Lincoln, NE: Spring

31 May 2026: Spring 2026 averaged 55.9°F in Lincoln, NE, the warmest spring since 2012, 3rd warmest of 140.

Spring 2026

Mean temperature: 55.9°F; Warmest since 2012; 3rd warmest of 140
Precipitation: 7.34 in; Driest since 2025; 62nd driest of 140

A normal spring in Lincoln, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 51.6°F, between 47.9°F and 54.8°F in eight years of ten and 8.96 in of precipitation, between 5.00 in and 14.17 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every spring in Lincoln, NE since 1887: 55.9°F in 2026; the highest is 59.3°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 47.9 to 54.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every spring 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	55.9	3	70.5	2	41.4	31	7.34	79
2025	54.6	12	68.7	3	40.6	52	5.71	103
2024	54.3	15	68.2	5	40.5	56	9.29	46
2023	52.7	35	66.9	14	38.5	94	1.73	138
2022	51.6	60	64.8	38	38.4	96	10.28	29
2021	54	21	66.2	22	41.7	27	9.52	41
2020	51.4	65	63.7	50	39.1	83	7.64	75
2019	49.6	98	61.1	85	38.1	99	11.07	22
2018	51.7	57	64.5	40	38.9	89	5.61	104
2017	53.3	28	65.4	33	41.2	34	11.46	18
2016	55.1	5	67.8	8	42.3	13	10.72	26
2015	52.9	34	65.8	29	40	63	13.66	12
2014	51.7	57	65.5	31	37.8	103	8.89	56
2013	47.5	128	59.3	111	35.7	134	14.58	7
2012	59.3	1	73.3	1	45.4	1	7.38	77
2011	50.9	71	62.7	63	39.1	83	9.93	36
2010	52.3	43	63.9	48	40.8	47	8.00	67
2009	51.4	65	64.5	40	38.2	98	2.87	137
2008	48.7	109	61	87	36.4	129	9.05	51
2007	54.8	10	66.4	20	43.2	6	14.36	8
2006	53.2	30	65.4	33	41	40	8.95	54
2005	52.4	42	65.9	25	38.9	89	5.05	115
2004	54.3	15	66.7	15	41.9	24	6.79	85
2003	50.8	74	63.7	50	38	101	6.86	83
2002	48.3	114	61.2	84	35.3	137	8.97	53
2001	51.5	62	63.3	53	39.8	65	14.16	10
2000	54	21	67.4	11	40.7	48	4.55	121
1999	50.5	81	61.8	77	39.2	80	11.69	17
1998	49.7	97	60.3	101	39.2	80	10.12	32
1997	48.3	114	61.7	79	34.9	139	6.37	95
1996	47.4	131	59.8	103	34.9	139	14.30	9
1995	47.9	122	58.6	123	37.2	118	13.26	13
1994	51.6	60	66.1	23	37.1	122	3.56	134
1993	47.9	122	58.5	126	37.4	115	9.29	46
1992	52.5	40	65.6	30	39.4	75	6.76	86
1991	55.1	5	67.2	13	43.1	7	8.23	63
1990	51.1	68	62.8	62	39.4	75	8.51	60
1989	51.9	53	65.9	25	37.8	103	1.41	140
1988	53.3	28	67.8	8	38.9	89	5.81	101
1987	54.7	11	67.5	10	41.9	24	12.83	14
1986	54.1	17	66.6	18	41.5	28	11.12	21
1985	54	21	66.6	18	41.4	31	8.16	65
1984	47	132	56.4	138	37.6	108	17.53	1
1983	47.6	127	57.7	132	37.6	108	9.93	36
1982	49.3	100	60.6	95	38.1	99	11.46	18
1981	53.7	25	66.7	15	40.7	48	7.83	69
1980	50.1	89	62.3	68	37.8	103	5.80	102
1979	49.2	101	61	87	37.5	113	10.81	25
1978	48.2	117	59.3	111	37.2	118	12.00	15
1977	56.1	2	68.1	6	44.2	2	10.57	27
1976	50.8	74	63	60	38.5	94	9.22	49
1975	47.5	128	58.6	123	36.3	130	6.68	87
1974	52	50	64.4	45	39.6	70	9.83	38
1973	50.4	85	61.3	82	39.5	72	15.10	4
1972	52.7	35	63.3	53	42.2	17	10.16	31
1971	50.7	78	61	87	40.3	59	7.78	71
1970	52.6	37	63.7	50	41.5	28	6.40	93
1969	50	94	59.7	105	40.2	61	10.53	28
1968	52.5	40	64.5	40	40.6	52	5.49	107
1967	52.2	45	63.8	49	40.6	52	6.98	81
1966	50.4	85	61.9	74	39	85	3.10	136
1965	48.5	111	58.2	128	38.9	89	11.45	20
1964	52.1	48	63.3	53	40.9	43	6.55	91
1963	54.1	17	64.6	39	43.6	4	5.97	99
1962	51.5	62	62.4	66	40.6	52	4.79	119
1961	49.1	103	58.9	121	39.4	75	8.49	61
1960	46.9	133	57.1	136	36.8	123	8.40	62
1959	51.9	53	61.6	80	42.1	19	15.63	3
1958	50.5	81	59.6	106	41.5	28	6.57	90
1957	50.2	88	59.3	111	41.1	38	8.95	54
1956	51.1	68	62.4	66	39.7	67	4.51	123
1955	54.5	13	66.7	15	42.3	13	4.03	131
1954	48.6	110	60.6	95	36.5	127	6.60	89
1953	49.8	95	60.6	95	39	85	5.61	104
1952	48.2	117	58.6	123	37.9	102	11.74	16
