All-time weather records — Lincoln, IL

Record high
113.0°F
July 15, 1936
Record low
-34.1°F
January 15, 1927
Wettest day
5.22 in
May 12, 1914

Climate change signal in Lincoln

6.8%

of Lincoln's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (22 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
5
7
1910s
32
80
1920s
35
74
1930s
97
41
1940s
20
11
1950s
57
22
1960s
16
27
1970s
11
11
1980s
23
26
1990s
13
19
2000s
21
15
2010s
23
19
2020s
13
14

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 1906, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1906-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 6, 1907 -34.1°F — Jan 15, 1927 2.73 in — Jan 7, 2008
February 78.1°F — Feb 27, 2024 -23.1°F — Feb 27, 1934 3.40 in — Feb 22, 2023
March 91.0°F — Mar 26, 2026 -14.1°F — Mar 10, 1934 3.50 in — Mar 11, 1939
April 93.0°F — Apr 11, 1930 -0.9°F — Apr 2, 2018 3.96 in — Apr 30, 1998
May 102.0°F — May 31, 1934 24.1°F — May 10, 1966 5.22 in — May 12, 1914
June 105.1°F — Jun 1, 1934 35.1°F — Jun 11, 1913 4.71 in — Jun 28, 1951
July 113.0°F — Jul 15, 1936 41.0°F — Jul 15, 1930 4.76 in — Jul 10, 2003
August 106.0°F — Aug 9, 1934 36.0°F — Aug 31, 1915 3.70 in — Aug 16, 2002
September 104.0°F — Sep 6, 1954 21.9°F — Sep 26, 1928 3.55 in — Sep 20, 1986
October 95.0°F — Oct 2, 1953 7.0°F — Oct 30, 1925 3.73 in — Oct 3, 1991
November 82.9°F — Nov 1, 1950 -2.9°F — Nov 28, 1930 2.50 in — Nov 2, 1936
December 72.0°F — Dec 3, 1970 -29.0°F — Dec 26, 1914 5.18 in — Dec 3, 1982

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