Lincoln, NE: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 76.2°F in Lincoln, NE, the warmest summer since 2024, tied 47th warmest of 140 (with 2023, 1995, 1990 and 1 other year).

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 76.2°F; Warmest since 2024; 47th warmest of 140
Precipitation: 15.62 in; Wettest since 2017; 17th wettest of 140

A normal summer in Lincoln, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 75.5°F, between 72.6°F and 77.1°F in eight years of ten and 11.14 in of precipitation, between 5.70 in and 14.75 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Lincoln, NE since 1887: 76.2°F in 2026; the highest is 82°F, in 1936.

Normal range, 72.6 to 77.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	76.2	47	86.4	79	66	24	15.62	17
2025	75.8	60	86.5	73	65.1	41	12.04	54
2024	76.3	43	88	45	64.5	52	12.01	55
2023	76.2	47	88.3	37	64.1	71	13.90	33
2022	77.1	27	89.5	17	64.6	50	6.85	119
2021	77.2	23	89.4	19	65	43	9.60	85
2020	77	31	88.2	38	65.7	29	10.15	78
2019	75.4	70	85.8	91	65	43	11.25	64
2018	76.4	41	87.7	50	65.1	41	14.53	26
2017	75	82	86.7	68	63.3	94	16.72	14
2016	77.3	21	88.5	29	66.2	17	9.08	100
2015	74.8	88	86.2	82	63.4	89	13.83	34
2014	75	82	86.5	73	63.5	87	13.95	31
2013	74.6	95	85.9	88	63.3	94	4.60	135
2012	77.6	16	91.6	4	63.6	84	4.20	137
2011	76.7	35	87.3	58	66	24	11.88	60
2010	76.7	35	87.7	50	65.7	29	18.54	6
2009	72.4	126	83.7	121	61.1	131	11.22	65
2008	75.6	67	87.3	58	64	75	13.95	31
2007	77.1	27	88.1	42	66.1	20	9.30	93
2006	76.7	35	89.2	20	64.3	58	6.78	120
2005	76.6	39	88.5	29	64.7	48	10.70	72
2004	71.4	132	82.8	128	60	137	7.99	113
2003	75.3	73	87.7	50	62.9	102	9.29	94
2002	78.2	10	90.5	11	65.9	27	10.03	81
2001	75.9	57	87.3	58	64.5	52	5.80	129
2000	75.7	65	87.3	58	64.1	71	12.12	50
1999	74.9	85	85.5	94	64.3	58	11.20	66
1998	74.9	85	85.3	97	64.5	52	12.88	41
1997	74.6	95	86.2	82	63	99	9.23	96
1996	73	122	83.8	117	62.3	114	13.16	39
1995	76.2	47	88.2	38	64.2	65	4.82	134
1994	72.6	124	83.9	115	61.4	128	11.51	61
1993	73.2	117	83.7	121	62.6	108	22.65	2
1992	70.8	138	82.1	134	59.6	139	11.08	68
1991	77	31	89.7	15	64.2	65	8.89	102
1990	76.2	47	87.7	50	64.7	48	13.28	37
1989	74.7	92	86.6	72	62.7	104	10.76	71
1988	78	12	91.3	6	64.6	50	4.08	138
1987	76	53	87.8	47	64.1	71	12.38	46
1986	75	82	86.2	82	63.8	77	14.93	22
1985	72.1	128	83.8	117	60.4	136	15.12	20
1984	76.3	43	88.8	24	63.8	77	8.69	105
1983	78.8	6	90.3	12	67.3	5	9.21	97
1982	73.3	115	83.7	121	62.9	102	18.19	9
1981	75.3	73	86.4	79	64.2	65	9.16	99
1980	78.5	8	90.8	9	66.1	20	11.03	69
1979	74.1	103	84.8	104	63.4	89	9.40	89
1978	74.4	98	86.7	68	62.2	119	9.32	92
1977	75.8	60	87.5	56	64.2	65	12.22	48
1976	75.3	73	88.6	27	62	121	3.69	139
1975	76.4	41	88.4	33	64.3	58	6.08	125
1974	75.2	78	88.5	29	61.9	122	5.89	127
1973	75.2	78	87	65	63.4	89	6.00	126
1972	75.4	70	85.3	97	65.5	34	8.19	111
1971	76.3	43	86.9	66	65.6	33	6.41	122
1970	77.3	21	88.1	42	66.5	10	10.29	76
1969	74.8	88	84.8	104	64.9	45	8.80	104
1968	76.1	52	86.5	73	65.7	29	10.62	73
1967	72.6	124	82.9	127	62.3	114	18.83	4
1966	75.5	69	85.5	94	65.5	34	11.34	63
1965	73.8	106	83.3	125	64.3	58	17.11	12
1964	75.2	78	86.2	82	64.3	58	15.35	19
1963	77.7	14	88	45	67.4	4	11.89	59
1962	74.4	98	85	102	63.9	76	14.57	25
1961	75.3	73	86.3	81	64.3	58	9.79	83
1960	74.4	98	85	102	63.8	77	14.67	24
1959	77	31	87.5	56	66.6	8	8.37	110
1958	73.8	106	84.4	110	63.2	97	15.40	18
1957	77.1	27	87.8	47	66.5	10	16.47	15
1956	77.8	13	89.5	17	66.1	20	12.27	47
1955	77.7	14	88.4	33	66.9	6	6.13	124
1954	77.6	16	88.5	29	66.8	7	17.12	11
1953	78.4	9	91	7	65.9	27	4.91	133
1952	76.6	39	88.4	33	64.8	47	11.92	56
1951	71.6	131	82.2	132	61	132	18.19	9
1950	71	136	82.3	131	59.7	138	10.33	74