1951	46.6	139	56.7	137	36.5	127	14.06	11
1950	46.9	133	58.5	126	35.3	137	6.17	98
1949	50.8	74	61.4	81	40.2	61	9.05	51
1948	49.8	95	61.8	77	37.8	103	6.47	92
1947	46.9	133	57.6	133	36.2	132	8.59	59
1946	55	8	67.3	12	42.6	11	5.83	100
1945	50.1	89	61.3	82	38.9	89	9.45	45
1944	46.9	133	56.2	139	37.6	108	10.99	23
1943	48.1	121	60.8	91	35.4	136	5.31	111
1942	51.3	67	62.9	61	39.6	70	8.82	57
1941	51.9	53	62.6	64	41.2	34	6.61	88
1940	48.9	106	61.1	85	36.7	125	5.17	113
1939	54.1	17	65.3	35	42.9	10	5.37	110
1938	53.7	25	63.3	53	44	3	10.97	24
1937	50.7	78	60.8	91	40.7	48	5.49	107
1936	54.1	17	65.9	25	42.2	17	4.42	126
1935	50.1	89	59.6	106	40.5	56	7.73	73
1934	55.1	5	68	7	42.1	19	1.64	139
1933	50.5	81	60.4	99	40.7	48	6.19	97
1932	50.5	81	60.7	93	40.3	59	4.83	117
1931	49.4	99	59.5	108	39.2	80	9.55	40
1930	52.2	45	63.2	58	41.2	34	6.40	93
1929	52.3	43	62.2	70	42.3	13	6.29	96
1928	52.1	48	64.5	40	39.7	67	4.39	127
1927	51.5	62	60.7	93	42.3	13	7.99	68
1926	50.9	71	62.2	70	39.5	72	4.07	130
1925	54.4	14	65.9	25	43	8	4.08	129
1924	47.8	124	58.1	131	37.6	108	4.97	116
1923	48.4	112	59.2	115	37.5	113	7.78	71
1922	52.6	37	63.2	58	42.1	19	7.47	76
1921	55	8	66.4	20	43.5	5	6.80	84
1920	49.2	101	59.5	108	39	85	9.51	43
1919	50.3	87	59.8	103	40.9	43	8.22	64
1918	54	21	66	24	42	22	4.83	117
1917	48.2	117	59.2	115	37.2	118	9.52	41
1916	50.8	74	62.3	68	39.4	75	7.16	80
1915	49.1	103	58.2	128	39.9	64	7.80	70
1914	51.1	68	61.9	74	40.4	58	10.09	33
1913	50.7	78	62.1	72	39.4	75	10.03	34
1912	48.3	114	58.9	121	37.6	108	5.52	106
1911	53.2	30	65.3	35	41.1	38	6.94	82
1910	55.7	4	68.4	4	43	8	3.73	133
1909	47.8	124	59.3	111	36.2	132	7.66	74
1908	52.2	45	63.3	53	41	40	7.37	78
1907	48.2	117	59.1	119	37.2	118	4.54	122
1906	49.1	103	59.2	115	39	85	8.71	58
1905	51.7	57	62.1	72	41.2	34	8.05	66
1904	48.4	112	59.2	115	37.7	107	10.28	29
1903	50.9	71	61	87	40.9	43	14.78	6
1902	53.1	33	64.2	46	42	22	4.69	120
1901	50.1	89	60.5	98	39.7	67	5.15	114
1900	52	50	62.6	64	41.4	31	9.50	44
1899	46.9	133	57.2	135	36.6	126	4.48	124
1898	50.1	89	60.4	99	39.8	65	9.61	39
1897	48.8	107	59.4	110	38.3	97	9.11	50
1896	51.9	53	61.9	74	41.9	24	15.96	2
1895	53.2	30	65.5	31	40.9	43	4.10	128
1894	53.7	25	64.9	37	42.5	12	3.47	135
1893	47.7	126	59	120	36.3	130	4.01	132
1892	45.5	140	54.2	140	36.8	123	15.02	5
1891	47.5	128	57.5	134	37.4	115	9.99	35
1890	48.8	107	60.1	102	37.4	115	4.48	124
1889	52	50	64.5	40	39.5	72	5.49	107
1888	46.9	133	58.2	128	35.7	134	9.26	48
1887	52.6	37	64.1	47	41	40	5.29	112

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	59.3
1977	56.1
2026	55.9
1910	55.7
2016	55.1
1991	55.1
1934	55.1
1946	55
1921	55
2007	54.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1892	45.5
1951	46.6
1960	46.9
1950	46.9
1947	46.9
1944	46.9
1899	46.9
1888	46.9
1984	47
1996	47.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1984	17.53
1896	15.96
1959	15.63
1973	15.10
1892	15.02
1903	14.78
2013	14.58
2007	14.36
1996	14.30
2001	14.16

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1989	1.41
1934	1.64
2023	1.73
2009	2.87
1966	3.10
1894	3.47
1994	3.56
1910	3.73
1893	4.01
1955	4.03

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 21 March 2026
Coldest night: 8°F; 16 March 2026
Wettest day: 2.28 in; 16 May 2026

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Spring 2026 brought 7.34 in of precipitation in Lincoln, NE, the driest spring since 2025, 62nd driest of 140.
The hottest day of spring 2026 in Lincoln, NE: 97°F on Saturday 21 March 2026.
The coldest night of spring 2026 in Lincoln, NE: a low of 8°F on Monday 16 March 2026.
The wettest day of spring 2026 in Lincoln, NE: 2.28 in on Saturday 16 May 2026.