Lincoln, NE: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 30.8°F in Lincoln, NE, the warmest winter since 2024, 13th warmest of 139.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 30.8°F; Warmest since 2024; 13th warmest of 139
Precipitation: 1.64 in; Driest since 2022; 39th driest of 139

A normal winter in Lincoln, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 27.1°F, between 22.2°F and 31.1°F in eight years of ten and 2.61 in of precipitation, between 1.33 in and 4.39 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Lincoln, NE since 1888: 30.8°F in 2026; the highest is 35.2°F, in 1992.

Normal range, 22.2 to 31.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	30.8	13	44.1	4	17.5	56	1.64	101	0
2025	27.2	66	39.2	34	15.2	94	1.99	85	0
2024	32.3	4	43.7	6	20.8	16	3.16	36	0
2023	28.3	42	39.7	29	16.8	63	3.25	35	0
2022	29.9	25	44.2	2	15.6	87	0.56	138	0
2021	25	94	35.8	84	14.2	106	3.52	29	0
2020	30.1	22	41.1	21	19.2	28	3.99	18	0
2019	24.9	97	34.5	99	15.3	93	5.66	2	0
2018	25.3	92	36.6	76	14.1	108	1.53	103	0
2017	30.5	16	41.4	19	19.7	22	3.27	34	0
2016	31.5	9	41.1	21	22	5	6.01	1	0
2015	27.2	66	37.8	55	16.6	65	3.06	42	0
2014	22.3	121	34.8	95	9.9	133	1.08	129	0
2013	27.6	57	38.6	43	16.5	69	2.77	47	0
2012	29.9	25	41.7	14	18.1	48	3.84	21	0
2011	23.3	115	34.1	106	12.6	121	2.10	77	0
2010	20	132	27.9	136	12.1	124	4.23	16	0
2009	25.8	85	38.5	45	13.2	117	1.82	93	0
2008	24.1	108	34.4	101	13.8	109	3.08	41	0
2007	27.1	70	37.6	60	16.6	65	5.00	5	0
2006	30.4	17	42.8	10	17.9	51	1.50	104	0
2005	28.3	42	39.1	35	17.5	56	3.68	23	0
2004	25.9	83	35.5	88	16.2	76	2.50	61	0
2003	27	72	39	37	15.1	96	2.04	82	0
2002	31.1	12	43.4	8	18.8	32	1.34	112	0
2001	21.2	128	30.6	127	11.7	125	3.33	32	0
2000	31.8	7	44.1	4	19.6	25	2.22	72	0
1999	30.3	18	41.5	17	19.2	28	1.82	93	0
1998	30.3	18	38.7	40	21.9	6	2.71	53	0
1997	24.3	106	34.3	103	14.4	103	1.17	123	0
1996	25.4	90	36.6	76	14.2	106	1.35	111	0
1995	28	49	39.1	35	16.9	62	2.27	69	0
1994	24.5	102	35.4	91	13.6	113	1.27	118	0
1993	21.4	127	30.7	126	12.2	123	2.83	45	0
1992	35.2	1	45.2	1	25.1	1	4.32	13	0
1991	26	79	38.2	47	13.8	109	1.81	95	0
1990	28.1	47	40.6	24	15.6	87	1.27	118	0
1989	27.5	61	39.7	29	15.4	90	2.52	60	0
1988	26.7	75	37.6	60	15.9	81	1.31	115	0
1987	32.3	4	43.5	7	21.1	12	1.93	89	0
1986	26.7	75	38	52	15.4	90	0.92	132	0
1985	23.5	111	34.4	101	12.6	121	4.24	15	0
1984	21.6	126	30.5	128	12.7	118	2.20	73	0
1983	29.4	29	38	52	20.7	17	3.55	26	0
1982	19.9	133	29.4	132	10.5	131	1.90	90	0
1981	29.3	31	41.6	16	17	61	1.14	126	0
1980	26	79	36	82	15.9	81	2.05	81	0
1979	14.2	139	23.5	139	4.9	139	1.97	87	0
1978	16.1	138	26.2	137	6	138	1.88	92	0
1977	22.7	119	36.9	71	8.6	137	0.75	135	0
1976	30.1	22	42.1	11	18.2	45	2.17	74	0
1975	23	117	32.4	116	13.5	114	3.54	27	0
1974	22.5	120	32.4	116	12.7	118	2.79	46	0
1973	24.4	105	33.6	108	15.1	96	3.11	39	0
1972	27.5	61	36.6	76	18.3	43	1.28	117	0
1971	25.8	85	34.3	103	17.2	60	4.37	11	0
1970	26	79	35.4	91	16.6	65	1.96	88	0
1969	23.5	111	30.9	124	16.1	77	3.46	31	0
1968	27.6	57	36.3	81	19	30	1.15	124	0
1967	27.5	61	37.6	60	17.3	59	1.32	114	0
1966	27.6	57	37.3	66	17.8	53	3.11	39	0
1965	24.5	102	34.6	97	14.5	102	3.91	20	0
1964	27.8	51	37.7	57	17.9	51	1.30	116	0
1963	24.6	101	34.1	106	15.2	94	1.41	108	0
1962	22.8	118	31.2	121	14.3	105	2.76	50	0
1961	29.4	29	40.3	26	18.5	39	1.42	107	0
1960	25.9	83	33.4	111	18.5	39	4.46	10	0
1959	25.7	87	35.2	93	16.3	74	2.10	77	0
1958	30	24	38.7	40	21.2	10	4.80	8	0
1957	29.3	31	38.8	39	19.7	22	0.95	131	0
1956	25	94	33.6	108	16.3	74	1.80	96	0
1955	27.2	66	36.4	79	18	50	2.46	63	0
1954	30.7	14	43	9	18.5	39	2.63	57	0
1953	28.2	44	37.5	63	18.8	32	2.00	84	0
1952	26.4	78	36.4	79	16.4	72	1.66	100	0
1951	25.7	87	37	69	14.4	103	4.36	12	0