1949	75.2	78	86.1	86	64.4	56	14.72	23
1948	75.4	70	87.2	63	63.6	84	9.60	85
1947	76	53	87.8	47	64.2	65	15.00	21
1946	74.7	92	86.7	68	62.6	108	8.67	106
1945	72.2	127	82.8	128	61.6	125	10.95	70
1944	74.6	95	85.6	93	63.6	84	14.34	28
1943	76.2	47	88.2	38	64.2	65	13.30	36
1942	75.6	67	87.7	50	63.5	87	7.13	116
1941	75.8	60	88.8	24	62.7	104	5.11	132
1940	76	53	90.2	13	61.7	124	6.90	118
1939	77.2	23	89	21	65.4	37	9.58	87
1938	78.1	11	89.7	15	66.6	8	9.77	84
1937	79.3	3	90.8	9	67.8	3	8.58	107
1936	82	1	95.4	1	68.5	2	2.84	140
1935	77.4	20	88.6	27	66.3	14	10.11	79
1934	81.8	2	94.8	2	68.8	1	5.46	130
1933	77.5	19	88.9	22	66.2	17	12.48	45
1932	76.3	43	86.5	73	66	24	14.50	27
1931	77.6	16	88.9	22	66.3	14	10.25	77
1930	77.1	27	88.7	26	65.5	34	7.76	114
1929	74.9	85	85.3	97	64.5	52	8.10	112
1928	73.4	111	83.6	124	63.2	97	13.34	35
1927	71.9	130	82.4	130	61.5	127	8.39	109
1926	75.8	60	87.3	58	64.3	58	8.85	103
1925	76	53	86.7	68	65.2	39	13.98	30
1924	73.1	121	83.8	117	62.3	114	10.03	81
1923	74.7	92	84.1	112	65.2	39	12.63	42
1922	75.9	57	87.7	50	64.1	71	9.29	94
1921	77.2	23	88.1	42	66.4	13	12.61	43
1920	73.8	106	84.7	106	63	99	9.54	88
1919	76.7	35	87.2	63	66.2	17	10.04	80
1918	78.6	7	90.9	8	66.3	14	5.81	128
1917	73.3	115	85.2	100	61.4	128	9.08	100
1916	75.3	73	86.9	66	63.7	82	11.10	67
1915	69	140	78.8	140	59.2	140	16.34	16
1914	77	31	88.4	33	65.7	29	17.02	13
1913	79.3	3	92.5	3	66.1	20	4.53	136
1912	74.3	102	86	87	62.7	104	9.33	91
1911	77.2	23	90.1	14	64.4	56	6.91	117
1910	74.1	103	85.9	88	62.4	112	18.52	7
1909	75.9	57	86.5	73	65.3	38	9.19	98
1908	72.1	128	82.2	132	61.9	122	22.16	3
1907	73.7	109	84.6	108	62.7	104	14.08	29
1906	73	122	84.7	106	61.3	130	13.19	38
1905	73.7	109	84.1	112	63.3	94	13.13	40
1904	70.9	137	81.2	136	60.7	135	11.91	58
1903	71.2	135	80.8	137	61.6	125	12.12	50
1902	71.3	133	80.5	138	62.1	120	24.53	1
1901	79	5	91.5	5	66.5	10	5.38	131
1900	75.7	65	86.5	73	64.9	45	18.23	8
1899	74.4	98	85.1	101	63.8	77	12.53	44
1898	74.8	88	85.8	91	63.8	77	11.37	62
1897	74	105	85.5	94	62.5	110	7.39	115
1896	73.2	117	83.1	126	63.4	89	12.07	53
1895	73.2	117	83.9	115	62.5	110	9.40	89
1894	75.8	60	88.2	38	63.4	89	8.55	108
1893	73.4	111	84.4	110	62.3	114	11.92	56
1892	73.4	111	84.6	108	62.3	114	10.32	75
1891	70.3	139	79.8	139	60.8	134	18.82	5
1890	74.8	88	85.9	88	63.7	82	6.70	121
1889	71.3	133	81.8	135	60.9	133	12.19	49
1888	73.4	111	83.8	117	63	99	12.09	52
1887	73.2	117	84	114	62.4	112	6.15	123

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	82
1934	81.8
1937	79.3
1913	79.3
1901	79
1983	78.8
1918	78.6
1980	78.5
1953	78.4
2002	78.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1915	69
1891	70.3
1992	70.8
1904	70.9
1950	71
1903	71.2
1902	71.3
1889	71.3
2004	71.4
1951	71.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1902	24.53
1993	22.65
1908	22.16
1967	18.83
1891	18.82
2010	18.54
1910	18.52
1900	18.23
1982	18.19
1951	18.19

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1936	2.84
1976	3.69
1988	4.08
2012	4.20
1913	4.53
2013	4.60
1995	4.82
1953	4.91
1941	5.11
1901	5.38

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 101°F; 26 July 2026, 20 July 2026
Coldest night: 49°F; 15 June 2026
Wettest day: 1.77 in; 9 July 2026

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Summer 2026 brought 15.62 in of precipitation in Lincoln, NE, the wettest summer since 2017, 17th wettest of 140.
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Lincoln, NE: 101°F on Sunday 26 July 2026 and Monday 20 July 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Lincoln, NE: a low of 49°F on Monday 15 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Lincoln, NE: 1.77 in on Thursday 9 July 2026.