
2009	1.17
1955	1.23
1925	1.25

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 95°F; 15 May 2026
Coldest night: 30°F; 2 May 2026
Wettest day: 2.28 in; 16 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 4.65 in of precipitation in Lincoln, NE, the wettest May since 2024, 44th wettest of 140.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Lincoln, NE: 95°F on Friday 15 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Lincoln, NE: a low of 30°F on Saturday 2 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Lincoln, NE: 2.28 in on Saturday 16 May 2026.