1950	25	94	36.8	73	13.3	116	2.38	67	0
1949	21.1	130	30.9	124	11.4	129	4.83	7	0
1948	24.7	100	34.5	99	14.9	98	4.55	9	0
1947	28.1	47	39.8	28	16.5	69	1.09	128	0
1946	27.6	57	38.7	40	16.6	65	2.77	47	0
1945	27.1	70	35.6	86	18.6	36	2.95	43	0
1944	29.3	31	42.1	11	16.5	69	2.26	70	0
1943	26	79	36	82	16.1	77	2.17	74	0
1942	27.7	56	37.2	67	18.2	45	2.71	53	0
1941	27.2	66	35.5	88	18.9	31	3.31	33	0
1940	22.2	122	32.7	114	11.7	125	3.15	37	0
1939	30.2	20	40.7	23	19.8	21	2.39	66	0
1938	28.4	41	38.2	47	18.6	36	2.25	71	0
1937	23.3	115	32	118	14.6	100	2.46	63	0
1936	17.7	137	26	138	9.4	135	2.62	58	0
1935	29.3	31	37.7	57	20.9	13	1.61	102	0
1934	31.6	8	42	13	21.3	9	2.70	55	0
1933	29.3	31	39.7	29	18.8	32	1.47	106	0
1932	29.3	31	36.7	75	21.9	6	4.86	6	0
1931	34.5	2	44.2	2	24.9	2	1.40	110	0
1930	27.8	51	36.9	71	18.6	36	1.20	122	0
1929	22	123	30.5	128	13.5	114	1.70	98	0
1928	27.8	51	38.1	49	17.5	56	1.33	113	0
1927	28.8	39	37	69	20.5	20	4.15	17	0
1926	30.6	15	39.4	33	21.8	8	2.33	68	0
1925	24.5	102	33.1	113	15.9	81	4.30	14	0
1924	27.8	51	37.5	63	18.1	48	2.09	79	0
1923	29.5	27	40.2	27	18.8	32	0.29	139	0
1922	27.3	65	38.1	49	16.4	72	1.90	90	0
1921	32.7	3	41.3	20	24	3	1.14	126	0
1920	25.5	89	33.4	111	17.6	55	1.79	97	0
1919	31.9	6	40.5	25	23.2	4	3.78	22	0
1918	19.6	134	30.3	130	8.8	136	2.03	83	0
1917	23.5	111	34.3	103	12.7	118	0.91	134	0
1916	24.1	108	32.7	114	15.5	89	2.77	47	0
1915	23.4	114	31	123	15.9	81	5.22	3	0
1914	29.5	27	37.8	55	21.2	10	5.02	4	0
1913	26.8	73	37.7	57	15.9	81	1.23	121	0
1912	21.9	124	29.9	131	13.8	109	3.62	24	0
1911	28.2	44	36.8	73	19.6	25	2.76	50	0
1910	20.3	131	28.9	134	11.7	125	3.54	27	0
1909	28.6	40	38.9	38	18.4	42	2.14	76	0
1908	30.2	20	39.6	32	20.9	13	2.68	56	0
1907	26.8	73	35.5	88	18.2	45	3.13	38	0
1906	31.2	10	41.7	14	20.7	17	1.41	108	0
1905	19.6	134	29.2	133	9.9	133	2.07	80	0
1904	24.2	107	34.6	97	13.7	112	0.74	136	0
1903	23.6	110	31.9	119	15.4	90	3.60	25	0
1902	24.8	98	33.5	110	16	79	1.68	99	0
1901	29	37	38.6	43	19.3	27	1.50	104	0
1900	25.4	90	34.8	95	16	79	2.41	65	0
1899	21.2	128	31.2	121	11.3	130	1.15	124	0
1898	27.8	51	35.8	84	19.7	22	3.92	19	0
1897	28.9	38	37.2	67	20.6	19	1.02	130	0
1896	31.2	10	41.5	17	20.9	13	0.64	137	1
1895	25.2	93	35.6	86	14.8	99	1.27	118	0
1894	24.8	98	35	94	14.6	100	2.73	52	0
1893	21.7	125	31.8	120	11.5	128	2.50	61	0
1892	28.2	44	38.1	49	18.3	43	2.93	44	0
1891	28	49	38.3	46	17.7	54	3.48	30	0
1890	27.4	64	38	52	16.8	63	0.92	132	0
1889	26.6	77	37.5	63	15.7	86	2.57	59	0
1888	19.4	136	28.4	135	10.4	132	1.98	86	0
1887									31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1992	35.2
1931	34.5
1921	32.7
2024	32.3
1987	32.3
1919	31.9
2000	31.8
1934	31.6
2016	31.5
1906	31.2
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	14.2
1978	16.1
1936	17.7
1888	19.4
1918	19.6
1905	19.6
1982	19.9
2010	20
1910	20.3
1949	21.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2016	6.01
2019	5.66
1915	5.22
1914	5.02
2007	5.00
1932	4.86
1949	4.83
1958	4.80
1948	4.55
1960	4.46

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1923	0.29
2022	0.56
1896	0.64
1904	0.74
1977	0.75
1917	0.91
1986	0.92
1890	0.92
1957	0.95
1897	1.02

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 76°F; 9 February 2026
Coldest night: -12°F; 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.73 in; 8 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 1.64 in of precipitation in Lincoln, NE, the driest winter since 2022, 39th driest of 139.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Lincoln, NE: 76°F on Monday 9 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Lincoln, NE: a low of -12°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Lincoln, NE: 0.73 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.