Lincoln, NE: September

30 September 2026: September 2026 averaged 73.6°F in Lincoln, NE, the warmest September since 2019, 4th warmest of 140.

September 2026

Mean temperature: 73.6°F; Warmest since 2019; 4th warmest of 140
Precipitation: 11.49 in; Wettest on record; Wettest of 140, provisional

A normal September in Lincoln, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 66.2°F, between 63.1°F and 70.7°F in eight years of ten and 2.58 in of precipitation, between 1.21 in and 5.02 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every September in Lincoln, NE since 1887: 73.6°F in 2026; the highest is 74.9°F, in 1897.

Normal range, 63.1 to 70.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every September 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	73.6	4	82.3	32	64.8	1	11.49	1
2025	68.3	51	80.9	44	55.7	57	3.53	48
2024	71.2	16	86.9	3	55.4	67	0.20	137
2023	71.3	12	85.9	5	56.6	38	0.60	128
2022	70.8	19	86	4	55.6	62	0.97	119
2021	69.9	30	83.8	18	55.9	54	0.64	125
2020	64.6	102	78.1	75	51	124	1.62	97
2019	73.7	3	85.1	7	62.4	3	3.40	50
2018	68.4	47	78.7	71	58.1	24	7.13	7
2017	70.3	23	82.8	27	57.8	29	1.85	91
2016	70.2	26	82.2	33	58.1	24	3.38	51
2015	71.5	8	82.6	30	60.3	7	4.93	26
2014	65.6	90	77.2	93	53.9	83	6.89	9
2013	70.6	21	83.6	19	57.6	30	1.99	88
2012	64.6	102	82.1	34	47.1	139	1.73	95
2011	61.5	135	75.1	113	47.9	136	1.33	108
2010	66.3	78	79	67	53.7	87	3.73	43
2009	64.4	105	76.8	99	52	114	1.25	110
2008	65.5	93	77.8	83	53.3	95	4.10	36
2007	67.1	68	80.2	55	54	82	3.10	58
2006	63.2	120	74.8	116	51.6	119	3.93	39
2005	70.3	23	84.5	10	56	48	0.28	135
2004	70.1	27	84.4	11	55.7	57	3.24	55
2003	62.3	130	76.9	97	47.7	138	3.62	44
2002	67.6	62	80.3	52	54.8	73	1.47	101
2001	65.4	95	78	77	52.7	105	5.83	18
2000	67.8	61	82.9	26	52.6	108	1.13	113
1999	64	109	77.8	83	50.1	129	1.22	112
1998	71.3	12	84.4	11	58.2	22	1.95	89
1997	67.6	62	80.4	50	54.8	73	1.84	92
1996	63.2	120	73.9	124	52.5	110	3.80	41
1995	63.9	110	76.8	99	51	124	2.55	76
1994	66.1	81	79.5	63	52.7	105	2.42	78
1993	59.9	140	71.9	138	47.9	136	3.60	45
1992	65.5	93	78.5	72	52.5	110	2.61	75
1991	67.6	62	81.8	37	53.3	95	0.94	122
1990	70.5	22	84.8	8	56.2	47	0.62	127
1989	63.3	118	75.6	110	51.1	123	8.28	3
1988	67.6	62	80.9	44	54.3	78	6.18	13
1987	65.7	87	78	77	53.4	93	3.20	57
1986	68.5	44	78.1	75	58.8	16	5.59	21
1985	63.5	115	72.2	136	54.9	72	4.37	34
1984	63	124	76.2	107	49.8	130	1.43	104
1983	69.2	35	83.2	23	55.3	68	2.62	74
1982	65.1	99	74.3	121	55.8	55	3.22	56
1981	65.9	85	78.3	74	53.5	90	2.51	77
1980	66.9	70	81.1	42	52.6	108	0.33	133
1979	68.6	42	83.4	21	53.9	83	0.40	130
1978	69.1	37	81.2	40	56.9	36	4.27	35
1977	66.4	76	77.2	93	55.6	62	6.05	15
1976	66.8	71	79.6	60	54.1	81	3.09	59
1975	61.6	133	74.8	116	48.5	134	1.53	100
1974	60.9	137	75.1	113	46.7	140	0.29	134
1973	63.2	120	72.8	133	53.5	90	7.52	5
1972	65.1	99	77.2	93	53	99	2.78	70
1971	68.1	55	80.2	55	56	48	0.96	120
1970	66	83	76	109	56	48	5.84	17
1969	68.7	40	79.3	64	58.1	24	0.77	123
1968	66.1	81	76.3	105	56	48	6.33	12
1967	63.4	116	74	123	52.9	102	2.91	66
1966	63.9	110	73.9	124	53.9	83	2.11	84
1965	60.1	139	68.9	140	51.2	122	6.76	11
1964	65.7	87	75.5	111	55.8	55	2.95	63
1963	68.4	47	78	77	58.7	19	3.50	49
1962	63.7	113	73.8	126	53.6	88	3.54	47
1961	62.4	129	72.3	134	52.4	112	5.71	20
1960	68.6	42	80	58	57.1	34	2.97	61
1959	66	83	76.3	105	55.7	57	2.94	64
1958	68.4	47	78.9	68	57.9	27	6.78	10
1957	64.4	105	75.1	113	53.6	88	1.55	99
1956	68.9	38	82.1	34	55.7	57	3.59	46
1955	70	28	81.2	40	58.8	16	4.81	28
1954	71.5	8	83.2	23	59.7	11	1.27	109
1953	68.4	47	83.4	21	53.5	90	1.47	101
1952	68.7	40	84.3	13	53.1	98	0.35	132
1951	60.9	137	71.4	139	50.4	128	2.71	71
