All-time weather records — Lincoln, CA

Record high
113.0°F
July 15, 1972
Record low
-11.9°F
December 21, 2007
Wettest day
5.56 in
November 30, 2018

Climate change signal in Lincoln

1.4%

of Lincoln's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (5 of 366 records since 2015).

17.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (64 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1900s
18
15
1910s
50
71
1920s
93
85
1930s
29
35
1940s
37
17
1950s
31
25
1960s
42
13
1970s
20
14
1980s
11
5
1990s
9
7
2000s
11
7
2010s
13
22
2020s
2
50

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1905, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1905-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 9, 1962 17.1°F — Jan 10, 1930 4.75 in — Jan 10, 1995
February 87.1°F — Feb 7, 2007 0.0°F — Feb 23, 2013 3.98 in — Feb 19, 1986
March 93.0°F — Mar 11, 1910 19.9°F — Mar 28, 1938 4.00 in — Mar 16, 2020
April 91.9°F — Apr 25, 1946 24.1°F — Apr 3, 2023 3.85 in — Apr 8, 1935
May 102.0°F — May 31, 1910 25.0°F — May 8, 1933 2.94 in — May 16, 1996
June 109.9°F — Jun 16, 1961 30.0°F — Jun 9, 1936 1.97 in — Jun 16, 1929
July 113.0°F — Jul 15, 1972 0.0°F — Jul 10, 2013 2.03 in — Jul 9, 1974
August 111.0°F — Aug 10, 1978 35.1°F — Aug 25, 2004 1.21 in — Aug 15, 1976
September 109.0°F — Sep 3, 1950 34.0°F — Sep 15, 1906 2.00 in — Sep 12, 1918
October 104.0°F — Oct 8, 1928 26.1°F — Oct 29, 1922 5.41 in — Oct 13, 1962
November 89.1°F — Nov 1, 1965 10.0°F — Nov 10, 2005 5.56 in — Nov 30, 2018
December 84.9°F — Dec 6, 1913 -11.9°F — Dec 21, 2007 4.02 in — Dec 20, 1981

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Lincoln.