1950	63.9	110	76.1	108	51.7	117	1.40	105
1949	61.1	136	73.7	128	48.5	134	5.21	22
1948	69.7	31	82.1	34	57.3	32	5.03	24
1947	70	28	83.5	20	56.5	41	1.07	115
1946	65.6	90	77.7	86	53.4	93	2.19	82
1945	65.9	85	78.8	69	53	99	3.26	54
1944	65.6	90	76.8	99	54.3	78	0.99	117
1943	63.6	114	77.4	91	49.7	131	1.23	111
1942	63.3	118	73.6	130	52.9	102	5.03	24
1941	68.2	52	80.8	46	55.5	65	4.75	30
1940	69.2	35	84.2	14	54.2	80	0.76	124
1939	73	5	87.5	2	58.4	21	0.26	136
1938	71.3	12	83	25	59.6	13	2.94	64
1937	70.3	23	82.7	28	57.9	27	1.11	114
1936	71.5	8	82.4	31	60.7	6	3.38	51
1935	67.9	59	79.3	64	56.4	45	2.71	71
1934	62.5	127	74.1	122	50.8	127	4.47	33
1933	71.5	8	82.7	28	60.3	7	4.81	28
1932	65.2	98	77.6	88	52.8	104	1.83	93
1931	74.6	2	85.5	6	63.7	2	3.79	42
1930	68.1	55	79.6	60	56.5	41	1.36	106
1929	64.6	102	74.8	116	54.4	77	1.82	94
1928	64.7	101	77.5	89	51.8	116	2.01	87
1927	69.5	34	79.9	59	59	15	2.88	67
1926	64.4	105	73.1	132	55.6	62	6.06	14
1925	71.1	17	81.4	39	60.8	5	2.86	68
1924	62.9	126	73.7	128	52	114	0.95	121
1923	67.6	62	77.8	83	57.3	32	7.21	6
1922	72.2	6	84.7	9	59.7	11	2.12	83
1921	71.3	12	83.9	17	58.7	19	2.81	69
1920	68.8	39	81	43	56.6	38	1.44	103
1919	70.9	18	81.7	38	60.2	9	5.75	19
1918	62.1	131	74.4	120	49.7	131	2.25	81
1917	66.5	74	77.7	86	55.3	68	2.31	80
1916	65.3	96	77.9	82	52.7	105	1.03	116
1915	66.3	78	76.9	97	55.7	57	3.92	40
1914	67.9	59	79.2	66	56.6	38	8.32	2
1913	67.4	67	78.4	73	56.5	41	3.30	53
1912	63.4	116	73.5	131	53.2	97	3.04	60
1911	69.7	31	80.1	57	59.3	14	4.84	27
1910	66.6	73	76.8	99	56.5	41	5.06	23
1909	66.2	80	77.5	89	55	70	4.69	31
1908	70.8	19	84.1	15	57.5	31	0.53	129
1907	66.4	76	78	77	54.7	75	4.09	38
1906	68.2	52	79.6	60	56.8	37	7.60	4
1905	68.5	44	78.8	69	58.2	22	6.91	8
1904	66.5	74	78	77	55	70	2.96	62
1903	63	124	73.8	126	52.1	113	1.34	107
1902	61.6	133	72.2	136	51	124	4.10	36
1901	65.3	96	76.6	104	53.9	83	6.00	16
1900	67.1	68	77.2	93	57.1	34	1.93	90
1899	66.7	72	80.4	50	53	99	0.39	131
1898	68.2	52	80.3	52	56	48	2.32	79
1897	74.9	1	88	1	61.7	4	1.71	96
1896	61.9	132	72.3	134	51.5	120	4.57	32
1895	72	7	84.1	15	59.8	10	0.64	125
1894	68.1	55	80.3	52	56	48	0.00	140
1893	68	58	80.5	49	55.5	65	2.07	85
1892	68.5	44	80.6	48	56.4	45	0.17	138
1891	69.7	31	80.7	47	58.8	16	2.07	85
1890	62.5	127	75.3	112	49.6	133	0.98	118
1889	63.1	123	74.5	119	51.7	117	1.60	98
1888	64.3	108	77.3	92	51.3	121	0.08	139
1887	65.7	87	76.7	103	54.7	75	2.70	73

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1897	74.9
1931	74.6
2019	73.7
2026	73.6
1939	73
1922	72.2
1895	72
2015	71.5
1954	71.5
1936	71.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1993	59.9
1965	60.1
1974	60.9
1951	60.9
1949	61.1
2011	61.5
1975	61.6
1902	61.6
1896	61.9
1918	62.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	11.49
1914	8.32
1989	8.28
1906	7.60
1973	7.52
1923	7.21
2018	7.13
1905	6.91
2014	6.89
1958	6.78

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1894	0.00
1888	0.08
1892	0.17
2024	0.20
1939	0.26
2005	0.28
1974	0.29
1980	0.33
1952	0.35
1899	0.39

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 101°F; 8 September 2026
Coldest night: 55°F; 23 September 2026
Wettest day: 6.15 in; 30 September 2026

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September 2026 brought 11.49 in of precipitation in Lincoln, NE, the wettest September on record, in 140 years since 1887; provisional.
The hottest day of September 2026 in Lincoln, NE: 101°F on Tuesday 8 September 2026.
The coldest night of September 2026 in Lincoln, NE: a low of 55°F on Wednesday 23 September 2026.
The wettest day of September 2026 in Lincoln, NE: 6.15 in on Wednesday 30 September 2026.